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Accused Pelosi Hammer Attacker Confirms In Court He Was A Gamergater
15.11.2023
On November 14, the man accused of a 2022 hammer attack on former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband pleaded not guilty, apologized in court for his actions, and explained that Gamergate first exposed him to right-wing conspiracies. Read more
Latest Genshin Impact Leaks Spark Whitewashing Controversy
30.6.2022
Genshin Impact fans have been eagerly anticipating the new region of Sumeru since it was first mentioned in a launch trailer way back in 2020. But ever since the new Sumeru characters leaked online yesterday, fans have been expressing concern that the developers have been whitewashing...
New York Attorney General Investigating Twitch, Discord Following Buffalo Shooting
18.5.2022
In the wake of the horrific shooting that took place in Buffalo on May 14, New York Attorney General Letitia James has officially launched an investigation into the role social media companies may have played in the attack on a supermarket that took the lives of 10 people and is now being...
Mass Shooting Apparently Planned On Discord, Streamed On Twitch, Investigated As Hate Crime
15.5.2022
Tragedy struck New York on May 14 as an 18-year-old white male shot and killed at least 10 people in Buffalo, New York, police said. The shooter, whose online username is reportedly “jimboboiii”, has been taken into custody after live streaming the whole thing on gaming platform Twitch, the company...
Hacker Hijacks Military Numbers Station, Proceeds To Rickroll Everyone
21.1.2022
Mysterious Russian shortwave radio station UVB-76, known as The Buzzer, normally broadcasts nothing but indecipherable beeps and numbers. But recently it has started to take music requests and post memes, after hackers seemingly took control of the channel for their own purposes. “Aboba” a voice...
Something Awful Founder Richard "Lowtax" Kyanka Dies At 45
11.11.2021
Longtime Something Awful forum administrator Fragmaster posted that site founder Richard “Lowtax” Kyanka has reportedly died. “I guess I should preface this by saying this isn’t a joke especially since I’m posting for like the first time in 10 years or something, but I got the bad news today...
Sonic Smut Is Flooding Trump’s New Social Network
4.7.2021
Nary a month after the dramatic implosion of former president (and current Twitter refugee) Donald Trump’s attempted blogging career, the septuagenarian authoritarian’s “team” of grifting enablers has launched its latest attempt at a social network for folks who are just too darn patriotic...
The ‘All Your Base Are Belong To Us’ Video Is Now 20 Years Old
17.2.2021
The early aughts were a weird time. George H. W. Bush’s loser son somehow became president, god-awful bands like Crazy Town and Staind had songs on the Billboard Hot 100, and we made do with, like, one meme a year. In 2001 that meme was “All Your Base,” a Newgrounds video that ironically celebrated...