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KEF M500 Headphone Review: Perfect Balance of Sound and Comfort

Shopping for headphones in the $200 to $300 headphone range can be a quandary. The $200 options are mostly all fluff backed by celebrities and marketing jargon. Putting lipstick on a pig doesn’t change the fact that it’s still a pig, you know. The $300 crowd weeds out most of that riffraff for the more…

Amazing Casting. Bob Odenkirk, Patton Oswalt and Ian Roberts join the cast of The Kitchen Sink, a genre-spanning high-school comedy, set in a town where vampires are at the top of the pecking order, with humans in the middle and zombies at the bottom.

Thor, Jane and Loki reveal new worlds in The Dark World featurette

This new behind-the-scenes video of Thor: The Dark World contains the requisite talking heads of the stars, director and producer all saying large the “scale” of the movie is going to be. But watch carefully and you might see a few new locales of Asgard, Midgard, and possibly a few other -gards as well. This…

Those Adorable Animal Pics May Be Fake—and Cruel

The internet consists of two major ingredients: Porn, and adorable animals. Everything else is pretty much a churning sea of virulence and racism. But what if we told you that those animal pics actually ain’t so pretty? As it turns out, there’s a chance many of them could be faked—and in some pretty cruel ways…

This “futuristic gender exploration” is actually a dull anti-abortion rant

The 3rd Gender, at the New York Fringe Festival, is advertised as a futuristic exploration of gender and sexuality. But what I actually saw was a dull anti-abortion lecture, full of clunky plot devices. Spoilers ahead… Note: I am writing this review in a bar a block away from the theater, because I need a…

This is the safest car ever made (surprise: it’s American!)

The safest car ever is not a Volvo, a BMW or a Mercedes. It’s a car made in California: the Tesla Model S. It actually broke the safety scale. America, fuck yeah. https://jalopnik.com/the-tesla-model-s-is-the-safest-car-ever-produced-1171606291

An Ephemeral Tour of Europe’s Abandoned Industrial Ruins

We Americans tend to conceptualize “old” in very recent terms—which explains our collective fascination with ruin porn. If the decay of European cities receives less attention, it’s just because it’s much more ubiquitous. French photographer and self-described “urban explorer” Thomas Jorion has made a career out of seeking out and photographing these lesser known spaces—from…

The Kids and Adults Inside of Us Can’t Wait For This Imagineering Doc

Even if you think Disneyland and Walt Disney World are too artificial, too sappy, too cutesy, you still have to admit they completely redefined the idea of a theme park. Visiting them makes you feel like you’re entered another world, and all of the ‘magic’ responsible for that feeling comes from the hardworking designers, engineers,…

Every kid wants this game, so Sony adds Minecraft to new Playstation

The unstoppable Minecraft sensation is coming to Sony’s new PlayStation game console, because every kid from 2 to 20 wants the blocky multiplayer mining game and they want it on everything: iPhones, tablets, computers, even dad’s musty old PS3. https://kotaku.com/minecraft-coming-to-ps4-at-launch-1172999872

Confession: Maybe Coming Back to Cable TV Was a Bad Idea

After 2.5 years without cable TV I decided it was time to come back. Why? There were a number of reasons, which you can read about here. Now that I’m back, though, I regret it. Honestly, what the hell is going on? https://gizmodo.com/confessions-of-a-cord-cutter-why-im-back-after-2-5-ye-1059563449 My first introduction to cable television didn’t come until college, but since…

This fall’s greatest comics will blow your mind

It’s completely insane how many great comics are coming out his fall. I mean, almost no one could afford them all, and those people who had the cash to buy them would be hard pressed to read them all in a mere three months. Here’s the greatest comics of September, October and November — budget…

GIF-Saving Tool GIFME Is My New Favorite Chrome Extension

Do you often find yourself searching desperately through bookmarks folders, trying to find that perfect GIF you saved that one time? Do you keep a spreadsheet of links that takes you ten minutes to track down? Then you’ll love GIFME, a new Chrome Extension that makes everything easier. GIFME is a dead simple way to…

Dealzmodo: Sol Republic Headphones, Vita Price Drop, Corsair Keyboard

Head over to Amazon to pick up the excellent Sol Republic Track HD On-Ear Headphones w/ Mic and Controls for their lowest price ever of $80. Excellent Amazon reviews, along with a good amount of Giz coverage if you want to dig in. [Amazon] Voting on the Best Gaming Mouse in our first Moneysaver Co-Op…

Does America have the guts to boycott Russia’s bigoted Olympics?

Russia is not America’s pal. Politically, there are disputes over NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden’s temporary asylum in Moscow and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s autocratic government. But the issue that’s really souring U.S.-Russian relations is the same issue that’s still dividing America: gay rights. [Photo of Kseniya Ryzhova and Tatyana Firova kissing in protest of Russia’s…

What exactly is a Blue Moon, anyway?

Tonight you’ll have a chance to witness a rare “Blue Moon” with your very own eyes. But what does that mean, exactly? You’ve probably heard the term “once in a Blue Moon” used to refer to rare events — but just how rare is a Blue Moon, really? And what’s so special about them in…

PS4 Is Coming November 15th to North America

Playstation 4 is coming! Playstation 4 is coming! When? November 15th to North America. How much? The previously announced $400 price tag. Only 87 days to go, baby. Are we excited? Yesssss. https://gizmodo.com/sonys-ps4-is-400-512483428 Today at Sony’s Playstation Gamescom press conference, the company finally spilled the details about when we’d finally get our mitts on the…

The Real Reason Why Grown-Ups Love Young-Adult Fantasy Books

Marie Rutkoski’s young-adult novel The Winner’s Curse is already getting early raves. We’ve got the exclusive reveal of the book’s gorgeous cover, plus an essay in which Rutkoski, an English professor as well as a YA author, explains why adults love young-adult novels. Liminal Fantasy Eat the goblin fruit. Walk with the wolf. Kiss the…

3D Ads Between Suitcases Make Japan’s Luggage Carousels Far More Fun

One of the most tedious parts of air travel is waiting for your bag to arrive on the luggage carousel after a long flight. But in Japan, the wait is far more bearable because the luggage carousels are covered in fun 3D advertisements humorously selling you everything from sushi to the local produce. So here’s…

What really causes that amazing “after the rain” smell?

After a rainstorm, especially a rain storm that breaks a long dry spell, the world smells different. What causes that strange, clean, earthy smell? A few things that aren’t so clean. One of the benefits of living in California is the extraordinary smell you get after the first rain of the fall. Generally it’s in…

What Happens When You Stick Your Head Into a Particle Accelerator

Today I found out what happens when you stick your head into a particle accelerator. Exhibit A: Anatoli Petrovich Bugorski, a Russian scientist who has the distinction of being the only person to ever stick his head in a running particle accelerator. Shockingly, he also managed to survive the ordeal and, all things considered, came…