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  • Grant St. Clair
    10:51 am Tue, Mar 10, 2026
    Heritage railway's new fox mascot was drawn by a furry artist and it works out great It's Reg! Image via Foxfield Railway Official on YouTube

    Foxfield Railway is a heritage railway in Staffordshire, England, where visitors can ride historic steam engines for a modest ticket price. You might expect such an establishment to be behind… Read the rest of the article: Heritage railway's new fox mascot was drawn by a furry artist and it works out great

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  • Grant St. Clair
    10:47 am Tue, Mar 10, 2026
    Donald Glover will voice Yoshi in the new Mario movie, against all reason

    Remember last time I wrote about the upcoming Super Mario Galaxy movie, when I made an offhand joke about Yoshi — the green dinosaur who, in the games, only makes… Read the rest of the article: Donald Glover will voice Yoshi in the new Mario movie, against all reason

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  • Grant St. Clair
    10:45 am Tue, Mar 10, 2026
    Elon Musk fishes for engagement, accidentally reminds advertisers why Twitter ad space isn't worth it Elon Musk (FotoField/shutterstock.com)

    I deleted my Twitter account months ago, and I have literally never regretted it for a second. I highly encourage you to do the same and get your latest "Elon… Read the rest of the article: Elon Musk fishes for engagement, accidentally reminds advertisers why Twitter ad space isn't worth it

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  • Grant St. Clair
    9:53 am Mon, Mar 9, 2026
    I just learned Keanu Reeves has a band, so you have to learn that too Keanu Reeves: Featureflash Photo Agency / Shutterstock

    I like that we, as a society, have decided that Keanu Reeves is just so nice and charismatic a guy that we keep giving him giant movie roles despite him, quite frankly, not being… Read the rest of the article: I just learned Keanu Reeves has a band, so you have to learn that too

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  • Grant St. Clair
    9:49 am Mon, Mar 9, 2026
    Ryan Gosling crushed it yet again on SNL

    I must admit a chilling truth: despite writing about venerable sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live every once in a while, I rarely actually watch it on Saturday Night. This… Read the rest of the article: Ryan Gosling crushed it yet again on SNL

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  • Grant St. Clair
    9:32 am Mon, Mar 9, 2026
    The Ham Cam might be the greatest technological innovation of our time Mr.Samarn Plubkilang/shutterstock.com

    As a nation that (ostensibly) cares about its history, it's little surprise that America goes to great lengths to safeguard its national treasures. The Constitution. The Declaration of Independence. P.D.… Read the rest of the article: The Ham Cam might be the greatest technological innovation of our time

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  • Grant St. Clair
    9:04 am Mon, Mar 9, 2026
    Xbox just officially announced their next console, and it sounds an awful lot like a prebuilt PC Xbox Game Pass

    Isn't it weird that this console generation is almost over already? It still feels like the PS5 has yet to get its killer app, and the Xbox camp has given… Read the rest of the article: Xbox just officially announced their next console, and it sounds an awful lot like a prebuilt PC

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  • Grant St. Clair
    8:56 am Mon, Mar 9, 2026
    Unfortunately, comedian Ben Palmer's fake ICE hotline is still working as intended ICE agents in Broadview, Illinois. Photo: Shutterstock

    Do you remember the fake ICE hotline that comedian Ben Palmer set up to keep red-blooded American patriots from reporting on their neighbors? Palmer is a master of presenting certain… Read the rest of the article: Unfortunately, comedian Ben Palmer's fake ICE hotline is still working as intended

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  • Grant St. Clair
    8:41 am Mon, Mar 9, 2026
    That was quick: Highguard is shutting down Highguard. Image via Wildlight Entertainment

    If you didn't see this coming, you probably need to get your eyes checked. Highguard, the painfully generic hero shooter that made waves purely because of how its initial reveal… Read the rest of the article: That was quick: Highguard is shutting down

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  • Grant St. Clair
    3:33 pm Thu, Mar 5, 2026
    "The Boys" gets final trailer for final season, and it looks as outrageous as ever Gen V

    I'll never get bored of how delicious the irony of Amazon making The Boys, a show ostensibly about superheroes but really about the devastating effects of unchecked capitalism, is. Unfortunately,… Read the rest of the article: "The Boys" gets final trailer for final season, and it looks as outrageous as ever

