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Games

Interactive Fiction’s Favorite Setting Is the Dungeon of the Mind

07.26.17

By Bruno Dias
Tech

Mall School

09.07.16

By Porpentine Charity Heartscape
Tech

Vesp: A History of Sapphic Scaphism

02.05.16

By Porpentine Charity Heartscape
Entertainment

Step Inside a Glitchy Alternate Universe Inspired by Dungeon Crawler Video Games

05.11.15

By Benoit Palop
Tech

Play ‘Beautiful Frog,’ the Latest Choose Your Own Adventure from Porpentine

04.23.15

By Jordan Valinsky
Games

Gamer’s Paradise: Indie As In “Individual” Gaming

12.05.12

By Leigh Alexander

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An example of a photo generated by Sora 2 – Credit: OpenAI

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OpenAI Just Killed Its Sora AI Short Video Generator

Without warning, OpenAI pulled the plug on its Sora AI short video generation app.

1 hour ago

By Matt Jancer | Reviewed by Ysolt Usigan
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Puffco Just Upgraded the Proxy Modular Vaporizer—Dabbers, Take Note

It’s just the heating unit, but serves better battery, bigger vapor, and app control.

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By Maha Haq | Reviewed by Ysolt Usigan
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Life

A Sunken Nuclear Submarine Is Leaking Radiation Into the Ocean. How Worried Should We Be?

Repairs or just outright cleanup would be expensive, extremely difficult, slow, and, of course, quite dangerous.

7 hours ago

By Luis Prada
A meteor shower. Photo: forplayday; NASA / Getty Images

Life

A Fireball Dropped Meteorites Over Texas, and One Punched Through Someone’s Roof

The fallen meteorites sparked a city-wide trasure hunt.

7 hours ago

By Luis Prada
Photo: jroballo / Getty Images

Life

The Exact Number of Times You Can Clone a Clone Before Things Go Horribly Wrong

For all of its sci-fi promise, cloning, whether it be for agricultural or biotech, may have a ceiling.

7 hours ago

By Luis Prada