Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice is as bleak as it is hilarious
No Other Choice. At my second day at TIFF 2025, the longest line I saw wasn’t for a movie: it was for the Criterion Closet. The space is housed in…
Super Robot Wars Y plays just like a kid’s giant robo fanfiction
When I was 16 years old, I wrote my first fanfiction. It was a crossover fic where the cast from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy gave the anime dog…
Herdling is a serene and adorable way to unwind
A screenshot from Panic’s Herdling game. | Image: Panic / Okomotive Herdling is a slow game about herding fuzzy animals through a vibrant natural world. That may not sound particularly…
Classic Sesame Street episodes are coming to YouTube
YouTube is getting “hundreds” of full classic Sesame Street episodes beginning in January 2026. Once the episodes are available, “YouTube will have the largest digital library of Sesame Street content,”…
Showrunner wants to use generative AI to recreate lost footage from an Orson Welles classic
Showrunner — the startup that wants to “revolutionize” the entertainment industry by charging people to prompt up AI-generated videos featuring copyrighted IP — is working on a new project to…
The best Nintendo Switch controllers to buy right now
The Nintendo Switch 2 is here, but we’re not going to forget about the original Switch. We’ve still got love for the console and its many millions of owners, so…
Warner Bros. Discovery sues Midjourney for generating ‘countless’ copies of its characters
Midjourney allegedly generated these images of Batman and the Joker. | Image: Warner Bros. Discovery via Midjourney Warner Bros. Discovery is suing Midjourney over claims the AI startup “brazenly dispenses…
The new Street Fighter movie Hadokens into theaters in October 2026
Ryu in Street Fighter 6. The new Street Fighter movie, which has been in the works since 2023, now has a cast and a release date. The film hits theaters…
Why it’s so hard to make a ‘safer’ football helmet
When players take the field at the start of the NFL season, many will be sporting the new, subtly different F7 Pro helmet, which some have speculated might be the…
I tested a bunch of Switch 2 screen protectors, and these are the best
This is what a Switch 2 looks like with a glossy glass protector attached to its screen. | Image: Cameron Faulkner/The Verge A glass screen protector is one of a…