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Are video games art? A 'Half-Life 2' mod turned standalone phenomenon answered that question in the most ludicrous way possible.

Mr. Hoge didn’t hesitate to sign off on the Mirage Tavern sting when reporter Pam Zekman pitched it to him while walking across the Michigan Avenue Bridge in 1977.

The brooding existential cousin to its more popular rival, Alex Proyas' thriller is still impressive and unsettling.

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

On the 75th birthday of the paper, a visit with colleagues long gone.

The first daily edition was a reminder to readers that, while they were reading a new paper, they could trust the reporting. That has never changed.

Roger Ebert once famously likened the movies to "a machine that generates empathy." It's a formulation I've never fully been able to swallow, for reasons that have less to do with Ebert's specific insight than with its reductive, ad-nauseam recycling by other critics and moviegoers.

'Avatar: The Way of Water' producer Jon Landau dives into the innovations behind James Cameron's new sequel, and defends against movie's lack of a footprint.

If you need an emotionless sci-fi world, don’t call Spock. Call Bale.