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The eraser mechanic adds another layer of visual payoff to the game's art direction.

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'If Found...' Brings A Sincere Story — And Brilliant Visuals — To The Nintendo Switch

An excellent new visual novel, about a transgender woman returning to her hometown in Ireland, is out now on the Nintendo Switch.

October 29, 2020
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  • Vincent Acovino
A menacing scarecrow approaches the driver's side as what looks like bloody bubbles slide down the window at a haunted car wash in Birmingham, Ala.

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2020 Not Scary Enough? Try A Haunted Car Wash

It's one type of business offering a frighteningly good time, with trick-or-treating discouraged and haunted houses seeming even scarier than other years because of COVID-19.

October 28, 2020
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  • Melanie Peeples
Rock The Vote's voting house in Minecraft allows players to vote on a variety of real-world issues.

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  • Games & Humor

Minecraft Mock Poll Aims To Educate Kids About Voting

The voting simulation is hosted by Rock The Vote and aims to demystify the voting process by allowing kids to cast mock ballots on a number of issues. The results will be released before Election Day.

October 28, 2020
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  • Reese Oxner
Sarah Cooper delivers the news in her special <em>Everything's Fine</em>.

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Sarah Cooper's Netflix Special Is As Weird As 2020, But In The Good Way

Sarah Cooper became famous for TikTok videos in which she lip-synced the president. Now, she's digging deeper into the emotional messes of this year.

October 27, 2020
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  • Linda Holmes
<em>American Utopia,</em> David Byrne amd Maira Kalman

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'American Utopia' Book Argues For The Reincarnation Of Hope In The American Project

The work is much more like reading a book-length poem than reading a play, though few poems or poetry collections come filled with charming illustrations of trees, dancers, and party-hatted dogs.

October 26, 2020
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  • Lily Meyer
Grace (Nicole Kidman) and Jonathan (Hugh Grant) come undone in <em>The Undoing</em>.

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  • TV Reviews

In 'The Undoing,' Secrets, Murder And Zzzzs

Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant can't save this HBO erotic thriller from feeling like a slog.

October 25, 2020
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  • Aisha Harris
This image from the 2018 remake of <em>Shadow of the Colossus</em> emphasizes the lonely nature of its landscape.

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  • Games

15 Years On, The Lonely Legacy Of 'Shadow Of The Colossus'

Fumito Ueda's moody video game about a young hero wandering a landscape empty of everything except for 16 towering giants originally came out in 2005 — but its loneliness speaks to today's gamers.

October 23, 2020
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  • Lewis Gordon
Elle Lorraine plays a woman whose hair has a mind of its own in Justin Simien's new horror-comedy.

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  • Arts & Life

In 'Bad Hair,' The Mane Rebels

Justin Simien's horror-comedy gets tangled in its own mythmaking, but as an '80s workplace comedy period piece, it's spot-on.

October 23, 2020
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  • Aisha Harris
Over the past week, users of TikTok began absorbing, in a "challenge," one artist's musical investigation into the realities of living through a degenerative neurological disorder.

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  • Music Features

What Happens When TikTok Looks To The Avant-Garde For A Challenge?

This past week The Caretaker, an artist who has long leaned into challenging sounds, began emerging as an increasingly popular "challenge" on the youth-led platform.

October 22, 2020
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  • Meaghan Garvey
Quibi, which debuted April 6, "was founded to create the next generation of storytelling," founder and board Chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg said in the announcement.

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  • Media

Quibi, Short-Form Streaming Service, Shutting Down

It was an abrupt ending — just six months after launch — for a company founded by big names in the entertainment and business worlds.

October 21, 2020
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  • Eric Deggans
It's the titular role(s): Hank and Dean Venture starred in <em>The Venture Bros.</em>

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  • Television

'The Venture Bros.' Creators On The Show's Legacy, Its Fans — And Its Cancellation

Co-creators Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer discuss The Venture Bros., its nerdy influence and its surprising cancellation.

October 21, 2020
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  • Zach Schlein
Mrs. Danvers (Kristin Scott Thomas) is forbidding, foreboding and fierce — easily the best thing about Netflix's <em>Rebecca</em> remake.

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  • Movie Reviews

A Flat 'Rebecca' Remake For Netflix Is Haunted By The Ghost Of Hitchcock

Netflix's adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's swooning gothic novel strips it of subtext — and sex — and tacks on a ending that misunderstands the "romance" at its center.

October 21, 2020
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  • Glen Weldon
Fan favorite Sans the Skeleton pops up to tell you about all the terrible things you've done.

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Make Love, Not War: Five Years Of 'Undertale'

Undertale, the quirky, pixelated adventure game, became a smash hit when it came out because of its unique mechanism: You can talk to its monsters and show them mercy, rather than killing them.

October 20, 2020
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  • Ana Diaz
Channing Dungey was named the next chairman of Warner Bros. Television Group. She previously served in executive roles at ABC and Netflix. She is seen here at the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit 2018.

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  • Television

Channing Dungey Named Chairman Of Warner Bros. Television Group

Dungey previously held executive roles at ABC and Netflix. She is set to take over in early 2021 replacing Peter Roth, who ran the television division for two decades.

October 20, 2020
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  • Brakkton Booker
Jordan Betscher and Courtney Crain dancing to Irving Berlin's "Isn't This a Lovely Day (To Be Caught in the Rain)?"

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  • Arts & Life

Isn't This A Lovely Day For A 'Top Hat' Tribute?

Irving Berlin's classic musical turns 85 this year, and a group of artists are paying tribute with a brand-new video version of one of its songs, "Isn't This A Lovely Day (To Be Caught In The Rain)?"

October 18, 2020
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  • Elizabeth Blair
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