e-paper has been having a bit of a moment recently. First, the Boox Palma shrank the form factor of eReaders down to something a bit more pocketable and less proprietary than the Kindle. Then, open ...

Steven Asarch is an internet culture reporter who lives on Twitch and YouTube. He was written for Insider, Rolling Stone, Kotaku and others. He executive-produced the docu-series Onision in Real Life ...

"Can you imagine another video game getting this treatment? This level of brand recognition and obnoxious Netflix specials and Sephiroth-adjacent coin-selling hacker kids sending manifestos?" ...

Maddy Myers is a longtime games journalist, critic, and editor who has worked at The Boston Phoenix, The Mary Sue, Kotaku, and Polygon. Currently, she co-hosts the video game podcast Triple Click with ...

The first time I wrote about the upcoming 1666: Amsterdam was when the game's reveal was found to be riddled with some absolutely dogshit AI-generated imagery. The second, and hopefully final, time is ...

When the Steam Machine was first announced, a non-zero number of people zeroed in on a single accessory in the video. The Steam Machine takes swappable faceplates, allowing for customization, and the ...

Yesterday, Twitch announced that Amazon is going to be training AI models on Twitch streams, VODs, and chats, with users forced to opt in by default because otherwise “nobody would opt in.” During a ...

As more and more dipshit managers mandate (or at least heavily encourage) the use of AI in the office, more and more workers are being confronted with a choice: do as they're told and help contribute ...

Late last year, workers behind the scenes of Theorist Media took an uncommon step in the YouTube space, verging on unprecedented: They announced their intention to unionize. Arm in arm with the ...

Like many people, my childhood Pokémon card binder has been in my parents' garage for more than a decade—maybe two!—gathering dust. I didn’t actually know where it was until helping my parents prepare ...

Palmer Lucky is an evil fucking worm and dipshit beneficiary of government contracts. He’s the Oculus jackass with a shitty soul patch who runs a military defense company called Anduril. I could ...

There are certain games whose impact is largely obscure to most Western audiences due in large part to what made it over here. And though fan translations and YouTube have helped quite a bit, certain ...