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Review

'Omni Loop' Is an Emotional Sci-Fi Romp Caught In an Endless Cycle

By Lyvie Scott

This Kaufman-esque time loop story has a little too much on its plate.

Review

Reynatis Is a Frustrating, But Fascinating, Kingdom Hearts-Inspired RPG

By Hayes Madsen

Inverse Score: 6/10

Retrospective

Brad Pitt’s Most Underrated Sci-Fi Movie Feels More Relevant Than Ever

By Alex Welch

What is the cost of progress?

The Inverse Interview

Zack Snyder’s Second Act

By Lyvie Scott

With Twilight of the Gods, Hollywood’s most divisive auteur takes on a new enterprise.

Space

Did Earth Really Once Have a Ring Around it? According to One Theory, Yes — And It Left A Mark

By Kiona Smith

21 craters in ancient rock layers are all that's left of Earth's once flashy accesory.

Retrospective

One of the Most Influential Sci-Fi Characters Ever Enjoyed a Gonzo Second Life

By Ryan Britt

The 25th century never looked so groovy.

Trailers

'Squid Game' Season 2 Teaser Reveals A Brand New Game

By Dais Johnston

“We are ready to start the game.”

Gaming

Kingdom Hearts 4 Will Finally Break the RPG Franchise’s Worst Habit

By Trone Dowd

Co-writer and lead artist Tetsuya Nomura spoke about what the fourth mainline game means for the series.

Gaming

Nintendo’s ‘Palworld’ Lawsuit Reveals a Concerning Video Game Trend

By Robin Bea

Turns out Nintendo wasn’t bothered by those familiar monster designs after all.

Gaming News

'God of War: Ragnarök’ Is Finally Fixing Its Most Annoying Feature

By Trone Dowd

The PC port gets an often-requested option.

MCU

Marvel Just Hid a Huge 'Fantastic Four' Connection in Plain Sight

By Dais Johnston

There’s nothing Marvel loves more than an alliterative super squad.

News

'Black Mirror' Season 7 Is Bringing Back Some Science Fiction Royalty

By Ryan Britt

This cast is stacked.

The Inverse Interview

Jennifer Kent Still Knows What Scares You

By Jake Kleinman

The writer and director of The Babadook reflects on the 10-year-old cult classic — and teases her next horror movie.

MCU

'Agatha All Along's Time Jump is Simpler Than it Looks

By Ryan Britt

The years go by quick.

The Inverse Interview

'Dragon Age: The Veilguard' is Keeping Its Horny Fanbase in Mind: 'We're Here For It'

By Hayes Madsen

Romance is in the air.

Preview

'Veilguard' Isn’t the Dragon Age You Know, But That’s a Good Thing

By Hayes Madsen

Embrace the change.

Rule them All

One Word in 'Rings of Power' Just Teased the Greatest Middle-earth Tragedy

By Ryan Britt

It’s been called that before...

News

Guillermo del Toro Just Exposed the Biggest Problem With AI Movies

By Lyvie Scott

At least someone’s fighting back.

Rule Them All

'The Rings of Power' Just Stole a Page from Star Wars. Was That a Smart Move?

By Lyvie Scott

The hero’s journey just got a lot more complicated.

Health

Some Viruses Prey On Bacteria — Are They the Forgotten Secret To Medical Cures?

By Patience Asanga and Knowable Magazine

In promising experiments, phage therapy forces bacteria into a no-win dilemma.

Retrospective

They Don’t Make ‘Em Like This Anymore. That’s Probably a Good Thing.

By Jake Kleinman

A decade later, Kevin Smith’s freakiest movie is a relic of a bygone era.

Science

License To Krill: There’s A New Threat To Whales And Its Just as Bad as the Last One

By Matthew Savoca and The Conversation

Whales are recovering from near extinction, but industrial fishing around Antarctica competes for their sole food source.

Marvel

The Answer to 'Agatha All Along’s Biggest Mystery May Be Hiding in Plain Sight

By Dais Johnston

Magic might run in the family.

Rule Them All

Morgoth’s Crown? How 'Rings of Power’s Evil New Weapon Quietly Changes Tolkien Canon

By Alex Welch

A crown of unparalleled evil.

Review

'Twilight of the Gods' is the Most Zack Snyder Show Ever

By Dais Johnston

All of Snyder's favorite things are on full display in this brutal Netflix animated series.

