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The Third Most 'Gamous' Person: A Chat With Tim Schafer
In Part I of II, the legendary videogame designer opens up on games, fame, and crowdfunding fortune.
Colin Snyder
5.20.13
This Month in Gear

This Month in Gear - Korg's MS-20
First released in May of 1978, the MS-20 was one of the first portable synthesizers ever to hit the market.
Drew Diver
5.20.13
Art

Hypnosis As Data Retrieval And Web Searches As Railway Signs: Q&A With Artists Thomson & Craighead
Artists Jon Thomson and Alison Craighead use video and the web to create pieces that reflect upon the digital age.
Diana Stevenson
5.20.13
Tech

Let VICE School You on the Web This Internet Week
There's a lot more to the web than carnal perversions and dwarf felines. To help you get a grip on all of this high-tech shit and the ways it enhances our lives, VICE is joining in on the nerdy hoopla that is Internet Week and hosting a series of...
VICE Staff
5.20.13
Travel

I Tested out Three Cambodian Spiritual Practices
In the village where I live and work for a small NGO, folk religion is woven into the way locals experience daily life. People swap tips about the best local fortune-tellers and healers. They chalk skulls and crosses on their door frames to protect...
Nathan A. Thompson
5.20.13
Sittin' Sidewayz... With Skinny Friedman

Ballout's 'Ballin No NBA' Mixtape Cover Is Very Beautiful, Bizarre, and Important
What was the most important thing to happen in Chicago rap this weekend? Was it Kanye premiering two provocative, challenging new songs on the sides of buildings and on Saturday Night Live? Nope, it was when Chief Keef leaked the mixtape art for Ballout’s
Skinny Friedman
5.20.13
News

How Are We Supposed to Know What the Government Does?
The most important reason that the media exists is to tell the public what’s happening and what the people in power are doing about it. That’s increasingly difficult when the decisions that matter are shrouded in multiple levels of secrecy.
Harry Cheadle
5.20.13
New music

Listen to Exwife's "Rituals"
Kurt Cobain gets the 'Clockwork Orange' treatment as Nirvana influences are filtered through the past 20 years of music.
Nick Rattigan
5.20.13
Motherboard Blog

How to Buy a Social Network Without Screwing It Up
Flickr was an epic fail, but people still love Instagram—some pointers for Yahoo's CEO as she tries to not screw up Tumblr.
Meghan Neal
5.20.13
Features

My Love/Hate Relationship with Live Music
Plus, five helpful tips on how to make concert-going suck less.
Natasha Young
5.20.13
Motherboard Blog

What Is Worth $1.1 Billion Dollars
That's how much Yahoo! paid for Tumblr. But what's it really worth?
Brian Merchant
5.20.13
videos

The Arrival: Tiger and Woods
Part of a series of interviews with our favorite electronic music artists, celebrating the Arrival of Thump, and made possible by the new Heineken Star Bottle.
THUMP Staff
5.20.13
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