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Our fave speedy blue hedgehog proves his worthiness in Sonic 2 final trailer

Our favorite blue supersonic blur is back in Sonic the Hedgehog 2. The first Sonic the Hedgehog film was a surprise breakout hit early in 2020, even though Ars Tech Culture Editor Sam Mackovech deemed it mediocre: “somewhere above The Angry Birds Movie, somewhere below Pokemon: Detective Pikachu.” And now we have the final trailer for […]

Exploring the counterintuitive mysteries of black holes with Paul Sutter

Produced and directed by Corey Eisenstein. Click here for transcript. (video link) Of all the amazing and varied phenomena in the cosmological zoo, black holes are among the most mysterious. They are zombies—the all-devouring corpses of dead stars, made of trillions of tons of stellar ash compressed into an infinitely dense point called a “singularity.” […]

Nerts! is the free, pleasant six-player card game we could all use right now

“NERTS!” has been shouted, ending a round of the new, free Zachtronics game Nerts!. But how did we get here? We’re no strangers to video games as escapism during the pandemic, especially the games that bring friends together online with simple-yet-deep gameplay. That very premise catapulted Among Us, a quietly launched indie game from 2018, […]