The Flash Recap: The Unthinkable — Who Went Down in Epic Throwdown?

Actual and exciting things happened on The Flash this week — finally! — as Barry & Co. took the fight to The Thinker’s secret lair. Or… so they thought. RELATEDThe CW Renews The Flash, Supernatural, Crazy Ex and 4 Others Using a new dark matter scanner on the infamous “bus,” Barry and Ralph turned up […]

Ben Heck’s oscilloscope throwdown

Let’s get started reviewing oscilloscopes! In the world of electronics engineering, an oscilloscope is crucial to helping diagnose problems with noise and data communications. Each of the five oscilloscopes reviewed in this episode, from Tektronix, Keysight and Rohde and Schwarz, have their own set of features and trade-offs. Which one do you prefer? Or are […]

Blood Drive's Christina Ochoa Teases 'Epic' Finale Throwdown, Salutes CW's Deployment of a Military Drama

A year-and-a-half ago, Christina Ochoa was crashing on a friend’s couch and borrowing money to get to her auditions. Now, she is about to pivot from a lead role on Syfy’s summer splatterfest Blood Drive (which airs its finale tonight at 10/9c) to starring on The CW’s first military drama. And somewhere amid all that, […]

Review: Cry Havoc an intriguing sci-fi “dudes on a map” throwdown

Enlarge (credit: Owen Duffy) Welcome to Ars Cardboard, our weekend look at tabletop games! Check out our complete board gaming coverage at cardboard.arstechnica.com—and let us know what you think. On first inspection, Cry Havoc looks like any number of similarly grim and gritty science fiction board games. It comes with a stash of plastic soldiers, […]