They were not the first to face punishment for their ancient internet comedy, and they won’t the be last. Comedians are feeling antsy, and recent events pose an implicit cultural question: Is there room to be funny on Twitter in 2018? Twitter was differentIn the mid-2000s, when Twitter and YouTube were just getting off the ground, comedians took to the social platforms to promote themselves, test new material and attract new audiences. Twitter and YouTube weren’t fringe platforms: Twitter had mo

Pokémon’s latest movie will screen in U.S. theaters this November, The Pokémon Company announced. Limited theaters will show the movie on Nov. 24, 26 and 28, and Dec. 1. Tickets will soon be on sale through Fathom Events, which also distributed the previous theatrical Pokémon anime, Pokémon: I Choose You!, last year. Something bad happens, as per usual; Ash and Pikachu are the only ones who can save the town, as per usual. Thankfully, this Pokémon movie doesn’t share much else in common with the

After 22 years, six films and one existential breakdown of its leading man, the Mission: Impossible film franchise is having its moment. Or you could approach the Mission: Impossible films the way I did, like a miniseries consumed in 45-minute chunks across a couple weeks. That Mission: Impossible fits TV so well shouldn’t be surprising. In the past, landing Tom Cruise and funding an action series of this scale would have been impossible for TV. Mission: Impossible may very well be the best acti

More than a week after Disney fired director James Gunn from the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 3, the entire cast of the film series has come out with a show of support for their collaborator. An Instagram post shared by Chris Pratt, who plays lead hero Peter “Star-Lord” Quill, as well as several other cast members, includes a message signed by the entire team that defends Gunn as a “good person” judged by a politically polarized society. That’s only prompted more conversation, and th

Cindy Holland, Netflix’s vice president of original programming, said season completion rates play a big part in whether a show is renewed. Steady ratings, which is essentially what Netflix is describing, is key to a show’s ongoing success. Arrested Development, Longmire, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Degrassi are just a few of the shows Netflix has “saved” in recent years. Netflix learned from some of the aforementioned shows, and its own original genre series like St

Even though a teaser for the next season of Stranger Things dropped a couple of weeks ago, it looks like the Netflix sci-fi favorite won’t be returning this year. Netflix programming executive Cindy Holland spoke at the Television Critics Association’s press tour on Sunday and revealed that Stranger Things would not be returning to Netflix until summer 2019, according to Entertainment Weekly. Holland explained that the reason for this delay is because Stranger Things producers the Duffer brother

Like all great superhero movies, Teen Titans Go! After the credits roll, there’s some shaky footage, and the Teen Titans flash on the screen. The thing is, it’s not the version of the Teen Titans that just appeared in the movie — the cute, goofy, chibi-like Teen Titans Go! designs — but instead, the version of the Teen Titans that starred in the original Cartoon Network show. Is the original Teen Titans cartoon coming back???

In the dog days of summer we retreat to our air conditioned living rooms and unpack our video game backlog. And each summer, the backlog seems bigger and more intimidating than it did the year before. There are too many video games, and not enough free hours to play them. Backlog Week is a time to revisit games we may have missed and revisit favorites with fresh eyes. We’ll debate what a backlog means in 2018, with remasters, reboots, retro collectors and “living games” changing how we play the

The big cliffhanger of the latest Steven Universe arc and the Comic-Con movie announcement have us all hungering for more Steven content. The good news is that while waiting for the next episodes and the movie (both of which still have no release date … ), you can tap away your anticipation in a new Steven Universe mobile game. Steven Universe: Tap Together is an upcoming tap-based RPG mobile game. Players will summon characters from the show to help tap-battle waves of monsters. There’s also

The frame rate shifts are not subtle, and some players may find the variable frame rate distracting enough to shift the game over to performance mode. True 4K resolution is pretty to look at, but it’s coming at the cost of pure frame rate. The quality mode may sometimes even perform worse in 4K than the stock Xbox version of the game. Then you can enjoy the enhanced frame rate without the system having to push all those extra pixels. The Xbox One X provides the highest possible resolution out of

