Although some people might prefer electric vehicles because they’re quieter and don’t require expensive stops at the gas pump, many EV drivers prioritize environmental issues. But are EVs really better for the environment than their gas-powered counterparts?  To better understand whether EVs are better or worse for the environment than conventional vehicles, we’ll examine how
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Today in Books rounds up news links from places from other than Book Riot, but we also cover news on the site, so here are the news stories we wrote about last week. Plus: a grab-bag of links that didn’t make into the regular daily sends, but still are worth a click. How Alabama Library
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Black Ops 6 releases this October. Ahead of its extensive showing during today’s dedicated presentation, the release date and first gameplay details for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 have been shared. At this point in time, Activision has already confirmed that its latest Call of Duty installment will launch this fall and will also
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Looking for something good to watch this weekend, but you spend more time scanning through your streaming apps than actually picking something? Maybe we can help. We put together a list of nine horror movies streaming on Netflix right now. It’s a mixed bag of tricks, the list below. We have everything from sharks to
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My Rating ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 4 out of 5. “Too Many Happy Endings!” Some boys want to be superheroes. Some girlfriends want to date superheroes. For Jack Biceps and his gal, Shirlee, nothing could be further from the truth. Say hello to Gothamville’s number one teenage supervillain, Sinistro, Boy Fiend. Are the likes of Blue Beetle
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A road trip through the American Southwest opens a puzzle box of weirdness and nihilism in director Joshua Erkman’s feature debut, A Desert, through a captivating and stylized blend of neo-noir and horror. There’s no handholding or easy answers in this genre-bender, but its richly textured world and morally complex characters ensure an unpredictable voyage
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Updated 6:15 p.m. Eastern with comments from post-flight press conference. SPACEPORT AMERICA, N.M. — Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity spaceplane conducted its final commercial mission June 8, taking a Turkish researcher and three private astronauts on a suborbital spaceflight. VSS Unity, attached to its VMS Eve mothership aircraft, took off from Spaceport America in southern New
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Now that Summer Game Fest Play Days is underway, it is time for attendees to play the games available and for developers to participate in interviews. For example, Sonic Team head Takashi Iizuka was interviewed by IGN earlier today to discuss Sonic X Shadow Generations. There was only a handful of questions asked, but one
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Get ready to tear through the fabric of reality with Somnium, the new film from writer and director Racheal Cain. Starring Chloë Levine (The OA, The Sacrifice Game), Cain’s feature film debut delves into the world of dreams and what it means to make those dreams come true Read the full synopsis below: After a
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Publisher Nordcurrent Labs and newcomer developer River End Games have revealed Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream, a narrative-driven stealth-strategy adventure game launching next year. Revealed during today’s Future Game Show Summer Showcase, Eriksholm comes from a team of developers whose experience includes Battlefield, Mirror’s Edge, Little Nightmares, and Unravel.  Set in the titular Eriksholm, a fictional
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As long as there are bedtimes and children who’d like to avoid them, there will be picture books there to help: Moon Bear, written by Clare Helen Welsh and illustrated by Carolina T. Godina, is an excellent addition to the fold. Godina’s gouache and colored pencil illustrations introduce young Ettie as she cleans up, bathes,
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It’s a big weekend for critically acclaimed indies in limited release as well as a handful of moderate openings, including Richard Gere’s latest film Longing. The provenance of that is unusual as the film from Lionsgate/Grindstone is a Canada-set remake of a 2017 Israeli drama. The original was quite well received, but the film opening
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