ChatGPT’s Storytelling Chops Are No Match for Dungeons & Dragons The experiment began quite simply: We popped open a few cans of Mountain Dew, put some Hawkwind and Blue Oyster Cult on…
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Marvel’s 'Secret Invasion' AI Scandal Is Strangely Hopeful
Marvel’s 'Secret Invasion' AI Scandal Is Strangely Hopeful Like many fans this week, you may have noticed something odd about the opening credits of Secret Invasion, Marvel’s new show. Amidst all the…
Criticizing LGBTQ+ Pride Merch Just Got More Complicated
Criticizing LGBTQ+ Pride Merch Just Got More Complicated This year, the relationship between the LGBTQ+ community and the corporations looking to lure them with special Pride month merchandise has been, well, fraught….
'Midjourney Magazine' Is Here—and It’s Soulless
'Midjourney Magazine' Is Here—and It’s Soulless Midjourney Magazine has landed. The publication, a collection of thousands of AI-generated images as well as "interviews with Midjourney community members," dropped its second issue this…
How Fighting Games Became a Haven for LGBTQ Gamers
How Fighting Games Became a Haven for LGBTQ Gamers But 11 years is a long time for any scene, and the FGC is in a much different place, especially with regard to…
Fording Rivers and Forging Bonds on the Oregon Trail
Fording Rivers and Forging Bonds on the Oregon Trail In the summer of 1990, my sister and I died. A lot. Some evenings we drowned. Others we succumbed to measles or exhaustion….
‘One Margarita’ Is the Song of Summer—and the Moment
‘One Margarita’ Is the Song of Summer—and the Moment Angel Laketa Moore had a hit on her hands. In late May, the actress/creator was about to record an episode of her podcast, Here’s…
Apple’s Vision Pro Isn’t the Future
Apple’s Vision Pro Isn’t the Future Even the more enthusiastic assessments of Vision Pro tend to fall back on the argument that Apple is simply too good at hardware to fail. It’s…
AI Could Usher in a New Era of Music. Will It Suck?
AI Could Usher in a New Era of Music. Will It Suck? Michael Sayman has worked at Facebook, Google, Roblox, and Twitter. At 26, the software engineer has already published a memoir, App…
What a Therapist Wants You to Know About Remote Therapy
What a Therapist Wants You to Know About Remote Therapy In March 2020, I, like everyone else, did my best to accept the bizarreness of quarantine living. Within a few days of…