The Xbox brand has been struggling due to rising prices. Both the Xbox Series X and S consoles have become more expensive in the last year, and Xbox Game Pass, which was once known for being an amazing value, has also gotten more expensive. This is particularly noticeable now that Microsoft is releasing games previously exclusive to Xbox on other platforms, lessening the appeal of a Game Pass subscription.
Shonen manga, which now includes many different types of stories like romance, horror, sports, and comedy, continues to be a high point of manga creation. Popular shonen series are often turned into anime, helping them reach even more fans, but the manga themselves are still incredibly strong. As you’ll see in the following list, shonen manga can be hugely successful in its original form, regardless of any anime adaptations.
Storyboards from the making of The Super Mario Bros. Movie recently surfaced online, showing some characters that were originally planned to appear at Peach and Bowser’s wedding but didn’t make the final cut. These included Wart, Mouser, and Birdo, who have since appeared in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. Unfortunately, the same can’t be said for Rawk Hawk, a popular character who first appeared in the 2004 GameCube game of the same name, later remade for the Nintendo Switch in 2024.
Great ’80s comedies are all over the map – some are sophisticated, while others are deliberately silly. They range from fantastical stories to relatable slice-of-life scenarios. But no matter the style, they’re all consistently funny and remain beloved classics today.
Called ‘The Mind of a Serial Killer: The Experience,’ this exhibit is designed like a trophy room from the show Dexter: Resurrection and visitors must sign a waiver before entering.
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On Tuesday, as if to add a splash of excitement to an otherwise mundane week, the crypto privacy news arrived with a significant proclamation: the very quantum computing threat that has set Ripple, Bitcoin, and Ethereum into a frenzy of emergency planning seems to have no bearing on our beloved privacy-preserving zero-knowledge proof systems. The study, co-authored by the valiant minds at Coinbase, Stanford, and the Ethereum Foundation, suggests that eclectic networks such as Railgun and PrivacyPools operate on a fundamentally different security model than the one quantum computers are designed to dismantle.
Mike Flanagan’s 2018 series, The Haunting of Hill House, a reimagining of Shirley Jackson’s novel, is still considered the best horror show of the 21st century thanks to its compelling characters and truly frightening moments. He followed this success with The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020), Midnight Mass (2021), The Midnight Club (2022), and the surprisingly humorous and gruesome The Fall of the House of Usher (2023), establishing him as a leading figure in horror television and a major voice in the genre as a whole.
A new video offers a sneak peek at the first six minutes of the premiere episode, “Welcome to Hawkins, New Kid.” It introduces Nikki Baxter, a new character voiced by Odessa A’zion, known for her role in Marty Supreme. Nikki will be joining beloved characters from the live-action show as they face fresh dangers in Hawkins after the gate to the Upside Down was shut. You can watch the video below.
Country singer Morgan Wade is joining the cast of the show Dutton Ranch. She’ll play Carol, a bartender in Rio Paloma, Texas, who observes everything that happens around town. Wade isn’t the first musician to appear in Taylor Sheridan’s shows – Zach Bryan, Isaac Hoskins, and Shane Smith & The Saints have all been featured previously. Other artists like Ryan Bingham and Lainey Wilson appeared in Yellowstone, and Tim McGraw starred in the earlier series 1883.