Author: Heath Andrews

With technology comes change. With change comes fear. Technology can also do great and wonderful things, though. Things that are full of joy and wonder and purpose. We’d like to think those are the emotions that were going through the head of a Reddit user who happens to have a knack for 3D printing. This magnificent human being has crafted a beautiful ode to The Simpsons that is as practical as it is marvelous. The Creation Imagine you want to watch The Simpsons. Now, imagine you want to watch it on a replica of the TV that the titular family…

We knew another season of Rick and Morty was on the horizon, but we just didn’t know when it would happen. The animated, sci-fi comedy remains one of the most popular shows still premiering on cable television. It’s also one of the things keeping Adult Swim and, by proxy, Cartoon Network, alive. For eight seasons so far, the titular duo has crossed worlds and dimensions, resulting in madcap insanity, clones, and so much more than can ever be summed up in a paragraph. Again, we all knew another season was coming; now we get to say when. In what’s actually…

The saga of Middle-earth has been documented in at least two trilogies of films. One of the main fixtures of The Lord of the Rings trilogy was the character of Gollum. Played to perfection in motion capture and voice acting by Andy Serkis. Serkis revived the role of Gollum in the first of the Hobbit trilogy. Since then, he’s been involved in many projects, including acting, writing, and directing. We’ve previously reported that he’s working as the director and star of The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum. Now, we can report that the Academy Award-winning actress, Kate…

When you’ve appeared in as many games as Mario has, they’re not all going to be great. Purely by law of averages, some games have to be of lesser quality than others. When it comes to official titles for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Mario Bros. 2 seems to get the short end of the stick. This reputation is understandable considering how different the game is from the others on the NES. It’s also a bit unfair to the title, and I want to go into the reasons why. A lot of the criticism thrown at Super Mario Bros. 2…

Happy Mar10 Day! This is the first celebration of Mario since Nintendo brought back the Virtual Boy. The short-lived virtual reality-based console was not around for very long. Because of this, it didn’t produce a lot of Mario games; we only got two of them. That being said, the ones we got are memorable, and we’re going to get the chance to play them again soon! Mario’s Tennis The Nintendo mascot has been no stranger to the world of sports. Dating back to the days of the NES, Mario played golf in NES Open Tournament and took the race track…

If you’re a fan of the horror genre, then the odds are that you’ve seen something by Mike Flanagan. Over the last decade, he has been omnipresent in the field. Flanagan wrote and directed film adaptations of three Stephen King novels, including Gerald’s Game and Doctor Sleep. He also has an upcoming take on The Exorcist, is writing the DC film Clayface, and has pumped out several horror series, including The Haunting of Hill House and Midnight Mass. Sometimes when you see talent, you have to secure it. That’s exactly what Amazon has done. Flanagan has already been hard at…

There are few television institutions with the kind of longevity and cultural significance that Saturday Night Live has. Last year, the show hit its 50th anniversary. It wasn’t too long after that when we reported that SNL was crossing the pond to the United Kingdom. Whether that’s a good idea or a resoundingly bad one remains unseen. It also doesn’t matter since, like it or not, it’s coming. If you thought it would be confined to the UK, think again. Not only can we confirm it will be getting broadcast here, it’ll actually be streaming the day after it’s UK…

It was only a week or so ago that we reported on Burger King redoing the Whopper after numerous customer complaints. People had said that the Whopper has a tendency to fall apart upon attempting to eat it. Generally, this isn’t how you want your sandwich to dissolve, as it should happen in your mouth. We decided that if the king of burgers was going to try something new, we should give it a shot. Does this new burger cut the mustard? The Packaging So, as we had mentioned in our previous article, the Whopper had three main changes happening…

We’ll be the first to admit that trade agreements do not make for interesting conversations. You could argue this is one of the reasons Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace isn’t highly regarded. Well, that and Jar-Jar. Different story for a different time, though. The second presidency of Donald Trump has brought trade disputes and tariffs into real-life prominence, and it has not been for the best. Recently, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled many of Trump’s tariffs to be illegal. Multiple companies are suing because of the damage this did to sales and increased costs. Nintendo…

All good things must come to an end, including good television programs. Far too often, we see shows run for longer than they should. The end result is something that’s either a serious letdown or a shell of its former self. That’s why some of the best remembered and well-regarded shows had fairly definitive endpoints after not running for too long. “Breaking Bad” had five seasons, so did “The Wire.” “The Sopranos” was close to that with six, and “Mad Men” and “The Shield” have seven. Sure, there are exceptions to the rule, but everything has to have a natural…