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Sega's Department of Finding Ways to Further Demean and Degrade Sonic the Hedgehog might finally have found a way to outdo his tumblr fandom!Just look at the promotional box art. Even the Angry Bird looks like he's thinking, "I don't know about this. I really just... Hrm."

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At this year’s Tony Awards, Kelli O’Hara had only 47 seconds to change from one elaborate costume to another during The King and I’s musical montage. (more…)

Sesame Street always nails its pop culture parodies, and this take on Jurassic Park is no exception. Read the rest

These cool illustrations were created by Brazil-based production studio Manipula as part of an advertising campaign for the Tourism Bureau of Ecuador. Read the rest

Ingrid Nilsen (aka Miss Glamorazzi) is a makeup guru who has racked up more than 3 million subscribers with her fun, upbeat YouTube videos that focus on beauty, style, and food. Her latest upload, however, takes on a more personal topic Read the rest

Lord Summerisle, Dracula, Saruman—all immortal. Alas, the legendary actor behind them, who created villains of imposing intelligence and dignity for generation after generation, is dead at 93. Read the rest

Anti-transgender reparative therapy, deemed unethical by experts and banned by politicians, is based on unconfirmed evidence. Could it be the latest high-profile sexology scam? Read the rest

There's a new, great resource-gathering tool designed for folks new to game-making. Here's why you should check it out. Read the rest

https://vimeo.com/98228654I really like party card games that are not sniggering, low-hanging Cards Against Humanity type things. If you, too, like to use cards to create spontaneous fun conversation and arguments among your friends, we've recommended The Metagame to you in the past, and now we've a new occasion to recommend you check out Monikers, too. Read the rest

A designer studies her favorite works of play and picture to explain what's missing from many modern video games Read the rest

From Dilbert to Fight Club to Joe Versus the Volcano, the world of white-collar drones and managerial ineptitude has long been a goldmine for parody. Read the rest

Dude. When there's a shark hanging out, humans like you are supposed to go inside, not on top of, the cage.(more…)

Eva Lovia and Johnny Sins launched an Indiegogo campaign to make the first porno movie in space. Lovia, Sins, adult site Pornhub, and studio Digital Playground claim they can get it done for $3.4 million. Read the rest

When electronics retailer Radio Shack filed for bankruptcy, the chain proposed selling customers' personal data to raise cash and repay creditors. That's not gonna happen, and the news is seen as a win for the right to privacy. Read the rest

Manly mindfulness for mellow macho muscle men. Read the rest

This set of food-grade silicone skull molds can turn many moldable materials into mementos mori. It's a wonderful way to remind yourself while eating candy or getting drunk that you will die fairly soon.2 Ice Skull Molds ($22) from Amazon

Ben Marks of Collectors Weekly says,"Pyrex turns 100 this year, so Hunter Oatman-Stanford reached out to Glen Cook, chief scientist at the Corning Museum of Glass, and Regan Brumagen, one of the curators of a Pyrex exhibition at the museum that continues through March of 2016. Read the rest

Kenlissia Jones, 23, of Georgia has been charged with murder after a hospital social worker reported her to the police for taking cytotec pills she purchased online to terminate her pregnancy. Read the rest

Sigma's lineup of high-end and rather odd compact cameras continues to intrigue and disappoint. Wired's Josh Valcarcel loves the image quality, especially for portraits—and dislikes pretty much everything else. Read the rest

14,700,000 is a huge number, and it also just so happens to be the number of pixels jam packed inside the glorious 27" display of the 5k Retina iMac. Read the rest

After mocking female scientists ("girls") as too emotional and suggesting they be segregated in the lab, Nobel-winning biochemist Tim Hunt is now "sorry"—but insists that he "just meant to be honest". Read the rest

Police responded Sunday to reports of a man throwing items out of a window in St. Petersburg, Russia. Upon their arrival, he began eating pieces of glass and other smashed-up components to "avoid detention," according to a statement released Monday. Read the rest

The web is in rough shape and tech companies can smell its blood. Their territorial efforts to recentralize the online experience on private platforms may well fail, but watching them try is the foreseeable future. Read the rest

BuzzFeed is back with another history video. (more…)

You’ve seen the movies, now see the book. Star Wars Frames collects selections of single frames from the entire Star Wars saga. Read the rest

Film producer and real estate developer Nile Niami is building a massive Bel Air, California residence, containing a 74,000 square-foot main house and three smaller homes, that he will try to sell for $500 million. Here's what that pocket change gets you: Read the rest

Ben Marks of Collectors Weekly wrote a piece on rare Lalique car mascots (aka, hood ornaments) from the 1920s and '30s. Read the rest

Its own News app and updates to OS X and iOS filled an unusually-packed lineup of new software Read the rest

Cotton Candy, Caramel Cocoa Cluster, Lemon Bar, Cinnamon Roll, Red Velvet Cake, Cupcake. These are the six new flavors of Starbucks Frappuccino that are sure to get your insulin busy transporting glucose into your adipose tissue. Read the rest

The Button, the Reddit game that started (perhaps) as an April Fools' joke and became a social experiment, religion, and drug, has ended after 1,008,316 presses. Time's up. "The Button has ended" (Reddit)Previously:• Reddit's hot 'button' game is practically religious• Realtime chart of "the button" game on Reddit

Make editor Caleb Kraft shows you how to build an "incredibly dangerous" flame-shooting ukulele for your Mad Max Fury Road LARPing adventures, inspired by the Doof Warrior bungee-lashed flaming guitar-playing character. Read the rest

I think Sunflower Farms could make a lot of money charging people to run with their baby goats. Read the rest

Scarier than the original, because it recalls memories of accidentally stapling your finger.[via]

National Geographic shares yet another story on California's mass sea lion starve off.Read the rest

The Texas Police Pool Party will be known for the officer who pulled a gun on children. But this ninja roll deserves more infamy. Isn't it a good one? People will claim the officer stumbled, and merely did what was necessary to avoid faceplanting. But that bright pink towel was clearly a tactical threat to be adroitly evaded, and he did so with with calm, military efficiency.

This silicone skull is great for eggs or pancakes. Kids love breakfast at my house.Read the rest

"Take your hand to your palm and slap your thigh, and watch the fun materialize!"

According to a recently-released Government Accountability Office report, the "TSA did not identify 73 individuals with terrorism-related category codes because TSA is not authorized to receive all terrorism-related information under current interagency watchlisting policy." The federal government doesn't place enough trust in its own anti-terrorism administration to give it a list of people with terrorism-related category codes employed by airlines and airport vendors. Read the rest

The title track from the 22 year old Havana artist's debut album. Read the rest

Making small talk on a first date isn't easy, but when you're dating a dog, at least it's adorable. Read the rest

Back when KFC used to be Kentucky Fried Chicken there were rumors floating around that some hungry customer bit into what they thought was a piece of chicken only to find a juicy fried rat underneath the golden crust. Read the rest

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Having constructed a billion-dollar palace for himself to occupy, Tayyip Erdogan is yet angered by suggestions that he is a lavish spender. He "vowed to resign if the leader of the main opposition can find a single golden toilet seat."

The update allows users to post their public email encryption key on their Facebook profile, so others can encrypt future emails to that user. Read the rest