Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Resident Evil Director’s New Sci-Fi Thriller Has Found Its Lead
Zach Cregger is not one to take a break. Fresh off the success of Resident Evil, which may just be the best video game movie ever, the director is already hard at work on his next project: The Flood. The mysterious sci-fi thriller which Cregger will write, produce, and direct — has revealed its first…
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New Target ‘Pokémon’ Card System Will Make Collectors Very Happy
Online Pokémon trading card game drops are awful across the board, but Target’s current system is a special brand of hell. The retailer largely releases TCG content in the wee hours of the night — pushing some collectors to get zero sleep and still have no Pokémon cards to show for it. Based on recent…
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World of Warcraft Forever’s Plan to Bring ‘Classic Plus’ to New and Old Players
At BlizzCon 2026, Blizzard Entertainment revealed one of its most highly anticipated projects, World of Warcraft Forever. The third major iteration of Blizzard’s landmark MMO will give Warcraft fans the “Classic Plus” version of WoW they’ve been pestering the developer about for years, even in the wake of 2019’s World of Warcraft Classic. World of…
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The Gathering’s Coolest Planeswalker Is Finally Getting the Backstory He Deserves
Magic: The Gathering will return to Zhalfir on Oct. 1, 2027, with a new set devoted to the former Dominaria kingdom that now exists as its own plane. Wizards of the Coast is promising an Afrofantasy setting filled with “mind-bending cards,” along with the return of Teferi Akosa, Magic’s master of chronomancy. But players won’t…
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Former Doom Developer Could Be in Trouble as Bethesda Goes After Doom Memecoin
Doom’s open license has allowed the gaming community to get creative with it, making fun games and porting it to unusual devices. Unfortunately, some have tried to exploit Doom to make a profit of their own. This goes against the license terms, which is why Bethesda is now reportedly confronting the creator of Doomsol, a…
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Resident Evil and Silent Hill Are Just as Cozy as Animal Crossing, According to Science
You can feel it in the air, can’t you? We’re in the last couple weeks of summer, and spooky season is just around the corner. Zach Cregger’s new Resident Evil movie is getting rave reviews — including from us! So long swimming pools and barbecues, the people demand thrills and chills. But for some gamers,…
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Giancarlo Esposito Reveals His Dream ‘X-Men’ Role After Professor X Casting
In 2022, X-Men fans began circulating photoshopped images of Giancarlo Esposito as Professor Charles Xavier. They imagined the actor best known for villainous roles in Breaking Bad, The Mandalorian and The Gentlemen instead using his gravitas to lead the X-Men. Esposito expressed some enthusiasm for the idea at the time, but now he tells Polygon…
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‘Hytale’’s Pokémon MMO Is the Most Bonkers Mod of 2026
Incredible things are happening in Hytale. Yesterday, a modder posted a video on X showing how far they took the sandbox game with PokeWorlds Online, a multiplayer Pokémon fan project made within a Hytale server. Aside from the UI, its gameplay looks virtually indistinguishable from Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, which is quite impressive considering that,…
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Fortnite Confirms Kingdom Hearts Collab Release Date, and It’s Bigger Than Expected
Fortnite has brought characters and items from many video game worlds onto the Battle Royale island. Teased at the start of the current season was one of the most anticipated collabs: Kingdom Hearts. Even though there were some unfortunate delays, the time is finally here. This week, Sora is joining the roster of skins in…
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Ocarina of Time is Actually A Horror Game
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is a fairy tale, more so even than most other Zelda games. Recognizing this is key to understanding (if not necessarily liking) the visual approach Nintendo has taken for the remake of the 1998 classic, as I wrote when discussing its masterful take on Hyrule Field. I think…
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