One of the most visible anti-mask and anti-vax demonstrator in Japan was a cosplayer named Rengoku Kazuaki. Dressed as Kyojuro Rengoku from Demon Slayer, he stood out with his spiky wig, flowing cape, and protest signs. Rengoku Kazuaki led anti-mask demonstrations in crowded Tokyo neighborhoods, including one on Tokyo’s busiest train line. Mask wearing was …
Image: NBC What’s a term for the midpoint between avidly viewing for entertainment, and hate-watching? That’s where I am with Saturday Night Live, as it meanders its way through these peculiar years. But this weekend’s episode was just outright funny, in a way I can’t remember the show being in years. And especially when the …
Gif: NeoDement / Kotaku The internet’s favorite Simpsons scene, often referred to as “Steamed Hams,” has been recreated in hundreds of strange ways over the years. Now someone has turned the whole thing into a playable point-and-click adventure game, not unlike classics like Monkey Island. “22 Short Films About Springfield” first aired as the 21st …
Screenshot: Sony Pictures Television Jeopardy! record-breaker Amy Schneider revealed that she is all right following a robbery on Monday. The 42-year-old Oakland, California resident stated on Twitter that, aside from losing her phone, I.D., wallet, and sleep, she is doing OK. Schneider, who typically tweets a thread to accompany each episode of the quiz show …
Screenshot: Sony Pictures Television Last Friday, Amy Schneider became the highest-earning woman in the history of the quiz show Jeopardy! That makes her the fourth-highest-earning contestant overall for regular season games, and fifth for overall winnings. After her latest game yesterday, she’s tied with Julia Collins, who had a 20-day win streak in 2014, for …
I said at the beginning of the year that it felt weird to talk about video games as a right-wing mob stormed the United States capitol building. Sad to say, that feeling hasn’t let up in the last 10 months and change, especially with the news currently dominating today’s headlines. Kyle Rittenhouse, who traveled across …