FAST, or free ad-supported streaming television, is becoming a popular way to watch content without having to pay for a subscription. Here are some of the FAST services worth checking out. Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images FAST, or free ad-supported streaming television, is the closest... Read more
Station Eleven Is Getting a Blu-ray (In Case It Ever Gets Booted Off HBO Max)
Entertainment June 5, 2023
Photo: Ian Watson/HBO Max In this era of “sure, it’s still streaming on HBO Max… but for how long?”, it’s smart to turn to physical media to make sure you can always access your favorite shows and movies. With that in mind, good news for fans of HBO Max’s... Read more
22 Ridiculous Tables From the 1979 Advanced Dungeons & Dragons DM’s Guide
Entertainment June 5, 2023
Inset of the cover to AD&D 1st Edition Dungeon Master’s Guide by David C. Sutherland III. Image: Wizards of the Coast Gary Gygax, creator of Dungeons & Dragons, really wanted to get his money’s worth when it came to the various dice used to play the game. That’s the... Read more
Image: HBO Max/Entertainment Weekly The more we hear about Harley Quinn: A Very Problematic Valentine’s Day Special, the more hyped we are for it. We already know it centers on Poison Ivy getting such a big O from Harls that it unleashes a wave of pheromones that makes all of... Read more
Echo VR, formerly Echo Arena, will be no more. We’ve called it a cross between the Battle School from Ender’s Game and ultimate frisbee. We’ve called it Final Fantasy X blitzball meets VR. It made two of our Best VR Games lists — three, if you count the one... Read more
Screenshot: YouTube Let the Right One In—the gorgeously bleak 2008 Swedish movie based on the 2004 Swedish horror novel—is remembered fondly for its unique vampire story, exploring the grim but loving relationship between a girl who thirsts for blood and the man who acts as her protector and prey-snatcher.... Read more
Wololo with your contrololo. Image: Microsoft / World’s Edge Age of Empires II is extremely special to me. The game came to me by accident at 16, and it has remained a great gaming love of mine ever since. I played Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition on Xbox... Read more
HBO’s The Last of Us is pushing all the right buttons by telling new stories
Entertainment May 13, 2023
The Last of Us’ third episode illustrates why breaking away from the source material can be exactly what a video game adaptation needs to do the original story justice. Nick Offerman as Bill and Murray Bartlett as FrankImage: HBO HBO’s The Last of Us has been very careful to... Read more
Image: Motive/EA Visceral Games’ Dead Space felt like a shot in the arm for survival horror games when it was originally released in 2008. The franchise has always been fondly remembered, so when EA revealed that Motive was working on a remake of the first game, it felt exciting... Read more
Google’s new AI turns text into music
Music May 13, 2023
The examples the company has shared are music to my ears. Song of the bots.Illustration: The Verge Google researchers have made an AI that can generate minutes-long musical pieces from text prompts, and can even transform a whistled or hummed melody into other instruments, similar to how systems like... Read more
