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In 2022, Tony Hawk is a household name, skateboarding is an olympic sport and it’s possible to master digital laser flips in any number of video games on TV. It wasn’t always like this, though. Early skate screen media consisted mostly of skeptical documentaries or whimsical California dreaming-style chronicles. Things changed when, in 1983, Stacy Peralta – who managed the ragtag team of skaters that Tony Hawk was a member of – effectively invented the modern skate video. Thanks to its performative nature, skateboarding…

Image: Microsoft/BungieThese days, the Blockbuster Game, a release from a major publisher that’s hoping to be an Event that occupies everyone’s attention and Game of the Year discussions, is an institution. It’s easy to tell what such a game is in its current state, as it’s typically about fathers trying to connect with their previously neglected children or features a prominent B-list actor or two in its cast. But in the early days of this trend, the ur definition of it would arguably be Halo 3. Developed by Bungie and…

An entire generation remains enthralled by 1999’s classic adventure The Mummy, which remains one of the most purely entertaining and relentlessly enjoyable blockbusters of the modern era, and we haven’t even mentioned the fact that the majority of the principal cast were responsible for many sexual awakenings, either. Thanks to one film above all, director Stephen Sommers secured his place in the hearts and minds of fans everywhere, even if he’d already found success prior to The Mummy by helming The Adventures of…

In this weekly series, CNBC takes a look at companies that made the inaugural Disruptor 50 list, 10 years later.In 2006, after attending a soccer game with a bulky, unimpressive production setup, LiveU founders Avi Cohen, Samuel Wasserman, and Rony Ohayon were inspired to create a product that would consolidate video production materials, making live video broadcasting a smoother and simpler process. In its first year, the Israel-based startup's demo hardware, which was only half the size of a laptop, and claimed to…

via Marvel Studios Marvel fans came to gather to share their views on which characters in the film franchise are likely to induce the most severe Oedipal and Electra complexes. Dvaderstarlord took to the r/marvelstudios subreddit to ask fans to name who they think are the worst fathers in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The top spots were automatically reserved for Ego (Kurt Russell) and Thanos (Josh Brolin). Unsurprisingly, fans recognized Odin (Anthony Hopkins) for his lousy parenting skills in  Thor (2011), …

Discoveries and innovations aren't new in the world of technology. But in the past decade -- particularly between 2010 and 2019, we've seen an enormous number of technological reforms that have changed the way we live today. Developments such as artificial intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) have emerged from merely being some laboratory projects and become an active part of our daily lives. Similarly, smartphones that were initially termed as a mobile devices designed for entrepreneurs and aristocrats reached…

If you ask your average gamer what comes to mind when you say “FromSoftware,” odds are that they’re going to say Dark Souls. The Japanese studio has gone from a niche developer to a household name over its long career thanks in no small part to the success of its “Souls” style of games. Its now-signature genre began with Demon’s Souls in 2009 and culminated in FromSoftware’s crowning achievement in 2022: Elden Ring. But longtime fans of the studio will be quick to tell you that FromSoftware isn’t solely notable for…