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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. (credit: Serious Poulp) I tend to mutter to myself when I play board games. Working out strategies, crunching numbers, fretting over tactical options—it’s an annoying habit that kicks into overdrive […]
New York Comic Con kicked off today, and in advance of new trailers for anticipated blockbusters like Pacific Rim Uprising and Justice League, comic creator and soon-to-be-director Todd McFarlane hyped his upcoming film adaptation of Spawn, the formerly-human antihero who preys on the most evil members of society. He also threw some shade at Deadpool for some reason. Read McFarlane’s latest Spawn movie […]
KCNA via Reuters North Korea’s warning to President Donald Trump and the US on Thursday may have included its usual fiery rhetoric, but underneath its superfluous metaphors, the regime may have been signaling a more personal message. The statement, which called Trump “a frightened dog” and a “dotard,” was delivered by Kim Jong Un himself, […]
US president Donald Trump is one of Brexit’s biggest cheerleaders, describing Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union as a “great” and “wonderful”. But his latest senior White House appointment seems to see things very differently. Anthony Scaramucci, Trump’s new director of communications, tweeted repeatedly last year about his negative views on Brexit, and went as […]
There are still some question marks about whether bitcoin is in a bubble. But the speed of its price growth is already nearly unmatched. The cryptocurrency has surged 162% in very volatile trading this year amid continued demand. But as the chart below illustrates, bitcoin’s longer-term rally by as much as 1,000% was swifter than homebuilder stocks in […]
Kathy Willens/AP Two months into the MLB season, New York Yankees rookie Aaron Judge shows no signs of slowing down. Judge, the Yankees’ 25-year-old, 6-foot-7 outfielder, has taken the baseball world by storm by putting together one of the finest offensive seasons for a rookie for the red-hot, AL-East-leading Yankees. Over the weekend, Judge took […]
A witness to the Manchester terrorist attack has told RT how he watched the tragedy unfold and how shocked he was that “something like that could happen right on his doorstep.” Manchester resident Sam Ward described how Monday evening developed from a quiet weeknight “into absolute shocker.” “It initially started with an absolutely huge bang, […]
Making an electric semi work isn’t easy, but it’s not rocket science. The post Unlike Hyperloop, Elon Musk’s Electric Big-Rig Actually Makes Sense appeared first on WIRED. WIRED
David Cannon/Getty The Masters is one of the most unusual events in sports. It’s all about tradition, and it’s defined by a set of odd rules and customs that just don’t exist outside of Augusta National. It’s great. We compiled the oddest traditions that make the Masters and Augusta one of a kind. Food prices […]
Disney is over the moon about the upcoming Inhumans television show, with Mark Endemano, senior vice president and general manager of Disney Media Distribution, raving that the Marvel superhero show is “unlike anything you’ve ever seen before on television.” But the moon won’t play as prominent a part for the Inhumans Royal Family, who are […]
