Retrospective
35 years ago, Hideo Kojima changed action games forever
“Kept you waiting, huh?”
“Kept you waiting, huh?”
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Where does space begin?
Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers talk about Captain Kirk, that season finale time jump, and just how far the show can go into Trek canon.
“It was the most prominent board game in Northern Europe for hundreds of years, so however it was played, it was engaging.”
“They’re very underrated and incredibly creative,” Troy Alders, art director for Lucasfilm, tells Inverse.
“At a certain point, it went from a good vibe to thinking that this movie was cursed from the beginning.”
Inverse spoke to the people behind 1971's sci-fi cult classic THX 1138 to get the untold story of George Lucas's first science fiction movie.
“The team was scared.”
“Gina Carano boop/bop/beep.”
How Jurassic Park led to (and then ruined) the director’s chance to have a dinosaur named after him.
The first in a series about Shang-Chi’s origins, rise, fall, and rebirth.
Super fans think you're amazing. Others will think you don't actually exist.
The more I thought about my experience, the more I reflected on how there’s no lexicon to discuss the emotional fallout of male infertility.
“Maybe my work is too bizarre,” Marc Caro tells Inverse.
Twenty years ago, it changed animation forever. Here's the unlikely true story.
A thriving shadow economy is run on unsuspecting buyers and predatory sellers.
#21: The first scene of Terminator 2, in which the nuclear apocalypse is depicted, cost more than the entire first film.
A rotten ecosystem of science social media accounts is pushing hoax content to gin up audience numbers and sell low-rent affiliate ads. The Mars rover is the latest victim.
Drive only happened thanks to a bizarre confluence of events that included Harrison Ford, flu medicine, and REO Speedwagon.
Two contestants look back at the toils and triumphs of the controversial cult classic.
“Shakespeare’s meter of iambic pentameter mimics the human heartbeat.”
“It was exhilarating, because you felt you were a part of something really, really important.”
“The pandemic really made me choose what I want, instead of what fits with what people expect.”
The final story in a series on Shang-Chi’s origins, rise, fall, and rebirth.
“I’m always the outsider,” the Snake Eyes star says.
“Our team is advancing science, but those who oppose us are anti-science.”
Would Hollywood be a better place without Marvel?
Psychedelic-assisted therapy is bigger than ever, but it’s at risk of being compromised by alleged abuse.
Psilocybin liberates the mind from constant thoughts of death that often consume the terminally ill. But its usage is being blocked, despite the Right to Try Law.
“We are sick, we are here, and we need help.”
30 years ago, Marvel redefined comics and superheroes forever. Here’s how.
“We did The Avengers a year before The Avengers came out.”
During the height of “Turtle Mania,” red-eared sliders were shipped all over the world as pets, but a lot of them didn’t stay in their tanks.
The merch is the message.
The constant threat of consequences makes its violent sandbox uniquely memorable.
Inverse speaks with the director, writers, and voices behind the 2001 DreamWorks masterpiece.
If you’re looking to kick depression, psychedelic drugs could help, but not everyone wants to trip. A new study in mice could help.
"I’m really excited about the future."
"I had this idea but didn’t know if I could keep it going for 11 minutes..."
The Tiangong station represents the third phase of China’s crewed space program
Inverse catches up with the writers and actors behind the beloved CGI Transformers cartoon ahead of its 2022 big-screen debut.
For many players, a cultural reckoning about police violence hasn't dimmed the shine of the venerable shooter.
The dream factory: Banjo-Kazooie creators relive Rare's golden age.
The dream factory: Banjo-Kazooie creators relive Rare's golden age.
It's Mark Millar's world. We're just living in it.
“This is a question NASA does not want asked.”
The Cybertruck is bold, but one of America's leading brutalism experts says that's not enough to earn the term.
A viral image and a series of intertwining online groups are winning over policymakers.
