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The Horses of Chernobyl Are Thriving in a Post-Human Neighborhood Original
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Ever since the nuclear disaster of 1986, the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone has taken on a second life as an animal haven of sorts. Between 1998 and 2004, scientists began to introduce the endangered Przewalski’s horse, the world’s last truly wild equine species, into the zone. Camera traps show the horses routinely using abandoned barns and buildings in the Exclusion Zone.
500 Years Later, Scientists Prove That Leonardo da Vinci’s Bridge Design Works
1 day ago Some of the most beautiful home styles are influenced by the architecture and interiors of the past. One of our favorite eras to draw inspiration from is the regal Renaissance style. If you need a refresher on what the Renaissance is, it was a historical period in Europe that lasted from about the …
500 Years Later, Scientists Prove That Leonardo da Vinci’s Bridge Design Works Original
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: In the early 1500s, Leonardo da Vinci designed a hypothetical bridge for the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. It was rejected. Over 500 years later, an MIT team has recreated the design with a model and have showed that it would have worked. Leonardo’s design incorporates architectural techniques that would have not been seen for another 300 years. This story is a collaboration with Biography.com.
The Horses of Chernobyl Are Earth’s Last Wild Breed—and Thriving in a Nuclear Wasteland Original
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Ever since the nuclear disaster of 1986, the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone has taken on a second life as an animal haven of sorts. Between 1998 and 2004, scientists began to introduce the endangered Przewalski’s horse, the world’s last truly wild equine species, into the zone. Camera traps show the horses routinely using abandoned barns and buildings in the Exclusion Zone.
This Guy Found a Faster Way to Multiply—Because the One You Know Is Ridiculously Slow Original
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: In 1971, German mathematicians Schönhage and Strassen predicted a faster algorithm for multiplying large numbers, but it remained unproven for decades. Mathematicians from Australia and France have proven the existence of this algorithm, making multiplication and other arithmetic more efficient. This breakthrough could revolutionize calculations involving massive numbers, from computing digits of pi to solving problems with huge prime numbers.
There’s a Wild Conspiracy Theory That the Titanic Never Sank
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: In 1912, the Titanic sank. A modern theory suggests the ship was secretly swapped with its sister ship, the Olympic, as part of an insurance scam. After a costly crash, conspiracy theorists claim the White Star Line disguised the damaged Olympic as the Titanic to recoup losses, but historians argue the evidence doesn’t add up.
It's Time to Stock Up on Holiday Lights
The holidays are approaching fast, and there's no better time to prepare by grabbing the best deals on festive lighting. From colorful displays to serene white hues, lighting makes all the difference. Act quickly to snag Amazon's best-selling item, the LightsEtc 200 LED String Light, now available at an incredible discount. Originally priced at $53, these lights are currently on sale for just $9.
You Need to Play Nintendo's Most Underrated Sports Game on Switch Online ASAP
“We’re jumping bridges! We’re hurting feelings! This oughta be illegal!” That’s how announcer Greg Tomlinson welcomed viewers back to the 2000 X Games, as they were about to watch some Moto X Freestyle, which means riding a dirt bike around doing stunts. Tomlinson had good reason to be hyped. The X Games, which had been around since 1995, had introduced a generation to the idea of extreme sports.
You Need to Play Nintendo's Most Underrated Sports Game on Switch Online ASAP
Kokomo Murase Just Became the First Female to Land a Backside 1440 (Watch!) Kokomo Murase has not only made a significant impact in snowboarding but has also pushed the boundaries of what is possible in the sport. One of her …
You Need to Play the Most Underrated Metroid Game on Nintendo Switch Online ASAP
In the early 2000s, selling two games at once became something of a trend. Blame it on Pokémon, whose Red and Blue sold approximately a bajillion copies. The only difference between the Red and Blue versionswas which Pokémon you got, and the mandate to “catch ‘em all” made grabbing both irresistible. It was also a period of technological shift, as the second generation of 3D consoles became the unquestioned top dogs. But Pokémonhad shown that the consoles no longer had to operate alone.
