Gaming

“Aura battles” began as a social media phenomenon but are now bleeding onto the streets, as teens face off against each other in the hope of winning prize money and respect. The “aura” trend first became a phenomenon back in late 2024. “Aura farming” is an act of deliberately projecting confidence, charisma, or coolness in order to

Anime Stars is an anime-inspired clicker game that lets Roblox players explore different anime worlds. Throughout their adventures, they’ll be able to unlock new heroes based on some of their favorite anime characters and use them to defeat a wide range of powerful enemies. Summoning new heroes requires in-game currency, which can be obtained through

Roblox is arguing that a girl who began using the platform at eight years old agreed to give up her right to a jury trial by accepting its Terms of Use, as the company fights a wrongful-death lawsuit filed by her mother. Jaimee Seitz filed the lawsuit after her daughter, Audree Heine, died by suicide

You can’t have Star Trek without the Enterprise. Although not every series in Star Trek canon has featured a ship by that name, the iconic nature of Captain Kirk’s vessel from The Original Series means that — no matter how popular other ships, like Voyager, the Defiant, or Discovery, might be with fans — the

A Pokemon card collector managed to recover thousands of dollars worth of stolen cards after the alleged thieves reportedly put them back on Facebook Marketplace using his own listing photos. Canadian collector Emilio Kihien had arranged to sell three valuable Pokemon cards from his home in Coquitlam, British Columbia, after finding a prospective buyer through

Many aspects contribute to whether you’ll be hooked on a new open-world role-playing game for hundreds of hours or bounce off after the first few. Besides the obvious graphics, story, characters, world, and quests, progression systems shouldn’t be underestimated. For some players, intricate weapon systems can add another meaningful layer to chase and keep them

A class action lawsuit has been filed against Twitch and Amazon, accusing the companies of using creators’ streams to train generative AI without permission or compensation. The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on August 20, 2026, by lead plaintiff Warren Pandiscia, a Connecticut-based Twitch creator with

When Robert Downey Jr. was announced as the MCU’s Doctor Doom in Avengers: Doomsday, Marvel created a huge problem for itself. Downey had become synonymous with Tony Stark, and his return only a few years after Avengers: Endgame immediately raised an obvious question: was the MCU really bringing back one of its most iconic actors