Considering that Animal Crossing became a mainstream sensation last year, it was only a matter of time until we saw a wave of cozy life simulators. While we likely won’t see big companies like Ubisoft launching their own spin on the genre for a few years, a new online game […]
Reality Bites at New York Fashion Week, Alongside a Lot of Fantasy
New York Men’s Day New York Men’s Day continued its mission to highlight the future of menswear. Several designers stood out in particular, namely Chelsea Grays, STAN, and Timo Weiland. Chelsea Grays’ collection was an homage to 2020 with references to police brutality, protesting, coronavirus, and voting. There was a […]
Bally’s, Caesars Entertainment add daily fantasy sport deals
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Two major casino companies announced deals Monday with daily fantasy sports providers as they seek to expand their reach and integrate different forms of fan engagement with professional sports into their gambling operations. In the first deal, announced Monday morning, Bally’s continued its acquisition juggernaut by […]
Bally’s acquires Monkey Knife Fight fantasy sports company
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Bally’s continued its acquisition juggernaut Monday, acquiring the daily fantasy sports company Monkey Knife Fight in an all-stock transaction that further widens the fast-growing company’s drive to add casino, online sports betting and media companies. Providence, Rhode Island-based Bally’s becomes the third U.S. sports betting company […]
The real story behind Black Narcissus, the escapist fantasy that put its fearless author on the map
With its key ingredients of longing, isolation and repression, little wonder this dark tale has inspired a new three-part BBC adaptation by Amanda Coe, the screenwriter behind Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story, who won a Bafta for her adaptation of John Braine’s Room at the Top. In Black Narcissus, the […]
Family continues thumbprint ornament tradition despite Fantasy of Trees cancellation
KINGSTON, Tenn. — For 32 Christmases and counting, Kathy Tilley and her family have made Fantasy of Trees an annual tradition. “Even though my husband and I have lived away from Tennessee for five years, we still come in for Fantasy of Trees every Thanksgiving,” Tiffany Chambers, Kathy’s daughter, said. […]
The Artist and Musician Conjuring a World of Queer Fantasy
Seth Bogart is sitting on the pale pink couch of his Highland Park, Los Angeles, art studio flanked by ceramic sculptures of bondage gear. Hanging above the grinning 40-year-old musician and visual artist, who is wearing a T-shirt for the germinal punk band the Cramps, is an outsize canvas that […]
Dungeons & Dragons’ new sourcebook brings diversity to fantasy world
The cover for Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything, a new D&D sourcebook set to release Nov. 17. Those who dabble in fantasy worlds – books, videos, movies or classic tabletop role-playing games – probably have a preset idea of what an elf is. Fantasy worlds have their archetypes, and those standards […]
Dungeons & Dragons’ new sourcebook, ‘Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything,’ brings diversity to fantasy world
The cover for Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything, a new D&D sourcebook set to release Nov. 17. Those who dabble in fantasy worlds – books, videos, movies or classic tabletop role-playing games – probably have a preset idea of what an elf is. Fantasy worlds have their archetypes, and those standards […]