Seniors Get a Wii Bowling League of Their Own
When Dennis Berkholtz’s parents moved to a retirement home in 2004, he worried they’d get bored. “People were just playing bingo,” he recalls. But a couple of years later, Nintendo released the Wii, and Berkholtz—a former Olympic handball player and coach—saw an opportunity. With $120,000 from investors, he launched the National Senior League for Wii…
The Best Movies You Missed in 2017
Every year more movies hit theaters than any sane person could ever hope to try to see. Yet we here at WIRED are crazy enough to try to see as many as we can. And in the process we often catch films that might fall under the radar (or just get overlooked in lieu of…
Now That We've Finally All Seen It, Let's Talk About Black Panther
In case you haven’t been near a theater, TV, mall, or interstate overpass, and haven’t seen the news, Black Panther opened this weekend. And it opened big. Like, history-making box office numbers big. With good reason—T’Challa (aka Black Panther) is a hero fans have been anticipating for a long time. As WIRED’s Jason Parham noted…
All Games Are Illusions, But Far Cry 5 Is Nothing More
The first playable moments of Far Cry 5 are a chase—but you're the one being pursued. You're a nameless, silent police deputy fleeing from radical doomsday cultists who intend to gun you down. Feet pounding through the woods of rural Montana, you run, bullets whizzing past your head as you barely manage to escape. As…
The Sadness of Deleting Your Old Tweets
I held my breath and pushed the button. “Delete All,” it read. Yes, I clicked, do it. “Are You Sure?” it asked. I wasn’t. But I’d made a decision, about which I’d written an entire article already, and I wasn’t about to renege. The tweets started disappearing in batches. I refreshed my timeline every few…
The Mysterious Japanese Game That Took 14 Years To Officially Come Out
The first door Madotsuki opens leads her to a sprawling forest. It's quiet. Ghost-like figures stand in place, scattered around the brush; they don't respond to her when she comes close. On the ground, the shape of a huge insect flows from one edge of Madotsuki's vision to another, like a moving mural. She wanders…
Rampage: 14 Unanswered Questions About the Rock’s New Movie
Did you guys see? The Rock has a new movie out. It’s called Rampage. It’s based on an mid-’80s arcade game—though you’d never know that—and, like most Dwayne Johnson movies, it involves The Rock wearing an impossibly tight T-shirt over his muscle-wall frame. Things blow up; the ones that don't get smashed to pieces. Tactical…
Mila Kunis and Justin Theroux on the Proper Way to Play Halo
Videogames have been around for so long it’s almost impossible that anyone under 60 hasn't spent some time playing them. So when someone says they enjoy gaming, it’s not entirely surprising. What might warrant a double-take, however, is actor Justin Theroux saying he often plays videogames with Will Arnett. "We play Call of Duty," Theroux…
Film Festivals Are Forever Changed in the Wake of #MeToo
At this year’s Sundance Film Festival opening weekend, Gloria Allred, the famed women’s rights attorney, got on a snow-covered stage in Park City, Utah and declared “this entire year has been the winter of our discontent!” She was commemorating the first year of Donald Trump’s presidency, but also the one-year anniversary of last year’s Women’s…
Miguel's Stellar New Album, Like the Best R&B, Looks Inward For Truth
On “Told You So,” a mid-album track from Miguel’s just-released War & Leisure, the R&B singer offers liberation in the guise of pleasure. “I wanna set you free, just come with me,” he croons over a bed of neon bass. That’s not a foreign sentiment for the artist—above all, his music speaks to how the…