Update [Mon 18th Aug 2025, 4:30pm]: It’s now been confirmed that The First Descendant developer Nexon has stolen the likeness of at least one of the content creators featured in its AI-fuelled adverts for the game. DanieltheDemon, who is the content creator first in the video embedded below, responded in the comments to the video: “I have no affiliation nor …
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12 Real-Life Inventions That Were Inspired By Science Fiction
Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock In 1945, science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke proposed something ridiculous: satellites orbiting Earth at exactly the right altitude to stay fixed above one spot, beaming radio signals across continents. His idea was so specific that when geostationary satellites became a reality decades later, that orbital zone became known as the …
Read More »Dead Take’s best scares come from real-life performances
Dead Take, the second game from Tales of Kenzera: Zau developer Surgent Studios, is a quiet horror game where the monster is ambition and the lengths a person will go for stardom. Like a lot of horror games, Dead Take relies on jumpscares to get the heart pumping. But playing this game, my deepest, most upsetting scares didn’t come from …
Read More »A real-life Pandora? Newfound ‘disappearing’ planet in our neighboring star system could have a habitable moon, just like the Avatar movies
A potential gas giant recently discovered orbiting in the habitable zone of one of the closest stars to Earth could have a moon capable of sustaining life — just like the alien world “Pandora” from the “Avatar” movies, researchers have speculated. However, there is currently no evidence to suggest that such a moon exists or that it could support life. …
Read More »‘Real-life Happy Gilmore’: Meet the hockey player who inspired the Adam Sandler movies
One day, in early 1995, Kyle McDonough had a catch-up conversation with an old buddy. A star center for the University of Vermont hockey team from 1985-89, McDonough was establishing himself as one of the best players in Norway’s top professional league at the time. On the other side of an ocean, the friend was making waves in his own …
Read More »Krypto: The real-life inspiration behind Superman’s canine
CNN — Man’s best (super)friend has prime placement in the new “Superman” movie, and the pooch’s path to the cinematic spotlight may be worth a movie itself. Krypto is a CGI flying white mutt who dons a red cape to match the Man of Steel’s. The unruly dog – who first appeared in DC Comics way back in 1955 – …
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