World Peace Update

Humans found a vicious, unsuspecting competitor in fucking the world up this week: Nature, who decided to fart out Hurricane Sandy and hog up all the limelight. So, as Kurds took on the streets of Turkey and shop owners beat up police in Peru, you all kept yourselves busy by running away from the big, bad storm or gluing your faces to the TV. Full story

World Peace Update

Last week, the UK and France came so close to having a war about scallops you could almost smell the garlic. I polished my LARPing armor and began practicing my French, but alas, fighting never broke out. Thankfully a bunch of Mexican students, some Panamaniacs, and a cabal of Ko… Full story

World Peace Update

This is a little awkward, but I just figured out that the guys on the Norwegian Nobel Comittee haven't been following this column, because if they had they surely wouldn't have awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to the European Union this week. Full story

The Greeks Welcomed Angela Merkel

As if Greece didn't have it bad enough already, what with the crippling austerity, massive unemployment, and fascists as their local police force, Angela Merkel took a trip over there yesterday for a mini-break just to make sure they're all behaving. Full story

Why Are Gamers Angry at Websites Designed to Get Them Laid?

Gamers—no matter how integrated into mainstream culture gaming is becoming—are still thought of as lonely, weird, socially awkward individuals who struggle with the opposite sex. Maybe it's their own fault. Two matchmaking sites designed to get gamers some much-needed action were… Full story

These Iranian World of Warcraft Fans Are Sad Their Game Got Banned

And it's not like they can get over it by going out and getting laid. Full story

Pussy Riot Have Been Found Guilty

Unsurprisingly, Pussy Riot were found guilty on charges of hooliganism today. People everywhere are expected to get angry. We went down to the Russian embassy in London last night to see what was going with the pro-Pussy Riot protest groups. Full story

World Peace Update

World Peace Update

While the rest of you have spent the last couple of weeks or so salivating over Usain Bolt's extensive limbs and laughing at London Mayor Boris Johnson's hairdo, I've been researching the ways in which the Olympic spirit has once again failed us. We're all still killing each othe… Full story

The Arab Spring's Forgotten Uprising

Never heard of Ahwaz? That's because, officially, it's called Khuzestan and is home to one of Iran's longest running independence movements—a movement that Iran has been fighting and brutalizing to keep quiet. Full story

World Peace Update

World Peace Update

Last week, we celebrated World Peace Update's ten-week birthday with The Man getting a taste of his own medicine in no less than three different countries. Unfortunately, Islamic militants, a neo-Nazi mass murderer, and trigger-happy cops have screwed everything up again. Full story