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On paper, Twisted Metal, the long-running PlayStation franchise that started in 1995, would lend itself well to a televised adaptation. Each entry more or less adheres to a basic premise: Calypso, a seemingly omnipotent villain, runs a vehicle-based battle royale in which disparate characters vie for the title of sole survivor. Their reward? Calypso will grant them one wish, no matter how big.

With films like the Death Race franchise, The Running Man, and more, the combat-to-the-death genre offers plenty of material for mining. And thanks to 2001’s Twisted Metal: Black’s grim and excessive backstories, there’s enough in the series’ lore to explain what would compel each tournament participant to compete.

Peacock’s Twisted Metal opts for the scenic route, offering visual callbacks and name references, but foregoes the strictly tournament-based construct for character development. Here, the protagonist is John Doe -- whose video game counterpart is short on...

Creators don't need a real-life twin to participate in TikTok’s latest challenge. Filters are an integral part of TikTok culture. The best ones will grow in popularity overnight and dominate the For You Page for weeks. And while many users are still waiting to access TikTok’s AI Manga filter, they can focus on some rising memes hitting the app instead.

The Twin Effect Challenge is TikTok’s latest trend — and it will have viewers seeing double. The meme features a video of twins seemingly singing a duet together, but the twist is that one of them is a TikTok filter. While many of these videos circulate on the Fyp, more and more creators are adding their own twist to the meme.

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How To Participate In The Twin Effect Challenge

TikTok’s Twin Effect videos are easy to make.