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US Oversight Committee Requests Discord, Steam, Twitch CEOs At Online Radicalization Hearing

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman James Comer is summoning the CEOs of Discord, Steam, Twitch and Reddit to Washington. A full committee hearing is scheduled for Oct. 8,

By Nicole Carpenter

/ 17 Sep 2025

US Oversight Committee Requests Discord, Steam, Twitch CEOs At Online Radicalization Hearing

Florida Suing Porn Game Websites Over Alleged Age-Verification Violations

Florida attorney general James Uthmeier has filed two lawsuits targeting companies that make, distribute, and process payments for porn video games. Uthmeier announced on Monday that he’d filed lawsuits

By Nicole Carpenter

/ 17 Sep 2025

A person holding a phone or tablet looking at a game of a woman holding a cake.

Of Course One Piece’s Pirate Flag Is The Symbol Of A Real-Life Youth Revolution

Despite what some anime experts might lead people to believe, One Piece is as political as its ongoing manga and anime are long. So, it’s no surprise that the

By Isaiah Colbert

/ 15 Sep 2025

Garut, Indonesia - August 12, 2025: A man holds a pirate flag from the Japanese anime 'One Piece' in Garut, West Java, Indone

Following 'Recent Events,' Mods Lock Helldivers Subreddit, While Helldivers 2 Stays Open

Due to what they call “recent events,” the moderators of the r/Helldivers subreddit have temporarily closed the community. Meanwhile, the moderators of r/Helldivers2 have decided to keep theirs

By Gita Jackson

/ 12 Sep 2025

an image of a very big bomb from helldivers 2

Bluesky Really Doesn’t Want People To Say ‘Rest In Piss’ About Charlie Kirk

Last night, I got suspended from Bluesky for writing “rest in piss” while resharing my piece about liberal media’s frothy race to eulogize Charlie Kirk. I quickly learned that

By Nathan Grayson

/ 12 Sep 2025

Bluesky Really Doesn’t Want People To Say ‘Rest In Piss’ About Charlie Kirk

Cuomo’s Latest Strategy To Resuscitate His Flatlining Campaign: Go After Zohran Mamdani For Associating With A Twitch Streamer

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City, is currently over 20 points ahead of his nearest general election rival, Andrew Cuomo, who he already obliterated during

By Nathan Grayson

/ 10 Sep 2025

Cuomo’s Latest Strategy To Resuscitate His Flatlining Campaign: Go After Zohran Mamdani For Associating With A Twitch Streamer

Beloved Loser Horse That Inspired A Generation (And An Umamusume Anime Girl) Dies

On Friday, I went to a rave celebrating a series about fleet-footed anime girls based on real-life race horses. Today, the most-beloved of those IRL inspirations, a dismally untalented horse

By Nathan Grayson

/ 9 Sep 2025

Beloved Loser Horse That Inspired A Generation (And An Umamusume Anime Girl) Dies

10 Months In The Making, Play For Peace Bundle Launches To Raise Money for Palestinian Aid

Over the past several years, indie developers have raised more than $1 million for Palestinian aid; in 2021, the Indie Bundle for Palestinian Aid raised nearly $900,000 for the

By Nicole Carpenter

/ 4 Sep 2025

Hands putting together puzzle pieces that represent the Palestinian flag. The words "Play for Peace" are in the middle

RIP Streameast, Which I Of Course Never Used And Have No Strong Feelings About – And Which Does Not Appear To Be Entirely Dead

Streameast, the world’s largest illegal sports streaming site, has pitched its final inning, according to The Athletic. This follows a year-long investigation on the part of the Alliance for

By Nathan Grayson

/ 3 Sep 2025

RIP Streameast, Which I Of Course Never Used And Have No Strong Feelings About – And Which Does Not Appear To Be Entirely Dead

Trump Tariffs Are Disrupting Planner Season

Planner season is not synonymous with the New Year. That’s much too late for planner people to be figuring out what systems to use in the forthcoming year. Planner

By Nicole Carpenter

/ 3 Sep 2025

A small planner with a cover that shows all different sorts of Tamagotchi creatures

Diablo Devs Unionize Following Layoffs And Dissatisfaction With AI, Pay

What began as a trickle has turned into an avalanche. Workers on Diablo are the latest arm of Blizzard to unionize, with Communications Workers of America (CWA) – which helped other

By Nathan Grayson

/ 28 Aug 2025

Diablo Devs Unionize Following Layoffs And Dissatisfaction With AI, Pay

Crystal Dynamics Lays Off Workers Due To 'Evolving Business Conditions', Which Is Putting It Mildly

Storied development studio Crystal Dynamics, famous for their work on everything from Tomb Raider to Marvel's Avengers to Gex, announced earlier today that as a "result of

By Luke Plunkett

/ 27 Aug 2025

Crystal Dynamics Lays Off Workers Due To 'Evolving Business Conditions', Which Is Putting It Mildly