We’re going deeper underground; there’s too much panic in this town.
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 115, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, go Seahawks I guess, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been reading about The Washington Post and the Murdochs and Polymarket and […]
Master Chief is returning in 2026 with a ground-up remake of the original Halo that’s promising new content on top of a totally remade presentation.
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Bart Layton has confirmed that Chris Hemsworth is “truly behind the wheel” during the crime movie’s explosive chase sequences.
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Spotify is launching About the Song in beta today, which offers context and facts about the song you’re listening to. Premium users can scroll down to the new About the Song section for information while in the Now Playing view. At launch, it’s only available for a limited number of tracks, but there are plans […]
The latest recipient of the Foundation’s Live Long & Prosper Tribute Award is Jessica Schonhut-Stasik, an astrophysicist and neurodiversity advocate who is affectionately known as “Girl Spock.”
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The creative mind behind Crime 101’s film adaptation reveals how he overcame its book namesake’s limitations to tell a two hour-plus story.
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Exit 8 is the latest horror game to get the big screen treatment, and I’m hopeful that we’ll see good things.
HBO is developing a Baldur’s Gate TV show that will continue the story of Larian Studios’ hit RPG Baldur’s Gate 3, according to Deadline. The Last Of Us co-creator Craig Mazin will serve as the show’s creator, writer, executive producer, and showrunner. While it’s set to feature new protagonists, the plan is for existing characters […]
As a movie, Iron Lung is occasionally thrilling but mostly forgettable. It’s a small-budget horror flick that has some cool ideas and pulls them off in an extremely efficient way, creating a sense of tension that unfortunately never turns into outright scares. But the most important thing about it is what it represents. At a […]