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Warner Bros. Games' MultiVersus is a fun take on platform fighters like and Brawlhalla. It's soon going into open beta with a roster packed with characters from across a wide range of WB franchises. Developer Player First Games is about to add one more to the mix: Space Jam: A New Legacy star LeBron James. The NBA icon will join the lineup when the open beta starts on July 26th. Unsurprisingly, his offense centers around the use of a basketball. He can throw a ball at opponents or dribble one around his feet to damage…

Image: Adult SwimSan Diego Comic-Con 2022 will mark the return of the Vindicators from Rick and Morty. The show’s superhero squad first appeared in the show’s season three episode “Vindicators 3: The Return of Worldender,” a memorable debut that inspired a comic—and now, some prequel digital shorts about the team. io9 recently chatted with original episode writers Sarah Carbiener and Erica Rosbe before The Vindicators’ SDCC panel debut later this week. The duo returned to showrun and executive produce the digital series…

The Opposites share a tender moment.Screenshot: Hulu/YouTubeThe aliens of Hulu’s Solar Opposites—who fled to Earth after the destruction of Shlorp, their home planet—have been hanging out in the suburbs for three seasons now, and they’ve all evolved as characters. That said, the show’s ruthlessly bawdy and snarky sense of humor remains fully intact.And by the way, “evolved” doesn’t necessarily mean in a positive way, at least from the point of view of mission leader Korvo (voiced by Justin Roiland, who co-created the…

Image: HuluHulu’s Solar Opposites is known for its hilariously twisted point of view on American pop culture—thanks to its protagonists, aliens who’re sent to Earth after their home planet, Shlorp, is destroyed. While they’re technically an Away Team on a sci-fi mission, the dynamics among them have settled into something decidedly more family-like.Ahead of season three’s arrival on Hulu next week, io9 spoke with co-creator and executive producer Mike McMahan (Rick and Morty, Star Trek: Lower Decks) about how the…

Breadcrumb Trail Links Life Eating & Drinking Culture Books The cook, author and host travelled more than 32,000 kilometres and visited all Mexico's 32 states seeking the flavours he loves for debut book Mazatlán author Rick Martínez is the host of Food52's Mi Cocina and Sweet Heat, and Pruébalo on YouTube. Photo by Ren Fuller Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on…

Image: HuluSolar Opposites returns for its third season next week on Hulu, bringing with it some wild and surreal new adventures for its alien characters—as well as its tiny-human characters and its regular human characters, to boot. Coming from one of the creatives behind Rick and Morty and Star Trek: Lower Decks, you’d expect a lot of sci-fi influences go into its creation. But what about... a beloved HBO cop show from the mid-2000s?Let Mike McMahan explain. At a recent Solar Opposites press day, io9 asked him about…

“Firework” singer Katy Perry spent her Fourth of July catching heat on social media. During the Monday holiday, Perry composed a confusing post that first seemed to riff off the trending “she’s a 10 but” meme, then shifted into commentary about abortion rights. “‘Baby you’re a firework’ is a 10 but women in the US have fewer rights than an actual sparkler smh,” Perry tweeted. Perry became the latest music personality to speak out against about the Supreme Court’s landmark decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade, which rolled…

Fans who were quick to check out the DLC trailer for Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin on the official Square Enix site were instead met with Rick Astley. The Trials of the Dragon King expansion for Final Fantasy Origin was just revealed as the first major expansion coming as part of the game’s season pass coming on July 20. The game’s official website was updated with what should have been a trailer for the upcoming content, but when early fans attempted to view the trailer, they found themselves getting…

Screenshot: HuluOn Futurama, we learn that Al Gore heads up “a group of top nerds whose sole duty is to prevent disruptions in the space-time continuum” (it’s real, read the Constitution!). This superteam also includes Nichelle Nichols, Gary Gygax, Stephen Hawking, and chess-playing computer Deep Blue. Though they happen to be skilled at murder, they utterly fail at stopping Fry from destroying the universe, but—good news, everybody!—this happens on a “what if?” anthology episode that doesn’t affect Futurama’s own main…

Archaeologists have revealed a complex of hidden passageways and galleries deep inside the ancient Chavín de Huántar temple complex in the Peruvian Andes. The researchers think the network of chambers and galleries was used in religious rituals, possibly involving psychedelic drugs.  It's the first time in about 3,000 years that these particular hidden structures have been explored; some of the dark and isolated chambers may have been used for sensory deprivation, while some of the larger galleries seem to have been used…