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Film

RPG OKC Is A Love Story Set In The World Of 8-bit Fantasy Games

Animator Emily Carmichael's short film follows two RPG characters as they traverse the perils and thrills of online dating.
Kevin Holmes
8.29.13
Tech

Is This the 19-Year-Old Leader of the Syrian Electronic Army?

The SEA has said it is waging cyberwar to denounce media coverage of the conflict in Syria they see as being overwhelmingly anti-Assad. But who's actually running the operation? New evidence indicates that it's a 19-year-old Syrian named Hatem Deeb.
Brian Merchant
8.29.13
Design

Phone Streak Turns The Light From Your Phone Into A Typeface

Using the light trail from his phone's apps, Marcus Byrne creates an ingenious new typeface.
Sara Intrator
8.29.13
Travel

The Trickle-Down Economics of Nicaragua’s Drug Trade

When the Bluefields and the rest of Nicaragua's Caribbean Coast was a hub for cocaine traffic, violence went up and most of the profits went to unscrupulous kingpins—but the extra money was also a boon to many poor residents.
Ray Downs
8.29.13
News

Londoners Demonstrated For and Against Military Intervention in Syria Yesterday

I went down to Whitehall to see what they had to say.
Matthew Francey
8.29.13
Features

Paul Morley Deconstructs an Entire Album of Silence

And thinks it wasn't silent enough.
Oscar Rickett
8.29.13
News

Britain Is Deluded if It Thinks It Can Bomb Syria to Freedom

A warning from history ahead of today's Commons debate.
Gavin Haynes
8.29.13
News

The Gibraltar Standoff Is About More Than Fishing and Cigarettes

While the chest-puffing scenes of Spanish fishing "armadas" facing off against British warships has been good fun from a media point of view, it's detracted from the real issue surrounding the tension: the Spanish government is trying to hide from the...
Paul Geddis
Paul Geddis, Photos: Alexis Yamagata
8.29.13
News

Hunting for Illegal Immigrants with the UK Border Police

Housing is becoming so scarce in London that the government is offering people cash incentives to relocate to smaller homes in the suburbs, and illegal immigrants are crammed into crappy flats rented from dodgy landlords.
Nathalie Olah
Leala Doherty
8.29.13
Features

Noisey Just Got 200 Million Views on YouTube!

So welcome to The Noisey Awards.
Noisey Staff
8.28.13
Motherboard Blog

Is This the Leader of the Syrian Electronic Army?

Meet Hatem Deeb, the lead hacker of the Syrian Electronic Army.
Brian Merchant
8.28.13
Motherboard Blog

New Zealand's Software Patent Ban Aims to Block Copyright Trolls

But, is the embedded software exemption a loophole that will let the trolls back in?
DJ Pangburn
8.28.13
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