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Overwatch 2’s new hero Sojourn was a long time coming

An exclusive chat with developers about Overwatch’s first Black female hero

Ash Parrish
Ron Gilbert’s Monkey Island announcement was a joke ‘18 years in the making’

Read on for an interview and the first screenshots from Return to Monkey Island

Jay Peters
Steve Aoki on why he’s a ‘crypto believer’

Are NFTs the future of the music business?

Nilay Patel
The Daniels see Everything Everywhere All at Once as a story about generational love

The Daniels don’t fear the multiverse

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Inside Microsoft’s smart Surface camera

Microsoft always wanted to upgrade the Surface Hub 2 camera

Tom Warren
Jack Thompson still has a grudge

At age 70, the infamous attorney hasn’t changed his mind about violent video games

Luke Winkie
After Yang director Kogonada on crafting ‘organic’ sci-fi worlds and families of the future

There’s so much more to After Yang than meets the eye

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Craig of the Creek’s creators open up about building a show with DIY in its heart

Craig of the Creek is what happens when DIY and imagination collide

Charles Pulliam-Moore
How God of War’s impressive PC port came to life

Mouse and keyboard, meet boy and Kratos

Sam Byford
The Expanse season 6 makes me worry about the future of touchscreens

I hope the future can do better

Sean Hollister
Belle director Mamoru Hosoda on creating a metaverse fairy tale

The mind behind Summer Wars and Mirai discusses his latest anime feature

Andrew Webster
How Amazon runs Alexa, with Dave Limp

The senior vice president of devices and services gets into the weeds

Nilay Patel
John Carreyrou’s final chapter on Theranos

Covering the blood testing startup in print and audio

Nilay Patel
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Andrew Webster
Visions is the most exciting Star Wars has been in a long time

Producers at Lucasfilm explain how the anime anthology came about

Andrew Webster
How Fuck You Pay Me is empowering creators

Information is power

Nilay Patel
WhatsApp CEO Will Cathcart on a rocky year for the app

A candid Q&A on encryption, privacy, and ProPublica

Casey Newton
How Slack changed Apple’s employee culture, with Zoë Schiffer

Remote work has made organizing easier

Nilay Patel
Loot is a viral social network that looks like nothing you’ve ever seen

Vine creator Dom Hofmann’s new project, explained

Casey Newton
Why the global chip shortage is making it so hard to buy a PS5

Harvard professor Willy Shih explains the existential problem affecting cars, phones, computers, and more

Nilay Patel