Bear heaven
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Pig becomes sand
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Shooting off screens: An interview with DVLSBLSH
by Dan Solberg 20+ years ago in magazine sidebars and web 1.0 galleries, the dominant visual representation of videogames was the screenshot. Capturing single instances of interactive media, screenshots were always a limited format for videogames PR, but that restricted context can also imbue screenshots with a level of
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Behind the art of SpongeBob
A conversation with one of the internet's most ardent SpongeBob archivists.
Pandora's mailbox
Also: teleporting bread, emo spies, and MTV2.
We oughta goup up
Also: a good maggot bit, going Thatcher-free, and the suffering of Minecraft Steve.
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Learning from Las Vegas’ Sphere
The Sphere is itself a symbol — but of what?
The Gone Pebble
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End of Letterboxdelion
This week, we're discussing platform apocalypses, internet mysteries, and singing Toads. First time reading? Sign up here. Letterboxd defies god, pays price Anime, as they say, was a mistake. Film-reviewing platform Letterboxd compounded that mistake this week by deciding to remove anime masterpiece End Of Evangelion from eligibility
Unintelligible chittering
This week, we're discussing toads, monkeys, replicants, and Andrei Tarkovsky. First time reading? Sign up here. Did Toad kill E3? As everyone knows, the game industry trade show E3 is no more. Like a great marketing mirage, it disappeared as soon as a few companies stopped believing in
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Lain chasing
Also: artisanal white noise, a card shop tycoon, and the giallo zone.
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Yes yes yes
Also: strawberry man, ding-a-ling kid, and dog ahead