Entertainment

Earlier this year, I published my second book, Mỹ Documents. It’s a work of fiction but Verge readers will recognize a lot of things we’ve covered here: the Department of Homeland Security, the legacy of the Vietnam War, and how Google has warped the incentives of the internet. If you want to know more about a novel full of Verge themes (should my next book be about a morally bankrupt FCC chairman?), you can see me talking about it with Ronny Chieng on The Daily Show. Clip below!

All proceeds go directly to the artist. Bandcamp started skipping its cut on the first Friday of the month in 2020, and it’s turned into something of a tradition.

If you want to see an example of the new Web Shops for mobile and PC, check out the web shop for Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms.

Backbone’s controllers are some of the best around for mobile gaming. Now, they’re in some fresh, new colors exclusively at Target. The $169.99 Pro is pretty in pink, while the $99.99 One comes clad in purple. Both work with USB-C phones, but only the Pro has a battery and Bluetooth support.

Navigating the digital world is tough for parents, and it’s even harder for children. Sesame Street and Google have partnered on a bunch of resources to help teach kids about digital wellbeing. And, if they hang around to watch some Sesame Street on YouTube, so be it.

The bundle, announced previously in August, offers monthly savings of around $10. It includes access to live sports and news across ESPN and Fox’s linear channels in both of their respective streaming apps.

The Internet darling valued at $100 billion in 2001 when it merged with Time Warner is for sale by Apollo Global Management for about 1 percent of that. Italy’s Bending Spoons is said to be interested, owner of WeTransfer, Evernote, Komoot, and Vimeo.

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair, which combines the two volumes of Kill Bill and adds a seven-and-a-half minute animated sequence, is hitting theaters on December 5th.

Look, I’m more of an Oxford English Dictionary girlie, but I respect the hustle from Merriam-Webster. I hope our terminally online dictionary raises a cool billion.

Fortnite wasted no time cooking up its KPop Demon Hunters collaboration that will see the Huntr/x girls squadding up to slay monsters in a movie-inspired version of the game’s Horde Rush mode running from October 2nd to November 1st. Naturally, Rumi, Zoey, and Mira skins will also be coming to the Fortnite Shop.

The birthday is on Sunday, October 5th, but “the original licenses for the core soundtrack are expiring,” a Harmonix employee said in the Rock Band Discord. DLC songs will also be delisted when they are 10 years old. Anything you own will remain in your library.

Apple just released a new trailer for its upcoming five-part documentary on legendary director Martin Scorsese, and it looks filled with an appropriate amount of drama. The series is helmed by director Rebecca Miller and starts streaming on October 17th.

YouTube announced that a short-term carriage extension deal was reached with NBCUniversal shortly after the previous agreement expired at midnight ET on September 30th. It’s unclear how long this new deal will last. The situation mirrors a similar short-term extension — and near-immediate resolution — between YouTube TV and NBCU in 2021.

Absolum has gorgeous-looking art already, so I think it could look great in a full animated series. There’s no word on when the series will come out, but the game is set to launch on October 9th.

We’re getting a new trailer for the Netflix film tomorrow, and as a teaser the streamer put out this poster that provides the best look yet at Jacob Elordi as the creature.

“Every day we’ll give you a chart, a clue and a hidden phrase, and it’s up to you to find the answer,” Bloomberg says. You can try it here. It’s no Wordle, but I had fun trying out today’s edition.

The wireless controller, 8BitDo’s first with magnetic swappable buttons, debuted in July in three colors including purple and gray. It’s now also available in orange for $69.99 through 8BitDo and Amazon. It’s not a perfect match to Apple’s Cosmic Orange, but it’s close enough, and easily 8BitDo’s best color option yet.

It’s set to debut on July 23rd, 2027, just about 20 years after the premiere of the first Simpsons movie in July 2007. I remember seeing the first in theaters, so now I feel really old.