Misc Pop Culture

Most people have fond memories of playing board games growing up, and board gaming nights are becoming increasingly popular among adults. From simple childhood games like Candy Land to more advanced games like ...

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In 1970, about 145 fans met up at the U.S. Grant Hotel to celebrate all things comics. Today, about 135,000 fans crowd the streets of San Diego at an internationally-known event that brings Hollywood a...

In 2014, Serial took the world by storm. The true crime podcast and its host, Sarah Koenig, investigated the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee and took millions of Americans along for the ride. Their investigation u...

Want to feel old? There are children leaving elementary school soon who were born at the same time a lot of these classic Internet videos were released. Yes, many of these kids haven’t experienced any old viral...

People don’t read online anymore – they see crazy titles and react to them. That’s okay. Writers have got to make a living, right? Inflammatory adjectives and enticing over-promises are what gets clicks and mak...

Oh, zombies. You’re so 2005. Remember when people were totally obsessed with zombie apocalypse survival and designed really intense safe houses? Remember when the CDC introduced a zombie section on their web...

I have been a big fan of pixel art for years. When you grow up playing video games like Chrono Trigger, Super Mario World, and Final Fantasy VI, you fall in love with the art style. There are lots of modern pix...