No matter what you may have thought of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, you have to admit the first end-credit scene, in particular, was awesome. It beautifully put into motion not just the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but tied up a few loose ends that had been set up in the film itself. When both of…
Source: io9 – How the Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania Post-Credits Scene Was Created
Wizards of the Coast’s recent track record for tinkering with Dungeons & Dragons hasn’t exactly been stellar, but credit to the company, it hasn’t stopped trying. Of course, trying to improve the Druid character class is a lot less controversial than attempting to erase D&D’s beloved Open Gaming License, but these…
Source: io9 – Dungeons & Dragons Designs Different Druid Developments, Just Like the Movie
They made Dark, they made 1899, and now Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese have not only signed a brand new deal with Netflix, they’ve got their next show lined up too. The German sci-fi creators have now been tasked by the streamer to adapt Boom Studios’ popular horror comic Something Is Killing the Children by James…
Source: io9 – Dark Creators Will Now Adapt Something Is Killing the Children for Netflix
Supreme Court justices whipped out their dictionaries and a deep bucket of metaphors Wednesday in a cumbersome attempt to understand whether or not social media companies can be held legally liable for promoting ISIS videos under anti-terrorism laws. Stolen jewelry, banks, imaginary burglars, and a young Osama bin…
Source: io9 – Bin Laden, Burglars, and Banks: The Supreme Court Considers Twitter’s Role in Terrorism
Bixby Text Call is one of the more exciting parts of the Galaxy S23 series, allowing users to type messages that are converted to speech for phone calls. Unfortunately, it wasn’t live when I reviewed the Galaxy S23 Ultra. But Samsung now says a Bixby update will be available for Samsung Galaxy users this month, and …
Source: io9 – Samsung’s Bixby Will Clone Your Voice to Answer Calls for You
When it was announced that Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania would not only star Kang the Conquerer but kick off Phase Five of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, you had to believe not only would it have end credit scenes, but that those scenes would be bangers. And the film does not disappoint.
Source: io9 – Let’s Talk About the Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania End Credit Scenes
With its strange rings and tilt, surprising seasonal variations, and 27 moons, Uranus is the solar system’s weirdo planet. The enigmatic ice giant has a lot to teach us, which is why astronomers are clamoring for a mission to explore the planet up close.
Source: io9 – It’s Time to Finally Get Our Ass to Uranus
Early in today’s Hasbro earnings call, Chris Cocks—the CEO of Hasbro and former president of Wizards of the Coast (2016-2022)—spoke about the Dungeons & Dragons Open Gaming License, though he focused more on talking around the issues rather than directly engaging with them. No specifics were given; instead of delays,…
Source: io9 – Hasbro Admits Missteps With Wizards of the Coast
Celebrating 30 years of Sailor Moon, Jimmy Choo is setting up to release a limited series of shoes that correspond to major characters from the property. The five Sailor Senshi represented in this anniversary collection include Sailor Moon, Sailor Mercury, Sailor Mars, Sailor Jupiter, and Sailor Venus—the first five…
Source: io9 – Jimmy Choo Celebrates Sailor Moon’s 30th Anniversary in Style
One of the first images in Consecration is a nun pointing a gun—an immediate indication of the film’s spooky religious themes, as well as its tendency to not be subtle about them. Fortunately, stunning Scottish scenery, a strong performance by Jena Malone, and a fairly intriguing mystery help balance that out.
Source: io9 – Consecration Contains Bloody Nuns and a Mystery That’s Not Quite as Striking
Since Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel debuted back in 2013, Warner Bros.’ vision for a DC version of Marvel’s densely inter-connected, massively profitable MCU has been… haphazard to say the least. But now James Gunn and Peter Safran have been hired to shepherd an entirely (well, mostly) new DC cinematic universe, and they…
Source: io9 – Does the New DC Movie Universe Really Need to Be Connected?
Fans of horror inspired by Jewish folklore are having a boom time between last month’s The Offering and now Attachment—the latter arriving on Shudder just in time for Valentine’s Day. From Denmark-based filmmaker Gabriel Bier Gislason, it’s the tale of two women who fall quickly in love but soon encounter some…
Source: io9 – A Meet-Cute Turns Malevolent in the Bittersweet Horror Romance Attachment
More than 2,300 people have been killed and thousands more injured in Turkey and Syria after a series of earthquakes hammered the region already beset by civil war and a refugee crisis on Monday, according to the Associated Press. Rescue workers and officials said that, as evening fell, hundreds more people remain…
Source: io9 – Mapping Tech Deployed After Devastating Earthquakes Kills More Than 2,300 in Turkey and Syria
The Mars Sample Return Program is a bold plan to deliver precious samples of Martian soil back to Earth without human intervention. A part of the plan includes a roughly 8.2-foot-long (2.5 meters) robotic arm that will deliver tubes full of Martian soil to a rocket for delivery back to Earth.
Source: io9 – Concept Video Unveils Robotic Arm for Retrieving Surface Samples on Mars
For the first book in the Dragonlance Heroes series, The Legend of Huma, the story of the greatest knight in Krynn was told, and how he banished the Dragon-goddess Takhisis and saved the world. Now, in the third installment of the series, Michael Williams’ Weasel’s Luck, we have the tale of… some kid who’s primarily…
Source: io9 – Dungeons & Dragons & Novels: Revisiting Weasel’s Luck
Contestants on the upcoming Squid Game reality show reportedly faced hardships that even the contestants of the satirical hit Netflix series didn’t even have to face. Reports out of the UK where filming for Squid Game: The Challenge is taking place noted sub-zero temperatures early this week, and contestants…
Source: io9 – That Squid Game Reality Show Is Off to a Great Start as Contestants Play Red Light, Green Light in Subzero Temps
We’re only two episodes into HBO’s adaptation of The Last Of Us but as the season goes on, one thing is going to become abundantly clear: there’s less action on the show than in the video game.
Source: io9 – The Last Of Us Show Has Less Action Than the Game for a Very Good Reason
Analysis of the three returning manikins will uncover the extent to which Orion and a promising new radiation vest will protect human crews during future missions to deep space.
Source: io9 – NASA Recovers Artemis 1 Manikins from Orion Spacecraft
The hits don’t stop coming as Twitter’s change-of-hands into billionaire Elon Musk’s grasp continues. Earlier this month, third-party apps like Tweetbot were barred from Twitter’s application program interface (API) without reason. Now Twitter is giving a reason—it’s just a very, very vague reason.
Source: io9 – Twitter Is Being Incredibly Vague on Why It Banned Third-Party Apps
