The Cult of CryptoPunks
Last month, hours before news of Beeple’s $69 million NFT sale grabbed the front pages of newspapers across the country, a pair of 24 x 24 pixel portraits of aliens wearing little hats sold separately for around $7.5 million each. The sales, wh.....»»
Why the original The Man Who Fell to Earth still holds up
The Man Who Fell to Earth remains an influential cult classic, and the release of the Paramount+ miniseries gives the perfect opportunity to revisit it......»»
Cult of the Lamb’s town (and cult) building has me hooked
While it's fun to trek through its dungeons, Cult of the Lamb's cult-building mechanics are its most interesting feature......»»
LimeWire is relaunching...as an NFT marketplace
Remember all those hours spent on LimeWire, sorting through "free" albums and downloading 2000s cult films? Well, the file-sharing service is making a return – only this time, as an NFT marketplace.The defunct platform is getting a crypto makeo.....»»
Nic Cage lets loose in NSFW trailer for "The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent"
Nicolas Cage is truly a man, a myth, and a legend. From Face/Off to Con Air, Cage has acted (and yelled) his way into our hearts. He's stolen the Declaration of Independence, switched faces with John Travolta, and dealt with an insidious cult of bee.....»»
Square Enix revives cult-classic PlayStation RPG series
Valkyrie Elysium will be the first entry in the Valkyrie Profile series for over 10 years......»»
Shudder"s "The Seed" review: A gory invasion horror that misses the mark
Horror is one of those genres where the "so bad it's good" label cheerfully thrives, and movies with an abundance of gore and limited character development can sometimes ascend to the realms of cult classic.The Seed probably won't be joining them.Wri.....»»
A NieR: Automata anime TV series is finally coming
The NieR game series debuted as a sequel to the Drakengard franchise. After the release of the original game, which became a cult classic of the PS3 era, we were gifted with one of the most innovative JRPGs of the last 20 years, NieR: Automata. Plati.....»»
Turtles all the way down: Why AI’s cult of objectivity is dangerous, and how we can be better
Hiding human biases in model biases doesn't eliminate them or magically make these biases objective. We must adopt a more realistic view. Hiding human biases in model biases doesn't eliminate them or magically make these biases objective. We must.....»»
Consumers have spent nearly $27 billion on NFTs so far in 2021
Interest in collections has spiked at times but since March 2021, the CryptoPunks collection has been the most popular with more than $3 billion in transaction volume. Released in 2017 before the NFT craze, this collection from Larva Labs studio cons.....»»
This cult teen brand is quitting social media amid growing safety concerns
Trendy soaps brand Lush Cosmetics is quitting Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat on Friday in a radical move to draw attention to how those platforms are damaging people's mental health......»»
Tongue-in-cheek award with cult status for cinema air study
The Ig Nobel Prizes honor scientific achievements that "should first make people laugh and then make them think". The spoof prizes, first awarded by the US journal Annals of Improbable Research in 1991, have long since acquired cult status among scie.....»»
Was Theranos a Sign of Larger Problems in Silicon Valley"s Startup Culture?
Were Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos symptomatic of something larger? The BBC's North America tech reporter writes that in Silicon Valley, many believe that the story, "far from being an aberration — speaks of systemic problems with start-up cult.....»»
Apple Closing Down Internal Slack Channels Where Employees Debate Remote Work
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Cult of Mac: Apple is closing down internal Slack channels to stop employees discussing remote working options, reports Zoe Schiffer from The Verge. Many Cupertino employees are currently engaged in a Cold War.....»»
Cult horror classic Deep Space is reportedly being revived by EA
Rumors that Dead Space may be making a come back were met with both skepticism and excitement online......»»
How China Is Cracking Down on Its Once Untouchable Tech Titans
For years, China’s tech entrepreneurs were considered rock stars: Icons whose rags-to-riches career paths, guile and contempt for the rulebook earned them cult-like status. But over the past few months regulatory scrutiny, combined with growing.....»»
After 35 Years, Classic Shareware Game "Cap"n Magneto" Finally Fully Resurrected
A newspaper in Austin, Texas shares the story behind a cult-classic videogame, the 1985 Macintosh shareware game "Cap'n Magneto." It was the work of Al Evans, who'd "decided to live life to the fullest after suffering severe burn injuries in 1963".....»»
CryptoPunks NFT bundle goes for $17 million in Christie’s auction
A lot of 9 CryptoPunks portraits ended up selling for just under $17 million in a Christie’s auction Tuesday evening, marking another substantial moment for NFT art sales. The lot of pixelated portraits were from the collection of the NFT platf.....»»
CryptoPunks maker Larva Labs launches their new NFT project, Meebits
The creators behind CryptoPunks, one of the most popular NFT projects on the web, just revealed their latest project called Meebits. The project boasts 20,000 procedurally generated 3D characters that are tradeable on the Ethereum blockchain. There h.....»»
NieR Replicant upgrade review: Still flawed, but more engrossing than ever
NieR Replicant is a much-needed touch up of the 2010 cult classic with all the same strengths and flaws.....»»
Daily Crunch: KKR invests $500M into Box
Box gets some financial ammunition against an activist investor, Samsung launches the Galaxy SmartTag+ and we look at the history of CryptoPunks. This is your Daily Crunch for April 8, 2021. The big story: KKR invests $500M into Box Private equity fi.....»»