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This is Defector, a new sports blog and media company. We made this place together, we own it together, we run it together. Without access, without favor, without discretion, and without interference.

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Enter Our Raffle To Win A Visit And Home-Cooked Meal From Drew Magary

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Luis Paez-Pumar

The party in Metaphor: ReFantazio admires the landscape

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Video Games

‘Metaphor: ReFantazio’ Is The Bullshit-Free RPG I’ve Been Waiting For

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Typing

Sabrina Imbler

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Neopets

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Is It Ethical To Be A Billionaire In Neopets?

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Kathryn Xu

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This Is So Stupid

The Official, Complete, Very Scientific Taxonomy Of Fishing Video Games

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Patrick Redford

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‘Elden Ring’ Makes Everyone A Poet And A Reader

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‘College Football 25’ Is As Broken As It Is Fun

Owen Lewis is a former Defector intern and co-founded the website <a href="http://popcorntennis.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://popcorntennis.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1726234676777000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0PFWw6PL-FUqaCMME5TLqP">popcorntennis.com</a>. He wrote 63,000 words about the Novak Djokovic-Rafael Nadal rivalry that can be accessed for free at <a href="https://thegoldenrivalry.substack.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://thegoldenrivalry.substack.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1726234676777000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2OjAHpo4PVIhkx8Xd21lRJ">thegoldenrivalry.substack.com</a>.

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Owen Lewis

In Netflix's Lucifer, three angels pause their battle after God interrupts.

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Wings Week

On-Screen Angels Are Rarely Divine

Peanut Butter the dog gets going on his speedrun attempt

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Peanut Butter The Dog Hits A Two-Run Blast, And The Crowd Goes Wild

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Try And Quit And Try Again

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Barry Petchesky

Billy Hale, age 7, Simi Valley celebrates a Nintendo victory over his brother. Photo/Art by:Alan Hagman

Billy Hale, age 7, Simi Valley celebrates a Nintendo victory over his brother. Billy is afflicted wi

Video Games Should Be Easy, For Baby Gamers Like Me

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's Fort Condor Mini-Game

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‘Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’ Shouldn’t Have It All

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Riley MacLeod

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Journalismism

Kotaku EIC Resigns Over New Editorial Edict

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I Love A Good Mid-Budget Video Game

Visual Editor. Runs <a href="http://defectorstore.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">defectorstore.com</a>. Philadelphia-based, if you couldn’t tell.

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Super Mario 64 Drum% by CZR in 23_06 – Awesome Games Done Quick 2024 [93KJcGlBxmE] – 2

This Guy Beats Video Games Using A Drum Kit As A Controller

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It Is, In Fact, Preferable To Suck Real Bad At A Game Like ‘Balatro’

A screenshot of the "defector browser", which is just a simple looking browser but with slanted top and bottom like the Defector logo, and it's on a pale blue background, and the webpage up is a pixel art of an office that's an Athletic Director's office

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Ever Dream Of Being An Athletic Director? This Video Game Lets You Do That

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I’m Tired Of Being A Little Baby About Horror Games

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In this photo illustration a Genshin Impact app by miHoYo

How To Win In Gacha Gaming

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Is ‘Palworld’ Plagiarism, Parody, Or Just Stupid?

Libby Watson is a journalist who covers healthcare.

Libby Watson

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Arts And Culture

Striving And Streaming In The Desert: A Visit To TwitchCon Las Vegas

World of Warcraft players garden in the Guardians of the Dream patch

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‘World Of Warcraft’ Players Reach New Levels Of Degeneracy, Gardening

Luke Plunkett is a co-founder of the website <a href="https://aftermath.site/">Aftermath</a>.

Luke Plunkett

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Most Video Game Artwork Will Never Be Seen

Funny how we get attached to the struggle.

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It Is, In Fact, Possible To Get Too Good At A Video Game

(L-R) Corbin "COM" Lee, Christine "potter" Chi, Alexander "jawgemo" Mor and Kelden "Boostio" Pupello of Evil Geniuses pose onstage with the VALORANT Champions Los Angeles Trophy.

VALORANT Champions Los Angeles – Grand Finals

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Christine “Potter” Chi And Her Evil Geniuses Made History

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The Slow-Building Joys Of ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ And Turn-Based Combat

Zheng "ZmjjKK" Yongkang of EDward Gaming poses after clutching against Giants Gaming at VALORANT Champions Los Angeles Group Stage.

VALORANT Champions Los Angeles – Groups Stage

‘Valorant’ Teams Learn Valuable Lesson About Shit-Talking