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In more ways than you realize, sports and movies are the exact same thing. On the simplest level, each consists of a group of highly trained, sometimes well-paid, professionals doing various specific jobs all with a singular purpose: telling a story, usually for profit. The main difference is that in movies (and TV) the story is generally planned out while in sports, it’s not. In both cases though, each exists to let people experience collective emotions. Mr. Tweet Fumbles Super Bowl TweetFor that reason, I’ll never…

The internet is filled with sites and services we loathe yet it seems, to paraphrase Brokeback Mountain, we just don’t know how to quit them. Consider the evidence: Facebook was widely reviled after its role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal, yet it still has over 3 billion monthly active users. Since Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter there has been huge public outcry about his actions and decisions, but the platform remains relevant. And, most recently, Bandcamp was bought by Songtradr which…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeRidley Scott has issued a scathing response to French critics who dislike his new film Napoleon after receiving a flurry of negative reviews.The latest movie from the Gladiator filmmaker, 85, stars Joaquin Phoenix as the 19th-century French emperor, and it charts the true story of Napoleon’s rise to power and his tumultuous relationship with Empress Joséphine de Beauharnais (Vanessa…

As a part of the ongoing FTC-Microsoft trial, Sony's top gaming executive claimed that Sony is not the only big publisher taking issue with Game Pass.According to PlayStation boss Jim Ryan's deposition (via The Verge), he claims to have "talked to all publishers they unanimously do not like Game Pass, because it's value destructive." Ryan then continues to say that this opinion is a "very commonly held view by publishers," and he doesn't believe that Call of Duty would be on Game Pass if the acquisition…

Plus some notes on CDPR’s crunch culture The rise and fall (then rise again) of Cyberpunk 2077 is one of the most infamous stories of this gaming generation. True, that developer CD Projekt Red has been pushing out updates to patch some of the major mistakes, but the memory of that December 2020 release is still raw for many. Thankfully, the game is in a much better state these days, but the studio’s own VP of PR and Communication, Michał Platkow-Gilewski, has said that the initial launch was “way better” than the…

Near the end of 2021, YouTube made the controversial decision to make dislike counts private across the entire service. You can still dislike YouTube videos with the thumbs down button, but the only people who will ever see those dislikes are the channel’s owners. At the time, YouTube explained that the goal was to protect creators from harassment and dislike attacks, but it also removed a potentially valuable metric that viewers could use to evaluate a video. Pros and cons aside, dislike counts probably…

Now that the Galaxy S23 has launched, reviews are out, and consumers have been using the phones for more than a month, news surrounding the Galaxy S24 series has started circulating. A new report indicates that Samsung could bring its most fluidic screens with its next Galaxy S series smartphones. According to a report from SamLover, the Galaxy S24 series will feature Super AMOLED screens with a 144Hz refresh rate. Starting with the Galaxy S20 series, Samsung used 120Hz Super AMOLED screens in its high-end phones. And…

Those waging war usually seek allies. America is duly leaning on its Asian friends, including Japan, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan (which makes nine-tenths of the world’s advanced semiconductors), to join the tech fight against China. For example, it has for months been urging Japan, another tech giant, and the Netherlands, home to ASML, a crucial supplier of chip-manufacturing technology, to enshrine its tech goals in a trilateral pact. The Asians are somewhat reluctant to play…

Kim ‘hates’ Kanye West’s new wife, shares cryptic quotes ( Photo Credit – Facebook; Instagram ) Reality TV star Kim Kardashian reportedly doesn’t approve of her former husband and rapper Kanye West’s alleged new wife Bianca Censori. According to a new report, it has been an open secret that Kim has long hated Bianca for no obvious reason, reports aceshowbiz.com. “Kim Kardashian hates her,” an insider told Page Six of the ‘Donda’ artist’s architectural designer wife. “She’s pretty. And Kim hates pretty girls.” It was…

At this point, it seems that YouTube is against the notion of “dislikes”. After getting rid of the “dislike” counter on YouTube proper last year, the company seems to be turning toward its music streaming service. YouTube Music is bringing an update that will get rid of the “dislike” button.In all honesty, we don’t really utilize the “dislike” button on YouTube Music as much as we do on YouTube. This makes sense, as we tend to interact directly with individual videos. However, we blow through songs one after another on…