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By Andrew R. Chow

February 24, 2025 5:17 PM EST

A couple of years ago, Grimes thought art might be dying. She worried that TikTok was overwhelming attention spans; that transgressive artists were becoming more sanitized; that gimmicky NFTs like the Bored Ape Yacht Club—digital cartoon monkeys which were selling for millions of dollars—were warping value systems.

“I just went through this whole big ‘art isn’t worth anything’ internal existential crisis,” the Canadian singer-songwriter says. “But I’ve come out the other end thinking, actually, maybe it’s the main thing that matter…

Nearly nine years ago, the original Crashlands introduced players to an alien space trucker named Flux Dabes as she survived a crash landing on the planet Woanope and crafted her way out of that jam. Flux’s history will repeat itself this spring when Crashlands 2 arrives. In the new trailer below, Flux is literally dropped on to Woanope again as she is forced to make a new life for herself until she can get off-world.

Essentially, Flux has to start over from scratch. That means if she wants a home, she’ll have to build one herself. As before, Flux can craft her own objects and buildings, and she can also create weapons, traps, and any kind of gadget she needs to survive on Woaope. But on this world, Flux isn’t necessarily on top of the food chain, and the alien creatures…

Believe it or not, Peter Jackson’s Oscar-winning The Lord of the Rings movies debuted more than 20 years ago. The third movie, Return of the King, swept the Oscars and won 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director for Jackson. He followed those up with a much less critically adored (but still commercially successful!) The Hobbit trilogy. Now, two decades on, Warner Bros. and New Line have announced plans to make new The Lord of the Rings movies, and that makes for potentially exciting news for fans of the series.

As with any announcement about new entries to a beloved series, some fans are skeptical, and understandably so. WB/New Line is plotting ahead with an attempt to create what insiders are calling a Star Wars-like universe for Middle-ear…

Lego and Minecraft is what you’d call a perfect pair, and if you’re a completionist looking to get your hands on an exclusive bundle, you can check out this new Lego Minecraft Adventure Gift Set Come from South African Online Casinos . Available for $30, this is a three-in-one collection that compiles three popular Minecraft sets into one convenient package. Inside, you’ll find The Abandoned Mine, The Fox Lodge, and the Lego Minecraft Steve and Baby Panda set. If you want to expand your playsets, check out Amazon’s deal on Lego Minecraft Crafting Box, which drops the price to only $54 (was $80)

These are all quick and fun to build, and once assembled, they all look like a slice of the game brought into …

After decades of trying to get Megalopolis made, director Francis Ford Coppola put up $120 million of his own money for the film. But the promotional campaign is off to a rocky start after the trailer was pulled by Lionsgate because fans discovered that it quoted fake reviews for Coppola’s earlier movies.

Megalopolis was already facing bad buzz after its festival screenings. The trailer seemed like it was designed to counter that by quoting contemporary negative reviews for The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, and Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The implication was that critics were wrong about these classics, and also wrong about Megalopolis. However, it didn’t take long for people to realize that the reviews in question weren’t real.

Via Variety, a Lionsgate spokesperson said, “We offer …

Capcom is putting out another classic fighting game collection, including Capcom vs. SNK 2, both Power Stone games, the Rival Schools sequel Project Justice, and Street Fighter 3 Alpha. All the games–collected as Capcom Fighting Collection 2–are playable online with rollback netcode. The compilation was announced as part of an Indie World Nintendo Direct.

The collection gathers several cult classics that have not garnered a re-release or remake since their original launch. Capcom Fighting Collection 2 will be the first re-release of both Power Stones since the PSP’s Power Stone Collection. Project Justice received a PlayStation Online version, but only in Japan. Capcom vs. SNK 2 got a PlayStation Network port back in 2013, but no other re-release.

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In September 1994, the Entertainment Software Rating Board officially began rating video games in North America, a practice which it continues to this day. Although the ESRB’s 30th anniversary won’t officially arrive until September 16, its employees have decided to celebrate a few weeks early by releasing a new song, E is for Everyone, which playfully explains the purpose of its game ratings.

As related on the ESRB’s official site, this song was inspired by the educational tunes from the Schoolhouse Rock animated show of the ’70s and ’80s. Presumably the animated singers in this video are based on real people who work for the ESRB, but the video doesn’t credit them by name. The lyrics of the song also explain how the rating process unfolds, the four major ratings, as we…

The Dark Knight Trilogy is on sale for super cheap in Amazon’s Black Friday sale. You can snag the complete trilogy on 4K Blu-ray for only $30 (was $71). With this deal, you’re getting Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and The Dark Knight Rises on 4K for only $10 each. The $30 price matches the all-time low for this great collection of 4K Batman movies.

The Dark Knight Trilogy tends to be one of the most popular Blu-ray box set deals during Amazon’s big sales events. If history repeats, it’ll sell out before Amazon’s Black Friday sale officially ends.

Quick look: Best Batman Blu-ray Box Set Deals for Black Friday

• The Dark Knight Trilogy (4K Blu-ray) — $30 ($71…
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