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Delta Is an iOS Game Boy Emulator That (Likely) Won’t Get Taken Down

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Delta Is an iOS Game Boy Emulator That (Likely) Won’t Get Taken Down

Megan Farokhmanesh

How a Picturesque Cozy Game Hit Its Antiauthoritarian Stride

How a Picturesque Cozy Game Hit Its Antiauthoritarian Stride

Laurence Russell

The More People Say Megalopolis Is Unsellable, the More We Need to See It

The Monitor

The More People Say Megalopolis Is Unsellable, the More We Need to See It

Angela Watercutter

Alex Garland’s Civil War Plays Both Sides

Review

Alex Garland’s Civil War Plays Both Sides

David Gilbert

Taylor Swift’s Music Is Back on TikTok—Right Before Her New Album Drops

Swift Reversals

Taylor Swift’s Music Is Back on TikTok—Right Before Her New Album Drops

Reece Rogers

Fallout Nails Video Game Adaptations by Making the Apocalypse Fun

Apocalypse When

Fallout Nails Video Game Adaptations by Making the Apocalypse Fun

Marah Eakin

Influencers Are Trying to Go Viral by Playing a Game About Going Viral

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Influencers Are Trying to Go Viral by Playing a Game About Going Viral

Megan Farokhmanesh

Pop Music Is Mad. Social Media Loves It

Tuned Out

Pop Music Is Mad. Social Media Loves It

Jason Parham

An Interview With a Guy Who Got a Vasectomy During the East Coast Earthquake

Ouch

An Interview With a Guy Who Got a Vasectomy During the East Coast Earthquake

Makena Kelly

The Matrix Is Getting a Fifth Movie—Without a Wachowski Directing

The Monitor

The Matrix Is Getting a Fifth Movie—Without a Wachowski Directing

Angela Watercutter

The Best Queer Batman Parody You Almost Never Saw

Last Laugh

The Best Queer Batman Parody You Almost Never Saw

Angela Watercutter

The Future of Video Games Is ... Reality TV?

The Future of Video Games Is ... Reality TV?

Megan Farokhmanesh

AI-Generated Spoofs of RuPaul’s Drag Race Are Flooding Instagram and TikTok

Sash-AI

AI-Generated Spoofs of RuPaul’s Drag Race Are Flooding Instagram and TikTok

Marah Eakin

A House of the Dragon Star Made a Video Game to Grieve His Father

Video Games

A House of the Dragon Star Made a Video Game to Grieve His Father

Megan Farokhmanesh

Here's How Generative AI Depicts Queer People

Rainbow Reflection

Here's How Generative AI Depicts Queer People

Reece Rogers

A Haunted Discord Server Is the Last Good Place Online

Spooky Sites

A Haunted Discord Server Is the Last Good Place Online

Camille Butera

Welcome (Back) to Beyoncé’s Internet

Giddy Up

Welcome (Back) to Beyoncé’s Internet

Jason Parham

Disney+ Has a New Look—Which Is No Look at All

The Monitor

Disney+ Has a New Look—Which Is No Look at All

Angela Watercutter

Is AI the Future of NPCs?

GDC 2024

Is AI the Future of NPCs?

Megan Farokhmanesh

Sci-Fi Author Vernor Vinge, Who First Wrote of the AI Singularity, Dead at 79

Obits

Sci-Fi Author Vernor Vinge, Who First Wrote of the AI Singularity, Dead at 79

Benj Edwards, Ars Technica