Recent college grad Jaime Reyes returns home full of aspirations for his future, only to find that home is not quite as he left it. As he searches to find his purpose in the world, fate intervenes when Jaime unexpectedly finds himself in possession of an ancient relic of alien biotechnology: the Scarab.
posted to FanFare by Halloween Jack at 8:13 PM on August 20, 2023 (9 comments)

25 years ago, on November 19th 1998, a small game studio called Valve Corporation launched their debut game: a zombie shooter and puzzle platformer called Half-Life. Yesterday, Valve published their 25 year anniversary update to the game (complete with restored multiplayer maps, bug fixes, patch notes and a usable crowbar), leading to a new all time high of 14 thousand concurrent players (xitter link).
posted to MetaFilter by fight or flight at 4:24 AM on November 18, 2023 (43 comments)

Ahead of the 60th anniversary of Doctor Who and the temporary return of David Tennant (pending the arrival of Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor) the BBC aired a short skit as part of its annual Children In Need TV fundraiser. Although comedic in tone, it introduced a major retcon for one long-standing - or more specifically, hitherto long-sitting - character.
posted to MetaFilter by Major Clanger at 3:01 AM on November 18, 2023 (43 comments)

The tale of a small, isolated island community whose existing divisions are amplified by the return of a disgraced young man and the arrival of a charismatic priest. When Father Paul's appearance on Crockett Island coincides with unexplained and seemingly miraculous events, a renewed religious fervor takes hold of the community - but do these miracles come at a price? A new horror series by Mike Flanagan (The Haunting of Hill House).
posted to FanFare by DirtyOldTown at 1:16 PM on September 24, 2021 (66 comments)

We get a bit more of insight into the origins of Evil Morty.
posted to FanFare by onya at 10:26 PM on November 15, 2023 (10 comments)

Bobby Fingers goes large scale and builds a headboat* of Jeff Bezos. Of course the build is completely over the top, utilizing a giant CNC robot, large hand crafted eyeballs, several musical numbers and they even travel abroad to get a hair transplant.
posted to MetaFilter by zenon at 6:28 PM on November 15, 2023 (34 comments)

Tasmanian woman tells office she can't come in as 600 kilogram (1322 pounds) seal is blocking her car. (Text article, video, photographs. Cute, no seals or people were harmed.)
posted to MetaFilter by chariot pulled by cassowaries at 7:59 PM on November 14, 2023 (28 comments)

Recent micro-fiction An Obituary to Birdsong at speculative fiction/science fiction purveyor If There's Anyone Left. From Issue 2: Travel Guide to Spaceport Rest Stops. From Issue 1: It Is a Beautiful Day on the Internet, and You Are a Horrible Bot. And previously (in 2021) on MeFi.
posted to MetaFilter by spamandkimchi at 6:54 PM on November 14, 2023 (4 comments)

After a fateful near-miss, an assassin battles his employers, and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn't personal.
posted to FanFare by Carillon at 1:21 PM on November 12, 2023 (31 comments)

Loki learns the true nature of 'glorious purpose' as he rectifies the past. Explained. Also explained. Easter eggs.
posted to FanFare by TheophileEscargot at 10:43 PM on November 9, 2023 (61 comments)

We're sorry we created the Torment Nexus . By Mefi's own Charles Stross
posted to MetaFilter by TheophileEscargot at 5:29 AM on November 10, 2023 (68 comments)

Jezebel, the pioneering feminist website (previously, plus another 300-plus posts), will be shut down (NYT gift).
posted to MetaFilter by box at 2:24 PM on November 9, 2023 (57 comments)

Over the Garden Wall is a five night “mystery event” animated miniseries that’s a charming, lovely, and occasionally creepy mix of late 19th century/early 20th century Americana, Grimm’s Fairy Tales, Miyazaki, and Adventure Time.
posted to MetaFilter by yasaman at 2:22 PM on November 8, 2014 (15 comments)

Two brothers are lost in the woods in this animated ode to fairy tales.
posted to FanFare by jbickers at 2:37 PM on November 9, 2014 (43 comments)

If you got in a taxi in New York City between 1997 and 2003, you were greeted with the recorded voice of a celebrity reminding you to buckle up. David ‘Ironic Sans’ Friedman tells the story of NYC’s talking taxi program [23:35].
posted to MetaFilter by ChurchHatesTucker at 10:07 AM on November 7, 2023 (3 comments)

