The original Star Trek series secretly used sounds of people kissing to create noises for one of its many alien monsters.

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A couple of years ago, Sunil Sarath Perera published a collection of essays titled ‘Mathaka Nimnaya,’ or ‘The valley of ...

It's been another strange, difficult, and yet somehow also brilliant year for video games in 2025. Triple-A releases have ...

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