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"It's important to be able to use that limited amount of power to put whatever pressure we can on things"
AI Has Come For The Horse In The Hospital
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Games Media Can’t Ignore BDS Xbox Boycott
BDS' call to boycott Microsoft is a call to action for gamers, and an imperative for games media
It Happened To Me: I Wrote Those Shitty Tweet Roundups
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The Politics, Theology, And Hype Behind The First Gamer Saint
Teenager Carlo Acutis, set to be canonized at the end of this month, will be the Catholic Church's first millennial saint
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