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Netflix to launch an ‘Exploding Kittens’ mobile game tied to an new animated TV series

As part of its continued investment into expanding its mobile gaming business, Netflix today announced it will, for the first time, launch a mobile game alongside a TV series from the same franchise.

A Day After Launch, “Exploding Kittens” Tops The App Store

“Exploding Kittens,” the hugely successful Kickstarter-funded card game from ex-Microsofties Elan Lee and Shane Small along with The Oatmeal’s creator Matthew Inman, has now been

The Oatmeal’s Exploding Kittens Card Game Is Raising A Bomb On Kickstarter

Crowdfunding has been a massive boon to old school gaming. Who needs fancy 3D renders and immersive face computers when you have board games and shuffled slices of pulped tree, eh? To wit: The Oatmeal

The Oatmeal Addresses Net Neutrality As Only The Oatmeal Could

The Internet routes around damage, which is why I suspect this whole Net Neutrality mess will become moot once users realize that they can hobble Cox and Time Warner as easily as they hobble their use

The Oatmeal Launches Another Crowdfunding Campaign To Build The Tesla Museum, One Brick At A Time

The Oatmeal (aka Matthew Inman, aka "that artist who makes web comics that take over your Facebook feed every few weeks") is at it again.

The Oatmeal Thinks It’s Time To Put LolCats To Sleep [TCTV]

Matthew Inman is sick of memes about bacon and kitties. Better known as web comic artist The Oatmeal, Inman gave TechCrunch the lowdown on what's funny, what's not, and how he finds inspiration. In th

The Oatmeal Helps New Tesla Museum Raise One Million Smackers

<a target="_blank" href="http://theoatmeal.com/blog/tesla_museum_1m">The Oatmeal</a>, who really should freaking start making comics and stop helping museums in Long Island that no one thought about u

The Oatmeal Hits Its $850,000 Goal To Fund A Tesla Museum In Less Than A Week

About a week after posting a call for donations to fund a Tesla Museum <a target="_blank" href="http://www.indiegogo.com/teslamuseum?c=activity">on Long Island</a>, the goal has been surpassed by $20,

Internet Darling The Oatmeal Wants To Build A Tesla Museum And You Can Help

Matthew Inman of <a target="_blank" href="http://theoatmeal.com">The Oatmeal</a> (who could, arguably, make more comics instead of being the Internet's Sarah McLachlan for geek causes) has taken up th

How Google+ Punk’d The Oatmeal

Since <a target="_blank" href="http://theoatmeal.com/tag/tech">The Oatmeal draws comics</a> like 5 Ways To Fight A Crack Whore, the kids down in Mountain View figured they could play a joke on him.

The Oatmeal’s Legal Battle Ends (I Hope) With A Giant Bag of Money

Okay, there isn't much news here, but this is too fun not to post. If you're reading this, you probably don't need a lot of recapping of the legal dispute between cartoonist Matthew Inman, creator

Failed Anti-Oatmeal Lawyer Says “Mission Accomplished”

In what appears to be a final burst of notoriety-seeking and odd behavior, <a href="https://techcrunch.com/tag/bearsex/">Funnyjunk's crack lawyer, Charles Carreon</a>, told Ars that he had won because

FunnyJunk Attorney Charles Carreon Drops Lawsuit Against Oatmeal Creator

Charles Carreon, the attorney with the <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/07/01/funnyjunks-lawyer-charles-carreon-is-charging-the-oatmeal-with-impersonating-a-charity/">the infamous lawsuit against

Funnyjunk’s Lawyer, Charles Carreon, Is Charging The Oatmeal With “Impersonating A Charity”

In Part Umpteen of the endless struggle by Matthew Inman AKA The Oatmeal vs. weird lawyer Charles Carreon, we find our hero beset by the accusation that he is impersonating a charity for collecting a

The Oatmeal To Charles Carreon: “Come Back When You’ve Calmed Down”

The Oatmeal's Matthew Inman wrote an open letter to the lawyer who has been <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/06/17/can-i-sue-you-people-troll-lawyer-sues-the-charities-the-oatmeal-supports/">haras

Can I Sue You People? Troll Lawyer Sues The Charities The Oatmeal Supports

So here's a nice twist to the whole <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/06/15/cartoonists-lawyer-responds-to-funnyjunk-the-oatmeal-will-not-cave/">Oatmeal saga</a>: the FunnyJunk lawyer who has been

Cartoonist’s Lawyer Responds To FunnyJunk: The Oatmeal Will Not Cave

It's on now. Matthew Inman at the The Oatmeal has hired a crackerjack lawyer, Venkat Balasubramani, who sent a <a target="_blank" href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/96850920/FunnyJunk-The-Oatmeal-Respons

TheOatmeal Fights Back Against Troll Lawyer

<a target="_blank" href="http://theoatmeal.com/">TheOatmeal</a> is a great web comic featuring funny birthday cards, wacky bear sex, and other merriment. It's drawn by Matthew Inman and is great. Now,