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Most Relatable Spacecraft in the Solar System Is Taking a Nap
Naps are empirically great. Sadly, our gig economy world frowns upon R&R; as an adult, it’s not socially acceptable to curl up and take a nap at work, no matter how tired or hungover or burdened with ennui you are. Instead, we reward children, who do little besides breathe and create turmoil, with the gift of “nap…
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A 'Ghost Assassin' Proves More Terrifying Than Any Actual Spirits in Horror Comedy Another Evil
In writer-director Carson Mell’s Another Evil, living in a spooky haunted house is a pain in the ass—but it’s much preferable to having the world’s neediest ghost hunter become your de facto roommate. It’s also much funnier, in a “thank gawd that’s not me” kind of way.
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Injustice 2 Lets You Create the Boba Fett Batman You Always Dreamed of
Did you ever draw different costumes for Superman, Wonder Woman, or Cyborg in your Social Studies notebook? Yeah, me too. The upcoming Injustice 2 video game sort of lets you do the same thing, including a Dark Knight that looks like he’s wearing Mandalorian battle armor.
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Rey's Force Awakens Speeder Is Getting the Gorgeous Toy It Deserves
Rooted in the visual imagery of classic ships like the Millennium Falcon, Star Destroyers, X-Wings, and TIE Fighters, The Force Awakens didn’t get much of a chance to really give us some new iconic vehicles for the Star Wars saga. But one great new design it did give us was Rey’s Jakku Speeder—and it’s getting a…
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Today's Best Deals: Flash Storage Blowout, String Lights, Camping Gear, and More
Anker string lights, SanDisk flash storage, and Coleman camping gear lead off Tuesday’s best deals.
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Your Most Distant Animal Relative Is Probably This Tiny Jelly
For years, a debate has raged among scientists as to which ancient creature represents the first true animal, sponges or jellies. Using a new genetic technique, a collaborative team of researchers has concluded that ctenophores—also known as comb jellies—were the first animals to appear on Earth. It’s an important…
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A Crazy New Rumor About the Villain of Man of Steel 2
There are intriguing new details about Laura Dern’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi character. Yet another familiar face is confirmed for Game of Thrones’ seventh season. Dwayne Johnson has an update on both the Shazam and Black Adam movies. Plus, new pictures from Agents of SHIELD, Riverdale, and iZombie. It’s the spoilers…
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The Deal Is Out There: Own the Complete X-Files Blu-ray For an All-Time Low Price
The complete X-Files Collector’s Set is backed with 57 (!!!) discs comprising all 10 seasons (including the new special event series from 2016), plus over 25 hours of extra features. If you’re a die-hard fan, Amazon’s selling the set for $120, matching an all-time low price.
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A Cruel King Rules a Wasteland of His Own Making in This Dystopian Short
Writer-director Luke Jaden uses the vacant lots and abandoned buildings of his Detroit hometown to provide the setting for King Ripple—a sinister fairy tale about a young man whose desire to be left alone has turned him into a mass-murdering deity of sorts. Despite that, curious kids just can’t stay away.
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The Ending of Lost Almost Featured a Giant Volcano
The ending of Lost was almost much bigger than what audiences saw. Nothing was that different. The characters and island were always going to be what they ended up being. But, one big addition would have changed things significantly: a volcano.
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Arrow Is Bringing Back a Character We're Actually Excited About
Stephen Amell, who uses Twitter with the same force as a firehose, welcomed an old friend back to the set of Arrow. And while we are almost certain it’s a flashback and not an actual return, I’m still good with it.
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The Flash Will Mess You Up With Time Itself in Injustice 2
While the CW’s Barry Allen might have been forbidden from mucking with the time stream (because he’s a big ol’ dork), the Barry Allen of Injustice 2 is more than happy to use his superspeed to beat you up in the past, present, or future. And he looks pretty damn good while doing so.
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The Tall Man Unleashes His Signature Weapon in This Cheeky Phantasm Collection Promo
Just about the only thing you don’t get in The Phantasm Collection is your very own killer sphere—pity those aren’t quite street legal. The set does include, however, all five Phantasm movie plus a boatload of extras included not just on the sixth bonus disc, but interspersed throughout.
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Eneroid's Battery-Recharging Bucket Was The Best Thing At CES 2017
Eneroid’s horribly named, horribly video’d, horribly photographed battery charger is magic in practice, like a Mr. Bucket but for batteries.
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Somehow, the Official Vehicle of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Is a Ford, and Not a Spaceship
Okay, so I know the reason why—because Ford has a new marketing deal with Marvel to promote its latest car through the medium of cosmic superheroes. But come on. If the Star-Lord’s ship the Milano could have feelings, it would be very hurt right now.
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This Surge Protector Won't Get Tripped Up Behind Your Furniture
The first time we posted Tripp Lite’s 6 Rotateable Outlet Surge Protectors on Kinja Deals, I immediately bought three. That was over a year ago, and they’ve come in handy countless times since then, with no issues to speak of.
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The Trailer for The Osiris Child Is a Mash-Up of All the Scifi You Love
What happens if you mashed up Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica, Mad Max, District 9, and Quentin Tarantino, then shoved the results into a Blockbuster Video? You’d get The Osiris Child: Science Fiction Volume One, a crazy Australian scifi throwback. Want proof? Check out the first trailer now.
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My Beautiful, Perfect Child Deleted My 40-Hour Persona 5 Save
One minute my five-year-old was giggling along with the playful antics of Yooka-Laylee on the PlayStation 4. The next he was in Persona 5, erasing over 35 hours of Phantom thievery in the blink of an eye. It’s the closest I’ve come to crying over a video game in years.
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The World's Most Infamous Computer Viruses, Transformed Into Cyberpunk Heroes
Getting hit with a computer virus sucks. But if the process actually resembled one of these amazing designs from artist Ace Volkov slinking its way through your hardware in a mashup between Tron and Neuromancer, it’d probably be slightly less infuriating. It’d also look cool as hell.
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Sense8 Is Much Better Than This Season Two Trailer, Just FYI
Sense8 can be a very good show—it’s got unbridled optimism and a daring willingness to play with big ideas. It’s kind of like some really smart people got together and wrote a scifi show after ripping on a bong for 12 hours straight. But Sense8's big ideas sometimes get in the way of the gaggle of genuinely great…
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