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Games

Localization Isn’t Censorship, And The Difference Is Important

04.27.17

By Patrick Klepek
Tech

‘Russia’s Google’ Is Collecting a Database of Rare Languages

04.13.17

By Becky Ferreira
Entertainment

This Job Could Be Yours If You Speak Fluent Emoji

12.14.16

By Samantha Cole
Tech

This Job Could Be Yours If You Speak Fluent Emoji

12.13.16

By Samantha Cole
Games

What Happens When You Ask Google to Translate ‘Final Fantasy’

12.13.16

By Patrick Klepek
Entertainment

Cuban Humor Owes Everything to Fidel Castro

11.30.16

By Yoss
Tech

Shitloads and Zingers: The Perils of Machine Translation

11.24.16

By Arthur Goldhammer
Music

Bob Dylan Is the Perfect Nobel Winner

10.13.16

By Jennifer Croft
Games

Why Germany Banned ‘Criminal Girls 2’, A Game It Deemed “Harmful To Minors”

08.11.16

By Patrick Klepek
Games

The Game Germany Deemed ‘Harmful to Minors’

08.11.16

By Patrick Klepek
Games

Video Game Translators Are on Your Side, So Stop Hating on Them

07.12.16

By Kate Gray
Identity

‘Welcome Home’: Inside Vienna’s First Maid Café

06.24.16

By Katja Krüger

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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.

05.19.26

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.

05.19.26

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.

05.19.26

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

05.19.26

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.

05.19.26

By Ashley Fike