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Digital Culture
How the Cyber-Thriller Red Rooms Became a Cult Classic Before It Was Ever Released
John Semley

First Impressions
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Gives the Princess Powers That Link Never Got
Megan Farokhmanesh

Digital Culture
NaNoWriMo Organizers Said It Was Classist and Ableist to Condemn AI. All Hell Broke Loose
Meghan Herbst




The Monitor
The Trademark Tug-of-War Over ‘Demure’ Shows a Massive Meme Power Shift
Angela Watercutter

shaolin punk
Martin Shkreli Made Copies of His $2 Million Wu-Tang Album—and Hid Them in ‘Safes All Around the World’
Nate Anderson, Ars Technica



Whisper Campaign
Black Myth: Wukong Devs Told Streamers to Avoid Politics in Their Playthroughs. It Backfired
Megan Farokhmanesh



Gamergate at 10
Assassin’s Creed Shadows and How ‘DEI’ Became Gamergate 2.0’s Rallying Cry
Laurence Russell



Control Alt Escape
He Made a Movie About Humans Rising Up Against AI. Now He’s Doing the Real Thing
Brian Merchant
