brief histories

Tech

May We Never Forget the First Jet Airliner, The De Havilland Comet

07.28.16

By Michael Byrne
Tech

The Birth of Modern Chemistry Was the Birth of Barbiturates

07.10.16

By Michael Byrne
Tech

The 1919 Solar Eclipse That Proved Einstein Right

05.30.16

By Michael Byrne
Tech

A Brief History of Apple Meddling With the App Store

04.19.16

By Jason Koebler
Music

A Brief History of Mariah Carey Being Unimpressed By Things

03.28.16

By Craig Jenkins
Music

Instigate Sonic Violence: A Not-so-Brief History of the Synthesizer’s Impact on Heavy Metal

03.18.16

By Terence Hannum
Music

Waiting For “Wolves” CDQ: The Oral History of a Kanye West Song

02.10.16

By Jabbari Weekes
Music

Five Times Noah “40” Shebib Flipped Random Cuts into Magic

01.06.16

By Byron Yan
Music

A Brief History of N.W.A. Collaborations Post-N.W.A.

01.06.16

By Andy Hoglund
Music

When Nerds Collide: A Brief History of Metal and Comics

10.13.15

By Jeff Treppel
Tech

Happy Anniversary to the Hotline That Kept the Cold War from Going Nuclear

08.30.15

By Michael Byrne
Music

Never Forget Harry and the Potters and the Bizarre World of “Wizard Rock”

08.05.15

By Luke Winkie

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Gaming

The Lion King: My Gaming Nemesis

The Lion King video game was my white whale. The game that haunted me for years before I finally decided to fight back.

11.17.24

By Anthony Franklin II
AEW

Sports

AEW Uses Guns N’ Roses Hit To Promote Full Gear (And It Rocks)

AEW debuted a music video for Full Gear on Collision using a classic Guns N’ Roses song.

11.17.24

By Haley Miller
Illustration by Reesa

Horoscopes

Weekly Horoscope: November 17-23

This week is Saturn’s first full week out of retrograde after it returned direct on Saturday. How will your sign fare?

11.17.24

By Melanie A. Davis
Screenshot: Crave Entertainment

Gaming

The Movie Tie-In Era was a Dark Time

The movie tie-in era of gaming was one of the worst to experience. If you never did, be glad because it was a time of darkness.

11.16.24

By Anthony Franklin II
Screenshot: Activision

Gaming

‘Guitar Hero’: Gateway to Music

‘Guitar Hero’ was one of the ways I expanded my personal taste in music. I wish the series would make a comeback for that very reason.

11.16.24

By Anthony Franklin II