Notoriously

Why exactly are we so fascinated with bad movies? Perhaps it is simple schadenfreude, the delicious mental backwards engineering required to work out just exactly how somebody somewhere decided that the John Travolta-led, Scientology-infused Battlefield Earth, or Ed Wood’s frightful Glen or Glenda were anything approaching a good idea. It cannot be that we actually want to watch these things, for where is the thrill in experiencing completely inept film-making unless it really is about taking pleasure in other people’s…

A Tesla engineer says the automaker is preparing to update its notoriously awful auto wipers “soon”. Owners of 2018 and more recent Tesla vehicles, especially those in climates with seasons, know the problems with Tesla’s auto wipers. It’s so bad that it is laughable. Like most premium vehicles today, Tesla has an automatic wiper system that automatically matches the speed of the wipers to the intensity of the rain or snow – at least it tries. But unlike most other automakers, Tesla doesn’t use…

World of Warcraft Classic will see its notorious PvP ranking system revamped in a coming update, as Blizzard looks to make the system "healthier."As it currently stands, WoW Classic recreates the game's original PvP ranking system as it worked from 2004-2006. Players looking to climb the ranks aren't so much battling the other faction as they are competing with like-minded players of their own faction, as they attempt to farm more Honor points than the person next to them. The game's highest ranks are…

While the Google Pixel Fold only started arriving on customer’s doorsteps yesterday, but we’re already seeing lots of Quality Assurance issues with the Pixel Fold. Not only from paying customers, but also reviewers. Yesterday, we wrote about how Ars Technica’s Pixel Fold died after four days, due to the screen protector not stretching across the entire display, and a piece of dirt getting in there. Now we’re starting to see some customers who received their Pixel Fold, coming up with issues. Over on r/PixelFold, a…

Crusader Kings 3 doesn’t have boss fights or puzzles like many other kinds of video games. But I am convinced that it does have one kind of enemy: its user interface.And yet, it’s one of the rare games that I have stayed up all night playing, even knowing I work the next day. When it gets its hooks into me, they dig in deep. Crusader Kings 3 is a strategy game where you play as a landowner during the Latin holy wars. It’s open-ended, and the goals are driven by the player, but most people play with the intention of…

World of Warcraft's in-game Valentine's Day celebration is nearly here, and this year Blizzard is "sharing the love" by dramatically increasing the drop rate for one of the game's most hard to come by mounts.The mount in question is the X-45 Heartbreaker, a giant, flying pink rocket that is only earnable for a few weeks out of the year while the Love is in the Air event is ongoing. Players queue for the event dungeon with the hope of earning the mount in one of the Heart-Shaped Boxes rewarded for…