Culture
Tokyo Olympics opening blasts classic videogame themes across the world
Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Chrono Trigger and many more all had orchestral music featured in the Tokyo 2020(+1) opening ceremony.
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Games
Today's Google Doodle is a gloriously unlicensed Olympics tribute
A cool anime intro and an expansive 16-bit game with team leaderboards? Just don't mention the specific event in Japan this is about.
Games
Inside the making of the new Dungeons & Dragon's Magic The Gathering set
We speak to James Wyatt and Meris Mullaley from Wizards of the Coast about the art and science of bringing the Forgotten Realms to Magic.
Art & Design
Watch the Forza Horizon 5 audio team capture awesome zoom vroom sounds
Seven minutes of behind the scenes as the Forza Horizon sound crew capture a bunch of cars hooning up and down an old track.
Big Ideas
Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin's motley crew lifts off in just hours: here's how to watch
The most phallic rocket yet is scheduled for launch. Here's when and how to watch. Whatever you think of Bezos, Wally Funk is the real deal!
Art & Design
Italian museums now use cameras to see which art you look at most
Visitor's eyeballs will decide how these galleries redesign their layout and which artworks are put on prime display.
Games
Wild Beyond The Witchlight: Everything we know about the new D&D campaign
All the details from announcements and interviews to share the story hints, races and features we will find in 2021's new D&D campaign book.
Dungeons & Dragons
D&D puts dragons where they belong with Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Dungeons & Dragons finally gives dragons the sourcebook they deserve, with the very nature of reality now tied to their heritage.
Media
D&D Live 2021! All the schedule details and how to watch online
This weekend watch comedy greats like Patton Oswalt, Kevin Smith, and Jack Black, wrestlers, actors and more play D&D live online!
Politics
Lawyers go after Sega's "rigged" skill-based arcade machines
Key Master machines are off to court for being marketed as skill-based when manuals show how their settings really work.
Games
Destiny lore nerds, Bungie wants you for its new 'Destiny Historian' role
In a new job listing, Bungie is seeking one lucky lore pedant to catalogue the narrative threads of Destiny and keep them straight in future.
Art & Design
Watch almost 200 Georges Méliès classic films for free online
Collected from across a wide range of YouTube sources, here's a playlist of 194 Georges Méliès classics in chronological order.