EA Sports announced Tuesday that the soccer title it publishes in 2023 would be part of the new EA Sports FC brand, doing away with the FIFA name the series…
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After Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Read These 5 Comics
Sure, last year’s Spider-Man: No Way Home gave audiences a bit of a primer on multiverse-hopping superhero shenanigans, but truly nothing could have prepared them for Doctor Strange in the…
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Is Pure Fanfic
One scene in Marvel’s latest offering, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, will surely dominate the conversation about the movie for weeks. If you’ve seen the trailer you already…
Hockey Star Zach Hyman Has Made Esports His Off-Ice Hustle
Growing up in Toronto, Edmonton Oilers forward Zach Hyman and his four younger brothers bonded over games—basketball, soccer, and ball hockey outside, ice hockey at local arenas, and whatever Mario…
Star Wars Ain’t What It Used to Be
The Monitor is a weekly column devoted to everything happening in the WIRED world of culture, from movies to memes, TV to Twitter. On this year’s May the Fourth, like…
The Next Civil War Reads Like Dystopian Realism
In his book The Next Civil War, journalist Stephen Marche warns that the United States is slipping dangerously close to widespread political violence. Marche interviewed dozens of experts for the…
How a Telemedicine Abortion Provider Is Bracing for Post-Roe Life
People do need to be in the state during the consultation and to receive the medication. But it would allow them to get it at a location that would be…
The Must-Have Gear for Going Out This Summer? Narcan!
Last year, as she scrolled through Twitter, Morgan Godvin took a bold swing. The Portland-based editor and harm-reduction activist direct-messaged the indie rap act Atmosphere, asking to pass out the…
The Best Games Have the Smartest Learning Curves
It seems like nothing is more controversial in the gaming world than difficulty. Everyone has a strong opinion on the topic, usually falling along one of two lines: One, that…
The Infinite Deaths of Social Media
In 2012, when a species of Karner blue butterfly in the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore park suddenly perished during a summer of intensifying climate catastrophe, Gregor W. Schuurman, who at…