5+ mon, 3+ week ago (191+ words) Photographs by Bieke Depoorter Walking through her neighborhood in Ghent, Belgium, in 2020, Bieke Depoorter came across a man named Henk, bent over a telescope, gaze trained on the moon. "I realized that I never really look up," she told me, describing the chance encounter. She found herself intrigued by this man, who was "comforted [] Her true subjects are not celestial bodies but people'a young man with his eye, moon-bright and glowing against the gray scale, fixed on his lens; a nightscape of Henk with his telescope, framed in the gateway of a chain-link fence; a laser pointer, aimed toward space, that neatly parallels the gable roof of a home; three stargazers readying their tripods in the shadow of a mountain. At a moment when ever more human activity is oriented toward looking down at our phones, fixated on screens that…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago (208+ words) Use your imagination to write the opening of a short story or poem inspired by this illustration, or describe a memory from your own life that this image makes you think of. Tell us in the comments, and then read the related book review of a novel set during the time of King Arthur's court [] Use your imagination to write the opening of a short story or poem inspired by this illustration, or describe a memory from your own life that this image makes you think of. Tell us in the comments, and then read the related book review of a novel set during the time of King Arthur's court to learn more. Find more Picture Prompts here. The post To the Castle appeared first on New York Times. Use your imagination to write the opening of a short story…...

8+ mon, 5+ day ago (205+ words) The sci-fi thriller "Severance" is about an enigmatic, cultlike company and its "severed" employees, whose brains have been surgically divided into an "innie" work consciousness and an "outie" home one. The show itself has a kind of bifurcated existence, becoming Apple TV+s most popular series ever while inspiring fans in the non-TV world to spin [] The sci-fi thriller "Severance" is about an enigmatic, cultlike company and its "severed" employees, whose brains have been surgically divided into an "innie" work consciousness and an "outie" home one. The show itself has a kind of bifurcated existence, becoming Apple TV+s most popular series ever while inspiring fans in the non-TV world to spin fanciful theories " some of which have been borne out " and otherwise wallow in its imagery and mysteries. One of the most colorful examples of this happened at a…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago (528+ words) Happy Cool Sword Day to all who celebrate. What, you forgot? We get it. It's easy to forget Cool Sword Day, the No. 1 holiday dedicated to cool swords in all walks of media, because it arrives in the lead-up to the "more legitimate" national holiday of Memorial Day. But that doesn't mean it deserves [] Happy Cool Sword Day to all who celebrate. What, you forgot? We get it. It's easy to forget Cool Sword Day, the No. 1 holiday dedicated to cool swords in all walks of media, because it arrives in the lead-up to the "more legitimate" national holiday of Memorial Day. But that doesn't mean it deserves any less effort or observation. After years of overlooking Cool Sword Day ourselves, Polygon decided we would finally step up in 2024 and do Cool Sword Day right. Here's what you can expect…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago (308+ words) Zynga said its puzzle RPG Game of Thrones: Legends is hosting The Dragon Egg Hunt, a social-led sweepstakes powered by Google Maps. Fans around the world now have the opportunity to participate in a global treasure hunt using a custom Google Maps experience to find virtual dragon eggs in key locations around the world. I've sometimes wondered what the map of Westeros would be like if it were overlaid on the map of the world. This map will be global, but it fulfills some of that fantasy. The hunt features fun surprises to discover along the way, such as incentivized codes and in-game rewards, as seen in the sweepstakes trailer that can be viewed here. Once participants enter the sweepstakes experience, they will be placed into an immersive map scene where a Game of Thrones: Legends character will greet them…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago (274+ words) EXCLUSIVE: A new YouTube doc will tell the remarkable true story of Ghetto Kids founder Kavuma Dauda and his global EXCLUSIVE: A new YouTube doc will tell the remarkable true story of Ghetto Kids founder Kavuma Dauda and his global viral hit dance troupe, who went from surviving on the streets of Uganda to the 2022 Qatar World Cup and Britain's Got Talent. Produced by Toy Green, Ghetto Kids: No Plan B will launch July 6, starting with Dauda's journey when he was given a chance by a teacher thanks to his natural talent for soccer. That act of kindness set in motion his life mission, to rehabilitate, empower and uplift as many African street kids as he could. Having worked as a school headmaster, choreographer and music producer, his most proud role in life is as a humanitarian for the Ghetto…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago (191+ words) For Jay Hopler The philosophers I love believed in things they didn't want to convert to; the isolation of the thought, of the shattering idea, lonelied them into a truth that would tremble too much were it carried from desk to window, its outermost manifestations too loosened, too far specified to seem much other than [] The philosophers I love believed in things they didn't want to convert to; the isolation of the thought, of the shattering idea, lonelied them into a truth that would tremble too much were it carried from desk to window, its outermost manifestations too loosened, too far specified to seem much other than frailty now. And what I think they feared, or what I fear when tempted to tell you of something I saw, how it moved in me this way or that, what relief, what…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago (337+ words) EXCLUSIVE: London's Kedoo Entertainment is continuing to build out in the kids' content space. The producer and distributor has launched a Super Toons app, struck more FAST channels agreements, and acquired animated action series Gormiti Seasons 1 and 2 from DeAPlaneta. The Super Toons app is now available to download and will have a programming [] EXCLUSIVE: London's Kedoo Entertainment is continuing to build out in the kids' content space. The producer and distributor has launched a Super Toons app, struck more FAST channels agreements, and acquired animated action series Gormiti Seasons 1 and 2 from DeAPlaneta. The Super Toons app is now available to download and will have a programming line-up including Angry Birds,Masha and the Bear,Booba, Pororo the Little Penguin, Om Nom StoriesandMighty Mike. Meanwhile, FAST channel Super Toons TV, which has been distributed on Samsung TV Plus since 2020, has struck…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago (233+ words) On June 6, A24 launched the promotional website Black Angel Tapes, meant as an artifact from the shared world of Danny and Michael Philippou's horror movies Talk to Me and Bring Her Back. Both movies feature creepy artifacts that lead characters to communicate with otherworldly spiritual entities, and Black Angel Tapes is meant to be the website where the characters found those items. In an interview with Polygon, the Philippous confirmed that Bring Her Back and Talk to Me take place in the same universe, and said they're probably going to set all their horror movies there. (Though they are taking on unconnected projects: their next film is a documentary about deathmatch wrestling, due out later in 2025.) "It's a website you can visit where [Bring Her Back character] Laura purchased this tape from," Danny Philippou told Polygon via video. "It's sort of…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago (330+ words) PowerZ: New WorldZ is launching today as a free-to-play mobile game on iOS and Android as a magical learning game for kids. What if kids wanted to learn? What if screen time sparked curiosity instead of arguments? Starting today, PowerZ: New WorldZ said it is making that future real. Yann Carron de la Carri're, COO of PowerZ, said in an interview with GamesBeat that this isn't your average "educational app." PowerZ: New WorldZ is a visually stunning, open-world video game " built by top game developers and educators " that seamlessly blends learning and adventure. Available now for free on iOS and Android, it's one of the most ambitious and beautifully crafted educational games ever made. Learning without limits. Gaming without compromise, de la Carri're said. PowerZ invites kids to explore a living universe filled with challenges, quests, and discoveries. They're not…...