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Tech

Engines of Horror: How Video Games Are Confronting Our Darkest Subconscious

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By Jagger Gravning
Games

A Virtual Reality Experience Gave Me Synesthesia

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By DJ Pangburn
The Case For Video Game Making On Reality TV

05.23.14

By Zack Kotzer
Games

Gaming As Meditation At New York’s Zen Arcade

04.04.13

By Christina Xu

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Life

10-Year-Old Called 911 for Homework Help—and the Cops Actually Came

If math is anything like what it was when I was in grade school, I fully understand this boy’s decision to call for help.

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Health

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Music

‘Butts for Buses’: Kate Nash Launches OnlyFans to Raise Funds for Tour

Kate Nash is asking fans to support her by either buying her merch or her “arse” on her new Onlyfans account.

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Music

System of a Down’s Shavo Odadjian Says Nu-Metal ‘Was an Era, Not a Style’

Shavo Odadjian think that System of a Down and other nu-metal era bands “got villainized a little bit.”

11.22.24

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Gaming

PlayStation’s Black Friday Sales Already Broke My Bank Account

Well, it finally happened. PlayStation’s Black Friday sales extravaganza took me to the cleaners, and I regret nothing.

11.22.24

By Dwayne Jenkins