visual arts
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Riot Forced To Explain A Valorant Character Is Not Into NFTs
Riot Games, the creators of League of Legends and online shooter Valorant, has issued something of an apology to fans of the latter after a tweet appeared to show one of the game’s characters enjoying the works of an NFT artist.
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Some of the Best Easter Eggs Hidden in Sites Across The Web
Typically when we talk about things that are “hidden” in websites, we’re referring to something malicious — data-hoovering cookies, for example, or massive amounts of malware. But not every website dev is trying to con visitors out of their personal info or utterly wreck their devices; some of them just want to say “hi.” And…
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Manga Pirate Sentenced To Three Years In Prison And Fined Over $769,560
Romi Hoshino, the alleged administrator of now-shuttered site manga piracy Manga-Mura, was arrested on copyright charges in 2019 after a global manhunt. Today, the Fukuoka District Court found the 29-year-old guilty.
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Control’s Architecture Is More Than Just Saying “Brutalism” Over And Over Again
The defining visual signature of Control isn’t its enemies or weapons but its setting, The Oldest House, which has been lauded for its take on brutalism, a concrete-heavy architectural style from the latter half of the 20th century. But for a moment, let’s look a little beyond that.