Category: Culture

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While most game makers are seeing booming usage statistics in the era of coronavirus-induced social distancing, Niantic is in the…

Another week, another opportunity to start this column by saying, “It’s been a helluva week.” As the coronavirus continues is…

The difficulty in deciding how to manage the coronavirus posts was exacerbated by a lack of clear advice and the…

If Issa Rae’s Insecure character, Issa Dee, were to have a favorite phone pastime, it would probably be The Come…

Bread is on the rise. The number of people Googling “bread” hit an all-time high this week. Instagrammers and Twitterers…

Birds fly through high winds. Fish swim in stormy seas. And performers who are stuck alone in an unprecedented global…

Hello, and welcome to another edition of The Monitor, WIRED’s entertainment news roundup. Once again, this week’s column has a…

Last month, Microsoft cast the first bet on the future of console gaming when it revealed the Xbox Series X’s…

Over egirl.gg, I connected with Fudge, who charges $6 per Overwatch game. Three pictures cycled on her profile: One of…

The sports world has gone dark. In an unprecedented sweep, this week almost every professional league decided to suspend or…