Variety's music writers pick 2025's best songs, from Lily Allen, Sabrina Carpenter, Olivia Dean, Dijon, Hayley Williams, ...

From Clipse to Metro Boomin and Cardi B, the year was full of memorable rap songs that expanded and experimented with the ...

Every Thursday, the Paste staff and contributors will choose their five favorite songs of the week, awarding one entry a ...

Unsurprisingly, the best games of 2025 came from the fringes of the industry. Here's what The A.V. Club's games critics loved ...

As DEI battles and funding shifts roil campuses, music programs from UCLA to Juilliard continue to grow. THR ranks the 20 schools shaping the next generation of composers. By Jeff Bond Conservatories ...

A Canadian who has worked in the gaming industry for over two decades, Beck grew up on games such as Final Fantasy and Super Mario Bros. He specalizes in roleplaying games, but covers titles in almost ...

Marc Santos is a Guides Staff Writer from the Philippines. He's a seasoned writer with over four years of industry experience, and he is an enjoyer of all things difficult in gaming. If Marc's not ...

I’ve tried my fair share of gacha games, and even gotten hooked on a few — I’m still salty to this day that I’ve never pulled a Kitasan Black card in Umamusume: Pretty Derby. While it is technically ...

The Sewickley Music Club welcomes back its members for the 105th year, and the 2025-2026 season boasts a talented lineup of musical performances. The first musical program will be performed by ...

NetEase Games’ upcoming urban open world RPG, ANANTA, is taking a radically different approach to free-to-play monetization, according to a report from Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu. The game will ...

Music Club, the premium live music experience offering intimate events that showcase secret performances from premier talent, is expanding its reach with the launch of its New York City venture. The ...

Remember the feeling when you put in a token at a machine in your local arcade, watching as a mechanical claw grabs a random prize out of a pool of them that’s yours for the taking? If you said yes, ...