From Street Corners To Global Stardom: Run-D.M.C.'s Top 10 Career-Defining Tracks

Run-D.M.C. created some ofhip-hop’s most important songsthroughout their career,while helping to build the genre into the global phenomenon it is today. To put it plainly, Run-D.M.C. is to hip-hop whatThe Beatles are to rock ‘n’ roll, what Hank Williams is to country music, and whatBob Marley is to reggae. Just like those artists, Run-D.M.C. aren’t the founders of their genre; they were its first superstars at a time when label executives looked at hip-hop as a here-today-gone-tomorrow fad....

July 19, 2025 · 8 min · 1653 words · Sarah Dougherty

GameStop Stores May Be Completely Shutting Down in One Region

GameStopstores in Ireland could be closing down soon. Changes made to these stores' policies, as well as the checkered history ofGameStop, suggest that these locations will not be around for too much longer. RELATED:GameStop Stock Price is Spiking Right Now A recent announcement made on GameStop’s website shows that these two programs have been discontinued in GameStop stores in Ireland starting March 22. Other discontinued programs in the region include gift cards, trade-ins, used product sales, and game protection....

July 19, 2025 · 2 min · 318 words · Aaron Cooper

Get excited! PS Home 1.55 out this Thursday

Yes! The highly anticipated Update 1.55 is making is finally making its way to PlayStation Home this week. The patch not only featuresessentialfixes like updates to the wardrobe and furniture browser, but other generic enhancements as well! The result is pretty much what we all would want from our PlayStation Home experience: a smoother, more stable operation. I, for one, cannot wait. In no time we’ll all be dancing and grooving in the street, much like we have hundreds of times before — but better....

July 19, 2025 · 1 min · 144 words · Crystal Cook

Get Starfield for free on PC by cozying up to AMD

Hope you need some new hardware Recently, we reported thatStarfieldwas being optimized for AMD. Now, it looks as though Team Red is really digging its heels in by offering the game for free with select CPUs and GPUs. If you need some new gaming tech, hopefully you’re an AMD fan. In a new promotion, anyone who purchases an RX graphics card and/or Ryzen processor will recieveStarfieldfor free. The specifics are over on theAMD website, but it does provide plenty of options to choose from if you’re interested....

July 19, 2025 · 2 min · 363 words · John Webb

GTA 6 Still Hasn’t Revealed The Most Important Leonida Map Inclusion

We’ve already seen a lot ofGrand Theft Auto 6’s map, but we’re still missing out on the most important (and most obvious) inclusion. Between the wide variety oflocations officially revealed by Rockstarand thefan-made efforts to draft Leonida’s map, our picture of whatGTA 6’s map will look like gets clearer every day, even though we’ve scarcely seen any footage of the gameplay. It apparently extends beyond the borders of Vice City, into the greater suburbs and wilds of Leonida state, where players will have all sorts of landmarks to visit as they play through its campaign....

July 19, 2025 · 3 min · 606 words · Aaron Morales

Half-Life 2 Episode 3 Story Shared by Former Valve Writer

For the past ten years,Half-Lifefans have been left wondering where theseries would have headedafter the conclusion ofEpisode 2. Now, we’ve been given our best indication to date as to what Valve’s plans were, as writer Mark Laidlaw has posted what seems to be a plot synopsis online. Laidlaw has long sinceretired from Valve, but having served as a key part of the development team for bothHalf-Lifeand its sequel, it’s reasonable to expect that he worked onHalf-Life 3....

July 19, 2025 · 2 min · 341 words · Jason Garza

Harry Potter Series Casts Weasley Children

HBO’sHarry Potterseries has cast the Weasley children. Thecast ofHarry Potter’s TV remakehas been slowly expanding as more characters from the books have been confirmed to be appearing in the show. This includes the main trio as well, with Dominic McLaughlin as Harry Potter, Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger, and Alastair Stout as Ron Weasley. Now, HBO has revealed thatTristan Harland will star as Fred Weasley, Gabriel Harland as George Weasley, Ruari Spooner as Percy Weasley, and Gracie Cochrane as Ginny Weasleyin theHarry PotterTV series....

