‘For All Mankind’ star Wrenn Schmidt on her character’s journey from NASA’s mission control to the slammer (interview)

‘She listens to Dolly Parton now. She’s exposed to all kinds of things being in jail, because she’s got nothing but time.’

Backrooms is a certified blockbuster with a $38 million opening day
Backrooms is a certified blockbuster with a $38 million opening day

The Kane Parsons’ film Backrooms is expected to earn up to $90 million in its opening weekend after pulling down $38 million on Friday alone. That’s not only above expectations, but absolutely obliterates A24’s previous opening weekend record of $25.5 million for Alex Garland’s Civil War. It’s also a better opening day than The Mandalorian […]

Welcome to Night Vale host Cecil Baldwin shares his tech pet peeves
Welcome to Night Vale host Cecil Baldwin shares his tech pet peeves

Cecil Baldwin’s résumé includes appearances on Gravity Falls, narrating the documentary Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street, and performing as part of the New York Neo-Futurists theater company. But he is best known as the host of the podcast Welcome to Night Vale, a long-running fiction show that blends macabre Lovecraftian horror with absurdist […]

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 212 — Kabooms, Starship, and a Moon Base

On Episode 212 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by Space.com’s Mike Wall to discuss the loss of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket.

Listen to the new Steam Controller buzz to the tune of Doom
Listen to the new Steam Controller buzz to the tune of Doom

You may have heard that Valve’s new Steam Controller can ring like a telephone or do the Wilhelm scream. But did you know it can sing songs, too? Let me show you. Here’s the new Steam Controller performing the “Ground Theme” from Super Mario Bros. 2: Here is “Still Alive” from Portal – fitting for […]

Sometimes, a short game hits the spot
Sometimes, a short game hits the spot

Slots & Daggers, a low-key, fantasy-themed slot machine roguelike, was one of my favorite games last year. That may sound like a complicated description, but the game mixes ideas from deckbuilding roguelikes with slot machines to create an engrossing loop, and there’s steady meta-progression that helps you push further with just about every run. Perhaps […]

‘Star City’: Release date & how to watch Apple TV’s superb Soviet space series

Bundle up for our frigid trek behind the Iron Curtain in this new ‘For All Mankind’ spinoff