When 16-year-old Rochelle heard that her friend, Brianna Ghey, had been dead-named in the U.K. press, she burst into tears. Why would the media disrespect Ghey by referring to her by a name that she […]
‘Like A Dragon: Ishin!’: An Eccentric Action RPG Vision of Edo-Period Japan
Like a Dragon: Ishin! originally debuted in 2014, just before its parent series Yakuza got its big break outside of Japan with Yakuza 0. While entries after that game quickly came westward (and now launch […]
Five Memphis Cops Plead Not Guilty to Murder in Tyre Nichols’ Death
The five Memphis police officers charged with second-degree murder in the death of Tyre Nichols all pleaded not guilty at their arraignment hearing Friday. Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr., and […]
After the Ohio Train Derailment, TikTokers Say They Have a Place in Reporting News
Earlier this month, a train carrying hazardous materials — including vinyl chloride, a carcinogen — derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. Residents were evacuated from the area as Norfolk Southern, the company responsible for operating the […]
Microsoft’s Bing A.I. Is Pissed at Microsoft
After launching an AI-powered Bing search engine earlier this month, Microsoft introduced an update designed to improve its conservations with humanlike responses, the Washington Post reported. The new Bing integrates a new version of AI […]
Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Against Christian Reform School Is Going to Trial
Agapé Boarding School, a Christian reform school accused of abusing dozens of former students, shuttered its doors in January. Yet while the news of the facility’s long-awaited closure has brought relief to former victims, the […]
Tennessee’s LGBTQ Community Rallies as State Pushes Forward on Banning Drag Shows in Public
Protesters gathered Tuesday afternoon in Nashville’s Legislative Plaza to support the state’s LGBTQ community and show their opposition to a law that would criminalize drag performances in public places. Tennessee’s state Senate already voted a […]
Elon Musk Says He Wants New Twitter CEO by Year’s End. We’ll See
Empty Promises There’s plenty of reason to doubt he’ll step aside, especially when he says doing so depends on whether the platform is “financially healthy” Elon Musk is still planning to step down as Twitter’s […]
Buffalo Shooter Who Sought to ‘Kill as Many Blacks as Possible’ Gets Life in Prison Without Parole
On Wednesday, the white gunman who fatally shot 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket last year in a racially motivated attack with the goal to “kill as many blacks as possible” was sentenced on […]
Gabrielle Union, Tommy Dorfman, More Accuse NYT of ‘Harmful’ Coverage of Trans People
In a letter addressed to The New York Times, celebrities and LGBTQ+ organizations are calling for an overhaul in the publication’s approach to covering transgender people, calling their current practices “dangerous.” Gabrielle Union, Judd Apatow, […]
‘Metroid Prime Remastered’ Is a Reminder of a Bolder Era of Video Gaming
Released in 2002 for the GameCube, the original Metroid Prime feels like a concept that frankly wouldn’t be made by modern Nintendo. At the time, the Japanese company was coming out of their first ever […]
Elon’s Super Bowl Tweet Flopped, So He Had 80 Engineers Boost His Tweets
After Elon Musk’s Super Bowl tweet garnered less engagement than Joe Biden’s, the Twitter CEO threatened to fire several of the company’s engineers and had 80 employees build a system so that his tweets would […]