Skip Article Header. Skip to: Start of Article. The Zelda videogames were turned into an animated series once in 1989. It’s time for a reboot. Courtesy of NintendoThe Legend of Zelda games have an amazing sense of adventure that ought to translate well to an animated series. But videogame journalist Blake J. Harris says that…

The phrase “every color of the rainbow” isn’t quite as all-encompassing as it sounds. For one thing, the color chips in your hardware store’s paint aisle host some colors you’ll be hard-pressed to point to in a real rainbow. But even on a less hair-splitting level, purple is missing from that rainbow. ARS TECHNICAThis story…

The Monitor is a weekly column devoted to everything happening in the WIRED world of culture, from movies to memes, TV to Twitter.The summer of reckoning continues. As of this week, people have been in the streets for more than a month protesting police brutality following the death of George Floyd. Past being a prologue,…

Endlessly browsing Reddit and Twitter for hours on end? Check. Catching up on Community after work? Easy peasy. Navigating to Manhattan for a leisurely electric bike ride on the weekend? No problem.For most of June, I managed to do all my usual tasks with a pair of cheap smartphones; one costs $200, the other costs…

Getting through this pandemic hasn’t been easy. Each day can feel like a slog, especially when, for many people, the necessary shelter-in-place restrictions have no end in sight. While being cooped up and isolated from others isn’t pleasant, there are some ways to make the experience more bearable. This week on Gadget Lab, WIRED service…

Well, what can we say about 2020 so far? Between a deadly pandemic whose reach and scale is unprecedented in our lifetimes, the corresponding global economic downturn, geopolitical strife around the world, and widespread civil rights uprisings, the first six months of the year have been remarkable in every way. And all of this has…