Articles

[film club] AI Girlfriends and Blade Runner 2049

Posted on 31st Aug 2026

The latest installment of HOUDINI's [film club] -- And1 presents us with a final thinkpiece in their series on male loneliness, porn, and AI viewed through the lens of modern Hollywood movies. Today's target is the sequel to the cyberpunk classic, "Blade Runner."

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Tetra Reviews Wii Classic 'Deadly Creatures' (2009)

Posted on 30th Aug 2026

Ultra Tetra comes in hot with another late-2000s media retrospective. Today's specimen is Rainbow Studios' animal combat sleeper hit for the Nintendo Wii, "Deadly Creatures."

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Cops Murder College Student for Knocking on the Wrong Door

Posted on 29th Aug 2026

At 12:32am, Glenwood Pysher was Facetiming his friends, looking to link back up with them after a night out. He mistakenly knocked on the door to the wrong house. Three minutes later, he was dead – murdered by the police.

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DEATH TYPE – A Poem

Posted on 28th Aug 2026

Two of our longtime contributors, Ultra Tetra and Shy, team up to bring you a new, illustrated piece of post-apocalyptic poetry. This is "DEATH TYPE."

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America's Godmother Has Passed // How We Can Honor Dolly Parton with Mutual Aid

Posted on 27th Aug 2026

There was nobody quite like Dolly. HOUDINI's editor-in-chief gives us a truly heartwarming tribute and call-to-action in her honor.

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[SUBSTRAINS] Frog Belly – The Spirit of the Car

Posted on 26th Aug 2026

HOUDINI presents a brand new column, SUBSTRAINS. The MindApe picks through the trash strata of neglect culture for interesting specimens and/or signs of imminent danger. Put on your hazmat suits, grab a dosimeter, and join the fun!

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Video Game Recruiting: A Lookback at America's Army

Posted on 24th Aug 2026

The United States military has always taken utmost pride in brainwashing children.. so why not use red-blooded Americans' tax dollars to develop a Counter-Strike clone? Addam Madd takes us back to the early 2000s for a look at the original military recruitment video game, "America's Army."

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Cheap & Fun Date Ideas for You & Your Sweetie

Posted on 23rd Aug 2026

Are you broke-as-hell but down bad? Our resident dyke baddie, Miss Roach, has planned three different (affordable) dates you can use to impress AND get closer to your crush.

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VIDEO: City of Cracked Statues II

Posted on 22nd Aug 2026

HOUDINI brings you a brand-spankin'-new skate video straight off the presses. Get your passports ready, chumps. We're going to Berlin!

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