There are a few instances in pop culture where, once a thing is high-profile enough to have been satirized or lampooned by, say Saturday Night Live (and become, likewise, the subject of endless meme-ification on Twitter) — that’s when you know the thing is really hot. Or big. Or that simply everyone is talking about …
For the past two decades, South Park has been eliciting strong reactions from viewers by poking fun at off-limits subjects and swearing up a storm in the process. But for the premiere of the 21st season, creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone took things a step further by invading viewers’ homes and activating their smart …
Believe it or not, the Republican presidential primary debate on CNN was only the second most important thing to happen on TV on Wednesday night. As the nonsensical discussion between potential candidates was winding down, Comedy Central was set to kick off the nineteenth season of South Park.
Highlighting the importance of exclusive content in a media market that’s become increasingly centered on streaming subscriptions, The Hollywood Reporter relays that Hulu will be forking over an astounding $192 million to Viacom for the exclusive streaming rights to South Park. Under terms of the deal, Hulu’s exclusive rights to the show will last for …
It’s 2014. We ingest our games differently than we did ten years ago. Rather than reading a review, buying a game and playing that game from start to finish, we now have the option to just watch somebody else play it instead. The age of video game commentary is upon us, which means we’re overdue for …
If there’s one tremendously annoying trend over the past few years, it’s been the rise of “freemium” games that are free to download but that constantly charge you money to make the game actually enjoyable. The most infamous example of this was EA’s botched Dungeon Keeper reboot where players complained that the game took hours to …
The use of unmanned drones by both governments and private citizens has been hugely controversial in recent years, but even the most alarmist among us have never contemplated a nightmare drone scenario like this. More specifically, no one has ever imagined how awful things could possibly be if South Park’s Eric Cartman somehow gained possession of his own …
On Wednesday night, South Park aimed its proven brand of satire toward Grammy Award-Winning artist Lorde and the general state of music production.
