Watch '80s Nerds Play Video Games in a Starcade Marathon, Streaming Now

Before there were e-sports — heck, before the original Nintendo even came to America — there was Starcade. The 1982-84 game show, which pitted video-game nerds against each other in vintage arcade games like Pac-Man, Centipede and Donkey Kong, is back this week, with gaming site Twitch streaming a six-day Starcademarathon that runs through this […]

Stranger Things' (Dark) Season 2 Trailer Riffs on Ghostbusters, 'Thriller,' Close Encounters and More '80s Greatness

We didn’t even have to say so much as “trick or… ,” and still, we got an early Halloween treat at San Diego Comic-Con Saturday: a brand-spanking-new trailer for Season 2 of Stranger Things. As we’d been forewarned about the Netflix hit’s fresh episodes (dropping Friday, Oct. 27), the clip confirms what Noah Schnapp (Will) […]

Snowfall Review: FX's '80s Drug Drama Is Too Scattered to Get You Hooked

There’s an intriguing, vibrant story at the heart of FX’s new drama Snowfall. Unfortunately, there are also two other, less interesting stories that come along with it — and the show ends up OD’ing on an excess of ambition. Snowfall, debuting this Wednesday at 10/9c, comes from co-creator/executive producer John Singleton, who immortalized the streets […]

GLOW Review: Netflix Comedy Puts '80s Kitsch in a Hilarious Headlock

If Orange Is the New Black had a lighthearted, rough-and-tumble kid sister who liked putting people in headlocks, that sister would look a lot like Netflix’s GLOW. That makes sense. GLOW hails from OITNB‘s Carly Mensch and Nurse Jackie‘s Liz Flahive, who have a proven track record of wringing comedy from unlikely situations. (OITNB boss Jenji Kohan also […]

This Mexican DJ Is Bringing the '80s Back

Off the Record: Real talk with a fresh wave of musical influencers who will be making moves onto your new playlist. Watch the rest of this OZY original series here. Relaxed “sha-la-las” float above the throwback synth and rhythmichandclaps. The cowbell comes in loud and clear. Cue the instrumental interlude. Andrés Jaime taps one foot, […]

Time After Time Team Previews Epic '80s Trip, Jack the Ripper's Backstory

For a show about time-hopping, Time After Time has been quite stationary following its premiere jaunt to modern-day Manhattan. But that all changes with this Sunday’s episode (ABC, 9/8c), in which H.G. Wells and Jane take the time machine for a spin to 1980. VIDEOSTime After Time Team Previews ABC Drama’s ‘Epic Love Story’ There, the duo […]

Last Man on Earth Video: Kristen Wiig Is Loving the '80s in First Promo

Kristen Wiig dances the night away when she first arrives on The Last Man on Earth. RELATEDThe Last Man on Earth Fall Finale Recap: Did [Spoiler] Really Just Do That?! In the first promo (which will first air tonight during Fox’s primetime line-up) released ahead of her “mysterious” midseason debut, the Bridesmaids actress can be seen exiting some sort of enclosed vault dressed in a garbage […]