Culture
Why Astro Bot Proved Platformers Still Matter
When Team Asobi released Astro Bot in September 2024, the gaming discourse was dominated by live-service shutdowns and open-world fatigue.
2026-05-18
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Nina Vasquez
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Culture
How Ice Spice Changed the Sound of New York Rap
When Ice Spice's Munch dropped in 2022, it was immediately clear that something had shifted in New York rap.
2026-05-18
Culture
Why the Inventory Podcast Is Essential Listening for Design Lovers
The Inventory podcast, hosted by Highsnobiety founder David Fischer and creative director Christopher Morency, occupies a unique niche in the design media landscape.
2026-05-18
Culture
How Hidetaka Miyazaki Became the Most Important Game Director Alive
Hidetaka Miyazaki's influence on video games is so pervasive that an entire genre bears his creative fingerprint.
2026-05-17
Culture
The Best Gaming Headsets That Don't Look Ridiculous
The gaming headset market has a design problem.
2026-05-17
Culture
How Travis Scott's Concerts Became a Cultural Event
Travis Scott built his career around the idea that a concert should be an experience so overwhelming it rewrites your sensory expectations.
2026-05-16
Culture
Why Barry Jenkins Makes the Most Beautiful Films in Hollywood
Barry Jenkins makes films that look like memories feel.
2026-05-15
Culture
Why You Should Be Playing Hades II Right Now
Hades II entered early access in May 2024 and immediately proved that Supergiant Games understood what made the original special while having the ambition to expand it significantly.
2026-05-14
Culture
How Donald Glover Built the Most Ambitious Creative Empire
Donald Glover operates across more creative disciplines at a higher level than almost anyone in entertainment history.
2026-05-14
Culture
Why Slow Cinema Might Be Exactly What You Need Right Now
Slow cinema is exactly what it sounds like: films that move at a deliberate, unhurried pace, often featuring long takes, minimal dialogue, and extended shots of landscapes.
2026-05-12
Culture
The Case for Going to the Movies Alone
Going to the movies alone carries an undeserved stigma.
2026-05-09
Culture
The 15 Best Podcasts for Guys Who Hate Bro Podcasts
The podcast landscape is cluttered with shows that mistake volume for insight and controversy for content.
2026-05-08
Culture
How Ayo Edebiri Became the Internet's Favorite Person
Ayo Edebiri didn't follow the usual Hollywood playbook.
2026-05-08
Culture
Why Everyone Is Watching Korean Dramas Now (and You Should Too)
Korean dramas went from niche subtitled imports to global mainstream entertainment in under a decade.
2026-05-08
Culture
Why Ripley Is the Best Thing Streaming Right Now
Netflix Ripley, an eight-episode adaptation of Patricia Highsmith 1955 novel, reimagines the story in stunning black-and-white cinematography that transforms 1960s Italy into a noir dreamscape.
2026-05-06
Culture
Why The Gentlemen Is the Best Thing Streaming Right Now
Netflix The Gentlemen, Guy Ritchie series expansion of his 2019 film, follows Eddie Halstead, played by Theo James, an aristocratic British army officer who inherits his father estate and discovers it sits atop a massive cannabis operation.
2026-05-06
Style
How to Dress for a Gallery Opening
Gallery openings are one of the few social events where both overdressing and underdressing are equally common.
2026-05-05
Culture
Why Beef Is the Best Thing Streaming Right Now
Netflix Beef, created by Lee Sung Jin, starts with a road rage incident between two strangers and escalates into a darkly comic exploration of rage, shame, class anxiety, and existential emptiness.
2026-05-05
Culture
Why Pachinko Is the Best Thing Streaming Right Now
Apple TV Pachinko, adapted from Min Jin Lee bestselling novel, spans four generations of a Korean family from Japanese-occupied Korea in the early 1900s to 1989 Tokyo.
2026-05-05