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Kate Welch Reflects on Lord of the Rings, Games, and Play
Kate Welch, when introducing her Lord of the Rings-inspired game to an audience, says that she hopes she doesn’t disappoint any book purists–she’s going to be inventing some new canon tonight. Welch’s game — sponsored by Lost Odyssey and benefiting the charity Extra Life — takes place after the War of the Rings, and she…
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Reddit Is Leaning Harder on Its Banhammer
Reddit released its 2022 transparency report Wednesday, showing how the site has been laying on the “ban” button hard after the company started a crackdown on non-consensual intimate media (NCIM) after a rules change in March of last year. These instances of NCIM include any kind of intimate image posted without consent or a person’s…
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Till the Last Gasp Is an Exciting and Dramatic 2-Player Grudge Match
New from Darrington Press, Till the Last Gasp is a two-person board game that encourages dramatic storytelling through the lens of a duel taking place between two enemies. Players take on the roles of characters with a grudge to settle who are squaring up for one final fight. While Till the Last Gasp is designed…
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Polling the Internet: What Will the U.S. Government Blame Havana Syndrome on Next?
Havana syndrome, the bizarre malaise that has impacted over a thousand U.S. foreign service members all over the world, is still a total mystery. Indeed, even as the government has attempted to explain away some of the weirdness, it’s pretty obvious we still have no fucking idea what this thing is.