Nothing made by LEGO will ever be as iconic as the minifigure, and its Up-Scaled Darth Vader proves the super-sized approach could be a real winner.

After the recent Xbox outage even blocked people from playing offline disc-based console games, Microsoft is trying to soothe concerns that you don’t truly own anything under Xbox’s license system. In a statement to The Verge, Xbox technology chief Scott Van Vliet says that while physical game discs are subject to licensing inspections, that shouldn’t […]
Arguably one of the finest manga ever created is Hayao Miyazaki’s manga for ‘Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind’, and this box set is genuinely wonderful.
The latest episode of the new ‘Ghost in the Shell’, called ‘Robot Rondo’, really shows why this anime works so well by sticking to the original manga.

Silent Hill: Townfall goes big on analog horror.
Every SummerSlam 2026 match for Night 1 and Night 2, plus the 6 p.m. ET start time, U.S. Bank Stadium location and how to watch on ESPN Unlimited and Netflix.
Here are the answers for The New York Times Mini Crossword for July 29.

Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here’s all you need to know to solve today’s game, plus my commentary on the puzzles.
Here are hints and the answers for the NYT Strands puzzle No. 878 for July 29.
Here are hints and the answers for the NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for July 29, #674.