New BBC series Mint releases crushing trailer for ‘unconventional’ crime drama — and I’ve never been more sat

New eight-part crime drama Mint comes to BBC and BBC iPlayer from March 20 — and the first trailer is finally giving away its secrets.

Roblox has games again
Roblox has games again

Roblox is making a subtle but notable change. After swapping the word “game” for “experience” all over its website and mobile apps in 2021 while the Epic Games v. Apple trial was taking place, Roblox is getting more comfortable with using the term “games” once again. “Over time, we’ve learned that ‘experiences’ isn’t an intuitive […]

Roblox will need age verification to make sure you’re at least 9 years old
Roblox will need age verification to make sure you’re at least 9 years old

Roblox is about to make a big change to how you can access games on its platform: If you want to play any game that’s intended for users nine or older, you will have to complete an age verification process. The shift is happening as part of a rollout of new Roblox Kids and Roblox […]

Exit 8 review — you’ll never look at subway tunnels the same way after watching this tense horror movie

Exit 8 is an adaptation of the hit horror video game, following a man trapped in a looping subway tunnel.

Room for the Moon is thrillingly weird experimental pop
Room for the Moon is thrillingly weird experimental pop

For obvious reasons, I’ve had Moon on the mind all week. So I was trying to figure out what I should recommend this week that would thematically fit. Brian Eno’s Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks is incredible, and if you haven’t listened to it, go do that now. But it also seemed a bit on the […]

Dune 3 is coming sooner than its director originally planned

Director Denis Villeneuve says that he is going to make Dune 3 far sooner than he originally thought he would.

Just in case you missed it, YouTube Music Premium also got a hike

YouTube has raised Premium and Music subscription prices, adding to growing costs across streaming platforms.

Pokémon Champions is off to a rough start
Pokémon Champions is off to a rough start

Like many live-service games before it, Pokémon Champions’ launch has been messy. The free-to-start battle sim, which is out now on the Switch and Switch 2 (and also coming to mobile later this year), is plagued with bugs, some of which cause issues with basic battle mechanics – not great for a game that’s only […]

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 205 — All About Artemis

On Episode 205 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik discuss the flight of Artemis 2.

Demons and pinball are a perfect match
Demons and pinball are a perfect match

There’s one very specific reason I keep a Wii U handy, and that’s so that I have an easy way to play the classic pinball game Devil’s Crush. Over the years, it has become a comfort game for me. I’m not entirely sure what it is, but there’s something about the combination of familiar pinball […]