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Culture

Every D&D nerd deserves a Mind Flayer mounted trophy

Tabletop trophy hunters rejoice! For all those times you've taken out illithid nests, whether in the Forgotten Realms or maybe an old school Spelljammer

Esports

Fortnite Summer Smash: chasing heroes, chasing dreams

Who’d have guessed twelve months ago that Fortnite would hold a major esports event at the Australian Open with the biggest prize pool in our nation’s history?

Games

The Commodore 64 bass keytar is even better than you could imagine

A keytar with the body of a Commodore 64? Very cute. Oh, wait... the pick up actually sends sound into the WORKING C64 to create chiptune vibes that can be

Technology

The actual Uber flying taxi appeared at CES so get ready

The Bell Nexus was unveiled at CES this year and it's the sexy four-passenger air taxi Uber has been working on. With VTOL and super sleek design, those pipe

Culture

Samsung Space monitor sticks your screen right on the edge of the desk

Sweet, sweet desk real estate. Where have you been all my life? Samsung's new Space monitor gives back a lot of, well, space, and it also happens to be a

Culture

There's no possible way to not spoil something in the new [redacted] trailer

That new superhero trailer about that one that does the cool things can't help but tell us things about what happens after that other big movie with the

Games

These Glitch art playing cards will give everyone a headache at your next poker night

You can stick to your boring cards picked up at the local newsagents if you like. Next time I hold a fancy card night, I'm dropping these freaks on the table

Technology

Hyundai offers up an amazing vehicle concept to do whatever you damn well need it to

Extreme medical assistant? Urban taxi? 21st Century mini AT-AT? It's all there in the Hyundai Elevant concept vehicle that blends typical cruising modes with

Culture

Jordan Peele's sci-fi 'Weird City' YouTube Original series has a really weird trailer

Jordan Peele is trying to replace Charlie Brooker as our modern anthology hero du jour. In the process, we're getting his sci-fi anthology series, Weird

Culture

Gorgeous Marvel 'First Ten Years' hero and villain prints a worthy momento of this killer film sequence

We're closing in on the end of the first 'era' of Marvel Studios movies, with Avengers: Endgame exactly 100 sleeps away (yes, I'm counting). And now artist

Media

LG's rollable OLED TV is a stunning update to how we think about televisions

It's been a long time since a TV appeared at CES that genuinely got anyone excited. We've seen some clever new bezels, even frames, added to change how TVs

Big Ideas

How well can a real city planner play SimCity 2000?

Part education lesson in real city planning, part critique of what's wrong with the game. And next time I play I'll remember to stick to 6x6 grids for sure.