Sneaker and clothing brand Adidas is reportedly partnering with Dragon Ball Z, one of the most popular anime properties in the world, to collaborate on a new line of sneakers set to release this fall. Starting with these two characters is no surprise, considering theirs is likely the most iconic fight in Dragon Ball Z’s history. Goku’s sneaker will use the basic design of the Adidas ZX500 RM …… while Frieza’s design is show on the Adidas Yung-1. While these may be Adidas’ first sneakers in t

Twenty years after their debut, Digimon are still the champions, and they’re certainly ones worth celebrating. Today, Bandai Namco announced that a new Digimon role-playing game will be released in celebration of the Digimon anime’s 20th anniversary. Digimon Survive, a new survival simulation RPG, will be available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows PC and Xbox One in 2019. More recent Digimon games such as Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth (available on PlayStation 4/Vita) were more tradition

Eight years following its launch DC Universe Online is answering the existential question of MMOs — how to stay fresh and relevant? It’s also no coincidence that it launched July 18, right as hype was building for Titans, which will inaugurate the DC Universe streaming service for Warner Bros. Digital later this year. The Judas Contract likewise brings in new, fan favorite characters like Damian Wayne, Terra, Adeline Wilson and Jericho. This is, of course, because the world of the MMO is refract

The London Spitfire emerged the champions of the inaugural season of the Overwatch League today, handily defeating the Philadelphia Fusion at the sold-out Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. On Saturday, the Spitfire again steamrolled the Fusion, finishing the second set of the Overwatch League finals with a score of 3-0. But many attendees came to the Overwatch League grand finals more as fans of Blizzard’s game and its star players than any particular team. The Overwatch League grand finals

Best Buy is still taking advantage of the Amazon Prime Day halo effect with another “Black Friday in July” sale. There aren’t a ton of gaming deals included in the sale, but you can still find some nice console bundles and 20-30 percent discounts on Xbox and PS4 games. Plus, if you’re in the market for a Switch, Walmart is still offering half off a Nintendo game in a Switch bundle. Polygon Deals is a weekly roundup of the best deals on the internet, curated by Vox Media’s commerce team, in colla

Iron Fist’s second season begins on Netflix on Sept. 7. That includes Rand (Finn Jones) donning the original yellow mask of Iron Fist, dating to the character’s first appearance in the karate and kung fu fabulous 1970s. One of the first season’s shortcomings was that Iron Fist — not a minor character in the Marvel Universe but not a headliner like Captain America or Thor — did not appear in anything looking like his old costume. Iron Fist was confirmed for a second season last week at San Diego

Vampyr, which launched at the beginning of June, will rejuvenate its blood-sucking habits with a “story mode” setting and a hard-difficulty mode later this summer, Dontnod Entertainment announced yesterday. The open-world game, a tortured journey of an undead doctor afflicted by the thirst for blood, has not had variable difficulty or different modes to this point. The “story mode” difficulty will de-emphasize combat, making it easier for players to wend their way through the game’s story if tha

Castlevania’s first season on Netflix last year was a success for the animated series, so a second one (announced earlier this month) is a natural development. The streaming service put out this official trailer today announcing the series’ return on Oct. 26. Executive producer Adi Shankar revealed the trailer via Twitter earlier this afternoon. “We’re here to create the greatest video game adaptation of all time,” he added on Facebook. Here’s the trailer for Castlevania Season 2 again.

Magic: The Gathering is a card-collection game of course, so it makes sense some of its cards would be, well, collector’s items. As noticed today by Kotaku, the Black Lotus card from Magic: The Gathering’s original launch — August 1993, so, happy upcoming 25th anniversary, while we’re at it — went for $87,672 after bidding closed this week. What makes this Black Lotus card so valuable is only 1,100 were printed for MTG’s alpha set from 1993. Magic players versed in the game’s balance and mana sy

No Man’s Sky Next is here, and it is big. If you haven’t revisited No Man’s Sky in a couple years, Next will feel almost like a new game. Let the game guide youNo Man’s Sky Next is full of new resources (with new uses), new upgrades, and new mechanics. Let’s talk about some of the biggest changes you’ll see when you come back to No Man’s Sky. Missions are another new mechanic in No Man’s Sky Next.