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gaming Pillars of Eternity is coming to the Nintendo Switch this August Seamus Bellamy

gaming Review: Phantom Doctrine lacks the fun of XCOM Seamus Bellamy

Gadgets Son-of-Reflectacles: Kickstarting a new generation of anti-surveillance eyewear Cory Doctorow

makers Thinking back on the special magic of Make: and Maker Faire Gareth Branwyn

Business Oculus Quest and Rift S now shipping Xeni Jardin

movies Actually, Solo is good David Mizejewski

facebook Norwegian Islamophobes mistake bus-seat-covers for burkhas, go bonkers Cory Doctorow

video Watch breathtaking fireballs through a trippy kaleidoscopic effect Andrea James

authors Grant Morrison interview: "Laughter can banish any and all demons" Propaganda Anonymous

books The League of Regrettable Superheroes: Half-Baked Heroes from Comic Book History Wink

politics Milosevic, Berlusconi, Trump Jasmina Tesanovic

media Rogue planet hurtling toward a collision with Earth and other tabloid stunners Peter Sheridan

happy mutants Every Heart a Doorway: Seanan McGuire's subversive, gorgeous tale of rejects from the realms of faerie Cory Doctorow

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game of thrones A director on Game of Thrones' epic White Walker battle Chris Weitz

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lethem The Ecstasist: A Conversation with the Novelist Jonathan Lethem Mark Dery