Destiny 2: The Final Shape comes agonizingly close to breaking concurrent player record

Destiny 2: The Final Shape comes agonizingly close to breaking concurrent player record Destiny 2: The Final Shape is finally here, and players have been logging in to battle the forces of The Witness. Though the community turned out in huge numbers, they didn’t quite manage to break the all-time concurrent player count record. According toSteamdb.com, the opening night ofThe Final Shapereleasing on to live servers drew in an impressive 314,634 players at its peak....

August 10, 2025 · 2 min · 349 words · Robin Ramos

Doctor Who fans can’t believe beloved star’s “raunchy” series is now on Netflix

Doctor Who fans can’t believe beloved star’s “raunchy” series is now on Netflix After her time on Doctor Who, companion Billie Piper starred in Secret Diary of a Call Girl – and fans can’t believe the series is streaming on Netflix. In 2007, actors were making wild jumps between differentTV shows– and this was especially true of Piper, who played formerDoctor Whocompanion Rose Tyler. She left the show in 2006 to try her hand at something completely different, playing Hannah Baxter in Secret Diary of a Call Girl until 2011....

August 10, 2025 · 3 min · 502 words · Joy Cooper

Doctor Who Season 14's Finale Will Make No Sense If You Haven't Watched This Spinoff First

Warning: This article contains MAJOR SPOILERS for the Doctor Who season 14 finale. Summary Doctor Who’s season 14 finale introduces a concept that will make no sense to viewers who haven’t watchedDoctor Who’s newest spinoff show. The last episode ofDoctor Whoseason 14 has finally released, wrapping up a thrilling debut season for Ncuti Gatwa’s Fifteenth Doctor. Like past finales, theending ofDoctor Whoseason 14solves mysteries like the identity of Ruby’s mother while continuing to build the lore of the Whoniverse....

August 10, 2025 · 3 min · 598 words · Jeff Guzman

Doctor Who's Matt Smith Reflects On The Life-Changing Experience Of Carrying On The Doctor's Legacy

Summary FormerDoctor Whostar Matt Smith has opened up about his life-changing experience on the show, reflecting on what it was like to carry on the Doctor’s legacy by portraying his own version of the character. Smith was the Eleventh Doctor in the sci-fi show, having played the character from season 5 through season 7. WhileDoctor Whoseason 14now stars Ncuti Gatwa in the lead role, Smith’s time on the series is still remembered, with his version being a major part of the show....

August 10, 2025 · 3 min · 526 words · Jennifer Cooper

Don’t freak out! Older GPS devices could suffer Y2K-style bug tonight

Remember the Y2K bug? When we were all worried that our computers and phones would stop working at the turn of the millennium, and that planes would fall from the sky, due to the problem of two-digit dates turning from 99 to 00? That turned out to bejust fine, and didn’t cause a major problem at all — but now some GPS experts are warning that a similar bug could affect GPS devices today....

August 10, 2025 · 3 min · 431 words · Jennifer Garcia

Dune fans devastated by Part Two delay want to “sue”

Dune fans devastated by Part Two delay want to “sue” Don’t panic, nobody is actually suing anyone – but some fans are finding the delayed Dune Part Two release date so hard to deal with that they feel like they could. Amid the worst wave of projects affected by theWGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, Dune Part Two was one of the biggest names on the 2023 worldwide cinema schedule to be pushed back....

August 10, 2025 · 3 min · 500 words · Justin Luna

Eddie Murphy Elaborates On Beverly Hills Cop 3 Criticism: "That Means The Movie's Not Going To Work"

Summary Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Fstar Eddie Murphy weighs in on criticisms leveled at 1994’sBeverly Hills Cop III. Despite the strong box office reception of the original and its 1987 sequel, Murphy’s third outing as Axel Foley would be widely panned by critics and only recoup $119.2 million against an original budget of $70 million. Plagued by spiraling budgetary concerns and script issues, many commentators, including Murphy, consider it the weakest entry in theBeverly Hills Copfranchise....

August 10, 2025 · 4 min · 675 words · Jose Strong

Elon Musk wants to populate Mars with 1 million people to save humanity

Elon Musk presented his vision of SpaceX’s eventual manned missions to Mars at IAC2016. During his presentation, the entrepreneur made a number of announcements regarding SpaceX’s goals for Martian landfall and colonizing Mars. Musk’s main point of discussion dealt primarily with SpaceX’s new massive Interplanetary Transport System, a system which utilizes three separate vehicles to make the trip to Mars and is key to Musk’s plan of making travel to Mars an obtainable reality for almost anyone....

August 10, 2025 · 5 min · 862 words · Kristen Pratt

Every Virgin Island contestant in Channel 4’s ‘radical’ new reality show

Every Virgin Island contestant in Channel 4’s ‘radical’ new reality show Amazingly, this isn’t even the first time the broadcaster has utilized the idea. Back in 2007, Channel 4 followed a shy 26-year-old man who visits a school run for virgins to educate them in sexuality and all aspects of dating. This was known as Virgin School. Almost two decades later, and the same principle has been turned into something that looks more like a typical 2020s dating show....

August 10, 2025 · 6 min · 1198 words · Kristin Mcdonald

Ex-Rockstar dev responds to GTA 6 & GTA Online age verification rumors

Ex-Rockstar dev responds to GTA 6 & GTA Online age verification rumors Former Grand Theft Auto developer Obbe Vermeij has weighed in on Rockstar’s thoughts about the age verification rules that could hit GTA 6. Video games, like movies and TV shows, have had age requirements for quite some time. These prevent stores from selling them to anyone underage or anyone without parental permission. However, age verification is becoming more commonplace across the internet....

August 10, 2025 · 3 min · 433 words · Theodore Alvarado

Fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg helps Amazon launch Echo Dot concepts

Have you looked at your smart home devices and thought, “Gee, I wish some of these were more stylish?” Now you have the chance to add a bit of flair to your smart home thanks to a collaboration between Amazon and the famous fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg. This is done through the Build It program, a way for customers to pre-order limited-edition versions of popular accessories. In this case, the device on the table is theEcho Dot....

August 10, 2025 · 2 min · 369 words · Melissa Robertson

Final Destination Subtly Showed How 3 Characters Would Die (& You Probably Missed It)

Final Destinationshowed that it’s near impossible to escape Death’s design, but before the movie’s triggering event, it subtly showed how three characters were going to die. Directed by James Wong, the supernatural horror movieFinal Destinationwas released in 2000, seizing the success of teen horror movies that began in the 1990s with movies likeScreamandI Know What You Did Last Summer. The box office success ofFinal Destinationled to a media franchise with four sequels, which continued to explore Death, its design, and whether it could be avoided or not....

August 10, 2025 · 4 min · 744 words · William Delgado

Final Fantasy XV director working on The Pegasus Dream Tour, a Paralympics RPG

Final Fantasy XVdirector Hajime Tabata, who left Square Enix to form his own video game development studio JP Games, is now working on a Paralympics-themed RPG titledThe Pegasus Dream Tour. The Pegasus Dream Tourwasannouncedby the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) as its first official video game, with the aim of boosting the popularity of Paralympic sports by increasing engagement with youth. The IPC revealed that JP Games will be behind the groundbreaking title, which will be the the first project of Tabata’s new studio....

August 10, 2025 · 2 min · 329 words · Barbara Jones