Entertainment Archive

Red Rooms makes online poker as thrilling as its serial killer

Terrence O'BrienMar 29

This is pure joy.

Watch Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter join Fred Again for an absolutely amazing helmetless two-hour DJ set, featuring the wildest Usher drop I’ve ever heard. And don’t skip out on the video description, which includes not just the track list, but incredible timestamped notes like:

1:34:00 Oh Jesus Christ. This was maybe the most beautiful thing ive ever seen happen. Thats Thomas’s son singing in a song he made when he was 12, blended with Thomas playing (saying?) i cant do without u

Terrence O'BrienMar 29

Why yes, Doom can run in CSS. Sort of.

Developer Niels Leenheer decided to see if he could recreate the classic FPS using the language that describes webpage formatting. cssDOOM is a bit messy and definitely pushing the limits of what is possible using cascading style sheets, but it’s undeniably impressive.

There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series

J.K. Rowling has made it abundantly clear that she will continue using her fortune to harm transgender people.

Charles Pulliam-MooreMar 29

Terrence O'BrienMar 28

Are the streaming music services doomed?

Something Jimmy Iovine said in a recent interview caught Artist manager Joel Gouveia’s ear: “The streaming services, to me, are minutes away from being obsolete.” It sounds wild on its surface, but it got Gouveia thinking. He makes a compelling case that Spotify’s days are numbered, and what comes next could be interesting:

We are witnessing the death of the “Mass Audience” and the birth of the “Micro-Community.”
The music industry has spent a decade obsessing over how to get a million people to listen to a song once. The next decade will be defined by artists figuring out how to get 1,000 people to care forever.

Suno leans into customization with v5.5

Terrence O'BrienMar 28

A classic Zelda-style adventure, but a lot more cozy

Andrew WebsterMar 28

Charles Pulliam-MooreMar 28

Hello, Motoko.

There’s a new teaser out for Science Saru’s upcoming The Ghost in the Shell animated series, and it looks like we’re in for an absolute banger when the project premieres this July.

Terrence O'BrienMar 27

The music industry has embraced a “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy about AI.

It’s not just the country music scene that’s quietly embraced AI, artists across genres are using it to experiment with arrangements, demo new songs, and create sample material. But, songwriter Michelle Lewis told Rolling Stone, nobody wants to admit it. And producer Young Guru believes it’s more widespread than anyone realizes:

…it’s become common for hip-hop producers to make funk and soul samples out of AI, rather than license original music or hire musicians. Guru guesses that “more than half” of sample-based hip-hop is being made this way now.

Inside the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Era of AI in Music

[Rolling Stone]

Andrew WebsterMar 27

McCloudy with a chance of Glen Powell.

Yesterday brought the surprise news that Fox McCloud would be in the Super Mario Galaxy Movie. Now we know who will voice the Star Fox character: Glen Powell. And he seems pretty excited.