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Archives for April 2026

Andrew Liszewski
Andrew Liszewski
Bring home Toy Story 5’s evil tablet with Belkin’s new iPad case.

It was inevitable, but Belkin will be the first company with a case turning your tablet into Toy Story 5’s new Lily Pad character. The $49.99 case is made from EVA foam and features both a built-in carrying handle and a folding kickstand. Hopefully it doesn’t come preset to villain mode.

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An iPad inside Belkin’s Toy Story 5 Lily Pad tablet case.
Image: Belkin
Andrew Webster
Andrew Webster
A TV show renewal? I’ve seen stranger things.

I wasn’t the biggest fan of Tales From ‘85, the animated Stranger Things spinoff, but it evidently did well enough that there’s more in store. Netflix has confirmed it’s coming back for season 2, and it’s happening soon — it’ll start streaming this fall.

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Netflix has a new party game where you match GIFs with captions.

It looks very Jackbox-like — though if you want to play some actual Jackbox games on Netflix, that’s an option, too.

Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
Brendan Carr is reportedly preparing to call in Disney/ABC’s broadcast licenses over Kimmel.

While the Trump administration’s attempt to take Jimmy Kimmel off the air was ultimately unsuccessful last year, the president is once again demanding his removal.

Now Semafor and CNN report the FCC is planning to “call in all of the TV station licenses for Disney/ABC for early renewal,” which would start a lengthy and potentially expensive process of hearings for the broadcaster that Carr has hinted at using before.

Update: And now that process has begun.

Andrew Webster
Andrew Webster
“Welcome back, coach.”

We knew Ted Lasso was set to return this summer, and now Apple has released a more specific timeframe: season 4 will start streaming on August 5th. There’s also a new trailer showing that, even though Ted is in charge of a new team, things don’t seem to have changed all that much.

Jess Weatherbed
Jess Weatherbed
It’s a lovely morning in the village, and you are a chaotic robot.

Tiny Delivery is a cozy adventure game by indie developer Sinica that has big Untitled Goose Game vibes. Instead of an evil bird, you play a small robot courier “with a big job and questionable methods,” according to the Steam listing, with a release window set for Q3 - Q4 2026.

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Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Our Steam Controller AMA for subscribers is starting soon!

If you have any burning questions about Valve’s new gamepad after reading our reviews, Cameron Faulkner and I will be responding in the comments of this article starting at 3PM ET.

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Valve tells IGN that it’s “hard at work” on the next Steam Deck.

There’s still no word on when it will be out, though. And with Valve still working on getting the Steam Controller out the door next week and shipping the Steam Frame and Steam Machine sometime this year, we could be waiting a while for a Steam Deck 2.

Valve’s new Steam Controller is as good as I hoped

It’s not perfect, but I’m buying one anyway.

Jay Peters
Emma Roth
Emma Roth
Pop Culture Jeopardy! returns for a second season on Netflix.

The game show spinoff, which covers topics like music, movies, culture, sports, celebrities, and entertainment, debuted on Amazon Prime Video. Now it’s headed to Netflix for another trivia-filled season starting May 11th, with host Colin Jost.

Andrew Webster
Andrew Webster
Here be dragons.

Games of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon is heading into its third season, and HBO just released a new and appropriately-dragon filled trailer ahead of the premiere. The show debuts on June 21st.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Webtoon’s animated AI avatars want to chat with you.

Hot on the heels of its new AI-powered localization tools, Webtoon is partnering with AI avatar firm Genies to launch a new chatbot feature that will allow users to “talk” with characters from comics featured on the platform.