Worm Sign

'Rings of Power’s Dune Ripoff Is Really a Season 1 Callback

By Ryan Britt

Call it a Fish Dragon, you cowards.

Health

This Science-Backed Zoom Trick Could Make Meetings Way Less Tiring

By Elana Spivack

Bring on the blur.

MCU

The Witches' Road? Why 'Agatha All Along’s Setting is So Different From the Comics

By Dais Johnston

Where all that’s wrong is right, and all that’s bad is good.

MCU

You Don’t Need to Do Homework for 'Agatha All Along' — And One Line Reveals Why

By Lyvie Scott

That’s how you do an exposition dump.

Preview

The Most Exciting RPG of the Fall Is a Jaw-Droppingly Gorgeous Remake

By Hayes Madsen

An incredible glow-up.

Review

'Agatha All Along' is Marvel's Biggest Risk — And It More Than Pays Off

By Dais Johnston

The WandaVision spinoff takes cues from its predecessor but revels in its camp differences.

DC

Everything You Need to Know About 'The Penguin' Season Premiere

By Lyvie Scott

Move over, Batman.

space

Artemis I Brings Home Really Good News For Future Astronauts

By Kiona Smith

The data show the astronaut "storm shelter" on Orion works really well.

Gaming

7 Years Later, a Popular RPG Is Getting a Totally Unnecessary Remaster

By Robin Bea

A blast from the recent past.

Health

This Spin On the Mediterranean Diet Could Help Preserve Your Brain Function

By Elana Spivack

A 4-percent lower risk of cognitive decline? Yes, please.

Star Wars

Star Wars is Bringing Back the 'Force Awakens' Bad Guys You Forgot About

By Dais Johnston

This isn’t your average blaster.

Gaming News

EA Reveals the Fascinating Reason Why We're Not Getting a Sims 5

By Robin Bea

Four is enough for EA.

Space

Astronomers Discovered the Biggest Pair of Black Hole Jets Ever, and It's the Stuff of Cosmic Horror

By Kiona Smith

They've nicknamed the system Porphyrion, after a rebellious giant in Greek mythology, and the name fits.

Science

Last Year A 600-Foot Mega-Tsunami Hit Greenland — And Researchers Had No Idea It Happened

By Stephen Hicks, Kristian Svennevig and The Conversation

The signal was unlike any previously recorded.

Retrospective

A Misunderstood Satanic Satire is Now a Pulpy Feminist Classic

By Lyvie Scott

It’s not easy being a teenage succubus.

Science

Little Red Dots, Tiny Far Away Galaxies, Continue To Baffle Scientists

By Fabio Pacucci and The Conversation

When astronomers analyzed the first Webb images of the remote parts of the universe, they spotted a never-before-seen group of galaxies.

Rule Them All

Everything You Need to Know About 'The Rings of Power' Season 2 Episode 6

By Lyvie Scott

War is coming to every corner of Middle-earth.

MCU

Here’s Everything You Need to Know About 'Agatha All Along's Two-Part Debut

By Dais Johnston

Down, down, down the road...

Trailers

The 'Mickey 17' Trailer Reveals a Twisted Tale of Regeneration

By Dais Johnston

We finally have a proper look at Bong Joon-Ho's long-anticipated sci-fi movie.

Gaming

Nintendo Switch 2 Needs to Bring Back This Classic 3DS Feature

By Trone Dowd

Unlike last time, Nintendo will have direct competition this time around.

TV

Patton Oswalt Just Made Star Trek’s Most Beloved Aliens Terrifying

By Ryan Britt

The trouble with hive minds.

Gaming

‘Dragon’s Dogma 2’ Casual Mode Keeps Your Pawns From Getting So Sick They Blow Up a City

By Robin Bea

Why does slaying dragons have to be so hard?

Science

This Iconic Feature in van Gogh’s “The Starry Night” Contains A Strange Physics Phenomenon

By Doris Elín Urrutia

“The Starry Night” is art and science in harmony.

Health

Drinking This Much Coffee Could Reduce Your Risk of Developing Common Metabolic Diseases

By Elana Spivack

Evidence shows that three cups of coffee could have protective effects.

Movies

A New Planet of the Apes Trilogy Can Answer the Franchise's Biggest Question

By Ryan Britt

Time to go ape.

