InFamous

When Chan Marshall ends a romantic relationship for one reason or another — “They’ve gone with someone else,” she offers by way of example, “or they die or they become insane” — she typically cuts her long hair short.“It’s always a love movement,” says the 51-year-old singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist and former Chanel model better known as Cat Power. “And it’s about every 10 years. Then I’ll open my heart again and make the stupid mistake of falling in love with someone.”These days she wears a choppy shag with…

Following its Sundance premiere, A Disturbance in the Force goes digital on December 5 The story behind the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special is the focus of the documentary A Disturbance in the Force, which — following its premiere at Sundance earlier this year — will head to streaming and DVD this December. The ill-fated special, which aired Thanksgiving weekend in 1978, is now legend: Fresh off the success of Star Wars, George Lucas was talked into capitalizing on the craze in the form of a…

Few video game controllers are as iconic (infamous?) as the Duke, the controller that originally came with the first Xbox console. Roughly the size of a dinner plate with the thickness of a bowl, it was eventually replaced with a controller that was more ergonomically pleasing. But for those true believers looking to get their hands around a Duke-shaped peripheral again, there is some good news. Over at Amazon, you can pick up an officially licensed Duke replica that is not only shaped like the real deal,…

When the Rolling Stones kicked off their 48-date North American summer tour in 1972, Rolling Stone writer Robert Greenfield was by their side to chronicle every second of the madness for his book Stones Touring Party. He logged more than 60 hours of interviews with the band and their associates, but much of that audio has sat in the vault for the past five decades. It’s finally going to be heard as part of the iHeartPodcast series Stones Touring Party, kicking off on August 2. Hosted by writer Jordan Runtagh, the…

Hiiiigh definition Riiiidge Racer The video game documentarians at NoClip have been steadily preserving and archiving a wealth of old industry footage, ranging from tech demos and presentations to classic commercials. Importantly, the team is also getting higher definition captures of certain events than we’ve ever seen before, like a 1080p HD recording of the infamous Sony E3 2006 presentation. For those who weren’t around or closely watching the industry at the time, 2006 was an important year for Sony. Notably, the…

Seeking his counsel, Arjuna asks Krishna to reveal his universal form. Krishna obliges, and in verse 12 of the Gita he manifests as a sublime, terrifying being of many mouths and eyes. It is this moment that entered Oppenheimer’s mind in July 1945. “If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the mighty one,” was Oppenheimer’s translation of that moment in the desert of New Mexico.In Hinduism, which has a non-linear concept of time, the great god is involved in…

Image via Disney If the alarm bells weren’t ringing at Disney headquarters already, they surely will be now after a recent report offered that the Mouse House is in danger of losing close to a billion dollars across its most recent projects. It’s not secret that the almighty corporation has been suffering more misses than hits recently, with Strange World and Lightyear both conspiring to lose upwards of $100 million each right before Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and The Little Mermaid severely…

Ariana Grande Once Shared A Detailed Insight Of How She Once Encountered A Demonic Experience ( Photo Credit – IMDb A host of Hollywood celebrities have shared their experiences with evil spirits and ghosts on different occasions. Ariana Grande did the same way back in 2013 when she revealed that she had a demonic experience in Kansas City after they went to a haunted castle. She then visited Stull Cemetery, which is known as one of the seven gates to hell on Earth. Ariana Grande has been recently in the news over…

Final Fantasy XVI, out today, is stuffed with neat little homages and references to the Final Fantasy games that came before it. One of the game’s menus features sprites of Clive, Jill, Torgal, or whoever else is in your party if you’re nostalgic for the old pixel art from the game’s early days on the NES. When you speak to Harpocrates and have acquired enough lore, the old victory fanfare plays. But there’s one homage that’s more likely to inspire fear than warm fuzzy feelings.Red Comet is back, and he wants his…

Imagine Doom‘s creator playing your Doom map If you haven’t been keeping up with the Doom community lately, thenyou may have missed the unsettling .WAD file simply called “MyHouse.” This has been doing the rounds on a number of YouTube channels, as fans work their way through this bizarre, unofficial map. Now, the custom level has found its way to John Romero’s computer. As the co-creator of the original Doom and Doom 2, Romero is something of a celebrity in the video game world. Helping to establish the early days of…