Avowed, the latest role-playing game from Obsidian Entertainment, casts the player as a magical envoy of the Aedyr Empire. You travel to a far-off land to investigate a plague known as the Dream Scourge. Along the way, you encounter various governmental figures—local rulers and representatives Read More Article from Reason.com Reason MagazineThe Reason Magazine website […]
What did the concession stand serve at Roman gladiator fights? Dates stuffed with walnuts and drizzled in honey, apparently. The online cooking show Tasting History with Max Miller tries to reconstruct recipes mentioned in historical texts, from hieroglyphs and clay tablets to Nostradamus’ cookbook (yes, he really wrote one) and cruise ship menus from the Titanic era. Some of […]
Schedule I is a computer game that lets you rise from a lowly weed dealer to be Walter White or Tony Montana. More specifically, the game is a black market econ simulator in the tradition of Drug Wars—a buy-low-sell-high drug-dealing game that was, to the chagrin of DARE, very popular on high school graphing calculators. Schedule I‘s […]
Roseanne Barr is a comedian, actress, and one of the more notable victims of cancel culture. Back in 2018, she was enjoying a popular resurgence after a revival of her ’90s sitcom, Roseanne, achieved massive success on ABC. Roseanne, the television character, and real-life Roseanne were both ardent supporters of Donald Trump, and while the […]
Adolescence, a British TV series streaming on Netflix, depicts the arrest of 13-year-old Jamie for the brutal murder of his classmate, Katie, and the subsequent fallout in an imaginary English town. Shot in a continuous single-camera style, each episode explores the perspectives of Jamie’s family, law enforcement, and an evaluating psychologist. The limited-series format mimics the […]
As superpowered heroes battle global threats in the semiannual films of the increasingly bloated Marvel Cinematic Universe, other heroes comfortably occupy the sidelines. The thrilling small-scale Disney+ series Daredevil: Born Again pits the fan-favorite title character—blind attorney by day, costumed crimefighter by night—against his archenemy, Wilson Fisk, the murderous crime boss better known as the Kingpin. […]
Nearly universal support on Capitol Hill for the “big, beautiful bill” is a powerful reminder that Republicans love to run for office on a platform of cutting spending and then immediately betray that promise once they actually have the power to fulfill it. President Donald Trump, House Speaker Mike Johnson, and most of the Republican […]