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L. M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables is one of the most durable stories in all of young adult literature, spawning sequels, prequels, films, and television movies and series. And now, bestselling author Sarah McCoy revisits the story, from a new point-of-view: that of Marilla Cuthbert, Anne’s guardian (along with her brother Matthew), but from […]
Ever watched The Wizard of Oz and thought: this could be better if it was told entirely from the perspective of Dorothy’s dog, Toto? Well you’re in luck because Warner Bros. is developing an animated film based on Michael Morpurgo‘s children’s book Toto: The Dog-Gone Amazing Story of the Wizard of Oz. Because let’s be honest, we could […]
We’ve grown to detest sincerity, haven’t we? Or at the very least, we as a culture have grown suspicious of it. We have a need to see even the purest of kindness through a lens of the pain and suffering that drive it – friendly, neighborhood Paddington, like the friendly, neighborhood Spider-Man, was an orphan […]
GUEST: You can’t go one day without reading that “xyz” is a new platform startup or that established market leader “abc” is now a platform company. It’s the strategy du jour, lauded by executives, sales, and marketing, but it presents an interesting challenge for CTOs, who often view themselves as innovation agents on the fr…Read […]
The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, watch a video essay exploring how Get Out […]
The Atari 2600 (originally sold as the Atari Video Computer System, or VCS) was by far the most popular console of its era. It did much to popularize switchable cartridge-based games. Despite many efforts, Atari would never again replicate its success. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Almost immediately after Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell was un-nominated for a […]
Attentat 1942 looks to offer players a sobering, personal take on the events of the second world war, having them go through interviews, archived footage, interactive graphic novel segments, and minigames that will draw them into the horrifying accounts of those who lived through and survived the horrors of the time. Researched and written by […]
Combining multiple photographs to create a new image isn’t uncommon, but researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) in partnership with NVIDIA have come up with a a pretty wild new technique to create entirely new compositions. It’s called “computational zoom,” and it promises to let photographers adjust the focal length (which basically […]
Ezra Shaw/Getty Images The Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry is not paid like one of the top players in the NBA. However, he has a great perspective on that status, and it comes from his father, Dell Curry, a former NBA player. Stephen Curry, the two-time reigning NBA MVP, is in the final year of […]
The son of Mexican migrants, José Hernández grew up picking fruit on farms. He always dreamed of becoming an astronaut, and finally achieved his goal—after NASA rejected him 11 times. In 2004, he became part of NASA’s 19th class of astronauts. Advertisement While flying over North America from outer space, Hernández says he got a […]
