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One of the coolest things about Netflix’s Stranger Things was the show’s antagonist, a horrifying monster that the show’s characters took to calling the Demogorgon. As the show has been praised for emulating the works of Spielberg and Carpenter, the actor behind the character has his own inspirations for horrifying audiences.
Mark Steger originally became interested in performance through an experimental movement performance grouphe co-founded in 1989 called called Osseus Labyr

One of the coolest things about Netflix’s Stranger Things was the show’s antagonist, a horrifying monster that the show’s characters took to calling the Demogorgon. As the show has been praised for emulating the works of Spielberg and Carpenter, the actor behind the character has his own inspirations for horrifying audiences.
Mark Steger originally became interested in performance through an experimental movement performance grouphe co-founded in 1989 called called Osseus Labyr

Welcome back to The Verge’s weekly musical roundup. I’m Jamieson, I’m still your host, and I’ll somehow find it in my heart to forgive the President for stealing my playlisting thunder this week. As much as I’d love to nitpick his selections, the commander-in-chief hasn’t given me much to complain about: he knows how to set a mood, mixes it up on the genre front, and makes plenty of room for lesser-known artists alongside heavy hitters like Aretha Franklin and

It’s safe to say that just about everyone is tired of the 2016 Presidential elections this summer. Despite that, Malka Older’s debut novel Infomocracy couldn’t have come at a better time. It’s an intense and intriguing thriller about how technology and the flow of information can help sway public opinion and policy across the planet.
Set a short distance into the future, Infomocracy portrays a world governed by microdemocracies. Countries have been replaced by districts (

The Fireside Audiobox is a speaker that plays music and also makes fire dance to the beat of whatever song's playing. The man who created it, Tyron Hazen, is so earnestly passionate about the project, it almost makes me wish I was as into fire dancing as he is. In reality, I’m probably not going to buy a speaker that uses propane to fuel small fires that’ll pulse to music. That’s just me, though. The speaker connects to your device using Bluetooth and is powered through a recha

This column is part of a series where Verge staffers post highly subjective reviews of animals. Up until now, we've written about animals without telling you whether they suck or rule. We are now rectifying this oversight.
For a brief moment in March, a tortoise captured the hearts and imaginations of hundreds of New Yorkers, most of them unemployed. I was among those who applied for the rare opportunity to get paid to walk a 17-pound tortoise around Central Park. Utterly crushed when I —

Gadget Thirst Trap rounds up the weirdest gadgets of the week that made us thirsty for more. Be sure to follow The Verge (verge) on Snapchat for the video edition.ToasteroidThe Toasteroid
I have no reason to believe the Toasteroid is real. It’s a Kickstarter campaign, so backing it comes with no guarantee that it’ll ever be made. But still, I want to believe. I want my bill reminders to show up on my toast. I want to coat a smiley face in butter and delight my friends with bread. Thi

Two years ago, artist Rafael Varona caught the world’s attention with a series of animated GIFs that depicted magical worlds trapped inside tiny glass bottles. The success of the “Impossible Bottles” series led to a number of new illustration gigs, and Varona eventually moved from Berlin to Amsterdam to focus on animation. But he never stopped thinking about those tiny glass bottles.“It was clear that I always had to do a second part,” he says. “In between job