Oscar-Winning 2023 Movie With 96% RT Audience Score Becomes Streaming Success

Summary American Fiction, an Oscar-winning movie from 2023 with a 96% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, is now a streaming success. Written and directed by Cord Jefferson in his feature debut, based on the 2021 novelErasureby Percival Everett, the film follows a frustrated novelist who writes a stereotypical and satirical “Black” book as a joke, only for it to be misinterpreted as a serious piece of literature and published to critical acclaim and commercial success....

August 20, 2025 · 3 min · 512 words · Jenna Richards

Overwatch 2 just made Tanks an even bigger problem in Season 12

Overwatch 2 just made Tanks an even bigger problem in Season 12 The conversation about Tank’s role balance in Overwatch 2 has been a heated one, but the Season 12 patch has shifted even more power into the role to make them raid boss level threats. It’s been made pretty clear byOW2 game director Aaron Kellerthat the Tank role is Overwatch 2’s biggest problem, and it’s not because the role is too weak....

August 20, 2025 · 5 min · 1011 words · Dustin Fernandez

Pokemon TCG Pocket players call for OP Mythical Island card to be nerfed

Pokemon TCG Pocket players call for OP Mythical Island card to be nerfed Pokemon TCG Pocket’s Mythical Island expansion has introduced a powerful new Basic Pokemon that fans are already calling to be nerfed, due to how quickly it can win battles. Pokemon Pocket allows players to summon powerful ‘Mons that can decimate their foes. However, having a strong Basic Pokemon that can sweep weaker creatures early can let players get the Points they need before a setup....

August 20, 2025 · 2 min · 424 words · Samuel Hernandez

Rainbow Six Extraction and Riders Republic delayed, again

Rainbow Six ExtractionandRiders Republic,two of Ubisoft’s major upcoming games, have been delayed. This is the second time both games have been delayed, asRainbow Six Extraction(then titledQuarantine) was originally scheduled to launch in 2020, andRiders Republicwas originally slated for February 2021. TheRainbow Six ExtractionTwitter accountshared a statementthis afternoon saying that the game has been delayed to January 2022, moved back from its September 16 date.Riders Republicwasn’t pushed back quite as far, with aUbisoft blog postfrom the development team stating that the game has been delayed to October 28 from an original release date of September 2....

August 20, 2025 · 2 min · 319 words · Mariah Johnson

Raising Kanan Season 5 gets shocking update as Spider-Man star joins cast

Raising Kanan Season 5 gets shocking update as Spider-Man star joins cast With the Season 4 finale ending on Starz tonight, there’s some bad news served as a side dish withRaising KananSeason 5. It’s coming, though, with a familiarSpider-Manface attached. So far, thebinge-worthy TV showis on the cusp of introducing one of the most important Power characters never seen: Breeze. He’s a drug kingpin from Queens and is only ever mentioned in Power rather than fully explored....

August 20, 2025 · 3 min · 562 words · Tiffany Carter

Razer Phone 2 review

“Why you can trust Digital Trends – We have a 20-year history of testing, reviewing, and rating products, services and apps to help you make a sound buying decision. Find out we test and score products.“ What makes a “gaming” phone? It needs the power to play the latest mobile games with ease, with enough battery capacity and cooling to keep the fun going. Throw in a great screen, spectacular sound, simple-to-use software, and you have a winner, right?...

August 20, 2025 · 13 min · 2741 words · John Buck

Razer’s new headphones serve in-game haptics straight to your skull

It might sound insane, but Razer really wants you to feel a level of immersion that no other brand can guarantee, even if that pursuit means creating acushion that injects haptics into your back and butt. But the brand is not all about avant-garde, RGB-fueled wild products like the aforementioned Freyja haptics gaming cushion orthe Zephry Pro mask. Take, for example, the Kraken V4 Pro headphones that wereannouncedat the RazerCon 2024 event this weekend....

