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The Legend of Zelda crime drama brings gritty realism to Hyrule

This small prop company is bringing Destiny’s best guns to real life

<p>Gavia Baker-Whitelaw was a staff writer at the Daily Dot, covering geek culture and fandom. Specializing in sci-fi movies and superheroes, she also appears as a film and TV critic on BBC radio. Elsewhere, she co-hosts the pop culture podcast Overinvested.</p>


Gavia Baker-Whitelaw

How to read Marvel’s ‘Civil War’ event comics (and skip the bad parts)

‘Independence Day: Resurgence’ trailer revisits War of 1996

This adorable police bunny is like a real-life Judy Hopps

Small Middle-Aged Man is the epitome of Japan’s mascot craze

TV writers pledge to create more meaningful stories for LGBTQ characters

How to cosplay as the ‘Alien’ xenomorph

‘Batman v Superman’ got much funnier with this YouTuber’s hilarious rewrite

How the Internet is changing the English language

‘Star Trek’ redshirt cosplayer travels to Comic Con, is killed by every character in history

<p>Cynthia McKelvey covered the health and science for the Daily Dot until 2017. She earned a graduate degree in science communication from the University of California Santa Cruz in 2014. Her work has appeared in Gizmodo, Scientific American Mind, and Mic.com.</p>


Cynthia McKelvey

The science behind BuzzFeed’s ‘Tasty’ videos

New ‘Fantastic Beasts’ trailer reveals some of Newt Scamander’s Hogwarts backstory

Meet the stunt performer behind Daredevil and Captain America’s fight scenes

The late, legendary fantasy artist behind some of Magic: the Gathering’s most iconic cards

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