Future Stories

Lego remains one of the most popular and valuable toy lines but the company’s sets are also some of the least accessible to those dealing with visual impairments. To remedy this, the Danish toymaker has announced a pilot program to update its building instructions with verbal descriptions so each step is compatible… Read more...

Ambush Bug needs to be in comics. Ambush Bug needs to be in movies. Ambush Bug needs to be part of TV shows. Who is Ambush Bug? Why, only the greatest character to sing karaoke with Darkseid. Read more...

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Sure, the planet’s on fire more often than not these days, but fall usually means nights drawing in, chilly breezes, and dreary weather as the leaves on the trees turn a golden hue. Basically: perfect comics reading weather. Need a new series or 25 to get into this fall? io9 has you covered! Read more...

Boring Company is Elon Musk’s third-highest value company after Tesla ($39 billion valuation as of Aug 28, 2019) and SpaceX ($33 billion). They just raised $120 million with a valuation of $920 million (just short of $1 billion). There are several big developments over the next 16 months that could propel Boring Company to higher valuation. The Las Vegas project is expected to be complete in time to be used at the Consumer Electronics Show in January 2021, LVCVA told me in March. Then, Musk got on Twitter and suggested the project could be running by the end of the

Telltale Games is back—well, at least the name is. A group of investors announced plans today to revive the iconic studio, which shut down last September, although with the company’s staff having scattered to the winds, this seems less like a revival and more like one of Clementine’s enemies. Read more...

A guest post by Joseph Friedlander    In a reader comment I shall always treasure, I got this: What’s next, the economics of importing methane by wormhole from Titan?      Well, actually that would not be a bad business to be in– but if you had access to a wormhole that itself would become the overwhelming fact about the business. (If velocities are not automatically cancelled out that itself becomes an energy source–think about it) Not to mention the military implications (the equivalent of a transporter for assault teams, H-bombs, you name it)  and the literally dozens of other

We’ve already had a few glimpses of Todd Phillips’ take on how a man like the Joker could come to existence, even in the already sordid world of Gotham City. But this latest look dives even further into the haunting downfall of Joaquin Phoenix’s Arthur Fleck. Read more...

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Looks like you’ll need more than a smuggler to get these goods home. Read more...