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Tech

Twitter’s New Design Looks Awfully Familiar…

06.15.17

By Carl Franzen
Tech

Virtual Reality Makes Avatars More Important Than Ever

12.11.16

By Emily Reynolds
Tech

AI Can Take Over Your Favorite TV Characters With ‘Virtual Immortality’

10.24.16

By Madison Margolin
Tech

Why Is ‘Second Life’ Still a Thing?

04.29.16

By Emanuel Maiberg
Tech

Men Are Working Out Their Issues By Playing As Their Lovers and Exes in RPGs

04.28.16

By Cecilia D’Anastasio
Games

Somebody Meticulously Recreated 1920s Berlin in Second Life

04.07.16

By Beckett Mufson
Tech

How Neon Indian Uses a Kinect to Sync Their Live Show Visuals with the Band

11.30.15

By Clinton Nguyen
Tech

This Artist’s Nonsexual 3D Avatar Goes Haywire in a Quest for a ‘Perfect Brain’

11.28.15

By DJ Pangburn
Tech

Parse. Error. Reset.

08.04.15

By Wole Talabi
Games

Sports Video Games Won’t Feel Real Until They Get Psychological

08.03.15

By Sean McGeady
Games

Video Games Are Finally, Finally Including More Female Heroes

07.16.15

By Emma Quinlan
Tech

Real-Life Sexism Follows Women into Virtual Worlds

05.06.15

By Emiko Jozuka

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Gaming

Xbox Game Pass Surprises Users With a New 2025 Game Today

Xbox Game Pass adds a 2025 title today and gives players a chance to catch up on the latest installment in the franchise.

04.03.26

By Denny Connolly
Screenshot: The Pokémon Company

Gaming

Pokémon Champions Mega Abilities Leak Reveals Overpowered New Forms

A new leak might have just revealed most of the new Mega Abilities in Pokémon Champions. If true, it makes some Pokémon overpowered.

04.02.26

By Brent Koepp
PlayStation 5s – Credit: Sony

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Amazon Is Still Selling the PlayStation 5 at Its Old, Lower Price

I don’t often urge people to run, run, run and buy a deal, but if you want a PS5 before the price hike kicks in, I wouldn’t wait long past lunch.

04.02.26

By Matt Jancer | Reviewed by Ysolt Usigan
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Life

This ‘Healthy’ Ingredient You’re Probably Eating Might Give You a Stroke

If you’ve had a protein bar that wasn’t inedible, it’s probably because of erythritol. It’s just too bad that it might give you a stroke.

04.02.26

By Luis Prada
Sugar, The Surfing Dog

Life

Remembering Sugar the Surfing Dog, World Champion Dog Surfer

RIP Sugar.

04.02.26

By Luis Prada