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A few months back, I was looking for a way to update my living room without replacing my TV entirely — something I’m hoping to do probably around Black Friday / Cyber Monday. What I found instead was Govee’s TV backlight set, which uses a small, mountable camera to read the colors on your TV and extend the lights past the screen itself. It’s an added bit of luxury ambience that I adore, and right now through Sept. 7, you can get a full Govee Dreamview TV backlight and light bar kit from Best Buy for just $89.99 (was $139.99). That’s less than I paid for my own setup, and I’ve been very happy with it.

Enlighten your TV setup with Govee’s backlight kit, now 36% off

SteelSeries makes a lot of gaming headsets, and I’d never wish it upon you to have to know the differences between them. Leave that to us. We’ve scooped up a deal on the company’s mid-range wireless gaming headset, called the Arctis Nova 5, and it’s $94.99 at Amazon (was $129.99). It’s a pretty solid value at its normal price, but this price cut is actually the biggest on record, and I don’t anticipate it dropping much further since SteelSeries likes to offer options at every price point.

SteelSeries’ cozy, multi-platform wireless headset is 27% off

Arcane season 2 has a new trailer out and, well, it looks like things in Piltover and Zaun are only getting worse and turning into an all-out war. Now, I know that Jinx and Vi are basically doomed by the narrative to never reconcile — and to always be at each other’s throats — but seeing that manifest physically might just destroy me. The new trailer shows Vi picking up an Enforcer gun and uniform, while Jinx becomes some sort of messiah symbol for the oppressed people of the Undercity. All the other characters look like they’re stepping up to their final in-game forms, too, so we’ll get to see how that happens within the show.

The new season of Arcane looks like it’s gonna break my heart

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Refined by New York chemist Robert Chesebrough almost 150 years ago, petroleum jelly is still widely used today in topical applications. Even with the myths that abound online about it being carcinogenic, it has withstood the test of time.

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Astro Bot, released on PlayStation 5 on Sept. 6, is a wonderful platform game. It also serves as the kickoff for Sony’s celebration of 30 years of PlayStation (the original console debuted in Japan in December 1994). The game is saturated with PlayStation Easter eggs and fan service. In...

The 15 deepest cuts in Astro Bot, and where they came from

Fortnite is a “dead game,” League of Legends is a “dead game,” Overwatch 2 is a “dead game” — at least, that’s what people online sometimes say. Despite people playing the games and developers supporting them, the long-running meme is commonplace in gaming, used to mock (both a game and the people that call the game a dead game), insult, or to just be plain silly — very rarely is a game actually dead. Concord is an exception.

Playing Concord at the end of its world

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"They get more than us, Why nobody told me about this?". If you're looking for a tasty option that won't break the bank, a Chick-fil-A's kids' meal might be just what you're after. It seems like a great deal. In fact, some people argue it's a better deal than a regular adult meal. This TikToker took the audience through the ins and outs of this meal.

Chick-fil-A customer says they’ll never order a full meal again after seeing kids’ meal

‘This is a game changer.’ Ordering off the kid’s menu comes with a certain set of expectations. Small portions, lower prices—possibly an age restriction—but generally, nothing too off-base as far as ordering food.

‘For $6, who cares?’: Applebee’s customer shocked after ordering both adult and kids’ cheeseburgers

Concord, Sony’s new hero shooter, may be DOA, but its spirit will survive. Launched on PlayStation 5 and Windows PC on Aug. 23 only to be removed from storefronts on Sept. 3, with servers set to be fully shut down on Sept. 6, Concord will have one last splash in mainstream culture when its characters take the small screen in Amazon Prime Video’s upcoming animated anthology series Secret Level. Polygon has confirmed with sources close to production that, despite Sony’s decision to completely remove the game from existence, an episode inspired by Concord’s lore and design will roll out when Secret Level premieres in December.

At least Concord will still arrive to TV this fall

Trust is a big deal, especially in Middle-earth. That’s the key takeaway directors Louise Hooper and Sanaa Hamri and writer Glenise Mullins are keen to impart with The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’s latest episode. It’s a simple yet effective throughline that yields the second season’s most focused (and satisfying) entry yet. And yet episode 4’s emphasis on trust also underscores where it’s missing — not just between our heroes, but between the show and its audience.