In a move reminiscent of the collapse of Deadspin, gaming website The Escapist has seen a mass departure of the video creation team after the firing of EIC Nick Calandra, including Zero Punctuation host and creator Yahtzee Croshaw.
posted to MetaFilter by NoxAeternum at 8:45 AM on November 7, 2023 (38 comments)

"The Web Revival is about reclaiming the technology in our lives and asking what we really want from the tools we use, and the digital experiences we share....The goal is to find what was best about the early web and what is best about new technologies and merge the two into a model for tomorrow; while kicking all the Zuckerberg's and Musk's to the curb so we can get on with our lives. The citizens of the web deserve more respect than to be boxed into cubicles, limited to 280 characters, studied and rebranded." (Melon's Thoughts, on melonking.net, via Web Curios.)
posted to MetaFilter by MonkeyToes at 3:32 PM on November 6, 2023 (34 comments)

"It’s true. I’ve been working on this blog post for ten years.

You see, I’ve been slowly buying up nearly seventy super rare issues of a 80s/90s gadget catalog that meant the world to me growing up. And in the process, I’ve uncovered the secret history of this lost copywriting art.

PLUS, as a bonus, I’ve scanned every single issue — so you can read them all." Cabel Sasser has written a blog post that showcases many many fine nerdy gadgets, the things that dreams were made of for people of a certain age: The DAK Catalog.
posted to MetaFilter by jessamyn at 3:13 PM on November 6, 2023 (41 comments)

The celebration at the Bored Ape Yacht Club Conference for owners of the NFT left a number of attendees with significant eye injuries from the lasers and black lights used at the dance party. [Edit: non-paywalled report at Variety]
posted to MetaFilter by interogative mood at 3:24 PM on November 6, 2023 (63 comments)

Loki traverses dying timelines in attempt to find his friends, but Reality is not what it seems.
posted to FanFare by TheophileEscargot at 4:54 AM on November 3, 2023 (31 comments)

Puzzmo is webgame site that I came across somewhere on the Internet. I was delighted at the prospect of having to solve a puzzle in order to get access to the site at this time! Turns out I'm really bad at Really Bad Chess but got in anyway.
posted to MetaFilter by juliebug at 5:09 PM on November 5, 2023 (49 comments)

The hive mind known as Unity takes over the state of Virginia, while President Curtis pursues a relationship with Dr. Wong.
posted to FanFare by Rhaomi at 11:35 PM on October 29, 2023 (7 comments)

That's not how I would have called that match.
posted to FanFare by Halloween Jack at 8:50 AM on November 2, 2023 (26 comments)

Blank Space (Johnny's Version) [SLTikTok]
posted to MetaFilter by mhum at 11:06 AM on October 31, 2023 (9 comments)

Beautiful Mind [slyt] is about that moment when you find someone who really understands you. The shock of recognition. Or perhaps the schemes that become possible?
posted to MetaFilter by otherchaz at 11:43 AM on November 1, 2023 (5 comments)

Casey and Dorothy try to lift our heroes' spirits, with predictable results. Meanwhile, an evil space god (or something) embarks on an adorable reign of terror that only Rouge seems to notice.
posted to FanFare by kittens for breakfast at 1:20 PM on October 13, 2023 (5 comments)

"I promise you this will make sense."
posted to FanFare by Faintdreams at 2:11 AM on October 27, 2023 (41 comments)

The Doom Patrol emerge from an apocalyptic event transformed.
posted to FanFare by kittens for breakfast at 5:35 PM on October 19, 2023 (2 comments)

Mysterious Little Ship: now with 100% less mystery.
posted to FanFare by Halloween Jack at 9:36 AM on October 26, 2023 (24 comments)

As a newly-born fledgling, Louis attempts to negotiate between his human commitments and vampiric compulsions.
posted to FanFare by Bora Horza Gobuchul at 12:15 PM on October 2, 2022 (4 comments)

Rick and friends have a wild night with Mr. Poopybutthole during a rough time in his life. [Season 7 Premiere, as well as New Voice Actors Premiere]
posted to FanFare by Rhaomi at 9:57 PM on October 22, 2023 (9 comments)

Rick and Jerry swap minds.
posted to FanFare by Rhaomi at 9:57 PM on October 22, 2023 (5 comments)

While the crew celebrates Calypso's birthday, Blackbeard faces a violent party-crasher seeking revenge.
posted to FanFare by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit at 8:16 PM on October 19, 2023 (4 comments)

Cave missions: when you need to do a bottle episode but don't want it to seem like one, there's always the cave set. [pause] But LD is an animated series... it doesn't use--never mind.
posted to FanFare by Halloween Jack at 8:45 AM on October 19, 2023 (14 comments)

