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TV mogul Taylor Sheridan was already ruling over a massive empire at Paramount+ thanks to the success of Yellowstone , the sprawling neo-Western series starring Kevin Costner . And then, Sheridan went and created a new show that further fortified his reign. It followed a similar template to Yellowstone and featured Billy Bob Thornton in the lead role of an oil magnate in Texas. While the show experienced its share of growing pains, it has received mostly positive reviews from critics and fans. We're talking, of course, about Landman . In a recent appearance on The Bill Simmons Podcast , Sheridan refused to apologize for the show's divisive narrative, and admitted that a part of him likes to rage-bait critics. He also recalled the humorous pitch that got Thornton to sign on to the project.

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On May 21, 2026, I received the hardest-to-swallow news in my lifetime tenure as a gamer: Bungie ’s shuttering of Destiny 2 . An MMORPG PvPvE looter-shooter space opera blend of science fiction and fantasy, Destiny 2 is the game I’ve played the most in my lifetime, logging a subsequent 1,714.8 hours since Destiny 2 's summer 2017 open beta. Safe to say, I’ve seen the ups and downs of Destiny 2 in full swing—for better or worse. With Destiny 2 going the way of the dodo via “Monument of Triumph,” the game’s final content update and premature swan song, players, or “guardians,” are returning in droves for one of gaming ’s most bittersweet finales, marking the end of a 12-year-long era.