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The best Nintendo Switch accessories

The Nintendo Switch continues to dominate portable gaming to this day, even with the imminent arrival of the Switch 2. It stands out with some great exclusive games for all ages, and each model comes with everything most people need to have a good time. However, the experience of using a Switch can improve in big ways […]

Revealed: the top new PC and console games of 2024

We’re here: last stop for 2024, everybody off, the GDCo newsletter is heading to the depot. Before we quit for the annum, massive love to our increasing band of colleagues at GDCo: Alejandro, Avi, Matt, Tomek and Strale – building our game data and info platform right, behind the scenes. (Some exciting news about that […]

Death of a Unicorn’s first trailer brings a fairytale creature into a dark comedy

A still photo of Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega in the film Death of a Unicorn.
Image: A24

A24’s lineup of films for 2025 is starting to become stacked — with fantastical creatures, that is. While the fantasy adventure The Legend of Ochi is slated to hit theaters next February, the dark comedy Death of a Unicorn is due out in the spring. And you can get a feel for it in the brand-new trailer above.

The film follows a father and daughter (Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega) who are driving to a weekend retreat, and accidentally kill an animal ... which just so happens to be a unicorn. From there, it seems as though the dad’s rich boss (Richard E. Grant) and his family can’t help but see ways to exploit the creature’s magical powers for profit. While the vibe is light and funny early one, things not only get darker, but take a turn towards horror by the end of the trailer.

Death of a Unicorn is the directorial debut from Alex Scharfman, and it also stars Will Poulter, Sunita Mani, and Téa Leoni. Hereditary director Ari Aster serves as a producer, while horror legend John Carpenter.

Sonic 3 is a speedrun through the franchise scrapyard, yet it works

Though the three Sonic the Hedgehog movies have charms of their own, they’ve also clearly benefited from a confluence of lucky breaks in order to reach their rarefied beloved-franchise status. The generally poor track record of previous video game adaptations; the release of the first movie before COVID closed theaters and the second one not […]

Social networks in 2024: bless this mess

Photo collage showing social media platforms from 2024.
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images

We didn’t all flock to a new platform or build on a thrilling new protocol. We went everywhere, and did everything, all at once.

Read the full story at The Verge.