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Paizo has released a statement following the delayed announcement of Wizards of the Coast’s Open Gaming License 2.0. Read more from io9:Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, what’s next for the DC Universe on film and TV, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who. Paizo has released a statement following the delayed announcement of Wizards of the Coast’s Open Gaming License 2.0. Read more from io9:Want more io9 news? Check out when to…

Image: Wizards of the CoastResponding quickly to widespread concern online, Wizards of the Coast has released a statement on DnDBeyond clarifying some misconceptions that have been spread around Dungeons & Dragons’ Open Gaming License (OGL). Currently there is no OGL released for the newest edition of D&D, which is currently in playtesting. After reports from a investor’s roundtable earlier in the year calledD&D “under-monetized,” according to Chase Carter of Dicebreaker, people got worried about what that…

The Lena test image. The original is a 512 by 512 pixel square. Photo: Dwight Hooker, 1972In her new book, How Sex Changed the Internet and the Internet Changed Sex: An Unexpected History, Samantha Cole traces the twisting history of the “Lena Centerfold,” an image from Playboy that became an international standard for training computers to recognize images. The image, taken in 1972, persisted for decades in computer science, even inspiring op-eds in 2015 from engineering students. The image and its ubiquity came to…

Photo: Maddie Meyer (Getty Images)A trio of the nation’s premier law schools are bucking a longstanding ranking trend and opting out of the U.S. New and World Report’s top colleges list. Dean’s from the schools expressed exhaustion with the list’s incentive structures and said the company’s ranking methodology is mostly to blame.On Tuesday, officials from Yale and Harvard laws schools, widely considered among the best in country, announced they would no longer be participating in the annual ranking with the dean from the…

Actor Chris Evans has been named People Magazine`s "sexiest man alive" for 2022. Last year, the title was given to his Marvel co-star Paul Rudd. "My mom will be so happy," Chris told People in an interview reacting to the news. "She`s proud of everything I do but this is something she can really brag about," he added. Evans, 41, is most popularly known across the world for his portrayal of Captain America in the Marvel movies. He was labeled America`s Ass in the Marvel movie Avengers: Endgame in 2019. He…

Last week Heavy Metal and Humble Bundle announced the launch of a new bundle spotlighting the 45-year history of Heavy Metal Magazine. The Bleeding Heart of Heavy Metal, Vol. 1 bundle includes 45 digital issues of the publisher’s flagship magazine from across its run, with a portion of proceeds from the bundles’ sales going to support the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. Here’s how Heavy Metal describes the bundle in the announcement PR: The Bleeding Heart bundle, running from now, October 20th at 11am PST until November…

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The Face, No 7, November 1980‘A turning point for Nick Logan’s six month-old style bible arrived with this issue’s eight-page feature flagged The Cult With No Name, in which Robert Elms surveyed the peacock art students, wannabe fashion designers, struggling musicians and dandy ne’er-do-wells emerging from London’s The Blitz nightspot to create New Romantic. Soon, many of those featured – including Boy George, Marilyn, Spandau Ballet, Sade and Steve Strange – became chart-topping…

Mad magazine, America’s journal of adolescent satire, turns 70 this year. The publication will come out of hiatus on Oct. 4 for an anniversary edition headlined by tributes from Jordan Peele and “Weird Al” Yankovic, as well as the “Usual Gang of Idiots” who still carry on the magazine’s many absurd traditions. Yankovic will salute Al Jaffee, 101, who contributed his signature Fold-In puzzle to Mad’s back page for all but one issue over a 50-year stretch (1964 to 2013). Mad’s anniversary volume will also include a…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Humor is used in English-language jihadi terrorist magazines to reinforce identity and help groups bond, research suggests. Published in Behavioral…