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Spies, Pogues, Kooks, and an optimistic soccer coach are among the popular characters returning in must-see TV shows in August. They are joined by employees of an interplanetary delivery service, doppelgangers from an alternate reality, and five terrible people known as “the Gang.” From an Irish pub in Philadelphia to an island off the coast…

These are difficult times for the video game industry—and that’s putting it lightly. Normally, when faced with a rat king of existential threats involving tastes, economics, and generational turnover, I’d be the last person to subscribe to a simple solution. But in this one instance, I think I’ve found the silver bullet everyone’s been desperately…

Over the weekend, David Jonsson was officially announced as the new Black Panther in Ryan Coogler’s third Black Panther film for Marvel Studios. Jonsson will be taking on the role of Prince T’Challa / T’Challa II, who was introduced as the son of King T’Challa in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. In my one movies /…

Xbox experienced a strange outage earlier this week. Not only were the platform’s online services unavailable for almost an entire day, but even games on physical discs stopped working for some players. The company’s technology chief, Scott Van Vliet, explained that the outage was caused by problems at an external licensing service. And if your…

A discussion about what made Mario Kart Tour special, what will be lost, and thoughts on the game’s closing.

UPDATE 5:30 p.m. ET:Xbox says it’s “making progress on recovery” and that “most players should be able to launch titles and complete purchases again.” However, it warns that, “Some may still see occasional failures as we finish up.”

Spider-Man, Spider-Man, less than one week ‘til Spider-Man… Yes, true believers, Destin Daniel Cretton’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day is only a few short days away. But even as the MCU movie’s press tour kicks into overdrive, with Tom Holland, Zendaya, and co flying around the world to promote their street-level Spidey movie, it’s kind of…

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Roblox(NYSE: RBLX), which encourages people to build and explore their own digital worlds on its gaming platform, will report its second-quarter earnings on July 30. Analysts expect its revenue to rise 11% year over year as it narrows its net loss.

Ross Johnson writes about television, film, and literature for Lifehacker. He has a degree in political science from the University of Rochester and has previously been a legal writer and editor for Thomson Reuters, for which he later traveled around India and the Middle East as an educator specializing in American English style and grammar…