Square Enix has released a new gameplay trailer for Dragon Quest Treasures, a spin-off that features younger versions of siblings Erik and Mia from Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age. It gives us the first in-depth look at what playing this game is really like. In Dragon Quest Treasures, Erik and Mia can […]
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Leak appears to show Meta’s Quest Pro headset a month ahead of launch
Meta’s Quest Pro headset is due to arrive next month, but a leaked video appears to show it in full. It was originally posted on Facebook by Ramiro Cardenas, who said that multiple devices (labeled “engineering samples”) were left in a hotel room. In the video (tweeted by security expert Kevin Beaumont), Cardenas shows a […]
The Long, Leguminous Quest to Give Crops Nitrogen Superpowers
Farmers have to apply heaps of emissions-heavy fertilizer to provide crops with enough nitrogen. Scientists are looking to legumes for help. https://media.wired.com/photos/630cc57d45fbc0c7dd23ba03/master/pass/riceplants_science_GettyImages-831134820.jpg
Walker EP Previews Quest for Answers About Emily’s Murder and Why Micki’s Mother Is Bad News for Cordell
RELATED STORIES Walker is coming up on an unfortunate milestone: This Thursday’s episode (The CW, 8/7c) marks the one-year anniversary of Emily Walker’s death. The Texas Ranger hasn’t been dealing with his wife’s passing very well, and the anniversary will, naturally, bring up even more emotions for the widowed father. “He definitely goes on a […]
What We Do in the Shadows Season 3: EPs Tease a Quest for Love, an Origin Story, a [Spoiler] for the Roommates
RELATED STORIES Nearly 30 minutes after teasing the Comic-Con @ Home crowd, “We know what’s going to happen, but we’re not gonna tell you,” What We do in the Shadows‘ Paul Simms and fellow executive producer Stefani Robinson eventually parted with some teasers for Season 3, which was ordered by FX in May. Appearing in […]
Magicians Bosses Talk Series Finale’s ‘Optimistic’ Ending and New Quest
RELATED STORIES Warning: The following contains major spoilers for The Magicians’ series finale. Proceed at your own risk! The Magicians cast its final spell during Wednesday’s series finale, and it was a doozy: Using the world seed, Alice, Margo, Josh and Fen were able to create Fillory 2.0 (complete with a field of bacon!). But […]
Book Excerpt: A Young Man’s Quest to Be More Than a ‘Lawn Boy’
In his latest novel Lawn Boy (out this week in paperback from Algonquin), author Jonathan Evison (The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving) tells the story of Mike Muñoz, a 22-year-old Chicano who is dead-set on making the world at large aware that he exists — that he’s more than a simple “lawn boy.” “I wanted to wake […]
‘Why don’t you die?’ Man on spider-slaying quest triggers police operation in Australia
A full-scale police operation was triggered in Australia after neighbors sounded the alarm over a man shouting death threats at his home. Police were a bit surprised, though, when they arrived to tackle the ‘threat’. The bizarre incident unfolded in the suburbs of the western Australian city of Perth on Wednesday morning, when a person […]
Netflix Continues Quest for World Domination, Plans to Release 90 Movies in 2019
Netflix is an unstoppable machine, churning out more original programming by the minute. As we head into 2019, the streaming service has an ambitious plan: to release at least 90 movies. For reference, most traditional movie studios release around 30 movies a year – but Netflix wants to outpace that. And they probably will, too. […]
Behind the quest to control a wheelchair with a smile
Facial recognition software has earned a difficult reputation over the past few years, what with its massive privacy implications and ease of being misused by governments and retailers alike, but the technology has just as many beneficial applications. Take the Wheelie 7, for example. While travelling a few years ago, Dr. Paulo Pinheiro was struck […]