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Batman Gets an RPG and Hasbro Revives HeroQuest in the Latest Gaming News

Batman Gets an RPG and Hasbro Revives HeroQuest in the Latest Gaming News

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Batman Gets an RPG and Hasbro Revives HeroQuest in the Latest Gaming News Welcome back to Gaming Shelf, io9's column all about board games and tabletop roleplaying games. This time around, we’ve got a solo mission for Fallout: Wasteland Warfare, a new roleplaying game for Batman, and a survival game starring The Thing. Check it out! Read more... Go to Source
The Craft: Legacy Trailer Is Here to Remind Us Not to Mess With Witches

The Craft: Legacy Trailer Is Here to Remind Us Not to Mess With Witches

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The Craft: Legacy Trailer Is Here to Remind Us Not to Mess With Witches The movie gods have bestowed us with a gift this Halloween: Blumhouse’s continuation of the 1996 cult classic The Craft is coming to on-demand October 28. It’s called The Craft: Legacy and, much like the original, it follows four characters who discover and develop witchy powers that spiral out of control.Read more... Go to Source
Just Get the Apple Watch SE

Just Get the Apple Watch SE

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Just Get the Apple Watch SE For months, it was rumored that Apple would introduce a budget smartwatch—an affordable alternative to its flagship device, much like the iPhone SE. And it did exactly that, down to the name: The $280 Apple Watch SE is a cheaper version of the $400 Series 6. But Apple also kept the $200 Series 3 in its lineup, which…Read more... Go to Source
Fat Bear Week Is Finally Here

Fat Bear Week Is Finally Here

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Fat Bear Week Is Finally Here The most wonderful time of the year is truly here. On Wednesday, Katmai National Park and Preserve’s annual Fat Bear Week will officially kick off—a tribute to the months of gorging that bears must undertake to stock up on body fat before the coming winter famine and hibernation. This year, people will vote on 12 of…Read more... Go to Source
The Princess Bride: Adventure Book Game Is Almost as Epic as the Movie

The Princess Bride: Adventure Book Game Is Almost as Epic as the Movie

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The Princess Bride: Adventure Book Game Is Almost as Epic as the Movie When it comes to board games based on popular movies, TV shows, or franchises, Ravensburger is the company to beat. It’s proven that with its latest triumph, The Princess Bride: Adventure Book Game, which manages to envelop you in a story and world that’s worth telling.Read more... Go to Source
Watch Tonight’s Debate Between Trump and Biden on YouTube, Facebook, and More

Watch Tonight’s Debate Between Trump and Biden on YouTube, Facebook, and More

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Watch Tonight's Debate Between Trump and Biden on YouTube, Facebook, and More The first of three presidential debates between Donald Trump and Joe Biden is being held today in Ohio starting at 9 p.m. ET, 6 p.m. PT. And if you’re looking for livestreams on YouTube, Facebook, and more, we’ve got you covered with the links below.Read more... Go to Source
Lenovo Finally Jumped the Shark on Wireless Earbuds with the ThinkBook 15 Gen 2

Lenovo Finally Jumped the Shark on Wireless Earbuds with the ThinkBook 15 Gen 2

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Lenovo Finally Jumped the Shark on Wireless Earbuds with the ThinkBook 15 Gen 2 With companies continuing to push people towards wireless audio this was an inevitability. Today Lenovo took things to their natural conclusion with the ThinkBook 15 Gen 2, which is the world’s first laptop to feature a pair of built-in wireless earbuds. Read more... Go to Source
Roku Chases the Best Free Streaming Service With Mobile Support

Roku Chases the Best Free Streaming Service With Mobile Support

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Roku Chases the Best Free Streaming Service With Mobile Support Roku has announced the launch of a dedicated mobile app for The Roku Channel, the company’s longtime hub for free and streamable content that’ll be familiar to folks with Roku devices. But rather than limit the app to Roku users alone, The Roku Channel will be available to even users without physical Roku devices.…Read more... Go to Source
The FDA Approved Prescription Opioids Without Critical Safety Data, Study Says

