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Meet The Psychologist Determined To Prove Video Games Are Good, Actually
2.6.2023
Dr. Rachel Kowert is a busy woman. The video game research psychologist is currently in London, where she’s set to give a talk on the fostering of terrorist cells and extremist beliefs in digital game spaces, a project she’s working on with the Department of Homeland Security (no, she can’t really...
Trump Hasn't Been Arrested But AI Images Keep Fooling People
21.3.2023
The former U.S. president Donald Trump still walks free as of the time of writing. But certain AI-generated photos on Twitter tell a different story. These deepfakes depict a world where one of the most powerful white men in America can be treated like any other citizen, meaning actually be held...
Ted Cruz Isn’t Really Mad About Your Xbox (He's Full Of Crap)
27.1.2023
There was a time, not that long ago if you can believe it, when Microsoft could publish a news blog talking about its plans to make Xbox more environmentally friendly and nobody would really bat an eye. The world would move on, perhaps a little bit less polluted, and that would be that. But those...
Donald Trump’s $99 ‘Digital Trading Card’ Is The Saddest Thing I’ve Ever Seen
15.12.2022
If you or a far-right-pilled relative wants to be a mark in Donald Trump’s latest grift, you’re in luck. For the low low price of $99 and your irreplaceable dignity, you can now own an official Donald Trump NFT. Read more
Activision CEO Bobby Kotick Donates $50,000 To Republican Who Protested 2020 Election
8.11.2022
While it’s normal for prominent business people to donate to both sides of the political aisle, so that whoever wins an election they can call in some favours, as the Republican Party lurches further to the right some of the candidates being supported are deserving of a bit more scrutiny than...
Sega Is Hiring A Sonic Lore Master To Keep Up With All His Nonsense
7.11.2022
Today in job listings that exude a menacing aura: Sega is looking to hire a Sonic loremaster to keep track of the blue hedgehog’s canon and non-canon antics. Read more
Report: Man Behind Pelosi Hammer Attack Was Radicalized By Gamergate
31.10.2022
On October 28, San Francisco police arrested a man for attacking Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer. Now it’s been reported that he may have been inspired by the far-right movement Gamergate.Read more
This New Pokémon-Creating AI Is Producing Hilarious Results
27.9.2022
Art generated by AI is proving a very contentious issue, raising enormous amounts of concern among artists about their potential replacement by machine learning, let alone the ethical questions about whether an algorithm studying thousands of other people’s creations is fair to the original...