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'Prey' Is a Great Game, but It's Missing Great Characters
Let's talk about memorable characters in today's open thread.
Austin Walker
5.8.17
Artificial Intelligence

Uber is setting up a research hub in Toronto
Canada’s largest city is staking its claim as the epicentre of AI technology
Bryson Masse
5.8.17
The VICE Guide to Right Now

The EPA Just Got Rid of a Bunch of Scientists on Its Top Review Board
An agency spokesman said the decision was an effort to make "a clean break with the last administration’s approach."
Drew Schwartz
5.8.17
senate testimony

Watch former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates testify before the Senate
Former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates warned President Donald Trump about hiring retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn as his national security adviser — or so the story goes.
VICE News
5.8.17
monday insta illustrator

[NSFW] Meet Poopdick, Our New Tasteless, Ugly, Beautiful Imaginary Friend
The illustrator calling himself Ugly People is also responsible for an amputee condom and vomiting hipster dice.
Beckett Mufson
5.8.17
travel ban

Trump’s second travel ban is back in court
Tess Owen
5.8.17
Tedium

Why Many Old Operating Systems Never Really Die
It ain’t just about Windows, macOS, or Linux. Also-ran or fairly obscure operating systems, like OS/2, are everywhere—in some cases, hiding under your nose.
Ernie Smith
5.8.17
Boko Haram

Boko Haram just freed 82 schoolgirls kidnapped three years ago
Kathleen Caulderwood
5.8.17
Film

You Need to See Late Filmmaker Toshio Matsumoto's Dizzying Debut Feature
'Funeral Parade of Roses' has everything, from incestuous love triangles to roses in between peoples' butt cheeks.
Sam Fragoso
5.8.17
Internet Videos Of Particular Importance

Big Sean, Multimedia Storyteller, Gets Pixellated in "Jump Out the Window" Video
'I Decided...' to become a 16-bit platforming hero.
Phil Witmer
5.8.17
conceptual art

An Artist Is Growing a Garden Using Tweets from Trump, Fox, and CNN
Martin Roth linked grow lights to the tweets of policy and opinion makers. The more retweets these people and organizations gain, the stronger the lights that nurture the plants.
Kevin Holmes
5.8.17
Premiere

Not You Make Not-Shoegaze and Call It "Slippergaze" on 'Misty' EP
The Halifax band are here to say that staring at slippers is better than staring at shoes.
Matt Williams
5.8.17
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