World of Warcraft
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The Rumpus Interview with Andrew Ervin
Andrew Ervin discusses his debut novel, Burning Down George Orwell’s House, social media and writing, and how video games can serve as a way to understand the post-human world.
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Love (or Something), Virtually
And the winner of Best Opening Line Ever goes to: “I was a gay man playing ‘Warcraft’ as a beautiful woman, and he was a Mormon virgin. Our romance was a time bomb.” Over at Salon, Elliot Glen tells the…
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Morning Coffee
Octopus pulp covers. I heart you internet. Expert in alienation, Depeche Mode’s Martin Gore subpoenaed in World of Warcraft law suit. Patent for a “fabricated baked potato” (via Alexis Madrigal) Scientists working to extend our lives indefinitely by 2029. More…
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We’re Paying People to Play Our Video Games for Us
The very idea of a “virtual world” scares me. I don’t understand Second Life, and it makes me a little sad. I understand this makes me a bit of a curmudgeon, but I just can’t believe people would pay real…