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Exclusive new dating app wants to be Tinder for snobs
What would Tinder look like if you could weed out the chaff and select only the most upwardly mobile, the most elite and high-powered among the millions of potential hookups for your perusal? A new...
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The Madden GIF generator is the best meme of 2014
EA Games just gave the world an unexpected GIFt in the form of its new Madden Giferator, a special virtual GIF-creation site that has exploded memes all over Tumblr and the rest of the Internet since...
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Zoe Quinn claims 4chan was behind GamerGate the whole time
After almost a month of harassment allegations, hacking and doxing, cries of corruption,death threats, industry members taking a stand, and gaming journalists reportedly quitting the industry, the...
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For Terry Gilliam, it's still about leaving 'bits of shrapnel in people'
Terry Gilliam wants to know why the horde of eager press gathered to chat with him early on Saturday at Dragon Con doesn’t have better things to do.“Why aren’t you all at the parade?” he jokes as he...
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The best scene from 'Ferris Bueller' recreated with Lego
Of course the nation that brought us IKEA turns out to be the best when it comes to reconstructing '90s movies with Lego. The Swedish Lego fan forum Swebrick, for "adult fans" of Lego, announced the...
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Female comics writers and fans mock the idea they don't exist
Earlier today, Gail Simone launched one of her famed satirical hashtags to tackle the hilarious myth that girls don't read comics. Despite ample research showing that the fake geek girl is a myth,...
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Love PC games? You're not alone: 37 percent of the U.S. plays too
Like other steadily advancing parts of geek culture, gaming culture continues to grow apace. Hard on the heels of research revealing that nearly 60 percent of Americans play games, a new survey...
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Tweets chronicle disastrous Ferguson City Council meeting
"What about Mike Brown?" It was one of the first questions posed at last night's tense city council meeting in Ferguson, Mo.—the first meeting since protests began a month ago over the death of Mike...
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Say hello to the world's first 3D-printed car
We may not yet have flying automobiles, but the latest demo at the International Manufacturing Technology Show proves that we at least have one leg in the future with the world's first 3D-printed car....
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Christian romance novelist accuses kindergarten teacher of sexing up her book
A Mormon housewife is suing a kindergarten teacher for plagiarizing and selling her book—with added racy sex scenes. In August, Christian author Rachel Ann Nunes, who has written 47 books, discovered...
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Publisher accidentally puts porn star on math textbook
How can you tell what the perky teacher in that photo is really teaching her students? It turns out a Thai publisher accidentally put a Japanese porn star on the cover of a math textbook. As Rocket...
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14-year-old's crowdfunded horror film is scary good
Horror has always been a mainstay for women who wanted to push boundaries as directors. Mary Harron, Karyn Kusama, and the Soska Sisters are just a few of the women who've done groundbreaking work...
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Inside Tumblr's obsession with mass murderers
It's been a big month for the serial killer fandom—the small but vocal subset of fans who congregate to adulate and admire their favorite sociopathic murderer. First, serial killer Robert Hansen,...
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Why the comics industry is doing better than ever
It's a great time to be a fan—and a creator—in the comics industry. The market is soaring after what may be the industry's best month ever for sales in July, with Guardians of the Galaxyboosting...
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Police kill man for cosplaying while black
For the second time in two months, a black man has been shot and killed by police officers while holding a toy weapon.He was cosplaying as Mugen from Samurai Champloo, holding a fake samurai sword.But...
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The median income of Tumblr users is $80K a year
While you were mocking the rich kids of Instagram, they all moved to Tumblr. New market research provided by Tumblr to AdWeek reveals that the median income of Tumblr users is higher than that of...
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Why Tom Hiddleston in 'King Kong' is going to be awesome
Tumblr heartthrob and ascendant geek Tom Hiddleston has joined the cast of Skull Island, the upcoming King Kong origins story from Legendary Pictures. Here's why we think it's awesome that the...
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Watch a 13-year-old Janet Jackson interview Michael about music
"I should, but I don't," laughs a not-all-that embarrassed Michael Jackson when his sister asks, "Do you work real hard on your dancing?" Then he goes on to discuss the spontaneity and effortlessness...
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Awards ceremony received bomb threats over Anita Sarkeesian appearance
Feminist and pop culture critic Anita Sarkeesian has revealed to Kotaku that she was the subject of bomb threats in March of this year. Anonymous members of the gaming communtiy threatened to detonate...
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The children of Satan now have their own coloring book
If you've been frustrated by the lack of educational resources for children of evil, your day has come: You can now teach kids to Hail Satan! in Vivid Tangerine, Cornflower, or Aquamarine. A court...
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