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The new film Space Jam: A New Legacy serves as nothing less than a feature-length definition of the word “dispiriting” for the year 2021

While it is not entirely inaccurate to acknowledge that this could’ve been worse, because the early trailers promised an absolute disaster — a kids’-film version of Cats — that is an insultingly low bar for a movie to clear. Space Jam: A New Legacy may not be quite as horrible as it looked, but it’s still quite bad and a dark sign of a future in which movie studios treat actors as props and as easily, digitally replaceable as any other part of a CGI world. If you know the original Space Jam, which marks its 25th anniversary this year (a phrase that should send a chill down the spine of any elder millennial), then you know the basic outline of...

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The 7 best beaches for surfing near NYC

Whether you’re a seasoned surfer or are looking to learn the sport, you don’t have to go far from New York City to ride some waves. Ahead, we’ve rounded up the seven best beaches in the area for surfing, from the Rockaways, NYC’s only legal surfing beach, to spots on Long Island and the Hamptons to the greatest of the Jersey Shore. We’ll also fill you in on other things to do in these towns and where to rent boards or take lessons. NEW YORK Photo by Lars Ploughmann via 1. The Rockaways The Rockaways is the only beach in NYC where you can legally surf. It’s accessible via the A train and the Rockaway S shuttle (it extends to connect...

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CGMagazine 5 Great Roguelikes to Play after Hades If you love Hades as much as we do, you’ve already probably run through Hell and back again enough times to have seen most of what the game has to offer. This being said, if you’re still looking for some roguelike goodness, we’ve compiled a list of games perfect for scratching that post-Hades itch: Darkest Dungeon Darkest Dungeon Darkest Dungeon – Red Hook Studios Platforms: Switch, Vita, PS4, PS5 (via Backwards Compatibility), Xbox One, Xbox Series S | X (via Backwards Compatibility), PC, Mac, Linux, iOS Developer: Red Hook Studios First off there’s Darkest Dungeon which, like Hades, is a dungeon crawler roguelike. Unlike Hades, however, Darkest Dungeon plays like a strategy-RPG...

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15 worst Android phone names, ranked

Here at Android Authority, we love Android phones (surprise). But even we have to admit there have been some truly terrible Android phone names. Read also: The best Android phones of 2019 Rather than letting these companies off the hook, we decided to round up all the offenders and rank them from worse to worst. Without further ado, here are the worst Android phone names, ranked. 15. HTC First The first item on our list of the worst phone names is the HTC First, which was roughly the company’s fifty-first Android device released to the market. It was, however, the first phone to be pre-loaded with Facebook’s interface, Facebook Home. This new interface gave Facebook even more access to your...

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