You Need to Play Nintendo’s Most Underrated Franchise on Switch Online ASAP
In Gunpei Yokoi’s life, one can read both the history of video games and that of post-WWII Japan. Yokoi was born in Osaka in 1941, just a few months before the Empire attacked Pearl Harbor. In the 1960s, after earning an electronics degree from a prestigious university, Yokoi got a job as a maintenance engineer on the assembly line for a toy and card company called Nintendo. Nintendo had been around since the 19th century, focused on hanafuda cards primarily used for gambling.
You Need to Play Nintendo’s Most Underrated Franchise on Switch Online ASAP
You Need to Play Nintendo’s Most Underrated Franchise on Switch Online ASAP Talk to the Ultrahand. In Gunpei Yokoi’s life, one can read both the history of video games and that of post-WWII Japan. Yokoi was born in Osaka in …
You Need to Play the Most Underrated Pokémon Spinoff on Switch Online ASAP
It was the year 2000, and Nintendo needed a vision of the future to match. The once-dominant gaming juggernaut had found itself in a four-way battle with Sega, Sony, and Microsoft. Each of these companies had its own strengths and weaknesses, but Nintendo was feeling the heat. The Dreamcast and PlayStation 2 had already launched, the Xbox was on its way. While Nintendo maintained dominance in the mobile market, it was clear that the once-revolutionary N64 was in its last days.
You Need to Play the Most Underrated Pokémon Spinoff on Switch Online ASAP
Xbox Series X Users Slam Change to Console: "This Is Terrible" Xbox has been making changes to the Xbox Series X dashboard, and one change has not been received well by Xbox fans, or at least Xbox fans on the …
You Need to Play this Classic Sci-Fi Ninja Game on Nintendo Switch Online ASAP Original
In the 1980s, ninja fever swept through America. There were a few origin points for this. One was Bruce Lee: although he dîed in 1973, his legend was gaining steam. Black Belt magazine, to which Lee had contributed several articles, began in the late-’70s promoting ninja swords of dubious background. Another was Eric Van Lustbader’s best-selling 1980 novel The Ninja.
Play the Classic RPG That Inspired a Cult Icon on Switch Online ASAP
Shigesato Itoi did not come from the world of video games. First, he put his creativity to commercial use through copywriters for ads.
Play the Classic RPG That Inspired a Cult Icon on Switch Online ASAP
Shigesato Itoi did not come from the world of video games. First, he put his creativity to commercial use through copywriters for ads.
Play the SNES Classic That Launched the Cozy Sim Trend on Switch Online ASAP Original
In their 2021 book The Dawn of Everything, anthropologist David Graeber and archaeologist David Wengrow argue that much of what we take as the basic contours of human history are fundamentally wrong. The basic story is that first humans were hunter-gatherers who lived in harmony, and then the advent of agriculture ushered in the concept of “civilization,” for both good and bad.
You Need to Play This Ultra-Rare Zelda Knockoff on Nintendo Switch Online ASAP
The Nintendo Switch is a jack of all trades. Sure, the hybrid console can't hope to compete with the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One, let alone the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series S/X, in terms of hardware. But, what it lacks in performance, it makes up for in other areas. Like, for example, a swath of first-party exclusives and portability. Now, it appears the Switch has yet another ace up its sleeve that other consoles can't brag about - the ability to help law enforcement.
You Need to Play This Ultra-Rare Zelda Knockoff on Nintendo Switch Online ASAP
There’s an old model in business called “razors and blades.” Incorrectly attributed to King Camp Gillette, the inventor of the safety razor, perhaps better attributed to John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil, the model is based around making one thing easily accessible so that consumers will need another. If you give razors away for free, then customers are eventually going to need some more blades.
You Need to Play This Ultra-Rare Zelda Knockoff on Nintendo Switch Online ASAP
You Need to Play This Ultra-Rare Zelda Knockoff on Nintendo Switch Online ASAP If you come for Link, you’d best not miss. There’s an old model in business called “razors and blades.” Incorrectly attributed to King Camp Gillette, …
Play This Nintendo Classic on Switch Online Before the 'Super Mario RPG' Remake Original
In any creative history, the road not taken can loom large. Nic Cage as Superman. James Cameron making a Spider-Man movie. In 1996, the final Mario game was released for the Super Nintendo: Super Mario RPG. As the title indicates, this was a clear break from other Mario games, which is why Shigeru Miyamoto brought in Square (still just Square at this point), of Final Fantasy fame to develop the game. Combining elements of the studios was enough of a success that Nintendo wanted more.
