Contestants identify famous people based on a fictional list of their online shopping recommendations. Do you think Pharrell is sick of getting ads for hats?
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Online Shopping Recommendations
The Cures
In this music parody game, songs by The Cure are rewritten to be about things that were touted as having health benefits, with no science to back up their claims.
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The Goddessette With Julio Torres
Los Espookys co-creator and star Julio Torres puts his knowledge of “Introductory Level Greek Mythology” to the test in a game casting Greek mythological figures as contestants on The Bachelor.
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Electric Boogaloo 2: The Sequel
In this brutal final round, contestants are given a movie sequel’s subtitle, and must identify the original film.
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Vergecast: September 10th iPhone event, October 2nd Microsoft Surface event, and the future of Siri
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This episode of The Vergecast was was easy to put together because there was a lot of news this week. About an hour before taping the show, Apple announced the date of its fall hardware event — September 10th — which is presumably where it will announce a new iPhone.
This week, Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, and Paul Miller theorize what could be coming out of Apple’s event based on the past couple of months of rumors. They also discuss what’s going on with Siri.
Microsoft also revealed the date of its fall Surface event: October 2nd. Could there be a new dual-screened device coming soon? The crew discusses.
Those are the big things that were talked about, but there was a whole lot more — like Paul’s weekly segment “Fridge ice is trash…
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In 1982, Jim Henson and Frank Oz redefined fantasy filmmaking with The Dark Crystal, an ambitious, puppet-driven movie that tells a wondrous story about an ancient world on the brink of destruction or salvation. In the post-Game of Thrones fantasy licensing frenzy, it would have been easy for Netflix to snap up the rights to the Dark Crystal world, make a cheap knockoff, and count on nostalgia to lure viewers. Instead, Clash of the Titans and The Incredible Hulk director Louis Leterrier has produced a true labor of love. The series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance builds on everything that made the film great, and it has the potential to become a classic in its own right.
The Dark Crystal, set on the dying world of Thra, followed two…
Marriott Phasing Out Tiny Plastic Toiletry Bottles
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