Cliff and Jane go to some weird other dimension I can't remember the backstory about to reclaim Jane's immortality, which was stolen by this Dollar Tree version of Jake Gyllenhall. Rita and Madame Rouge get drunk and Madame Rouge tells a weird gross story that's supposed to be funny but kind of just makes me uncomfortable.
posted to FanFare by kittens for breakfast at 12:26 PM on October 13, 2023

Loki and Mobius go on the hunt for everyone's favorite cartoon clock as they try to save the TVA.
posted to FanFare by TheophileEscargot at 2:18 AM on October 20, 2023 (37 comments)

A compilation all the identifiable seating seen in Blake’s 7

"This blog post was originally written toward the end of the two year Watching Blake’s 7 marathon. Since then, 24 brand spanking new beacons of interior design have come to light. To say I’m happy is an understatement."

posted to MetaFilter by AndrewStephens at 7:47 AM on April 21, 2020 (25 comments)

If unchecked markets worked as well as Andreessen insists, we wouldn't be in this mess. The most powerful people in the world are technological optimists. They asked for our trust in the 90s, the 00s, and the 10s. They insisted that all we needed to do was clap louder. We clapped. They failed. We grew less trustful. - On Marc Andreessen's "techno-optimist manifesto"
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 7:58 AM on October 18, 2023 (69 comments)

The couple thought they’d executed the perfect crime: victimless and profitable. But, as hard as Konashewych had worked to keep his girlfriends apart, his two worlds were about to collide. from The Inside Job
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 8:23 AM on October 17, 2023 (7 comments)

The girl who gets gifts from birds. Lots of people love the birds in their garden, but it's rare for that affection to be reciprocated. One young girl in Seattle is luckier than most. She feeds the crows in her garden - and they bring her gifts in return.
posted to MetaFilter by chariot pulled by cassowaries at 12:41 AM on October 18, 2023 (26 comments)

A half-vampire, half-mortal man becomes a protector of the mortal race, while slaying evil vampires.
posted to FanFare by MoonOrb at 9:19 PM on February 27, 2018 (18 comments)

Way back in 1993, Cassandra Peterson got together with a couple of friends and created a television sitcom pilot. Co-starring Katherine Helmond, it's the tale of two witches living in Manhattan... Kansas. It was never picked up for broadcast. Here is the unaired The Elvira Show single episode. [26m]
posted to MetaFilter by hippybear at 10:40 AM on October 11, 2023 (20 comments)

The numbers confirm what many of us have long suspected — that Twitter wasn’t worth the effort, at least in terms of traffic
posted to MetaFilter by folklore724 at 10:24 PM on October 12, 2023 (50 comments)

Keith Giffen, legendary comics writer/artist (Ambush Bug, Justice League International, Legion of Super-Heroes, Trencher, the Jaime Reyes Blue Beetle, and much, much more) has passed away at 70, and left a final Facebook post for the ages. He will be fondly remembered and sorely missed.
posted to MetaFilter by Shepherd at 3:09 PM on October 12, 2023 (43 comments)

Gray Area and The Internet Archive have made the Whole Earth Catalog and its descendants newly available online through the archive of Whole Earth publications... Blog post announcing the archive from the Long Now Foundation. [CW: reported racist imagery / representation in at least one of these issues]
posted to MetaFilter by wowenthusiast at 7:38 PM on October 13, 2023 (19 comments)

After he's banished from the Revenge, Blackbeard unwittingly receives relationship advice from some dysfunctional old friends.
posted to FanFare by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit at 8:11 PM on October 12, 2023 (6 comments)

Badgeys? Badgeys?!? We don’t need no stinkin’ Badgeys!
posted to FanFare by Halloween Jack at 9:12 AM on October 12, 2023 (8 comments)

With the TVA on the verge of a temporal meltdown, Loki and Mobius will stop at nothing to find Sylvie.
posted to FanFare by TheophileEscargot at 5:24 AM on October 13, 2023 (27 comments)

While the Revenge crew gleefully reunites under Zheng's reign, Stede attempts to discover what happened to Blackbeard, who must face his own difficult truth as he tries out a new profession.
posted to FanFare by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit at 11:43 PM on October 5, 2023 (5 comments)

Aboard Zhang's ship, Stede, Olu and Black Pete have surprising revelations while Blackbeard's crew plots their revenge.
posted to FanFare by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit at 11:37 PM on October 5, 2023 (2 comments)