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Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Artist John Gallagher on Designing the Past
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic has turned 20 years old, but its visual legacy remains as iconic as ever. Despite being relegated to “Legends” status when Disney first purchased Lucasfilm, key elements of the game continue to influence the galaxy far, far away. Name drops and story bits have frequently popped up across…
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The Pokémon Reboot’s First Footage Teases a Big New Adventure
The Pokémon franchise is on the precipice of an unprecedented change: The two-and-a-half-decade-old anime adaptation of the game series is preparing to leave behind its protagonist, Ash Ketchum (known as Satoshi in the Japanese version of the show). And now we know just when its new generation will begin their own Pokémon journey.
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Researchers Decrypt Coded Letters Written by Mary, Queen of Scots
A computer scientist, a musician, and a physicist enter the archives of a national library. It sounds like the beginning of a joke, but the punchline is a serious one: Researchers of various backgrounds managed to find and decipher 57 letters written by Mary, Queen of Scots during her imprisonment by her cousin Queen Elizabeth…
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Infinity Pool Is an Astonishing, Outrageously Icky Triumph
Of course Gizmodo wants you to read this review, but Infinity Pool — the latest from Brandon Cronenberg (Antiviral, Possessor) — is one of those movies you shouldn’t know too much about before you watch it. No spoilers here, but if you want to go in totally blind, you’ve been warned.