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The New 52 was a mixed bag of good and bad ideas, but Scott Snyder’s Batman was a beacon amidst it all.

Netflix’s “reimagining” of the infamous 1971 study is aimless, contradictory, and inherently encumbered by its existence as a TV show. Photo: Netflix

The Stanford Prison Experiment lasted less than a week in 1971, but its claims about human nature endured for decades. Now, a new Netflix series is bringing one of psychology’s most controversial studies, and some of the biggest concerns surrounding it, back into the spotlight.

‘The have-nots are given scratchy bunk beds and eat tasteless slop’ … prisoners in The New Stanford Prison Experiment. Photograph: Netflix 2026‘The have-nots are given scratchy bunk beds and eat tasteless slop’ … prisoners in The New Stanford Prison Experiment. Photograph: Netflix 2026 Review

When you play as many video games as I do, only a select few really stick in your mind for years after you finish them. Control, a 2019 action-adventure game, was one of those.

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Ubisoft has announced that Champions Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles, the company’s flagship blockchain game, will shut down on October 30, bringing an end to what was arguably its largest experiment with NFT-powered gaming. The announcement comes only months after Ubisoft removed the title’s blockchain functionality, marking the final chapter in a project that reflected the publisher’s…