Play This Nintendo Classic on Switch Online Before the 'Super Mario RPG' Remake
2 hours ago The bitter battle over Call of Duty on PlayStation is over as Sony signs a Microsoft deal. Sony has agreed to a deal for Call of Duty with Microsoft. Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer says Sony and Microsoft have agreed to a “binding agreement” to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation. It’s not immediately …
20 Years Ago, Nintendo Brought Its Most Iconic RPG to America — And It's Still Going Strong
Two years ago, Nintendo released a small video set 20 prior. For anyone who owned a GameCube, it might seem very familiar. Two unnamed voices play Super Smash Bros. Melee, which would go on to become the best-selling GameCube title, a bright spot for a company struggling to figure out how to compete with Sony and Microsoft. No longer with a pure technical advantage, Nintendo began relying on the strength of its characters, especially for a free-for-all game like Melee.
20 Years Ago, Nintendo Brought Its Most Iconic RPG to America — And It's Still Going Strong
Two years ago, Nintendo released a small video set 20 prior. For anyone who owned a GameCube, it might seem very familiar. Two unnamed voices play Super Smash Bros. Melee, which would go on to become the best-selling GameCube title, a bright spot for a company struggling to figure out how to compete with Sony and Microsoft. No longer with a pure technical advantage, Nintendo began relying on the strength of its characters, especially for a free-for-all game like Melee.
You Need to Play the Most Influential Mario Game on Nintendo Switch ASAP
By 1988, Nintendo had recreated the video game industry in its own image. The video game industry’s collapse five years prior had sent arcades on a death spiral and allowed for the rise of the home console. Consoles promised consistency, and nothing offered more of that than Super Mario Bros. The Italian plumbers had taken the world by storm in 1985, and the split-sequel nature of SMB2 had introduced a wider cast of characters to America.
You Need to Play the Most Influential Mario Game on Nintendo Switch ASAP
By 1988, Nintendo had recreated the video game industry in its own image. The video game industry’s collapse five years prior had sent arcades on a death spiral and allowed for the rise of the home console. Consoles promised consistency, and nothing offered more of that than Super Mario Bros. The Italian plumbers had taken the world by storm in 1985, and the split-sequel nature of SMB2 had introduced a wider cast of characters to America.
You Need to Play the Most Influential Mario Game on Nintendo Switch ASAP
You Need to Play the Most Influential Mario Game on Nintendo Switch ASAP Pull back the curtain on a masterpiece. By 1988, Nintendo had recreated the video game industry in its own image. The video game industry’s collapse …
You Need to Play the Most Underrated Mario Game Ever ASAP Original
By 1995, the world of side-scrolling was coming to an end. The NES and SNES had steered Nintendo into a place of global domination, but the next generation of consoles were already tempting away players. The Sega Saturn and Sony Playstation were cutting-edge, offering players fully 3D games. Even if 2D games generally looked better than blocky polygons, the future was here. Nintendo was in the unusual place of being behind the curve.
You Need to Play the Best Classic Mario Game on Nintendo Switch ASAP Original
The early ‘90s saw video game consoles coming fully into the mainstream. The industry had gone on a wild ride in the previous decade, rebuilding itself after an industry-wide crash in 1983. Out of the wreckage and chaos came stability, mainly through Nintendo. Arcade gaming, where quality varied wildly, was on the wane. Instead, the focus shifted to home consoles, where longer experiences could be built to last players hours.
