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Despite a growing acceptance in many other arenas, LGBT characters are still in short supply in video games. But a new generation of games and gamers have embraced the concept to huge effect.

Did he invent the music video parody? Yeah, he pretty much did that. Did he precede the Internet altogether? You betcha. Did the Internet kill him off? Nope, it only made him stronger.

Providing suspense, joy, and energy to the action adventures and dramas of the year, these songs are nearly as good (or better!) than the movies they're in.

It's been a quarter century since the Game Boy first arrived in the U.S. market. Celebrate the silver anniversary of mobile 8-bit gaming with these odes to everyone's favorite little gray brick.

Fire-filled chasms, the most massive tree alive, ice caves, and other mind-blowing natural phenomena will leave you in awe at the scope and beauty of planet Earth.

This hard-charging Brooklyn-based metal band with a big sound just signed a major record deal. Oh, and they're in the eighth grade.

From Barcelona to Burning Man, Shanghai to Sydney, Tokyo to the Tower of Pisa, these pocket-size peregrinations (tiny tours) of the world's most beautiful cities will have you grabbing your passport.