Anne Clark

1 month ago | vulture.com | Anne Clark

You’ve probably seen David Mitchell before, even if you’re not entirely sure where. Maybe you’ve watched him in the acclaimed British sitcom Peep Show, the Mitchell & Webb sketches that have been immortalized as online memes, or clips from any of the British panel shows on which he’s become a staple. Perhaps you’ve even read one of his books (he is not David Mitchell the novelist, but he does write books) or columns in The Guardian, or maybe you’ve seen him on a YouTube soapbox.

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Anne Clark

10 hours agoIn “Ludwig,” David Mitchell tries to solve mysteries—and the problem of being a person in the world. There’s a gamelike element to being a detective—the seeking of hidden information, the identification of patterns, the piecing together of clues, the “Eureka!” of discovery. Several legendary …

1 month ago | vulture.com | Rebecca Alter |Anne Clark

In all possible universes, DJ Crazy Times and Ms. Biljana Electronica will find each other. Two years ago, comedian Kyle Gordon blew up on TikTok for his song “Planet of the Bass,” featuring Audrey Trullinger lip-syncing to a hook by Chrissi Poland. The caption on the video read, “Every European Dance Song in the 1990’s,” and it racked up millions of views, many presumably by TikTokers born well after Y2K.

1 month ago | vulture.com | Anne Clark

Sid Meier’s Civilization is a dangerous game. The series, first released in 1991 on PC, offers players the opportunity to design and build their own human civilizations, frequently losing days of their lives in the process. (I once had to change the icon for Civilization 5 on my desktop to just say “Time Warp” to remind myself there was no way to play for just a few minutes.) Civilization 7, released on February 18, is no different, managing to be just as addicting as its predecessors.

Dec 27, 2024 | vulture.com | Anne Clark

All you kids using ChatGPT to do your homework take note: writing is hard! And good writing is especially difficult. It’s a skill worth developing now, because someday you may be tasked with writing a script for the highly anticipated sequel to The Batman. That’s the situation Matt Reeves is facing, as the film’s release date has been pushed back by Warner Bros. in light of the script not yet being completed.