YouTube to Impose New Restrictions on Video Game Violence Catherine Masters | October 29, 2025 YouTube is enacting new restrictions on gambling videos and graphic violence, the latter of which will impact video games.
Rap shut out from Billboard‘s Top 40 for the first time in 35 years Mary Kate Carr | October 29, 2025 The lack of rap hits comes amid a reported decline in hip-hop’s market share.
The Board Game Leaders Excels in Expert Mode Keith Law | October 29, 2025 If chess just isn’t doing it for you, play Leaders, which is shorter, faster, and full of character(s). Read Keith Law’s review.
Stephen King’s Entertainment Weekly column was the best worst thing Tim Lowery | October 29, 2025 In the 2000s, the craftsman’s off-the-cuff back-page commentary, “The Pop Of King,” was a uniquely fun, frustrating read.
Nintendo’s Making a Huge Zelda Breath of the Wild Vinyl Box Set Garrett Martin | October 29, 2025 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s soundtrack is getting a massive eight-record vinyl box set, and a smaller double LP collection, too.