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If Only This Animal Crossing Animated Series Were Real
Though you might have foregone it in favour of other video games, Nintendo’s Animal Crossing is still one of the most charming, relaxing titles to drop just when people across the world needed (and still need) a way to take their minds off the hellscape that is our reality. Animal Crossing encouraged all sorts of…
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Creepy Baby Show
Just when you thought it was safe to assume your baby was real again. Wait. What?
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Star Trek’s Latest Episode Had a Bittersweet Tribute to Deep Space Nine’s Aron Eisenberg
Last year, the man behind one of Deep Space Nine’s most fascinating characters — Ferengi delinquent turned war-wounded Starfleet officer Nog — Aron Eisenberg, sadly passed away at 50. Just over a year since his passing, Star Trek: Discovery has honoured him with a touching tribute in the far future.
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10 Great Sci-Fi Tropes (and 5 That Should Be Shot Into Space)
Science fiction is a genre that’s full of storylines, plot devices, and techno-jargon that would be considered ridiculous in the real world. But these tropes are effective, so we keep using them. Over and over again. That might sound like a bad thing — relying on tried-and-true sci-fi tropes instead of creating something new in…