rapture
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BioShock is Everywhere in Games, and Yet Nowhere in Itself
For those who play video games, 2007 is often considered one of the best years of the medium. It was a year of bangers: Microsoft had Crackdown and Halo 3, Nintendo took Super Mario to the Galaxy, Call of Duty blew the world open by going modern, and so on. It cannot be understated how…
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The Church of the SubGenius Documentary Examines the Cult of a Cult
Long before the internet invaded every aspect of culture, a pair of friends who first bonded over their love of comic books and Captain Beefheart dreamed up “a weird fringe cult specifically for weirdos” that would walk the line between sincerity and parody. Thus, the Church of the SubGenius was born.
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Harold Camping: Apocalypse Rescheduled For October 21
Harold Camping, the radio host who predicted the world would end on Saturday, made his first post-non-apocalypse public appearance on his radio show Monday night. “The first question,” he told listeners, “is ‘Camping, what about you? Are you ready to shoot yourself or go on a booze trip or whatever?’”
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Harold Camping ‘Flabbergasted’ The World Did Not End
Harold Camping speaks! The 89-year-old Nostradamus from Northern California, who spent millions of his followers’ dollars to get out the word that the world was ending on Saturday, has been noticeably silent since that day came and went rather unremarkably. But he’s at last ready to talk – and oy, what a weekend. Don’t get…