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Here's why despite Netanyahu's pleas Iranians aren't rising up | Opinion

Here's why despite Netanyahu's pleas Iranians aren't rising up | Opinion

Alongside the Ongoing Israeli Strikes in Iran, Aside From State-orchestrated anti-Israel Rallies, No Popular …

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Video Games Are a New Propaganda Machine for Iran

Video Games Are a New Propaganda Machine for Iran

Some indie developers did manage to keep working despite the restrictions, although some had to base themselv…

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Jubensha: the mix of Cluedo, Werewolf and LARP that became a Chinese phenomenon

Jubensha: the mix of Cluedo, Werewolf and LARP that became a Chinese phenomenon

Live-action roleplaying games - or LARP - have been a huge cultural influence in Nordic countries such as Nor…

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Exploring Sword World, Japan's answer to Dungeons & Dragons from the studio behind the Elden Ring...

Exploring Sword World, Japan's answer to Dungeons & Dragons from the studio behind the Elden Ring...

In July 2022, an Elden Ring tabletop RPG was announced by Kadokawa, a strangely massive publishing company th…

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As Iranian youths protest, cafes filled with board games and D&D provide community

As Iranian youths protest, cafes filled with board games and D&D provide community

As Iranian youths fill the streets in protest, board game cafes have become a place to find community - and a…

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بررسی بازی Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny - بازی سنتر

بررسی بازی Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny - بازی سنتر

توصیف بازی Disgaea 6 و به‌طور کلی سری Disgaea کار دشواری است. گویی کسی بخواهد مجموعه کتاب "راهنمای کهکشان برا…

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Iran’s illiberal crusade unifies the left, the right, and the apolitical

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By Kamiab Ghorbanpour
| Oxford Political Review
As protests swarmed across Iran beginning in late 2025, the Iranian state cut off people’s access to phone lines and the internet while broadcasting Tucker Carlson on loop on its main TV network. Then Nick Fuentes. Then Hasan Piker. And then John Mearsheimer. The convenience was obvious: the American pundits echoed what Ali Khamenei, a former supreme leader of Iran, had long propagated – that ‘deviant Western liberalism’ corrupts society.
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The Blogs: Hitler in Iran

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By Kamiab Ghorbanpour
| The Times of Israel Verified
“The lowest kind of people are those who cooperate with a foreigner like me to conquer their homeland. One’s homeland is like one’s mother. Whoever is happy to see their country invaded is like someone who is happy to see their mother raped.” —Adolf Hitler Recently, a couple of propaganda posters used in Iran have gone viral.
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El curioso nuevo mundo de los videojuegos FMV chinos

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By Kamiab Ghorbanpour
| Eurogamer Spain Verified
En enero de 2029 The Invisible Guardian (o 隐形守护者 en chino), un juego basado en vídeo (FMV) con una historia profunda, se publicó en Steam en China, Hong Kong y Taiwan, así como en la plataforma WeGame.
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