Review

18 Years Later, The Best Zombie Game of All Time Just Got an Impeccable Remaster

By Hayes Madsen

Inverse Score: 9/10

Gaming

Battlefield is Back, It Seems

By Trone Dowd

A much-needed return to form.

Movies

Donald Glover Hopes 'Lando' Can Bring the Fun Back to Star Wars

By Lyvie Scott

And not a moment too soon.

Health

The Bizarre Connection Between Colorblindness and Picky Eating

By Isabel Gauthier and The Conversation

A serendipitous journey into individual differences in food recognition uncovered a unique role for color in emotional responses to food.

Review

Amy Adams Elevates 'Nightbitch' From Preachy to Powerful

By Siddhant Adlakha

A dark comedy about motherhood, whose visceral delights are chewed up by its rambling approach.

Inverse Recommends

Steam Just Quietly Released the Best Action RPG of the Year

By Hayes Madsen

A Final Fantasy like no other.

Inverse Recommends

Night in the Woods Brings One of Gaming’s Best Stories to PS Plus This Week

By Robin Bea

You can’t go home again.

Science

Look! Astrophysicists Spotted A Supermassive Black Hole Slowly Starving a Galaxy to Death

By Kiona Smith

The snapshot is a celestial crime scene photo.

Retrospective

'Sky Captain' Was an Anachronistic Sci-Fi Romp Ahead of Its Time

By Ryan Britt

Throwback to a throwback.

Science

Look! ESA and JAXA Captured the Dramatic Craters On Mercury’s Surface In Unprecedented Detail

By Doris Elín Urrutia

The tiniest planet in the Solar System is also one its most elusive.

Health

A First-Of-Its-Kind Study Reveals What Pregnancy Does to the Brain In Real Time

By Elana Spivack

This is what pregnancy brain actually is.

Epics

Denis Villeneuve’s Next Big Sci-Fi Epic is the Complete Opposite of Dune

By Ryan Britt

Rendezvous with Rama won't be anything like Dune.

Inverse Recommends

Amazon Just Quietly Released an Inventive 'Witcher' RPG Spinoff For Free

By Robin Bea

Play your cards right.

Game Guides

'Baldur's Gate 3': How to Recruit the Temporary Party Member Alfira

By Hayes Madsen

A temporary bard.

News

Roland Emmerich Wants to Turn 'Lawrence of Arabia' Into a 3-Season TV Show

By Dais Johnston

Please, no more “TV shows as 10-hour movies.”

News

'House on Haunted Hill' Is Getting a Second Life (Again)

By Lyvie Scott

A Vincent Price classic is getting a fresh coat of haunted paint.

Retrospective

20 Years Ago, Call Of Duty’s First B-Team Changed The Franchise Forever

By Trone Dowd

Call Of Duty's first expansion also marked the first time developers got to add their own spin on Infinity Ward's revolutionary groundwork.

Retrospective

Jean-Claude Van Damme’s Ludicrous Sci-Fi Blockbuster Remains Surprisingly Fun

By Jon O'Brien

Time paradoxes are no match for a swift kick.

Science

30 Years Ago, NASA Tested This Bizarre Safety Backpack To Keep Astronauts From Getting Lost In Space

By Doris Elín Urrutia

Spacewalking is amazing yet incredibly dangerous.

Health

Researchers Study Life After Death — And It Gets Weirder

By Peter A Noble, Alex Pozhitkov and The Conversation

What mechanisms allow certain cells to keep working after an organism has died?

Health

How To Solve A Murder In The Snow, According to Science

By Noemi Procopio, Lavinia Iancu and The Conversation

Microbes involved in decomposition could predict the time elapsed since death in extreme cold conditions.

Book Excerpt

Failures of Imagination: 'Lost' and Non-White Characters

By Emily St. James

Inverse presents an excerpt from LOST: Back to the Island: The Complete Critical Companion to The Classic TV Series, written by Emily St. James and Noel Murray. Available on September 17.

In the Garage

Weezer’s New Tour Brings Back a Bizarre Sci-Fi Villain

By Ryan Britt

Beware Bokkus.

Retrospective

20 Years Later, No One Has Matched the Unkept Promises of this Revolutionary RPG

By Robin Bea

Fable promised so much even its compromises are impressive.

Science

A Rare Celestial Phenomenon Will Be Visible On This Week’s Super Harvest Moon

By Doris Elín Urrutia

Soon, the Moon will put on quite the show.

