7+ hour, 50+ min ago (419+ words) Well, if you're a dedicated Stranger Things fan, you are probably all done, or about to be done, binging the four lengthy episodes of season 5, volume 1 which were released on Wednesday. Who cares about spending time with family on Thanksgiving break anyway? Now, we are headed toward the release of Stranger Things season 5, volume 2, and if you thought that we would be heading into that release day (Christmas, December 25), totally blind, that does not seem to be the case, as the showrunners are getting pretty chatty about what's coming. The Duffer brothers are giving clear indications about what's coming in volume 2. Among the highlights we now know (via Variety): Explaining Will's Powers: They rely on him being connected to the Hivemind. While it looked like he was just using Eleven-style telekinesis to crumble the demigorgons, it was actually because they…...

8+ hour, 8+ min ago (360+ words) Also: The best Cyber Week AirPods deals to shop The Nothing Ear (a) are thoughtfully designed earbuds for an affordable $99. They're the earbuds your cool friend wears. The Nothing Ear (a) advances on the specs from the brand's Ear (1) earbuds from 2021. The new buds offer plenty of upgrades like improved active noise cancellation, transparency mode, longer battery life, Bluetooth multipoint, minimized latency for gaming, and pinch controls. Also: The best earbuds of 2025: Expert tested and reviewed The earbuds come with three ear tip sizes in the box and are available in three colors: black, white, and yellow. I tried these buds in yellow, which is the first non-neutral color in Nothing's earbud lineup. The color feels daring and bright and is just as much a fashion accessory as it is a tech accessory." Also:"This Sony soundbar delivers deliciously crisp audio for…...

12+ hour, 51+ min ago (182+ words) On stage, Florence Welch projects a kind of mystical power. Her voice is otherworldly, and her imagery evokes a bygone time when magic was real. Her sixth studio album as Florence + the Machine, Everybody Scream, builds on that mysticism in deeper, intensely personal ways. "I think the imagination is this form of escape; mythology is a form of escape," she says. "I was looking to find meaning in the experiences that I had had. I was looking to explore forms of power and also to look for other women who'd kind of lived a nontraditional life." On Everybody Scream, Welch also explores her relationship with performance and the push and pull between the performing self and the "normal" self. She wrote the title track with another high-profile musician, Mitski. She performs live, as well, including a fan favorite from her…...

13+ hour, 50+ min ago (967+ words) David Harth has been writing professionally for six years and is a former staff writer at CBR.com. He's written about comics, movies, TV, and video games. David has been a fan of geek media since he was a wee lad, starting out with Star Wars in the early '80s. Since then, he's become a huge [] Superman is the most important character in the history of comics. While there are certainly characters more popular than the Man of Steel, like Batman, Spider-Man, Wolverine, and possibly MCU Iron Man, none of them would exist without the Kryptonian superhero. He changed the face of fiction and pop culture as we know it forever. Over the decades, the hero has evolved with the times, but the core of the character have always been there " the ultimate immigrant giving his all to save his adopted…...

14+ hour, 35+ min ago (589+ words) Kai Young is a Movie & TV Staff Writer at ComicBook and a former Senior Staff Writer and Junior Editor at Screen Rant. Based in sometimes-sunny Brighton, UK, Kai has a BA and MA from London South Bank University in Drama and Performance and Creative Performance Practice, which inspired his passion for the filmmaking process, [] As the long-running sci-fi series has grown over the years, Doctor Who has unfortunately become harder to start watching without doing a great deal of homework, but this episode is the perfect introduction to the legendary show. Doctor Who premiered 62 years ago on November 1963 as a true experiment for British TV, originally following the elderly First Doctor (William Hartnell) and his companions as they travel around time and space in a bigger-on-the-inside police box, the TARDIS. Over the last six decades, Doctor Who has become an…...

14+ hour, 50+ min ago (394+ words) If, indeed, you are using a keyboard at all. This is Terminally Online: PC Gamer's very own MMO column. Every other week, I'll be sharing my thoughts on the genre, interviewing fellow MMO-heads like me, taking a deep-dive into mechanics we've all taken for granted, and, occasionally, bringing in guest writers to talk about their MMO of choice. Every MMO player's keybinding setup is different, like a snowflake. One boon of the genre is that we can customise our inputs to our heart's content, and no one answer is wrong. Want to use an MMO mouse? Godspeed. Want to bind your gap closers to the right bracket? Why not! Want to move around with T, F, G, and H? I think you're probably some kind of pervert, but go ahead. Chase your bliss. Only, I think we all need to…...

15+ hour, 50+ min ago (862+ words) Styling not discreet enough for everyday use Mic transparency mode not great quality The Beyerdynamic MMX 150 Wireless is a multi-platform gaming headset that will unlock quality immersive audio. It also offers wired USB-C and low-latency connectivity via a USB-C dongle and a removable mic. While it's already out in the UK, the US release date is yet to be confirmed. For a mid-market headset with a list price of "159 (around $210), the MMX 150 Wireless is impressively immersive. When I was stalking opponents on Counter-Strike 2, the soundstage always felt precise, enabling me to detect the direction of firefights or distinguish footsteps as people attempted to sneak up on me. Having launched on October 8, 2025, the Beyerdynamic MMX 150 Wireless is already in the UK. Unfortunately, there's no official release date that's been announced for the US at the time of writing, but we'll update this…...

16+ hour, 50+ min ago (642+ words) Will levels up, El has a reunion, and the Wheelers meet the Upside Down "Stranger Things" Season 5 Volume 1 packed a number of big reveals into the first half of the show's final outing while raising even more questions. The final season gets off to the races immediately as Hawkins is under quarantine following Vecna's attack in Season 4. But our various heroes aren't sitting on their hands, they're making frequent (dungeon) crawls into the Upside Down when the military makes supply runs into the space to hunt for Henry and stop everything once and for all. Eighteen months must have been the cap for both sides because Vecna starts making his endgame moves right as the Hawkins bunch gets antsy and gets bold. The first four episodes of Season 5 contain a number of big reveals, deadly attacks, and characters finally leveling…...

16+ hour, 50+ min ago (906+ words) Are these mistakes or are these clues? Warning: MAJOR SPOILERS ARE AHEAD for Volume 1 of Stranger Things Season 5, available streaming now with a Netflix subscription. The fifth season of Stranger Things has finally arrived in the 2025 TV schedule, and Volume 1 packed in enough that fans have plenty to theorize about until Volume 2 debuts on Christmas Day. Despite some huge twists, however, there were a couple of small moments that are either notable continuity errors or hints that there's more amiss for the characters in Volume 2 than they even realize. So, take a break from thinking about Will vs. Vecna or any of the other major events of the Upside Down and Rightside Up in the first four episodes, and let's dig into these two moments, the first of which takes us back to Season 2. Back in Episode 8 of Season 2, Will's…...

17+ hour, 24+ min ago (207+ words) And in her quest to learn more about the hive in order to undo it, Carol makes an important discovery: They're all drinking some mystery liquid out of milk cartons. My second thought was:Soylent Green. In what clocks in at #77 on AFI's 100 Greatest Movie Quotes of all Time list, the twist of the 1973 film is succinctly conveyed with the line: "Soylent Green is people!" Yes, the wafers are made from human remains. There are several indicators thatPluribusis headed toward the same twist. Soylent, one of the more mainstream "meal replacement" (it's not) drink that was once popular among tech bros, literally lifted its name from Soylent Greenand the novel the film was loosely based on, seemingly without any real sense of humor about the naming decision. Yep, they named their company and product after fictional cannibal crackers, and we…...