You Need to Play the Best Classic Mario Game on Nintendo Switch ASAP
You Need to Play the Best Classic Mario Game on Nintendo Switch ASAP Expanded and enhanced. The early ‘90s saw video game consoles coming fully into the mainstream. The industry had gone on a wild ride in the previous …
You Need to Play Nintendo's Most Important Retro Remake on Switch ASAP
Video game remakes have become an ever-evolving and complex subgenre of blockbusters. As the medium ages, questions of historicity and authenticity hover over the experience. Does a game fundamentally change when it receives a graphical overhaul? What about if the same happens to the mechanics of gameplay, aspects of the story, or even the medium in which it’s played?
You Need to Play Nintendo's Most Important Retro Remake on Switch ASAP
3 hours ago As someone whose work is mostly web-first, I’m very open to experimenting with future-forward ways of computing. So far, I’ve tried an iPad-first, Android tablet-first, and even remote desktop-based work environments. That said, I’m all about the mobile life, and a system that seamlessly switches …
You Need to Play the Best Nintendo 64 Mario Sports Game on Switch ASAP
Few video game characters have inspired as much philosophical pondering as Waluigi. It’s often half-joke, half-real, like the post which suggests that “to choose to play as Waluigi is the ultimate act of false consciousness” or that “Waluigi is the true nowhere man” since “without the other characters he reflects, inverts, and parodies he has no reason to exist.” In discussions of artificial intelligence these days, Waluigi has somehow gotten himself involved.
23 Years Ago, Nintendo Unleashed the Riskiest Zelda Sequel Ever
Imagine that you have spent countless hours playing the latest Zelda game which critics hail as a flawless new watermark for the entire medium. Groundbreaking in terms of visuals, gameplay, music, story, you name it. It’s hard to imagine a better game ever existing. And yet, another emerges on the horizon — and it’s a direct sequel! All the commercials and hype in the world couldn’t prepare you for a game that was this different and this good.
2 Years Before Pokémon, Game Freak Made the Most Underrated Platformer Ever
Nobody makes anything in a vacuum. It’s not exactly a surprise that every great album, movie, book, video game, and so on is crafted within a specific cultural context. It’s easy to imagine a solitary artist soaking up the culture around them and spitting out something brilliant in response, but it's rarely that simple. Game Freak is known these days as the creator of Pokémon, one of the most popular franchises in the world.
You Need to Play the Most Experimental Zelda Game Ever on Nintendo Switch ASAP
The cult of Twin Peaks has been around for a long time. When the show debuted on ABC back in 1990, it stood out for being a crime show that didn’t really feel like a crime show. It felt larger than life and also communal, seemingly allergic to the heavy plot focus of other police procedurals. Sure, Special Agent Dale Cooper was collecting clues related to the case of Laura Palmer’s murder, but the show expanded into a world of characters, some of whom verged on the mystical.
You Need to Play the Most Important Fighting Game Ever on Nintendo Switch ASAP
In the 1980s, video games had to go out into the public and compete with each other, head-to-head. The arcade experience had a democratic element to it, with gamers free to play whichever game they wanted. But throughout the decade, the quality of that experience declined, at times radically.
You Need to Watch the Most Underrated '90s Sci-Fi Before it Leaves HBO Max This Week
Roland Emmerich is an unlikely American success. Known for Independence Day and the string of disaster movies that followed, the West German-born director gained an early reputation for big spending. His film school debut, 1984’s The Noah’s Ark Principle, focused on American astronauts refusing to follow destructive orders and “nearly bankrupted the film school,” to quote Emmerich speaking to Collider.
You Need to Play the Most "Souped-Up" Zelda Game on Nintendo Switch ASAP
Zelda games often deliver a complex melting pot of synergized game mechanics, but exploration and a sense of wonder represent a consistent throughline that ties the whole series together. Way back in 1989, series creator Shigeru Miyamoto said that with The Legend of Zelda, he “wanted to create a game world that conveyed the same feeling you get when you are exploring a new city for the first time.
You Need to Play the Most Innovative Pokémon Game on Nintendo Switch ASAP
First, Nintendo dominated the console market through its unstoppable Super Nintendo system. Then, triumphing over competition and skeptics, it came to dominate the handheld market with the Game Boy. It had developed hit after hit that came not just to define the gaming industry, but generations. In the later ‘90s, the company began looking for ways to merge these two now-distinct modes of gaming. In the year 2000, the answer came to American shores.
