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[Binge This Week]
Binge this Week: ‘WandaVision’ on Disney+, Viagra Boys’ new album and the addictive ‘Song of Bloom’ puzzle game
Paul Bettany (left) and Elizabeth Olsen in
WandaVision
Game: Song of Bloom
Our smartphones are, by design, meant to distract us. But sometimes, you come across a game so completely engrossing, this little device you hold in the palm of your hand can feel like pure magic.
Song of Bloom, designed by German indie developer Philipp Stollenmayer and winner of last year’s Apple Design Award, is a narrative puzzle so beautifully designed and executed that you’ll feel bereft when you reach the end.
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Soul
TV: The Wilds
Nine teenage girls are on a private plane to attend a women’s empowerment retreat when the unthinkable happens: The plane crashes and they’re stranded on an island. A clichéd premise
Lost and
Survivor have trawled these shores before is turned on its head, as we learn more about the girls’ backgrounds and the sinister forces that brought them together. (Spoiler alert: There are no accidents here.) Gather some supplies, because you’ll be planted on that couch until the end of the 10th episode. Good thing it has already been renewed for a second season.
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Metro Pizza’s 86th Street square pie
Photo:
Christopher DeVargas
In a year that saw us hunkering down in our homes, the Weekly staff still managed to get in some delicious bites that didn’t come out of our kitchens.
Wrapping 2020
Metro Pizza
We’ve already touted this light, crisp Sicilian-American hybrid that notched a third-place finish for Metro pizzaiolo Chris Decker at the 2017 International Pizza Challenge. But it deserves extra acknowledgment as top-flight takeout a richly delicious pizza that gets even better on the second day. Don’t forget the cup-and-char pepperoni.
Multiple locations, metropizza.com. –BR
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2020 was terrible in many ways, yet the pandemic spawned some positives we hope carry on .
Increased communication with friends and family through technology
When a friend sent me a video message out of the blue in the springtime, I have to admit I rolled my eyes, silently complaining about the prospects of adding another social app to my chaotic personal timeline. But that invitation to link up on Marco Polo ended up as my main salvation this year.
Also: Hand-washing stations in casinos
Without having to schedule an appointment, I’ve been able to see my real and honorary nieces and nephews lip-syncing to Bad Bunny, squashing raspberries into every crispy well on the surface of a waffle, dancing their way through bedroom glow-stick raves and telling their quarantined grandma how much they love and miss her. It’s been a long time since we’ve been together, but I’ve actually seen these kids more this year than the ones before. Why weren’t we doing this a