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Welcome to Night Vale cocreator Joseph Fink learned storytelling from Grim Fandango

His latest book, The Nudge, tells the tale of a man who can’t seem to outrun a mysterious evil.

Terrence O'Brien
W. Kamau Bell has the most practical ‘most indispensable tool’

The comedian, activist, podcast host, author, and dad won’t leave his phone behind.

Terrence O'Brien
FromSoftware can do anything

The Elden Ring studio continues to chart new paths through games like The Duskbloods.

Andrew Webster
Switched on Pop’s Nate Sloan and Charlie Harding love fresh vegetables and guitar pedals

The duo recently brought their deep dives on the art of pop music to Netflix.

Terrence O'Brien
Musician and entrepreneur Tom Vek is building a digital music player, but don’t call it retro

The Sleevenote creator is ready for the offline resurgence, but wants to move on from CDs and cassettes.

Terrence O'Brien
The best classic slasher movie you’ll never watch

How Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma tells the story of a fictional horror series through objects.

Andrew Webster
Angela Nissel faces down grief with a laugh

The author’s latest book, Good Grief, Pass the Bread, Mom Is Dead, finds humor in difficult times.

Terrence O'Brien
Synth historian Oli Freke will spend big on a good bicycle

He’s hard at work on the upcoming Beat Gems, a gorgeous coffee-table book about the history of drum machines.

Terrence O'Brien
The Guardian’s Carter Sherman fondly remembers being terrified by Ocarina of Time

The author of The Second Coming lives for French press and splurges on concert tickets.

Terrence O'Brien
FL Studio head Constantin Koehncke turns to Reddit for feedback and fun

The Image Line CEO hits the forums and subreddits every day to keep in touch with his users.

Terrence O'Brien
Flatbush Zombies’ Erick the Architect misses his BlackBerry keyboard

Fresh off a surprise appearance at this year’s WWDC, the Brooklyn-born rapper and producer is ready to explore new sounds.

Terrence O'Brien
Mystery box shows are complicated for everyone — even the actors

The team behind Silo talks about managing the series as it gets even bigger in season 3.

Andrew Webster
The Guardian’s Kai Wright refuses to buy a new phone

But he’s quite happy gardening and listening to John Coltrane.

Terrence O'Brien
Musician and YouTuber Hainbach on ‘Breath of the Wild’ and Swiss Army Knives

The experimental composer has a new album, a new plugin, and strong feelings about mattresses.

Terrence O'Brien
Never Post’s Mike Rugnetta on the creative process and the value of reliable power

The podcast host, YouTuber, musician, and audio engineer has a lot on his plate.

Terrence O'Brien
Benn Jordan longs for the days of tech that didn’t spy on you

The YouTube star has gone from reviewing synths to taking on the surveillance state.

Terrence O'Brien
Welcome to Night Vale host Cecil Baldwin shares his tech pet peeves

Just let the man watch movie credits in peace!

Terrence O'Brien
Backrooms is at the forefront of horror’s YouTube wave

Filmmakers like Kane Parsons are getting their start on YouTube, before moving to bigger productions.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
The man behind the legendary MPC, Roger Linn, stays focused with a single browser tab

His advice: Deep breaths, keep it simple, and maybe play a little VR mini golf.

Terrence O'Brien
Boots Riley turns class struggle into comedy with I Love Boosters

“Power under capitalism comes from capital itself, and we need to figure out how to have collective control of that.”

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Christian content creators are outsourcing AI slop to gig workers on Fiverr

Demand for AI-generated Bible content is high.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Two Japanese movies that confront what it means to be alive

Sho Miyake has been celebrated for his quiet, careful character portraits in his home country. Now his two latest films are available stateside.

Robyn Kanner
The Miniature Wife was an exercise in visual trickery

VFX supervisor Ashley Bernes had to think big to make the show’s heroine feel small.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Some writing advice from Project Hail Mary’s Andy Weir

The author explains why you should never approach writing a book like a movie.

Andrew Webster
The gen AI Kool-Aid tastes like eugenics

Ghost in the Machine director Valerie Veatch wants you to understand how race science has shaped this moment in tech.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Lina Khan was right

Khan’s FTC tried to expand the scope of antitrust law. Meta’s floundering VR ambitions shows why that mattered.

Victoria Song
Why Project Hail Mary’s creators were ‘scared’ about making the sci-fi adaptation

Author Andy Weir and screenwriter Drew Goddard talk about turning the book into a cinematic experience.

Andrew Webster
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Autumn Durald Arkapaw has her Oscar.

At this year’s Oscars, Sinners’ Autumn Durald Arkapaw became the first woman to win Best Cinematography. And just about a year ago, I sat down with Arkapaw to talk about her approach to bringing the film’s supernatural world of southern beauty to life.

How a prize-winning cartoonist brings hand-drawn comics to the web

Amy Kurzweil, the illustrator behind The Verge’s ‘Notes from a Burmese Prison,’ talks about how her ambitious collaboration with Danny Fenster came together.

Kristen Radtke