"Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Plagueis The memelord? I thought not. It's not a story the Jedi would tell you. he's a meme legend. Darth Plagueis was a Dark Lord of the meme, so powerful and so wise he could use the Force to influence the Internet culture to create jokes… He had such a knowledge of the meme side that he could even keep the ones he cared about from having the sad. The meme side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be… hilarious. He became so powe…

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What kind of a monster would do this?

I wonder if the Hobbit trilogy will have the same sort of reception the Star Wars prequels had. Think about it—We have one perfect trilogy that everyone loves; a trilogy that changes cinema and raises an entire generation of fans. Followed by a second trilogy that is much less well received, and even gets a lot of undeserved hate (because everything today has to be the best thing or the worst thing ever). Both are by the same director (who was somewhat unknown during the first trilogy and then…

Free time is ephemeral, gaming is forever

Here is my theory: right before I was born, there was a meeting of my entire generation where the creator of the universe sat everyone down and explained in very simple terms how to manage your life . I have no idea what I was doing at the time, but I know I missed that meeting. Everyone got the illustrated guide filled with pro-tips about how to manage life, and I was probably off somewhere (along with some of you guys) doing something less constructive. And now I'm just going along day by day…

Yes, it's still September, but we can't wait for Halloween—our favorite time of the year . We don't know who the genius was that decided Halloween should be the creepiest time of year (and we're too tired to Google it), but we're so happy they did! Our house is already getting more and more black and orange with every passing day as we find ourselves buying every Halloween decoration we can get our hands on. We still haven't decided on a costume yet, but it's not because of a lack of ideas; on…

Being witty is better than being correct.

We love random facts , but the kind we love the most are the ones that sound made up—like the fact that there are more trees on planet Earth than there are stars in our galaxy. But that’s absolutely true. In fact, there are a lot more trees—about 3 trillion on Earth—while there are “only” about 200 billion stars in the Milky Way. Or how about the fact that there are more permutations of a standard deck of 52 cards than there are seconds since the Big Bang? I mean, we all understand there are ma…

We have Quidditch! We finally have Quidditch! Okay, maybe it's not an Olympic sport yet, like I've been suggesting, but at least we finally got the long-awaited Quidditch update for Hogwarts Legacy . By the way, I don't care if you're not a gamer or don't own a console—if you're a Harry Potter fan, you owe it to yourself to play this game. It is so much better than it has any right to be. I thought these types of games were supposed to be shameless cash grabs, not an immersive simulation of the…

He should have kept his laptop Sherlocked

Artist Lucas Pereira has been reimagining his favorite Marvel characters (especially the X-man) in different styles for a while now but his best work, in our opinion, is his ongoing series of turning them into characters from feudal Japan. In his stunning illustrations these famous superheroes get traditional clothes and weapons and it really makes us want to read a whole comic run about what these characters would be like if they indeed lived in ancient Japan (Although we believe that Wolverin…

Sometimes I think about all those young Star Wars fans back in 1978, sitting at home in front of their 12-inch TV screens, waiting with bated breath for the Star Wars Holiday Special to come on. Just put yourself in their shoes for a second—the only Star Wars they have ever known is the actual "Star Wars" movie they went to see again and again in the cinema because home video isn't even a thing yet. And now they get the promise of an all-new Star Wars adventure. Will it be a continuation of the…

Speak meme and enter

Ah, the golden days of our youth, where Halloween wasn't just a holiday, it was a cinematic moment. Do you recall that year you were dead-set on channeling your inner hero or diva from the latest blockbuster or binge-worthy series? Imagining the gasps of awe from your pals as you strutted your stuff, right? And then... reality hit. Instead of the sleek and stylish ensemble of 'The Dark Knight,' Mom and Dad proudly presented the 'Dim Evening Guardian.' Not exactly what we had in mind, eh? For th…

You know what's weird? The fact that no one in the star wars universe invented a smartphone. Like, they have sentient robots, spaceships, and holograms, but no one is using anything that resembles a smartphone. Sure, they can send holographic messages to each other, letting people know there is a clone army on Kamino, or that they are each other's only hope, but you never see anyone doom-scrolling through Geonosis's version of Facebook, or posting memes about the empire . No one is sharing pict…