Tag: pop culture

• The chaos and confusion of itch.io and Steam’s abrupt adult game ban | The Verge

  August 10, 2025

  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 ›

• Gamers Are Furious About the Censorship of NSFW Games—and They’re Fighting Back

  August 2, 2025

  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 ›

• Rare original proof of David Bailey’s 1965 Box of Pin-Ups discovered

  July 29, 2025

  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 ›

• Why Won’t the Speakeasy Die? | PUNCH

  July 26, 2025

  The speakeasy aesthetic was once so ubiquitous it became a punchline. But long after the Edison bulbs have burned out, the hidden bar continues to flourish. https://punchdrink.com/articles/why-wont-speakeasy-die-breakroom-milk-honey-pdt-nyc/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20250726_Punch_Content_Another%20Round:%20Why%20won%E2%80%99t%20the%20speakeasy%20die?&utm_term=Punch%20-%20Latest%20%28LIST%20TO%20SEND%20TO%29%20%2A%2ASecond%20Attempt%2A%2A more ›

• How a Video Studio Embraced A.I. and Stormed the Internet

  July 21, 2025

  The Dor Brothers are indie filmmakers whose viral videos are generated entirely by artificial intelligence. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/technology/dor-video-studio-ai.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Xk8.uq1Q.4xDwW04pAHk6&smid=url-share more ›

• A playbook for cultural hitmaking

  July 19, 2025

  Reading list https://open.substack.com/pub/andjelicaaa/p/the-cultural-hitmaking-playbook?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=oj2p5 more ›

• ReynoldsRetro: John Lydon’s Jamaica jaunt 1978 / Dennis Morris interview

  July 18, 2025

  Film by Don Letts of Johnny Rotten in Jamaica (look out for a glimpse of the lovely Vivien Goldman)    JOHNNY ROTTEN IN JAMAICA, 1978 – INTE… http://reynoldsretro.blogspot.com/2022/07/john-lydons-jamaica-jaunt-1978-dennis.html more ›

• Days of The Jackal: how Andrew Wylie turned serious literature into big business

  July 15, 2025

  Andrew Wylie, the world’s most renowned – and for a long time its most reviled – literary agent, is 76 years old. Over the past four decades, he has reshaped… more ›

• I’m a Black Bouncer. This Is What Nightlife Security Is Really Like. | PUNCH

  July 12, 2025

  As a Black bouncer, this is what nightlife security is really like, and how it’s changed with national conversations about race and policing. https://punchdrink.com/articles/black-bouncer-bar-nightlife-security/?ueid=1f133878b462d1555feb56cb37f5d96b&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=From%20the%20Editor%20-%2007/12/2025&utm_term=From%20the%20Editor more ›

• The Moral Threat of Bicycles in the 1890s

  July 11, 2025

  If you’re an American adult who regularly rides a bicycle, you might feel a tiny sense of moral superiority about getting exercise and reducing your carbon footprint. But in the… more ›