Month: May 2020

Now here’s an example of developers who aren’t doing their jobs. Riot Games, the publisher behind the upcoming 5v5 shooter Valorant, apparently designed it so that beta user Kyle Evans died even though he totally ducked.

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A new documentary looks at allegations that the hip-hop mogul sexually assaulted several women, and places his case against the larger question of how black women are treated by the #MeToo movement.

Writing letters to strangers in almost all 50 states became an outlet to process anxieties about the pandemic. And a reminder of all the ways we are connected.

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Monáe wants to represent the underdog — in music and onscreen. John Powers reviews a recently restored release of Toyko Godfathers. Dan Harris credits meditation with helping him work through anxiety.

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Christina Koch is a space pioneer — she holds the record for the longest time a woman has been in orbit. We quizzed her on another kind of space.

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NPR”s Scott Simon speaks to actors Sharon Horgan and Kristin Scott Thomas about the new movie, which follows a group of women who form a choir to cope with their husbands’ deployments to Afghanistan.