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Culture
'Assassin’s Creed Shadows' and How ‘DEI’ Became Gamergate 2.0’s Rallying Cry
On May 16, the gaming and entertainment news site Dexerto tweeted an image from the forthcoming game Assassin’s Creed Shadows…
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Gamergate’s Aggrieved Men Still Haunt the Internet
Ten years ago, a flood of gamers attacked developers Zoë Quinn and Brianna Wu and media critic Anita Sarkeesian. The…
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He Made a Movie About Humans Rising Up Against AI. Now He’s Doing the Real Thing
Mike Rianda’s debut feature, the sci-fi comedy The Mitchells vs. the Machines, is about a family of misfits battling an…
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2024 olympics
NBC Sent 27 Creators to Paris. It Only Needed Snoop and Olympic Athletes
In mid-June, when NBCUniversal announced it was partnering with Meta, Overtime, Snapchat, TikTok, and YouTube to send 27 influencers to…
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Gamergate’s Legacy Lives on in Attacks Against Kamala Harris
More moderators, stricter policies, mass bans, mea culpa proselytizing in front of Congress from leaders like Mark Zuckerberg, and repeated…
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How to Watch Billie Eilish and Snoop Dogg at the Summer Olympics Closing Ceremony
The Paris 2024 Summer Olympics will be remembered for a lot of things: drag performances, shameful allegations against some female…
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He Started Out as the ‘Dear Abby’ of Grindr. Now Everyone Wants His Advice
Scared Shitless in Seattle didn’t know how to cope. In 2022, consumed by the dread of climate change and the…
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Olympic Drag Artist Nicky Doll Hits Back at Online Hate Mob
After the Summer Olympics’ opening ceremony, drag artist Nicky Doll felt she was on a cloud. Her makeup had survived…
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Twitch’s New DJ Program Has Flaws, But It’s the Best There Is
DJs finally have a safe place to stream on Twitch. One that promises an end to the DMCA takedowns, muted…
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A Disney+ Password-Sharing Crackdown Is Coming in September
The House of Mouse is getting a renovation. In an earnings call on Wednesday, Disney CEO Bob Iger told investors…
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