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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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Giri Nathan

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Esports

Gamer Wins Tournament, Dislocates Shoulder In Celebration

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Luis Paez-Pumar

Sylvanas Windrunner in the World of Warcraft raid Sanctum of Domination

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Video Games

‘World Of Warcraft’ Won’t Stop Torturing Some Of Its Most Hardcore Players

<p>Marc Normandin currently writes on baseball’s labor issues and more at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.marcnormandin.com/">marcnormandin.com</a>, which you can read for free but&nbsp;<a href="https://www.patreon.com/marcnormandin">support through his Patreon</a>. His baseball writing has appeared at SB Nation, Deadspin, Sports Illustrated, ESPN, Sports on Earth, The Guardian, The Nation, and TalkPoverty.</p>


Marc Normandin

An employee rolls out the new Sony PS5 in Japan.

Gaming’s All-Digital-Everything Future Threatens To Erase The Past

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Tom Ley

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‘Disco Elysium’ Is Rewiring My Broken Gamer’s Brain


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Dan McQuade

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What 1993 Video Game Tony La Russa Taught Me About Baseball

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Kelsey McKinney

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Inside Blaseball

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Patrick Redford

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The Growth Of Virtual Cycling Comes With Convoluted Cheating Scandals

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Interviews

A Former Video Game Journalist Lays Out The Power Dynamics In The Review Process

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Albert Burneko

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Media Meltdowns

At Least Now You Know Which Video Game Reviewers Are Sellout Clowns

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One of Cyberpunk 2077's many glitches, a man riding naked on top of a car

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‘Cyberpunk 2077’ Is The Perfect Example Of What’s Broken In The Video Games Industry

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Let’s Dive Into This ‘Minecraft’ YouTuber Speedrunning Drama

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The PS5 Is Pretty Useless Right Now, So Please Don’t Freak Out About Not Getting One

Miles Morales looks on Spider-Man: Miles Morales

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‘Spider-Man: Miles Morales’ One-Ups Its Predecessor By Focusing On The Teen Behind The Mask

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Chris Thompson

A look at my fully operational JET-style tokamak, churning out big numbers of what could be power but might in fact be deadly radiation.

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They Made An Interactive Virtual Tokamak And Buddy, It Rules

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Now This Is What Video Games Are All About

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Samer Kalaf

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This Little Football Game On My Phone Is Fun As Hell

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The Repetition Of Super Mario Bros. 35 Is Why I Love It