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The Ultimate Stardew Valley Creator Interview About Pacific Northwest Interests

Video game designer Eric Barone on salmonberries, mushroom foraging, and layered portrayals of homelessness.

Vivian McCallJune 20, 2023 11:30 amApril 23, 2024 5:24 pm

[The following Q&A was originally published by our sister publication, The Stranger, but as it seems to give definitive proof that Stardew Valley is set in the Pacific Northwest we felt it was relevant to Portland interests.—eds.] Stardew Valley is the ultimate farming sim fantasy video game. If you’re unfamiliar, it’s like the original Harvest Moon […]

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I Wish I Was Making It Up That Democrats Thought About Putting Joe Biden in Fortnite

Matt BaumeMay 12, 2020 11:30 amJuly 12, 2022 3:37 pm

Imagine this, but in a video game where literally every single person has a gun. Scott Olson / Staff In the 1991 film Highlander II: The Quickening, one of the worst and best sci-fi films ever made, the villain Katana wanders into a dystopian board meeting, demonstrates his immortality by surviving a gun battle, kills […]

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Animal Crossing Gets Real

Chase BurnsApril 13, 2020 3:21 pmJuly 12, 2022 3:37 pm

The Monterey Bay Aquarium’s social media team has been teaching marine biology by playing Animal Crossing on their Twitch channel. Nintendo The Los Angeles Times published a great feature over the weekend about how Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Nintendo’s wildly popular (and cute) social simulation game, has “become the sort of dominating cultural touchstone usually […]

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Gifts for the Geek: Where to Shop for Comics, Games, and More

Erik HenriksenNovember 21, 2019 9:58 amAugust 22, 2022 7:41 pm

Books with Pictures Kathleen Marie / Mercury Staff Portland has so many shops catering to the geeky among us that it feels like you can’t throw a D20 without hitting somewhere that sells comics, video games, or board games. (Do I recommend going outside and throwing a D20 in random directions just to see what […]

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Why You Should Care About What’s Happening at Deadspin

Robert HamOctober 31, 2019 12:45 pmJuly 12, 2022 3:38 pm

The front page of Deadspin on Oct 29 It’s hard out here for a publication. If you don’t believe me, just ask anyone that works in the media. Many of them will tell you that, if they’re not having their profession denigrated by folks in the highest echelons of power, they’re watching helplessly as the […]

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Now Hiring: The Mercury is Looking for a Social Media Engagement Manager!

Wm. Steven HumphreyMay 8, 2019 10:00 amJuly 12, 2022 3:39 pm

titiya / iStock/ Getty Images Plus Hey friends! Are you—or someone you know—looking for an awesome job with one of the most entertaining and fun companies in Portland? THEN TAKE A LOOK AT THIS! We’re hiring a new social media engagement manager for the Portland Mercury, and if you’re the type of person who is […]

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Technics Unveils Two New Turntables, Including One Designed for DJs

Ned LannamannJanuary 7, 2019 11:58 amJuly 12, 2022 3:39 pm

The SL-1200MK7. Technics This morning during a keynote conference at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Japanese electronics company Technics announced two new model of turntables: the SL-1200MK7, the first new DJ-oriented turntable the company’s made in nine years, and the SL-1500C, which comes with a built-in phono preamp and seems geared towards vinyl […]

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New Year’s Resolution: Stop Sharing Your Location Data with Everyone All the Time

Eli SandersDecember 10, 2018 2:02 pmJuly 12, 2022 3:40 pm

If you don’t want Peter Thiel collecting information on every move you make, start here.

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Big Tech Embraces Big Censorship

Katie HerzogDecember 7, 2018 10:31 amJuly 12, 2022 3:40 pm

The open internet is rapidly closing.

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Automated Robot Overlord Cannabis Trimming Machines Are Here. Bow Down.

Josh JardineNovember 23, 2018 12:14 pmJuly 12, 2022 9:49 pm

NASTASIC / GETTY IMAGES Last week I attended the annual Marijuana Business Conference in Las Vegas, which doesn’t just mean I got high on the Strip with some other people in the cannabis industry. I mean, yes, that happened, of course that happened, but lots of other interesting stuff happened too, which will be the […]

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Uncharted Realities: Portland’s First Virtual Reality Playground is Open for Business

Chipp TerwilligerNovember 8, 2018 2:20 pmJuly 12, 2022 9:48 pm

Downtown Portland has a brand new arcade—but this time instead of pumping quarters into classic cabinets and tables from the ‘80s and ‘90s, you’ll be strapping on Oculus and HTC headsets, picking up state of the art motion motion controllers, and venturing into the rapidly-expanding world of virtual reality. Co-founded by former US Army soldier […]

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Why Did People Have to Get Killed Before GoDaddy Severed Ties With Gab?

Eli SandersOctober 30, 2018 11:21 amJuly 12, 2022 9:48 pm

As with the killing of Heather Heyer, the domain and hosting service only acted after murder.

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