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The Games That Made me

'Freelancer' Was the Original Open-World Space Opera

'Freelancer' is a key link between space sims and the broader open-world genre.
Bruno Dias
2.17.17
online harassment

Inside Wikipedia’s Attempt to Use Artificial Intelligence to Combat Harassment

A range of tactics are going to be needed to solve Wikipedia’s problem with harassment.
Sarah Smellie
2.17.17
GIFs

It's National Champion Crab Races Day! | GIF Six-Pack

No, seriously.
Beckett Mufson
2.17.17
Podcasts

Biscuits Hockey Podcast Episode 15: CLAUDE RETURNS

This is a very special episode of Biscuits because Sean gets very mad about a lot of things.
VICE Sports
2.17.17
Views My Own

Gun Control Shouldn't Mean Stigmatizing the Mentally Ill

An Obama administration rule stopping some disabled people from purchasing guns is not the path to reducing gun violence.
Robyn Powell
2.17.17
North Korea

Here’s What Making Cell Phone Calls in North Korea Sounds Like

An American academic has recreated “a taste” of North Korean cell phone service, “without the trip to Pyongyang.”
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
bad don't select me
2.17.17
political art

37 Politicians Get a Mural Dedicated to Their Most Shameful Comments About Women

Artists Zoë Buckman and Natalie Frank collected shockingly ignorant quotes from Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, and more, and put them on a wall for all to see.
Antwaun Sargent
2.17.17
Environmental Protection Agency

New Sign at EPA Headquarters Quietly Reminds Staff of Their Whistleblower Rights

A new sign inside the EPA building seems to imply the agency’s communications ban has violated a federal whistleblower statute.
Sarah Emerson
2.17.17
Expert Witness with Robert Christgau

An Incorrigibly Courteous Liar's Last Act: Expert Witness with Robert Christgau

The Dean reviews Leonard Cohen's final album and a trio of records from Jens Lekman.
Robert Christgau
2.17.17
Hall of Fame

Why Sidney Crosby Reached 1,000 Points More Impressively Than Wayne Gretzky

Considering the era in which he plays, where teams are scoring fewer goals, Sidney's Crosby's 1,000 points in 757 games is a staggering accomplishment.
Dave Lozo
2.17.17
Canada

I Went to a Pro-Islamophobia Rally Hosted by Canada's Breitbart in My Hijab

What struck me the most about the group of people assembled—who have adopted words like "snowflake" to point out how liberals and left-leaning people can't handle criticism or any sort of challenge—was their victim complex.
Sarah Hagi
2.17.17
thump exclusive stream

Dig Into the Sweet, Crunchy Spread of Tony Rainwater’s ‘Rockberry Jam’ EP

The newcomer makes his proper debut on German label Lehult.
Krystal Rodriguez
2.17.17
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