The FDA Approved Prescription Opioids Without Critical Safety Data, Study Says

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The FDA Approved Prescription Opioids Without Critical Safety Data, Study Says The Food and Drug Administration has been lax in how it’s approved prescription opioid treatments dating back to the late 1990s, according to a new study out Monday. The study found that the FDA has routinely approved new opioid drugs or new formulations of existing drugs on the basis of limited evidence from clinical…Read more... Go to Source
I, Too, Know When Amazon Prime Day Is Because I Had to Move My Goddamn Wedding

I, Too, Know When Amazon Prime Day Is Because I Had to Move My Goddamn Wedding

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I, Too, Know When Amazon Prime Day Is Because I Had to Move My Goddamn Wedding Every job comes with downsides. Big e-commerce days are the job hazard every tech reviewer accepts with grim resignation. Usually, that ire is saved for Black Friday and Cyber Monday, the two holiday shopping days that every company meticulously schedules fall product launches around. Every year they ruin my life for…Read more... Go to Source
Lovecraft Country Has Given Up Cohesive Storytelling in Favor of Something More Dramatic

Lovecraft Country Has Given Up Cohesive Storytelling in Favor of Something More Dramatic

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Lovecraft Country Has Given Up Cohesive Storytelling in Favor of Something More Dramatic What little hope there was for Lovecraft Country’s first season trying to tell a single, cohesive story went completely out the window this week with “I Am,” a statement episode that gave Aunjanue Ellis’ Hippolyta Freeman everything she’d ever dreamed of...just to ask her to give it all up.Read more... Go to Source
For the Last Time, Please Don’t Buy the Apple Watch Series 3

For the Last Time, Please Don’t Buy the Apple Watch Series 3

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For the Last Time, Please Don't Buy the Apple Watch Series 3 Well, well, well. Despite begging every higher power that I wouldn’t have to write yet another blog about why folks shouldn’t buy the Apple Watch Series 3 anymore, a 9to5 Mac report notes that several Series 3 owners have reported that their watches are randomly rebooting since upgrading to watchOS 7. So here we are…Read more... Go to Source
Why Are VR Headsets So Bulky?

Why Are VR Headsets So Bulky?

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Why Are VR Headsets So Bulky? Show me someone who looks cool in a VR headset, and I’ll show you a dork with no aesthetic sense. Largely, this has to do with their bulk: as consumer tech continues to shrink, they stubbornly remain massive, looking less like portals into hyper-real alternate dimensions and more like large futuristic sea animals…Read more... Go to Source
You Know Who Else Didn’t Pay His Income Taxes?

You Know Who Else Didn’t Pay His Income Taxes?

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You Know Who Else Didn't Pay His Income Taxes? The New York Times published an explosive new story on Sunday, revealing that President Donald Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes in 2016, another $750 in 2017, and didn’t pay a single penny for at least ten other years dating back to 2000. The article also alleges Trump owes over $400 million to unnamed…Read more... Go to Source
This Is the Newest Way to Show Full Stadiums During the Covid-19 Apocalypse

This Is the Newest Way to Show Full Stadiums During the Covid-19 Apocalypse

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This Is the Newest Way to Show Full Stadiums During the Covid-19 Apocalypse As you all have probably noticed, competitive sports does not like being without fans during covid-19 times. Officials have been racking their brains for ideas—some less strange than others—to deal with empty stadiums for months, and we just got a new one: Fill the stands with South Park residents. Read more... Go to Source
Trump and RNC Sue North Carolina for Making Absentee Voting Simpler

Trump and RNC Sue North Carolina for Making Absentee Voting Simpler

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Trump and RNC Sue North Carolina for Making Absentee Voting Simpler The election board of North Carolina issued new guidance this week essentially giving voters a second chance if they screw up filling out their absentee ballot. With the logic being that, you know, there’s a global pandemic going on at the moment and a lot of folks are voting by mail for the first time, so mistakes…Read more... Go to Source