August 20, 2025 · 3 min · 517 words · Scott Mclaughlin

Reeling from the latest ‘Handmaid’s Tale’? We spoke with the woman who wrote it

If you want to know why your heart felt like it stopped a few times while watching the latestepisode ofThe Handmaid’s Tale, look no further than the episode’s writer, Yahlin Chang. (Spoiler alert:Make sure you watch the June 20 episode of the series before reading this article.) In a second season that has already involved a suicide bombing, lynchings, and a cruelly satisfying Marisa Tomei death,The Last Ceremonyplunges the dystopian drama to new depths of depravity....

August 20, 2025 · 9 min · 1871 words · Roberto Garza

Rick and Morty Season 8’s Best Change Is Also Its Biggest Problem

Summary AlthoughRick and Mortyseason 8 having no main villain is arguably a good thing, this could also be a big issue for the sci-fi comedy series. For its first few seasons,Rick and Mortydidn’t have a primary antagonist.Rick and Morty’s cast of characterswent on weekly adventures, but there were few recurring characters outside the Smith family. Most characters who did show up repeatedly, like Jessica or Mr. Goldenfold, weren’t villainous. This changed whenRick and Mortyintroduced Evil Morty and, later, Rick’s nemesis Rick Prime, both of whom were major antagonists for numerous seasons....

August 20, 2025 · 6 min · 1091 words · Maria Mills

Squid Game: The Challenge contestants threaten lawsuit after “suffering” on set

Squid Game: The Challenge contestants threaten lawsuit after “suffering” on set The Squid Game: The Challenge controversy just took a turn, as a number of players are threatening to sue the production company after allegedly “suffering” on set. Squid Game: The Challenge is the latestNetflixcompetition series based on the popular South Korean series, involving 456 players as they battle it out in the hopes of winning $4.56 million. But the show has run into controversy since premiering, with someaccusing it of missing the pointofSquid Game, which was a critique on the excesses of capitalism, and how it isolates society....

August 20, 2025 · 2 min · 420 words · Melissa Frazier

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew’s Disney+ release date moved up

Star Wars: Skeleton Crewis arriving earlier than expected. The eight-part series will debut with a two-episode premiere at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT on Monday, December 2. Subsequent episodes will be released on Tuesdays at the same time, with the season finale airing on June 15, 2025. Disney also announced the directors for each corresponding episode. Series co-creator Jon Watts will helm episodes 1 and 8.The Green Knight’sDavid Lowery directs episodes 2 and 3....

August 20, 2025 · 2 min · 301 words · Adam Reed

Super Mario Party Jamboree is the series’ biggest game yet

There’s nothing quite like a Mario Party game, and Nintendo has announced another entry that’s coming out this fall.Super Mario Party Jamboreeis the series’ biggest game yet, and it’s due out on October 17 for the Nintendo Switch. Nintendo announced the game, which takes place at an island resort, during itsJune 2024 Nintendo Direct, alongside other new Mario games likeMario & Luigi: BrothershipandDonkey Kong Country Returns HD. Company senior executive Shinya Takahashi called it the “biggest Mario Party in series history,” and that certainly seems to be true, given it has over 110 minigames to play and multiple play modes....

August 20, 2025 · 2 min · 280 words · Bridget Ward

Take a load off with Soul Electronics’ lightweight Emotion true wireless earbuds

Soul Electronics has been on a roll over the last few weeks. Last month, the company launched theRun Free Pro Bioearbuds, which can act as a personal running coach of sorts. Not everyone uses their headphones for workouts, however, and for those who prefer convenience, the Soul has launched the Emotion true wireless earbuds, which the company sees as a budget-friendly alternative to Apple’s AirPods. Like the AirPods, Soul Electronics’ Emotion earbuds feature an auto-pairing function, making it easy to get connected to your phone or another device via Bluetooth....

August 20, 2025 · 2 min · 358 words · Margaret Porter