Retrospective

Adrien Brody’s Underrated Body Horror Movie Made Parenting Look Terrifying

By Gayle Sequeira

How far would you go for your child?

Inverse Recommends

Did You Know They Made a Sequel to 'The Maltese Falcon' Starring Clive Owen?

By Alex Welch

Life is never uneventful for Sam Spade.

Health

Pot Laws Are About To Change in 26 States — Here's What To Expect

By Boyoung Seo and The Conversation

A few states such as North Carolina have laws on the books saying cannabis will automatically become legal once the federal change goes into effect.

Science

Can My Cat Eat A Plant-Based, Vegan Diet? The Answer Will Surprise You

By Elana Spivack

Cats are obligate carnivores, but that’s not the whole story.

Health

Dietary ‘Bioactives’ Could Help Explain Why Some People Eat More But Gain Less

By Christopher Damman and The Conversation

These components play a key role in regulating the body’s metabolic control centers.

Opinion

'The Rings of Power' is Falling Back on a Racist Genre Trope

By Lyvie Scott

The Prime Video prequel is a gold standard for inclusive fantasy TV, but colorblind casting isn’t enough to solve all its narrative problems.

Inverse Recommends

Nintendo Switch Just Quietly Released the Biggest Fighting Game of the Year

By Hayes Madsen

The classics are back.

Health

Why Aren't More NFL Players Wearing Guardian Caps?

By Noah Cohan and The Conversation

What happens when the imperative of player safety conflicts with its visual appeal? We’re about to find out.

Inverse Recommends

The Scariest Scene of the Year Shows Where the Bodies Are Buried

By Joshua Meyer

“What kind of American are you?”

News

'The Batman' is the First Movie of a Trilogy, Matt Reeves Confirms

By Dais Johnston

There’s a bright future ahead for the Dark Knight.

The Inverse Interview

Can 'The Killer's Game' Become the Next John Wick?

By Jake Kleinman

How director J.J. Perry’s new assassin thriller could launch a cinematic universe.

TV

Star Wars Has Finally Redeemed Its Most Mistreated Characters

By Lyvie Scott

Have you heard the tragedy of Darth Jar Jar? How about Darth Rose?

Inverse Recommends

A Delightful New RPG on Amazon Prime Turns You Into a Slime-Slaying Shopkeeper

By Robin Bea

Earning a paycheck has never been so fun.

Review

'Uglies' is the Most 2014 Movie of 2024

By Dais Johnston

There’s nothing uglier than realizing a movie has come too late.

Retrospective

Believe It Or Not, There Was A Planet of the Apes TV Show

By Don Kaye

Before the franchise was rebooted in the 21st century, its last gasp was a forgotten TV relic.

Space

Look! Astronomers Have Never Seen A Pair Of Supermassive Black Holes So Close Together

By Kiona Smith

Telescopes captured two supermassive black holes falling toward each other.

Gaming

The PS5 Pro's Price Speaks to A Greater Problem in Gaming

By Trone Dowd

Xbox doesn’t have plans for a mid-generation refresh, leaving Sony to its own devices.

Star Wars

Star Wars Might Still Reveal a Missing Chunk of Luke Skywalker's Story

By Lyvie Scott

There is another.

The Dark Side

Star Wars Canon Just Introduced Its Cruelest and Most Deadly Weapon Ever

By Ryan Britt

The Rebellion did what now?

News

Neil Gaiman Has Reportedly Offered to Step Away From 'Good Omens'

By Dais Johnston

It’s certainly not a bad omen.

Health

New Study Found Severe Mental Health Risks Linked to Common ADHD Meds

By Elana Spivack

At doses higher than 30 milligrams, risk of psychosis increased five-fold.

Rule Them All

There’s a Good Reason for 'The Rings of Power' to Get Five Seasons

By Lyvie Scott

Amazon’s Lord of the Rings prequel truly needs time to mature.

The Inverse Interview

2024's Most Overlooked RPG Was Inspired By Final Fantasy's Biggest Disappointment

By Hayes Madsen

A bold new vision.

Gaming

10 Years Later, the Return of ‘Flappy Bird’ Highlights a Dark Turn for the Games Industry

By Robin Bea

This bird flapped too close to the Sun.

Gaming

Space Marine 2 Proves A Total Package Goes A Long Way

By Trone Dowd

The new Warhammer 40,000 game has sold 2 million copies in less than two weeks.