You Need to Watch the Most Underappreciated Batman Movie of the Century on HBO Max ASAP
If a pop-culture commodity is going to outlast the average human lifespan, it has to be malleable. To become a generational piece of art that can find itself in the imaginations of young people for decade after decade, it has to be open to change. Trying to recreate the old using new technology won’t cut it, which is why Disney live-action remakes like The Lion King and Aladdin have been memory-holed.
'MLB The Show 23' Is the Year's Best PS5 Sports Game, For One Reason
It’s Opening Day, and the Angels have driven up the I-5 freeway to play the Oakland A’s at RingCentral Coliseum. Despite the pageantry, it’s not exactly a premier matchup. This is going to be a game between two teams that have struggled for years and will probably continue to do so. But I’m here for the same reason as everyone else: Shohei Ohtani.
You Need to Play the Best Billiards Video Game Ever on Nintendo Switch ASAP
Martin Scorcese’s 1986 movie The Color of Money has had a surprisingly deep influence on video games. The movie itself stars Tom Cruise and Paul Newman as pool hustlers at different stages in their lives. The movie itself is a sequel to Newman’s 1959 movie The Hustler, and the three men associated with the project made it the definition of cool. At one point, Tom Cruise shows up at a pool hall with a custom pool cue in a case. “What do you have in there?” asks someone. “Doom,” he responds.
5 Years Ago, the Star of 'Avatar' Made a Weird 'Avatar' Knockoff
Sam Worthington has starred in three movies about humans occupying alien bodies to colonize faraway moons. Two of those movies, Avatar and Avatar: The Way of Water, are among the most successful in history. Both made over a billion dollars and scored multiple Oscar nominations. They challenged the superhero hegemony and will live on for a long, long time. And then there’s the third movie, which came out between those two.
You Need to Play the Best '90s RPG on Nintendo Switch Online ASAP
Animal Crossing: New Horizons became an absolute sensation after its launch in March 2020. It spoke to what people needed in a time of unprecedented crisis: community, stability, and whimsy. People tried binging it, but the game didn’t really work like that. It was an experience to live side-by-side with, as opposed to a game with bosses to defeat. That sort of experience, where a game is as much a world to inhabit as it is to play through, is a rare and precious one.
You Need to Watch the Creepiest Detective Thriller on Netflix ASAP
Some cop shows go for realism, others for absurdity. Luther was a show that always straddled the lines. Its villains were extreme — serial killers in masks seemed to grow like weeds in the show’s England — but John Luther (Idris Elba) was always grounded. Sometimes in a zen way, sometimes in the way of a man who’s chosen to let his demons overwhelm him. His calm would draw the crazed killers in like moths to the light, and he’d have to clean up the mess in a sharp suit.
You Need to Play the Most Underrated Mario Kart Game on Nintendo Switch Online ASAP
A challenge for any new entry in a storied video game franchise is presenting something new while giving players a familiar feeling. Someone who has played a previous entry should be able to feel familiar with what's going on, and they should also be able to do something different. One sword in the first game? Dual wielding in the second, and so on. The longer the franchise has gone on, the more complex this can become.
15 Years Ago, a Cult Sci-Fi Franchise Made the Best Direct-to-Video Movie Ever
There’s not much coming through the Stargate these days. The franchise hails from the early ‘90s, a time in media as different as any era the show’s heroes visited. The original Stargate movie, directed and co-written by Roland Emmerich, was a precursor to Independence Day’s success: aliens, explosions, scientists clashing with the American military.
21 Years Ago, Nintendo Introduced Its Hungriest Hero — And Redefined Video Game Design
With a name like “Game Boy,” it’s easy to see why so many people thought Nintendo’s first handheld gaming console was meant for children. That’s not to say that the handheld console was solely focused on kids, but a lot of its gaming library was. An ad from 1992 targeting both markets encouraged kids to “punish your father when he gets home” for taking their beloved device. Nintendo was internally skeptical about the Game Boy at its release, considering its drab shades of grey and bulky size.
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