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Why Gamers Are Escaping Into Horror Worlds

Surreal horror goes even further. It’s not just monsters or jump scares, it’s the creeping suspicion that a world feels familiar but wrong.

By rottie 17 Nov 2025

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Jean-Baptiste Kempf: The Engineer Who Made VLC the World’s Universal Media Player

He fought against licensing traps, software patents, and industry politics that could have forced VLC to limit codec support or remove functionality.

By rottie 15 Nov 2025

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Julian Assange and the War Over Information: The Internet’s Most Polarizing Publisher

A publisher facing retaliation for exposing truths that powerful institutions wanted buried. To critics, he’s a political actor masquerading as a journalist.

By rottie 15 Nov 2025

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AKA "anakata"

Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, better known as anakata, wasn’t the typical cybercriminal people imagined.

By rottie 6 Nov 2025

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The Man Who Turned Radiowaves into Downloads

By day, Modli was a commercial pilot for JAT Yugoslav Airlines. By night, he was a tech visionary using analog airwaves to shape the digital future.

By rottie 3 Nov 2025