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Gamer Wins Tournament, Dislocates Shoulder In Celebration
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Giri Nathan
September 14, 2021
Video Games
‘World Of Warcraft’ Won’t Stop Torturing Some Of Its Most Hardcore Players
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Luis Paez-Pumar
July 20, 2021
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Video Games
Gaming’s All-Digital-Everything Future Threatens To Erase The Past
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Marc Normandin
May 13, 2021
Video Games
‘Disco Elysium’ Is Rewiring My Broken Gamer’s Brain
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Tom Ley
April 26, 2021
MLB
What 1993 Video Game Tony La Russa Taught Me About Baseball
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Dan McQuade
April 14, 2021
Video Games
Inside Blaseball
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Kelsey McKinney
March 3, 2021
Cycling
The Growth Of Virtual Cycling Comes With Convoluted Cheating Scandals
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Patrick Redford
February 3, 2021
Interviews
A Former Video Game Journalist Lays Out The Power Dynamics In The Review Process
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Albert Burneko and Samer Kalaf
December 29, 2020
Media Meltdowns
At Least Now You Know Which Video Game Reviewers Are Sellout Clowns
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Albert Burneko
December 20, 2020
Video Games
Going On Runs
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Giri Nathan
December 18, 2020
Video Games
‘Cyberpunk 2077’ Is The Perfect Example Of What’s Broken In The Video Games Industry
210
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Luis Paez-Pumar
December 17, 2020
Video Games
Let’s Dive Into This ‘Minecraft’ YouTuber Speedrunning Drama
106
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Patrick Redford
December 16, 2020
Video Games
The PS5 Is Pretty Useless Right Now, So Please Don’t Freak Out About Not Getting One
154
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Luis Paez-Pumar
December 4, 2020
Video Games
‘Spider-Man: Miles Morales’ One-Ups Its Predecessor By Focusing On The Teen Behind The Mask
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Luis Paez-Pumar
November 27, 2020
Science
They Made An Interactive Virtual Tokamak And Buddy, It Rules
70
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Chris Thompson
November 13, 2020
Defector Up All Night
Now This Is What Video Games Are All About
86
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Tom Ley
November 11, 2020
Video Games
This Little Football Game On My Phone Is Fun As Hell
100
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Samer Kalaf
October 18, 2020
Video Games
The Repetition Of Super Mario Bros. 35 Is Why I Love It
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Dan McQuade
October 4, 2020
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