The Star Wars Universe’s Exhausting, Underwhelming Expansion

The franchise now exists in an ever-sprawling TV universe full of diminishing returns. Thanks, Disney+.

Horizon Workrooms: Facebook’s Metaverse Is a VR Meetaverse

The company's new virtual reality app brings Oculus users into the “infinite office." Cool.

The PS5 Is Starting to Look Like the Revolution It Promised

What’s happening with Sony’s latest console, now that it’s been out for six months? Supply issues…

I Think You Should Leave Was Right About Everything

Two years ago, WIRED referred to Tim Robinson’s Netflix sketch series as not “particularly good.” We…

5 Years After the Oculus Rift, Where Do VR and AR Go Next?

A lot’s happened since Facebook’s first headset brought virtual reality to the masses. Facebook might have…

Maquette Goes Big on Metaphor but Light on Real Emotion

The game follows the arc of a romance—and only when it ends can the puzzles go…

Marvel Puzzle Quest Might Just Be My Forever Game

Despite the raft of new games now available on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, a…

Covid Snuffed Out Burning Man—but the Festival Goes On in VR

No one in the meatspace is going to the Black Rock Desert this year. So I…

‘Lovecraft Country’ Is a Necessary Reimagining of Genre Fiction

HBO's new series reclaims sci-fi and horror from their exclusionary, often racist roots.

A Deep Dive Into Quibi’s Shallow Pool

With nary an exception, Quibi's first-week offerings feel like they've jumped—or limped—off basic cable.