10 Great Books That Inspired This Year’s Best Movies

From Thomas Pynchon’s chaotic landscapes to Han Kang’s Nobel-winning prose, these films translate complex literary themes such as generational trauma, political resistance, and corporate greed into ...

10 Books to Pair With This Year’s Oscar-Nominated Films

Great films spark bigger questions. Pair this year’s Oscar-nominated movies with books that echo their themes of ambition, love, memory and power., Books, Times Now ...

Queue these up: What to watch on Netflix and more in March

From Netflix arrivals like “The Lego Movie” and “Misery” to Oscar nominees, here’s what to watch this month. The post Queue these up: What to watch on Netflix and more in March appeared first on ...

Just like XCOM, superhero comedy Dispatch cheats random percentages of success in the player's favor: 'anything that had over a 76% success chance would automatically succeed'

When Firaxis's XCOM remake came out a constant complaint in the comments was that its random number generator was clearly cheating against players. Someone would miss a 95% chance, or God forbid a ...