Hollywood is losing jobs at an alarming rate, and the Wall Street Journal thinks its on its way to becoming the new Detroit. OOF. On a related note, JJ Abrams is downsizing and moving Bad Robot out of LA and to New York. Expect more to Escape from LA as the industry continues to...
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Rec Room is shutting down for good — the social VR platform that racked up 150 million players and once hit a $3.5 billion valuation is killing the servers on June 1st at noon Pacific after admitting they never cracked sustainable profits no matter how many custom rooms or locker...
Five Guys CEO admits he dropped $1.5M in bonuses to avoid getting shot — yeah the 82-year-old founder Jerry Murrell straight-up told Fortune he shelled out a grand per store to his crews after their February BOGO burger promo turned into an absolute nightmare with lines wrapping the...
Scientists found a literal Pokémon section in your brain — Stanford researchers scanned adults who grinded the Game Boy games as kids and discovered a consistent chunk in the occipitotemporal sulcus lights up like a Poké Ball only for Pikachu and the rest of the roster, while non...
The Barbie Dream Fest was compared to Fyre Festival and the Willy Wonka Experience, and now they’re apparently giving a refund to all attendees. This is probably the doing of Mattel, who licensed Barbie to the convention owner and doesn’t want a PR black eye. Maybe they...
