io9 year in review
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The Biggest Misses And Surprises Of 2019
You come into every year with the expectation of promise. Sometimes, things turn out the way you’d hoped. Sometimes they don’t”and sometimes, something else comes along out of nowhere and sweeps you off your feet entirely, for better or worse. Here are a few of the surprises that delighted or disappointed us in 2019.
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The Pop Culture Highlights And Lowlights Of 2019
It’s been a year seemingly full of bad news, bad takes, and bad feelings. But pop culture was still there for us”making us delight at unexpected joys like Baby Yoda, and allowing us to bond over horrors like Sonic the Hedgehog’s freakish teeth. Read on for Gizmodo’s pop culture highlights (and lowlights) of 2019.
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The 10 Best (and 4 Worst) TV Shows Of 2018
It’s part of our job to watch TV here at io9, and it was a damn good year for the airwaves—you wouldn’t believe how spirited the debate was as we narrowed down our list of best shows, emerging with a 10 best (most of which won’t surprise you, since we’ve been singing their praises all…
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To All The Monsters We Thirsted For In 2018
One taught us love, one taught us patience, one murdered half the universe, and one ate a man’s face off. Looking back on 2018, it really feels like the year when everyone decided to stop shaming the people who had special feelings for The Shape of Water’s fish monster and admit that, in the right…