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  • Grant St. Clair
    3:32 pm Thu, Mar 5, 2026
    House-dwelling mouse is the best thing I've seen all week The mouse in the house. Screengrab via the_photography_of_simon_dell on Instagram

    There's just something about beloved pets living in to-scale dioramas that gets me. Xing's World for his cats, for instance, is one of the most impressive projects I've ever seen,… Read the rest of the article: House-dwelling mouse is the best thing I've seen all week

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  • Grant St. Clair
    3:29 pm Thu, Mar 5, 2026
    The most infamous fanfiction of all time turns 20

    Hi my name is Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way and I have long ebony black hair (that's how I got my name) with purple streaks and red tips that reaches… Read the rest of the article: The most infamous fanfiction of all time turns 20

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  • Grant St. Clair
    3:22 pm Thu, Mar 5, 2026
    The most divisive Assassin's Creed game is getting a next-gen update

    I guess I'll have to be the one to say it: there are a lot of Assassin's Creed games. Pretty brave, right? Yeah, I guess I'm just in the habit… Read the rest of the article: The most divisive Assassin's Creed game is getting a next-gen update

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  • Grant St. Clair
    3:19 pm Thu, Mar 5, 2026
    This sorting web game has stolen hours from me 45 by 45. Screengrab via thomaswc.com.

    If you have a touch of the ADHD or you just like categorizing things, I'm sorry in advance for stealing your afternoon. I'm just paying it forward, though: one of… Read the rest of the article: This sorting web game has stolen hours from me

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  • Grant St. Clair
    3:18 pm Thu, Mar 5, 2026
    The Assassin's Creed: Black Flag remake is real Assassin's Creed: Black Flag: Resynced. That's a lot of colons. Image via Ubisoft

    To quote myself, "Assassin's Creed: Black Flag is supposed to be the good one." Among its fellows in the (very, very) prolific Assassin's Creed franchise, Edward Kenway's swashbuckling adventure is… Read the rest of the article: The Assassin's Creed: Black Flag remake is real

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  • Grant St. Clair
    11:08 am Wed, Mar 4, 2026
    Newly announced wooden puzzle game looks absolutely delightful Woodo

    The "cozy video game" is no longer just a single genre but a trend sweeping through the games industry. I expect we'll see the first cozy first-person shooter within months… Read the rest of the article: Newly announced wooden puzzle game looks absolutely delightful

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  • Grant St. Clair
    1:05 pm Tue, Mar 3, 2026
    The Fallout: New Vegas remaster might be real after all Fallout: New Vegas. Image via Obsidian Entertainment

    2010 RPG Fallout: New Vegas is never far from my thoughts, an affliction that many more people now share in thanks to Season 2 of the Fallout TV show and… Read the rest of the article: The Fallout: New Vegas remaster might be real after all

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  • Grant St. Clair
    1:03 pm Tue, Mar 3, 2026
    Count down to Metal Gear Solid 4's rerelease by reliving the original's horrifically long loading screens

    After nearly two decades locked away in PS3 prison, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is finally getting ported to literally any other system. Back when the new… Read the rest of the article: Count down to Metal Gear Solid 4's rerelease by reliving the original's horrifically long loading screens

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  • Grant St. Clair
    12:59 pm Tue, Mar 3, 2026
    I don't know why it's taken so long for someone to make a corgi simulator, but it's finally arrived Image: Corgi portrait; Olha Didenko / shutterstock.com

    2012 PS3 exclusive Tokyo Jungle, wherein you play as a Pomeranian fighting to survive in a post-apocalyptic city, was almost the perfect dog game. Almost. Japan Studio made a fatal… Read the rest of the article: I don't know why it's taken so long for someone to make a corgi simulator, but it's finally arrived

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  • Grant St. Clair
    12:42 pm Tue, Mar 3, 2026
    People keep inventing new ways to play New Vegas and I'm scared Fallout: New Vegas. Image via Obsidian Entertainment

    2010's Fallout: New Vegas is one of my favorite games ever made, and I completely understand the urge to wring every last bit of enjoyment and novelty from it. It's… Read the rest of the article: People keep inventing new ways to play New Vegas and I'm scared

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