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Steampunk Moves Between Two Worlds

Steampunk hits the New York Times. Still a little frustrating, though, because some of the examples they give are just people wearing Victorian costuming. Vickky clothing and goggles do not a steampunk make.
Also what makes me growl through gritted teeth is that there’s not a SINGLE mention of Cyberpunk, the great grandaddy suffix [...]

ScientLOLojyuuichi!!

ScientLOLojyuuichi!!
This is fantastic on many levels of fantastic.
HI SAM

Second Skin – a Pure West Documentary

Second Skin takes an intimate look at computer gamers whose lives have been transformed by the emerging genre of Massively Multiplayer Online games (MMOs). World of Warcraft, Second Life, and Everquest allow millions of users to simultaneously interact in virtual spaces. Second Skin introduces us couples who have fallen in love without meeting, disabled players [...]

ROFLCon

So a few months ago, I heard in mumbling that there was some sort of “Internet humor convention” called LOLcon or something. After some futile research I came up with nothing…
But I was just presented with the link of links this morning. Behold ROFLCon,

basically an ‘internet meme convention.’ I can’t believe it… [...]

Internets: What The Hell Are 4chan, ED, Something Awful, And

While Gawker commenters know every obscure web site or at least can fake it, regular readers may want an explanation of some of the Internet’s most strangely influential sites, an explanation shorter than Wikipedia’s 2200-word article about 4chan. So I’ll define Encyclopedia Dramatica, 4chan, /b/, Something Awful, and YTMND.
Normally doing this kind of thing just [...]