Month: March 2021

Enlarge / The Snyder cut of Justice League is easily the most surprising comic book film adaptation I've seen in years. (credit: Warner Bros.)

I knew I'd have a lot to say about Zach Snyder's Justice League, a director's cut coming to HBO Max later this week that went from hearsay to industry buzz to a full-blown production in 3.5 years. What I didn't know was how much good I would wind up saying about it.

Don't get me wrong: this four-hour film (four hours!) is far from perfect. It carries the dead weight of its lead-in bummer, 2016's Batman v Superman. It tries to shoulder the burden of DC's "connected-film universe" aspirations. And it's a Zack Snyder production, which means these four hours are sometimes padded by ponderous, overlong sequences instead of character development.

But! Buuuuut. Snyder was clearly building up to something huge with Justice League—a crystallization of the dark-superhero ethos he had been creating piecemeal, now buttressed by a more rounded-out cast of massive egos—so it's interesting to not only see his vision come to fruition, but also to compare it to what Joss Whedon pieced together when Snyder left the original production cycle due to a personal tragedy. As imperfect as this cut of Justice League is, it is better than Whedon's directorial vision—by a Krypton mile.

Enlarge / Then-future Technoking Elon Musk enjoying some cannabis on Joe Rogan's podcast. (credit: Joe Rogan)

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is now Tesla's Technoking, the company said in an official filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Tesla Chief Financial Officer Zach Kirkhorn is now "Master of Coin." The two men will retain their previous titles, the brief regulatory filing states.

The "Master of Coin" title may be a reference to Tesla's recent foray into cryptocurrencies. Tesla announced in February that it had purchased $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin. Tesla also said it was planning to accept bitcoin for its products "in the near future." The announcement pushed bitcoin's value up to record highs.

Musk has a long history of attention-grabbing stunts. Around the same time as Tesla's bitcoin purchase, Musk touted the joke cryptocurrency Dogecoin, contributing to a tenfold increase in Dogecoin's value.

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  The Xbox Wireless Headset, available for Xbox consoles and Windows 10 PCs starting this week for $99. [credit: Sam Machkovech ]

Tomorrow, March 16, Microsoft will launch its first official, Xbox-branded pair of headphones—a far leap beyond the cheapo, one-ear headsets packed into original Xbox 360 consoles. Headphone expectations have changed a lot since those days, and potential buyers have to weigh crucial elements like sound isolation, microphone quality, voice-chat volume management, and device compatibility before spending $100 and up.

While the Xbox Wireless Headset isn't my de facto pick for the product category, it's certainly a solid option for its $99 price. Plus, I've been looking for a reason to catch up with other gaming-specific headphones I've recently tested. Hence, this review compares the XWH with a few options for PC and console gamers in search of versatile, high-quality headphones.

Nifty dials, dual source support