Tag: pop culture
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In a big year for Chinese cultural exports, a new video game is the latest to win a global audience. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/19/china-connection-newsletter-video-game-soft-power-tencent-netease-pif-where-winds-meet.html more ›
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In response to pressure from its payment processors, itch.io had a broad swath of adult content on its platform targeted and removed. https://www.theverge.com/games/715299/itchio-games-delisting-payment-processor-paypal more ›
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This is a comic about AI art. https://theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art?ueid=1f133878b462d1555feb56cb37f5d96b&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2025-10-11%20Installer%20101&utm_term=Installer more ›
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When did you last hear live music? Granted, this isn’t an ideal time to ask, what with the ongoing pandemic still canceling concerts the world over. https://www.openculture.com/2020/08/composer-john-philip-sousa-denounces-the-menace-of-recorded-music-1906.html#google_vignette more ›
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In response to pressure from its payment processors, itch.io had a broad swath of adult content on its platform targeted and removed. https://www.theverge.com/games/715299/itchio-games-delisting-payment-processor-paypal more ›
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As industry groups decry censorship, players are flooding Visa and Mastercard with complaints and sharing the titles of delisted NSFW games to support developers. https://www.wired.com/story/gamers-are-furious-about-the-censorship-of-nsfw-games-and-theyre-fighting-back/ more ›
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Exclusive: Near-mint condition preprint copy features 36 portraits of stars including John Lennon and Mick Jagger https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/jul/27/rare-original-proof-of-david-baileys-1965-box-of-pin-ups-discovered?utm_source=semafor more ›