July 19, 2025 · 3 min · 431 words · Larry Francis

Horizon Forbidden West May Be Gearing To Tell Another Ecological Cautionary Tale

Horizon Zero Dawndepicts a jaw-droppingly beautiful world. Tall reeds sway in the wind while shallow streams flow nearby. There are rugged mountains, bone-dry desert plains, and sparkling snowscapes that preserve footprints for meters. Inhabiting this world is a cornucopia of wildlife whose cries form the soundtrack of nature. When going on a casual stroll, it is quite easy to forget thatthe world ofHorizon Zero Dawnis a dystopian one crafted from death and destruction....

July 19, 2025 · 4 min · 766 words · Judith Powell

I Love NCIS, But The Best Forensic Procedural TV Show Of All Time Came Out 3 Years Before It

No one can argue against the fact thatNCISis not onlyone of the most influential forensic procedurals in TV history.Heck, it’s even one ofthe most important TV shows of all time. However,NCISdoesn’t hold a candle to another, similar TV series that premiered three years earlier, also on CBS. CBS will air theNCISseason 23 premiere on Tuesday, October 14, at 8 pm ET, followed byNCIS: Originsseason 2 at 9 pm ET andNCIS: Sydneyseason 3 at 10 pm ET (perTV Insider)....

July 19, 2025 · 2 min · 424 words · John Hill

I Wish We’d Gotten To See The Man Of Steel 2 Movie Story That Introduced The Green Lanterns Properly Into The DCEU

As excited as I am about James Gunn’sSupermanand the start of the newDCEU, I wish we could have seenMan of Steel 2and its newly revealed Green Lantern connections. Rather than receiving a traditional sequel, 2013’sMan of Steelwas followed by 2016’sBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, a major crossover pitting the Man of Steel and Dark Knight against each other while also serving as a prelude to 2017’sJustice League. However, a trueMan of Steel2was in development, and recent reveals do make me wonder what could have been....

July 19, 2025 · 4 min · 806 words · Brandi Chaney

Infinite Craft: How to Make Brick

Infinite Craftis the latest Neal.fun title to take the internet by storm, providing the player with a sandbox experience in which they fuse various elements together to make new discoveries and progress forward. The game brings endless possibilities to the table in terms of what can be created - from elements of nature to wacky creative crossovers. Among thenumerous possibilities to be discoveredinInfinite Craft, there is Brick. This is an important element as it can be used to make many more discoveries....

July 19, 2025 · 2 min · 301 words · Rebecca Garcia

I’m So Fascinated To See How & Why The DC Universe has Brought 1 Main DCEU Villain Back In Its Story

With marketing ramping up forPeacemakerseason 2, it looks like the acclaimed series is bringing back a major villain from the days of theDCEU, and I need to know why. While the DCU’s first movie,Superman, is due to be released on July 11,Peacemakerwill be hot on its heels as it premieres on Jun 27, 2025. If the trailers, teasers, and sneak peeks of both of these installments are anything to go by, then I think the prognosis forthe future of DC’s new cinematic universelooks positive....

July 19, 2025 · 4 min · 798 words · Lisa Brooks

Japan Wants to Turn Your Favorite Canceled Manga Into an Anime ASAP, Signaling a Major Industry Shift

Animeandmangacan be a cutthroat world, with some manga getting canceled with less than 20 chapters released, barely giving them a chance to establish themselves before being declared failures. But what if that cancellation wasn’t the last these stories were heard of, and instead some were given a second chance at life as anime? That’s the conclusion reached by the Japanese Association of Corporate Executives, also known asthe Keizai Doyukai. The goal of the group is to develop a more sustainable means for Japan’s content creation industry to grow....

July 19, 2025 · 4 min · 645 words · Stacey Pham