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Dominique “SonicFox” McLean has backed out of Nexcon 2026 after seeing promotional material for the event that used AI to generate the fighting game pro’s likeness. The flyer seemed entirely AI-generated, including slopified renderings of other creators who would be in attendance. Once SonicFox got wind of the promo, they immediately cancelled their appearance. “Update:…

Just like the reputation of movies based on them, television shows adapting video games tend to get a bad rap. While there have admittedly been weak adaptations like Netflix’s live-action “Resident Evil” series or “Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm,” there are a lot of great shows too. This time around, we’re looking at the…

Though Netflix sometimes has a reputation for prioritizing quantity over quality, the streamer offers plenty of choice programming for your next binge-watch. One area where they’ve found success is book-to-screen adaptations, and novels have provided material for many of their best shows. Books don’t always translate well to the small screen, but these series honor…

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Books are a reliablege part of Hollywood today. As a longtime bookseller, Amazon knows this better than most, and Prime Video has churned out a number of excellent small-screen adaptations of novels over the last decade

Image Image Credit Amanda Edwards / Contributorremiere of HBO’s “Game Of Thrones” Season 6 at the TCL Chinese Theatre on April 10, 2016 in Hollywood, California. Image Size landscape-medium Image Position center

Some of Netflix’s most acclaimed shows share the same underlying idea: Truth can be as compelling as fiction. The streamer’s catalog of fact-based dramas has impressive range, spanning the British Royal Family to a notorious Colombian kingpin. The best ones approach the work as a creative dance between staying true, at least in part, to…