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The Games That Let Me Have an Imaginary Social Life

04.15.20

By Sarah Hagi
Games

The Latest ‘Final Fantasy XIV’ Villain Is Populism Incarnate

03.19.20

By Natalie Flores
Games

How a Compromised RPG Prepared Larian Studios to Take On ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’

01.22.20

By Samuel Horti
Games

‘The Outer Worlds’ Tells Good Stories But Gives You Dull Adventures

10.25.19

By Rob Zacny
Games

‘Disco Elysium’ Is a Landmark RPG About the Politics of Our Broken World

10.23.19

By Cameron Kunzelman
Games

Play ‘Borderlands 3’ With Your Sound and Brain Turned Off

09.20.19

By Matthew Gault
Games

Years Later, the Ending of ‘Dragon’s Dogma’ Remains Wonderfully Weird and Subversive

05.24.19

By Cameron Kunzelman
Games

Goodbye, Google+, You’ll be Missed, At Least By RPG Fans

03.15.19

By Ian Williams
Games

The Strange Greatness and Missing Legacy of ‘Planescape’

09.03.18

By Cameron Kunzelman
Games

This Game Developer Turned ‘Fallout 4’ Into His Personal Tabletop RPG

07.27.18

By Austin Walker
Games

‘Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire’ Has Too Many Debts to Pay

05.15.18

By Cameron Kunzelman
Games

The Radical Fairy Tale Politics of ‘Ni No Kuni II’

04.13.18

By Cameron Kunzelman

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Music

Remember When Rick Rubin Held a Surprisingly Star-Studded Fake Funeral Connected to His Pioneering Hip Hop Label?

From Reverend Al Sharpton officiating, to a New Orleans-style procession, to a repast at a bowling alley, no one holds a fake funeral like Rick Rubin.

3 days ago

By Lauren Boisvert
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Music

3 Psych-Rock Albums That Sound Just as Good Today as They Did in Their Prime

These wildly underrated psych-rock albums still hold up decades later.

3 days ago

By Lauren Boisvert
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Life

‘Uniboob’ Is an Actual Medical Condition. Here’s How It Happens.

Doctors call it “bread-loafing.” Make of that what you will.

3 days ago

By Ashley Fike
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Life

The 37% Rule Says This Is How Many People You Should Date Before Choosing One

Get enough experience to know what you actually want

3 days ago

By Ashley Fike
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Life

If You Feel Guilty All the Time, You Probably Have a High IQ. Here’s Why.

Of course Freud is involved.

3 days ago

By Ashley Fike