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For anyone who’s been paying attention to the social media discourse around video games in recent days, you’ve probably noticed a couple of frequently repeated buzzwords.

There’s “difficulty” and “accessibility,” and lots of discussion around the tension between those two concepts. There’s also “Sekiro” and “FromSoft,” a reference to the newly released game Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice from Dark Souls and Bloodborne developer From Software.

I’ll be the first one to admit that the discourse around video games online can sometimes come across as unapproachable to a wider audience. But I also think this particular example is well worth taking the time to understand, so let’s dive in. Read more…

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As we prepare for winter to come for Game of Thrones, its stars are preparing for careers after their iconic roles on the massive hit. In particular, Kit Harington seems to be in the throes of a post-Thrones existential crisis. 

And we have some #thots for him to consider.

“I’d like to step away and enjoy the obscurity, cut my hair, make myself less recognizable as the character, and go do and some other things with a completely new look and tone,” Harington recently told Entertainment Weekly. “I’ll need to get rid of Jon Snow.” In Variety, he also said he doesn’t want to be the next Bruce Willis action hero type, preferring the more “fun” stuff. Read more…

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You really have to respect the folks of Stan Twitter: It only takes a 45-second clip to send them into a frenzy.

On Sunday, Bit Hit Entertainment, which manages the wildly popular Korean boy band BTS, released a teaser for “Boy With Luv,” the group’s upcoming collaboration with Halsey. In the clip, Halsey sits in an empty movie theater ticket window, then abruptly closes shop to saunter outside, where she finds BTS wearing matching pink suits. Most importantly, she has extremely cool sherbet-colored hair.

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Clear your schedule next Wednesday, friends. A Beyoncé documentary is (probably) on the horizon.

On Sunday, several Netflix accounts tweeted a promotional image for something called “Homecoming,” set to debut on April 17. 

Beyoncé fans noticed instantly that the ad’s typeface was the same as the typeface on Bey’s Coachella merch. The tease follows a recent rumor that some kind of Netflix-hosted look behind the scenes at Bey’s memorable Coachella 2018 performances is coming, as reported by Us Weekly.

Does this mean the special will be heavily Beychella-focused? It’s an exciting prospect, but let’s be honest: We’d watch anything even tangentially associated with Beyoncé in any way. This is healthy! Read more…

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Muffet McGraw, the head women’s basketball coach at the University of Notre Dame, led her team to a spot in the NCAA championship game on Friday night. Much less importantly, she’s had two viral moments this week: her extremely good celebratory dance moves and a powerful sound bite about gender equality.

The latter came during a press conference on Thursday when a reporter asked McGraw about her decision to no longer hire male coaches. In her response, McGraw addressed inequality in both sports and politics, emphasizing the need for young women to see people like them in leadership roles across the board. Read more…

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Pro wrestling star Bret “The Hitman” Hart is reportedly OK after a fan — if you can call him that — attacked the wrestler during the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony Saturday night.

Hart was mid-speech when the man, whose name is Zachary Madsen, leapt onto the stage, grabbed Hart, and pulled him to the ground. Fortunately, security personnel subdued the man quickly with the help of several other pro wrestlers. (As one might expect, attacking a wrestler in an arena full of other wrestlers is not a great idea.)

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There comes a point in every young single frog’s life where they give up on the idea of finding true love. Burned by endless Tinder dates and failed romances, some frogs just forego the idea of “frogmance” altogether. 

They move into bachelor lily pads and Seamless entire fly dinners. They give up hope. 

But bachelor frogs could stand to learn a thing or two from Romeo, a Sehuencas water frog dubbed “the world’s loneliest frog,” who recently found love after a prolonged period of isolation. Romeo was believed to be the last of his species until researchers found a Juliet in a Bolivian forest. Read more…

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Saturday Night Live‘s latest Weekend Update sketch mined Joe Biden’s penchant for inappropriate touching and Donald Trump’s ongoing U.S.-Mexico border drama for laughs. 

It’s hardly an all-timer example of SNL‘s recurring news segment, but co-host Michael Che got some good laughs out of Trump’s so-called “war on brunch”  (I cackled at his “Million Megan March” line). And I don’t know if the Independent Republicans of New York is a real thing (it’s not), but the IRONY of a pro-Trump group dragging Biden’s unacceptable behavior is delicious. Read more…

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Jon Snow may know nothing, but boy are we hoping Game of Thrones star Kit Harington understands what he got himself into.

Considering the promo for Harington hosting the April 6 episode of Saturday Night Live involves Leslie Jones having him pelted with doughnuts and shamed, Cersei Lannister style, you can bet The Prince That Was Promised will be on the receiving end of at least a few Thrones jokes come airtime. 

How far the comedy powerhouse will take those zingers remains to be seen, but if the show’s track record and SNL fans’ appetites for Thrones roasting is any indication — it’ll be quite the sight. Read more…

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The days of beaming your favorite Netflix show to your Apple TV are officially over. 

Netflix suddenly and unceremoniously stopped supporting AirPlay capability, quietly informing users accustomed to the wireless streaming feature of the change via service support page. 

“AirPlay is no longer supported for use with Netflix due to technical limitations,” the announcement read, offering up few additional details. 

Some users have interpreted Netflix’s unexpected parting of the ways with AirPlay as a not-so-subtle dig between competitors. Apple just recently announced a major play for streaming service dominance with Apple TV+ and prior to that “technical limitations” announcement, Netflix had been consistently compatible with AirPlay, first beginning in 2013. Read more…

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