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Blind Player Racks Up A Win At His First Street Fighter V Tournament
Competing in a Street Fighter tournament is hard, especially if you’re blind.
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Norway Gets a New Doomsday Vault That Stores Data
Just in time for doomsday, Norway’s “Doomsday Vault” is getting an expansion. Officially known as the World Arctic Archive, the vault opened this week and has already taken submissions from two countries. This time, instead of storing seeds that will survive the apocalypse, the vault is archiving data using specially…
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Latest Trailer for The Mummy Unleashes the Monster Within
The second trailer for The Mummy reboot is here, and we finally learn who exactly the mummy is, what she wants, and how Tom Cruise’s character is connected to, basically, everything.
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Sunday's Best Deals: Fire Tablets, Smart Home Gear, Basketball Hoop, and More
Amazon’s Fire tablets, TP-Link smart home gear, and an in-ground basketball hoop lead off Sunday’s best deals.
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So, What Did You Think of Rick and Morty's Season 3 Debut?
Not to be outdone by the plethora of ridiculous April Fool’s Day jokes, Adult Swim decided to pull the best prank of all: show something real.
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Inside The Weird World Of Video Game Wrestling Leagues
Ghosts, weddings and hit-and-runs are all just small threads that wrestling has used throughout the WWE’s legacy to drive storylines. But for the non-wrestling fans who prefer their action in the vein of Celebrity Deathmatch, there exists a small but fervent community of wrestling modders, crafting some of the most…
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George Takei Partners with IDW for Comic Book About Time in WWII Internment Camp
George Takei’s recounts of his time at a Japanese-American internment camp have been put to page and brought to the stage. Now, he’s signed a book detail with IDW Publishing to create a graphic novel about what it was like for those imprisoned because of their heritage.
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Excalibur Is an Airbender in Craziest King Arthur: Legend of the Sword Trailer Yet
The legend of Excalibur isn’t always the most consistent. Sometimes it’s the Sword in the Stone, sometimes it’s a gift from the Lady of the Lake. In any case, I’m pretty sure none of the legends gave King Arthur magical air powers.
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IT Trailer Comparison Floats Remake Alongside Iconic Miniseries
The IT remake trailer is the latest one crowned “Most Popular,” surpassing The Fate of the Furious as the most-viewed trailer in a single day. This trophy will likely be passed to another soon, but in the meantime, let’s take a second to appreciate how much the trailer pays homage to its source material. I’m not…
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SFF Net Shuts Down After 20 Years
SFF Net, the online community where authors, publishers, editors, and fans shared their love of science fiction and fantasy for two decades, officially shuttered its doors on Friday.
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Saturday's Best Deals: Tax Software, Cordless Vacuum, Loose Leaf Tea, and More
Your favorite men’s underwear, H&R Block tax software, and loose leaf tea lead off Saturday’s best deals from around the web.
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Marvel VP of Sales Blames Women and Diversity for Sales Slump
Marvel Comics aren’t doing well. Sales have declined, even as Marvel has pushed out every major event and crossover it can over the past two years. In a recent interview during the Marvel Retailer Summit, Marvel VP of Sales David Gabriel decided to ignore all the problems and criticism in order to place the blame on…
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Lotus Sent An April Fools' Press Release About Race Helmets For Cats And I'll Take Three
Alright, Lotus. Did you really think you could get away with this? Not the joke, obviously—any journalist knows a press release embargoed for April 1 is meant for trickery. But did you really think you could get away with releasing photos of cats in cute race helmets for April Fools’ Day and not start selling them?
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This Collection of Weird Shorts Is Just the Thing to Lead You Into Your Weekend
It’s been a long week, hasn’t it? Twist the knob on your brain from “work” to “Friday niiiiight” with Neurocircuit, a collection of fast-paced micro-shorts from animator Nog. Some of these are mildly NSFW—there’s one cartoon dick and several gory acts of wanton violence, so be warned.
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The Creature From the Black Lagoon Remake Has Emerged From the Murky Depths With a Screenwriter
The dreaded day is here. There’s momentum building on the long-rumored Creature From the Black Lagoon remake, the one Universal Horror title we hoped against hope would slink unbothered along the muddy bottom of the studio’s shiny new shared universe starring its classic monsters.
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io9 Roundtable: How Ghost in the Shell Fumbles Race and Identity
Ghost in the Shell is finally in theaters, after months of backlash and even more backtracking from the movie’s cast and crew. The film has been accused of whitewashing the Major so they could cast a Caucasian actress, perpetuating decades of erasure for Asian Americans in film.
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Is Blue Origin's Tourist Capsule Sexier Than SpaceX's?
The dick measuring contest space race between tech titans Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk has been brewing for years, but recently, things have intensified to comic book levels of absurdity. Almost immediately after SpaceX announced it’d be sending two private citizens around the moon next year, Jeff Bezos fired back by…
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Sweet Christmas, Marvel's Bringing Back Digital Redeem Codes
Earlier this year, Marvel made the sudden decision to stop including free downloads of digital copies of single issues with physical issues of its books. Thankfully, the publisher has since had a (correct) change of heart.
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Orlando Bloom Is Looking Very Crusty in New Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Footage
After a couple of trailers and teasers, a behind-the-scenes video that revealed Will Turner’s son, and news that Orlando Bloom would be back as Will in the fifth pirates movie, we finally have a good look at him. And things have gone wrong.
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What Legion Should Do in Season Two
We’ve got about a year before the second season of Legion, which will likely have 10 episodes and debut in spring 2018. Legion positioned itself as one of the most artful and unique superhero shows on television, where our hero discovered his abilities and faced the monster inside him. There are plenty of ways the…
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