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Archives for August 2026

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
It’s Mimikyu’s turn to be a movie star.

During the closing ceremony of this year’s Pokémon World Championships, The Pokémon Company dropped a surprise teaser trailer for Pokémon: Wild Card — a new feature-length movie from studio CloverWorks that appears to be about the trading card game. The film’s set to release some time in 2027.

TC Sottek
TC Sottek
HBO to audience: “Baba Booey.”

As Netflix turns into a video podcast warehouse, HBO is planting its own flag with an original titan of radio. The Howard Stern Show arrives with weekly episodes on HBO Max September 17th. The series will be adapted from Stern’s SiriusXM program.

Stevie Bonifield
Stevie Bonifield
The next PlayStation State of Play event will bring an extended look at Final Fantasy VII Revelation on September 3rd.

The show will kick off on YouTube and Twitch at 9AM ET / 6AM PT, followed by a State of Play Japan livestream right after.

A graphic showing the times for a PlayStation State of Play broadcast for September 3, 2026
Image: Sony
Professor Murder Rides the Subway is a forgotten slice of dance punk perfection

It’s basically mid-aughts Brooklyn in audio form.

Terrence O'Brien
Terrence O'Brien
Terrence O'Brien
What’s on your running playlist?

I recently started running again. And, as I started building back to my first half marathon in almost a decade, I realized — my running playlist is hopelessly out of date. Nothing on there is newer than 2018, so tell me what keeps you motivated to power through the pain.

Kallie Plagge
Kallie Plagge
Another Poké-motorcycle.

First it was the Toyota Engineering Society’s Miraidon Project, a life-size version Pokémon Violet’s motorcycle-like mascot. Now it’s time for Pokémon Scarlet’s mascot: Honda has its life-size Koraidon on display at PokémonXP in San Francisco. It looks fantastic, and it blinks. Its mouth even opens!

Photography by Kallie Plagge / The Verge

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Terrence O'Brien
Terrence O'Brien
NFL teams are sticking GoPros on their QBs.

Player-mounted cameras aren’t entirely new to the world of football. According to ESPN, they’ve been widely used by colleges, and the Eagles were experimenting as early as 2016. But this year they’ve been adopted much more broadly in the NFL, with at least six teams having embraced the tech.

In some cases, it’s for the vision the camera provides, which helps coaches and players see each play from the quarterback’s vantage point. In others, the value is in giving coaches a peek into the communication taking place on the field, helping them get deeper insight into how QBs and other players -- such as the center making protection calls -- are communicating at the line and in the huddle. The cameras have even been experimented with on defense.

Welcome to Night Vale cocreator Joseph Fink learned storytelling from Grim Fandango 

His latest book, The Nudge, tells the tale of a man who can’t seem to outrun a mysterious evil.

Terrence O'Brien
Terrence O'Brien
Terrence O'Brien
Arturia’s Pure Sub is all about that bass.

The company’s latest virtual synth is focused entirely on the low end. It’s purpose-built for EDM wubs, tuned 808 thumps, and even some heavy gabber kicks. It’s not a subtle instrument, that’s for sure. But it’s plenty of fun if you like rattling the walls.

Musicians-turned-detectives are hunting for AI grifters

As AI infiltrates the electronic dance music scene, a callout culture is brewing.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
TC Sottek
TC Sottek
The new Iron Man game looks sick.

EA’s Iron Man game, first announced back in 2022, just had some internal video leaked on ResetEra. The video shows Tony Stark effortlessly zipping through New York City in a way that instantly recalls the well-received Spider-Man series. It’s nice that the studio in charge basically confirmed the leak in a social media post: