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Chatbots Have Stolen Fanfiction From a Gift Culture
First, a confession. I’ve written fanfiction. Like, a lot of fanfic. In my spare time, I still write fic! (I’m currently writing a couple of fics for Interview With the Vampire and Trigun! It’s going great, thank you.) Over the course of the past 15 years I’ve published around 750,000 words of fic, and just to…
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The Next Big Fad Could Be These Digital Pets That Appear to Float in Mid-Air
If you’re a parent of an impressionable child: be forewarned. Like the Hatchimals of holidays past, Spin Master’s new Bitzee digital pets could be another must-have but impossible-to-find holiday gift later this year. Their hook? They use a unique, hologram-like display technology that kids can actually reach out and touch.
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Help, Jedi Survivor Has Become a Cal Kestis Dress-Up Game For Me
Steam tells me I have been playing Respawn’s new Star Wars game, Fallen Order sequel Jedi Survivor, for nearly 20 hours now. I have barely gotten into it in that time — and not because Survivor is a vastly bigger game than its predecessor, though it is indeed that. It’s because I cannot stop dressing…
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Boy, the Silo Opening Credits Sure Feel Familiar
As a fan of Hugh Howey’s books, I am quite excited to watch Apple TV+’s live-action adaptation of the hit sci-fi series Silo, about the remnants of humanity who have been living in an underground bunker for so long they’ve forgotten why they’re there. But Apple has just revealed the opening credits for the adaptation,…