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June 2004

"What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you."
-- Jean Cocteau


Game Theories

June 2004

Game Theories

by Clive Thompson
Online fantasy games have booming economies and citizens who love their political systems. Are these virtual worlds the best place to study the real one?
Photographs by Gus Powell

More Stories in this issue

The Millefeuille Industrial Complex

Food and Drink

The Millefeuille Industrial Complex

A revolution in the art of confectionery is uniting chefs and architects in a search for the perfect piece of cake


Unrepentant

Film

Unrepentant

A profile of screenwriter Budd Schulberg (1914-2009), from the June 2004 issue of The Walrus


The Book of Bob

Memoir

The Book of Bob

It’s been said my grandfather helped build modern-day Korea. He left a subtler kind of legacy for me.


The Beauty in Beasts

Detail

The Beauty in Beasts

“IN Hungary, when I was a child, the women in almost every household embroidered. They embellished objects


A Dandy for Our Times

Art

A Dandy for Our Times

Jean Cocteau dined, fought, or collaborated with anyone who was anyone in avant-garde Paris. But his own art was ignored, dismissed as the work of a frivolous queen. A new retrospective hopes to change that


Censorship: The Next Generation

Field Notes

Censorship: The Next Generation

los angeles—The First Amendment of the United States Constitution – the one prohibiting the government from


The Ultimate High Ground

The Ultimate High Ground

The U.S. is weaponizing space. Canada is firmly opposed ... but not necessarily


Stopping the Presses

Field Notes

Stopping the Presses

harare—It is disconcerting to visit a newspaper with no newsroom, but surreal experiences are not uncommon in


Gained in Translation

The Literary Life

Gained in Translation

MOST novelists who are fortunate enough to have had their novels translated into other languages are also


Houshang’s Promise

Houshang’s Promise

He was kidnapped and tortured, his multi-million-dollar business was destroyed, and his family threatened. Now, as a Canadian citizen, Houshang Bouzari is going after the government of Iran through the civil court system


Slippery Slopes

Sightings

Slippery Slopes

IT was a tough winter for farmers in Quebec’s Eastern Townships. Heavy snowfall combined with frigid


June 2004

Letters

June 2004

Continental Divide Regarding Michael Adams’s “


Lab Dogs

Field Notes

Lab Dogs

winnipeg—With his broad shoulders, thick blond hair, and jaunty amble, Molson Webb looks as if he must have


Non-Profit Mercenaries

Field Notes

Non-Profit Mercenaries

london—I knew right away he was the man I had arranged to meet. It was the way he stood – ramrod straight –


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