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July 15, 2015 ANIMAL

Game Plan asks game developers to share a bit about their process and some working images from the creation of a recent game. This week, we spoke with Tobi Harper and David Wright, the two-man team behind the upcoming dungeon crawler Eitr. In the past few years, boutique game publisher Devolver Digital has established a […]

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Aymann Ismail

Long before the Sugar Sweet Sunshine bakery opened on Rivington Street and rents in the area soared through the roof, legendary street photographer Clayton Patterson has been shooting the Lower East Side. Throughout the ’80s and ’90s, the neighborhood was notorious as a magnet for crime, drugs, and prostitution and the lensman was there, preserving […]

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Mike Immerman

Garrett, Tribeca. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]

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July 14, 2015 Aymann Ismail

The “Head of Goliath” by Nicolas Holiber in Tribeca Park. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]

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Liam Mathews

When I get ahold of Alec Reinstein late on Monday night he sounds tired. It’s been a big couple of days for him. Reinstein, better known as Despot, the rapper from Queens who signed to El-P’s Def Jux label in 2004 and has yet to release an album due to his crippling perfectionism, put out […]

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ANIMAL

Long before advanced polymers were used to build surfboards, ancient surfers shredded waves atop big planks. It was a spiritual practice that was handed down from generation to generation. In the modern world, a lot of that culture has been lost, but Jon Wegener is looking to bring the sport back to its roots. The […]

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Bucky Turco

To promote its new TV series Mr. Robot, USA Network rolled out a stealth marketing campaign that was crafted to look like real street art. The stenciled ads depict the show’s hoodie-wearing protagonist, a drug-using hacker played by Rami Malek, in various poses and were strategically painted around Manhattan next to or on top of […]

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Mike Immerman

Bessie, Soho. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]

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July 13, 2015 Aymann Ismail

A vandal possibly influenced by the Buddha muses on the impermanence of life, street art in Soho. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]

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Aymann Ismail

For “Listen In,” we ask musicians to curate a mixtape-length playlist of songs they’re currently digging. Click the big play button above to hear the whole playlist or scroll down to see and hear individual tracks. Orenda Fink has been part of Omaha’s tight-knit Saddle Creek Records community for years. Both solo and with groups […]

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