HBO cancels Westworld before what was to be its final season
Reasons given include high production costs and declining viewership.
Reasons given include high production costs and declining viewership.
There’s no dialogue or hints about the plot, but the visuals are as striking as ever.
In “The Winter Line” we say hello to old friends and confirm a season 2 finale question.
Spoilers: A look at what we learned in the season premiere, and what might be yet to come.
We’ve watched the first four episodes, and here are some (spoiler free!) thoughts.
Let’s hope a real data privacy law, if we had one, would be less Delos-friendly.
“I was born into this world. And my first memories of it are pain.”
“They said they would make a better world. But that was a lie.”
HBO: “We do not yet know the extent of the damage to any structures remaining there.”
The trend of streaming TV adaptions of classic sci-fi works continues.
A spoiler-free preview of a journey into deepest, darkest night.
Admittedly clever video is a far cry from Nolan’s tease of “the whole sordid thing.”
Video: The real-world inspiration behind Westworld S2’s Turing-besting bots.
In the new episode of our podcast, we talk about the good, the bad, and the WTF.
On this week’s podcast, Norman Chan talks to us about robot realism and revolutionary loops.
In this episode of our TV podcast, we talk to game designer Jane McGonigal about the show’s gameplay.
In the new episode of our TV podcast, we talk to one of the show’s writers.
Futurist Rose Eveleth explains robot sex and Maeve’s transformation on this week’s show.
In the new episode of our TV podcast, we talk economics and nuke fan theories.
In the new episode of Ars TV podcast Decrypted, we talk to an expert in combat technology about the park’s robots.
In the latest episode of Ars TV podcast Decrypted, we explore what gameplay is like in the park.
In the latest episode of Ars TV podcast Decrypted, we discuss clues from the original Westworld films and TV series
Do humans have the ethics framework to deal with robots becoming more than just tools?
On our TV podcast Decrypted, we tackle the conspiracies and themes in episode 1 of Westworld.
Existential threats to humanity intermingle with gamer action and a creepy mystery
This new sci-fi series from HBO looks dark and terrifying and futuristic in all the right ways.