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World of Warcraft Classic is meant to take fans of Blizzard’s hit MMORPG back to simpler times. But memory, as it turns out, is a funny thing.

The new-old WoW — Classic restores to the MMO many of the rules and systems that defined its 2005 release — isn’t set to launch until the summer, but players are participating in the closed beta test now. And an apparently not-insignificant number of them are running into issues that they’re reporting as bugs.

There’s just one problem: some of those bugs are actually features.

It’s hard to say how many people are making the mistake when Classic isn’t even out yet. But the number is apparently large enough that Blizzard felt it necessary to run down a bunch of actual WoW features in a “Not A Bug” list posted to the Blizzard forums. Read more…

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HBO’s Games of Thrones finally and truly ends on Sunday, May 19. 

The hotly anticipated series finale airs on May 19, and fans around the world are busy losing their collective sh*t in response to the “controversial” season. Comedian and rocker Jack Black, however, is taking a different approach. Specifically, he’s scatting the show’s theme song. 

In a May 17 video, starting around the 35-second mark, Black “sings”(?) the show’s distinctive opening number while swinging a sword, drinking coffee, and proudly showing off his nipples. Standard Black stuff, really.  Read more…

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Did you catch the Lady Gaga concert that took place on May 17?

Unless you work out of Apple Park, the tech giant’s massive spaceship-shaped headquarters in Cupertino, you probably didn’t attend.

The singer and actress performed a special private concert for Apple employees on Friday to help formally open the campus as well as pay tribute to Steve Jobs, according MacRumors. The concert took place on a Jony Ive-designed stage, decked with a rainbow arch, inside of Apple Park’s ring.

According to AppleWeb (via Cult of Mac), the tech giant’s own intranet, the “Apple Stage” as it’s called, the platform and rainbow structure are made of some 25,000 parts, including an aluminum frame (because of course it is), and is designed to for quick assembly and deconstruction. Read more…

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For a 71-year-old, Arnold Schwarzenegger is still pretty damn built.

While attending a jump rope competition in Johannesburg, South Africa, the former body pro bodybuilder, actor, and governor of California was dropkicked in the back by an unidentified attacker while he was in the middle of filming a video for his Snapchat account.

Now, most people would’ve turned around to see WTF hit them, but not Schwarzenegger. The guy’s so buff he didn’t even realize someone had dropkicked him at first.

In a video posted to YouTube (skip to 0:56), the attacker, clad in a dark sweatshirt and gray sweatpants, is seen launching a flying kick right into Schwarzenegger’s back.  Read more…

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Never get between bargain hunters and their discounted designer beachwear. 

Target shoppers across the country found that out the hard way Saturday, when many rolled up to their favorite big box store only to find a giant line. That’s right, a line to enter a Target. And what, exactly, was the reason for this shopping fervor? 

That would be the limited edition Vineyard Vines collection. 

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May is National Masturbation Month, and we’re celebrating with Feeling Yourself, a series exploring the finer points of self-pleasure.

When VR was tech’s pie in the sky years ago, people’s minds ran wild imagining all the new ways it could get us off. But then VR actually came, and largely, there wasn’t all that much to cum about.

Instead of opening us up to new, previously unimaginable forms of self-pleasure, for the most part its nascent existence has been little more than an extension of the clichés we’ve come to expect from Tube sites. Whether it’s the rote 360 3D VR porn made most accessible through sites like Pornhub, or the more interactive adult VR games about customizing your own virtual sex doll — many criticize VR porn for being even more limited to the cis, heteronormative male gaze than regular porn. Read more…

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In what might be one of the most bizarre cross-promotions ever, Samsung has teamed up with four UK restaurant chains to give Galaxy phone owners access to special dishes available only on a secret menu.

According to Samsung’s website, anyone who owns one of its Galaxy phones (sorry iPhone friends!), can visit a participating Bill’s, The Breakfast Club, Patty & Bun, or Pizza Pilgrims and use the device to scan an in-restaurant AR code to unlock secret dishes.

“You’re probably here because we’ve got your taste buds tingling for something special,” reads the website. “Bill’s, The Breakfast Club, Patty & Bun, and Pizza Pilgrims have been secretly creating some exciting dishes that only Samsung owners can get their teeth into.” Read more…

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May is National Masturbation Month, and we’re celebrating with Feeling Yourself, a series exploring the finer points of self-pleasure.

Anyone who’s masturbated knows it can be a ridiculously pleasurable experience, but it can be challenging to find ways to turn yourself on at times.

Many people use music to set the mood while they’re at their party for one, but if you have yet to find your go-to masturbation jams, we’ve got you covered.

We’ve created a playlist of 31 tracks that are sure to have you feeling yourself. Some are clearly about masturbation and self-love, while others simply sound sexy as hell. But they’re all genuinely good songs, trust us. Read more…

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There’s no such thing as too much BTS.

Mere days after taking the world by storm (again) with a Beatles-inspired performance of “Boy With Luv” on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, K-pop phenomenon BTS returned to the talk show for a second special appearance to perform “Make It Right.”

And you guessed it: BTS fans (aka ARMY) couldn’t get enough of the pretty boys and their beautiful voices. 

Unlike their “Boy With Luv” performance, BTS skipped the dancing and instead stuck to a vocals act to let each of their voices shine.

As with seemingly everything they do, fans praised the boy band for their natural live singing abilities, especially their skillfully-timed harmonizations. Read more…

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In this age of technological advancement, it seems like one of the most coveted life goals among the masses is being a proud owner of a fully connected home, chock-full of smart devices that work together like a beautiful symphony. 

The less dramatic way of putting it would be to say that everyone wants a smart home. 

Why? Well first of all, it’s just cool, and second of all, being surrounded by smart devices makes life infinitely easier. The only downside is that once you reach a certain number, these devices can be hard to keep track of and control — and that’s why you need a central hub.

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