The Weekender: Reddit hits the road, K-Pop, and Comic Con
Welcome to The Verge: Weekender edition. Each week, we’ll bring you important articles from the previous weeks’ original reports, features and reviews on The Verge. Think of it as a collection of a few of our favorite pieces from the week gone by, which you may have missed, or which you might want to read again. This was a very busy week (just ask around!) for us, and we’ve got a few more links than usual, so have fun!
 | Apart from Xbox, Zune, and the occasional mouse or keyboard, Microsoft has never really been known for hardware. That's what makes Surface such an interesting effort, a device built in complete secrecy ahead of its June reveal. How did they pull it off?. |
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Following an industry trend, PayPal is updating its terms of service to prevent its customers from filing class action lawsuits — but as Adi Robertson explains, there's a way out. "Class action is the only way people will get their money back," says Public Justice attorney Paul Bland.
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 | In the age of hyperreal first-person shooters designed to oversaturate our senses, "interactive fiction" — the text-based computer genre — has long been at risk of becoming extinct. Cyberpunk thriller Cypher bucks the trend, and its creators think they've got the secret to keeping people interested: rich, immersive art. |
 | The internet brought K-Pop to the US, but can it go mainstream? |
 | Thousands of people spent their weekend in costume; we asked a few of them to step out of character. |
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The internet's 'front page' looks for links the old-fashioned way. |