The Rings of Power episode 4 finds some footing amid its trust issues

On Thursday, Remedy Entertainment announced it would soon patch Alan Wake to cut David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” from the game’s credits due to licensing issues. Music has been a problem for Alan Wake before: Remedy had to pull the entire game off Steam, Xbox Games Store, and other platforms from May 2017 to October 2018 as the licenses were renegotiated. And it’s not only a Remedy problem. It seemingly happens over and over again: Sega and Obsidian Entertainment’s Alpha Protocol, Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (Grand Theft Auto 3’s PlayStation 3 launch was delayed, too, over music clearance), 2K Games’ Spec Ops: The Line, Sony Interactive Entertainment’s upcoming Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Activision’s Tony Hawk Pro Skater HD, and plenty more have all had music licensing issues.

Do TV shows and movies lose rights to songs like video games do?

Hoyoverse, the absolutely massive game development studio and publisher behind global hits like Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail, knows how to turn up the horny dial. Whether it was the absurd boob jiggle physics when Genshin launched, or the heart throbs of Tears of Themis, Hoyoverse has never shied away from making lustful characters. But now, with the introduction of Jane Doe in Zenless Zone Zero, the studio known for being pretty horny has seemingly outhornied itself.

Zenless Zone Zero’s Jane Doe might be the horniest Hoyoverse work yet

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If you live in Kansas City, or are kind of close, and if you want a cat, today is your lucky day. We have five humdingers for your consideration, all available from local Kansas City shelters. Just click on the link in each cat's description to learn more about them and to get in touch with their shelter.

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The Fall Guy hit theaters at the front end of the summer 2024 movie season and was met with a resounding thud. The opening week box office numbers were lower than expected. The second week numbers dipped even further as it was overtaken by another entry in the Planet of the Apes extended universe. A few weeks later, Twisters came out and swept away any remnants of buzz the film had left scattered behind it. The general consensus, at least from the perspective of the studios and trade publications, was that the movie was a flop. That’s a bummer, because The Fall Guy is a blast. But there is good news.

The Fall Guy, now on Peacock, enters its ‘perfect couch movie’ era

We love movie recommendations here at Polygon. Whether it’s horror, sci-fi, action, comedy, thrillers, or just the best of the year, we’re always trying to introduce readers to new and exciting movies they’ll love. But now we want to find the perfect movie for you. (That’s you.)

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Unavailable on streaming for years, the ‘extravagant visual orgy’ will be available again Sept. 27. Tarsem Singh’s genre-defying, eye-candy-packed, endlessly idiosyncratic 2006 movie The Fall is the kind of project that inspires cult fandom. Love it or hate it, it’s bound to get under your skin. It got under Roger Ebert’s skin: He called it “a mad folly, an extravagant visual orgy, a free-fall from reality into uncharted realms. Surely it is one of the wildest indulgences a director has ever granted himself.” Seven and Zodiac director David Fincher, who championed the film and co-produced screenings of it with Being John Malkovich director Spike Jonze, called it “what would’ve happened if Andrei Tarkovsky had made The Wizard of Oz.”

The mind-blowing fantasy movie The Fall is finally back, in 4K

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Tipping on cruise ships is always a controversial topic. Some cruise passengers believe that tipping should be a personal choice, and others argue that automatic tipping policies are necessary to ensure fair compensation for crew members.

Carnival Responds to Cruise Passenger Wanting to Remove All Tips from Bill

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A cluttered kitchen sink area can make the whole room look messy and this likely impedes your productivity. Why not take a couple of minutes to do a proper decluttering to get the kitchen sink area decluttered & organized?

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Daggerheart, the new tabletop role-playing game from Critical Role’s Darrington Press imprint, entered open beta earlier this year with a bountiful playtest packet that’s free for anyone to download and play at home. While early reports were mixed, I’m pleased to say that I was delighted by my recent experience with the game — but not for the reason I expected.

Daggerheart, a new Critical Role game, feels more complicated than D&D in a good way

More passengers who sailed on the P&O Cruises ship Ventura earlier this year are seeking compensation after getting sick with gastrointestinal symptoms. So far, more than 80 people have instructed law firms to pursue legal action against the cruise line, according to news reports.

Over 80 Cruise Passengers Seeking Compensation from Cruise Line After Getting Sick

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Anker's two-headed USB-C cable is a $22 blessing

The only thing better than a durable, braided USB-C cable is one that can charge two gadgets at the same time. That’s exactly what Anker’s 2-in-1...

Anker's two-headed USB-C cable is a $22 blessing

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