Sports
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Blade Runner Will Live On as a New TV Series From Ridley Scott
After Denis Villeneuve’s foray into the neo-noir future of Blade Runner seemingly petered out at the box office, the future of the franchise seemed dire. But now, the show must go on — and Blade Runner has found a new home, a new format, and a familiar talent behind the scenes.
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The World’s Best Guitar Hero Player Was a Cheat
For the last few years, a Guitar Hero player called Schmooey was widely believed to be the best in the world, having racked up achievements and displayed feats that other players thought impossible. A discovery made last year, however, shows there was a very good reason for that.
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4000-Year-Old Board Game Uncovered by Archaeologists
In December 2021, a team of archaeologists working in Oman made the only type of discovery that would get their work covered on a site like this: they dug up a board game dating back approximately 4000 years, and which it’s thought could be an ancient ancestor to Backgammon.
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D&D’s Lead Rules Designer on How the Game Keeps Evolving Player Races
A few years ago, Dungeons & Dragons’ creators promised change was coming to the way the game’s massively popular fifth edition approached race. Years on, there has been iteration — but as the latest sourcebook looks to the game’s future, there’s still plenty of changes to be made.