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Earlier this month Watts Martin published the first issue for his online magazine Claw & Quill, consisting of an introductory piece and 3 articles.

Here is a taster of "Is Furry Fiction Science Fiction?" by Kyell Gold.

If your story’s central idea is “how would the world change if everyone became an animal-person,” then that falls into the realm of science fiction (or, some might argue, fantasy, or slipstream; at the very least, it’s speculative fiction). If your story is about a new world in which everyone is an animal-person, then you are pretty okay with fantasy (my own Argaea series is sort of thinly fantasy, because there is no spellcasting nor anything else fantastical—except the characters). If your story is “how hard is it to be gay when society wants you to be straight, and also you’re a fox,” well. That’s not science fiction, and it’s not fantasy: it’s our real world with animal-people dropped in place of human people and the world changed to suit them. Scent markers become important and houses take on different shapes and sizes, for instance. But that’s not enough to make it a fantasy world.

To me C&Q set a new standard that other furry publications (including my own) should take inspiration from. My praise for Martin's site is not just centred around the quality of the content, but how it has been packaged up into a reader friendly format. The minimalist clean design emphasises the content and does away with distractions like sidebar clutter, social media responses and excessive links.

This is the first time I have seen a furry publication that would not look out of place with ones I have seen in the tech blog world. It is a sign of the fandom's ever growing maturity when it can produce the equivalent of Medium and The Magazine mixed with the blog aesthetics made famous by Apple blog Daring Fireball and its legion of imitators.

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A truly delightful corner of Second Life set inside a quaint bakery on top of a hill. Whilst primarily created as a hangout for fat furs, it is a friendly hangout for anyone wanting somewhere peaceful to chat and lounge around.

In their words

This is a little bakery for fat/chubby furries to hang out and grab a bite or twenty. We hope you enjoy your visit!

Features

• Lots of places to sit
• Games arcade machines

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Bobtail bakery
Front of the bakery
Back of the bakery
Ground floor


First floor Rating

You must be 18 or over to have a Second Life account.  Visitors are advised that strong language might be used and on occasions some furries may be nude. 

 

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Website advocating the lifestyle for being bare paw, in other words no shoes or socks.

In their words

Some furries are wearing clothes - from some basic covering sensitive zones or rain protection to full clothing covering all or most of their bodies, similar to what humans wear or different. Others consider them useless, or mostly so, as they are well enough protected by their fur. However, it is only a small minority among the furries who wear shoes - most furry characters that you can see in furry artwork, read about in stories or meet in MUCKs go barefoot (or bare-pawed, as a more appropriate term). Head, tail and four paws (handpaws/forepaws and footpaws/hindpaws) are the spots traditionally left exposed on most furries.

Rating

Suitable for all ages. This site has no offensive content.

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Canadian fursuit maker and artist with a full body of experience in her craft dating back to 2003.

n their words

Today, my passion for costumes and performing have never been stronger. My parents admire my work and have encouraged me every step of the way. I hope that I can continue creating costumes for myself and others for many more years to come.

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uitable for all ages. This site has no offensive content.

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The fandom’s longest running furry news website. Established 2001, Flayrah has fed the fandom with news on anthropomorphic media, reviews, happenings within the fandom itself and even investigative journalism.

In their words

Flayrah is an news magazine for furry fandom, written by the community since 2001. We seek to mix the focused variety of Slashdot, the in-depth analysis of Ars Technica, and the vibrancy of alt.fan.furry in its prime.

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This site focuses on content suitable for all ages, though sometimes it will write about mature subjects.

Additional linksFacebook PageTwitterTumblrLiveJournalDreamWidth blogVK Russian social networkKindleWikifur entry

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Tumblr blog celebrating the many delightful fursuits created by the fandom. Excellent tastes in the fursuit photos they curate, they aren’t solely focus on quality but also feature those with character. Run by Steampup, Zigfx, LobitaWorks, and Sinibuns, they also answer questions and provide advice regarding construction, where to source material, how to maintain and how to perform in one.

In their words

Created in February of 2011, F*** Yeah Fursuiting is merely an art blog focused on the costuming side of the Furry Fandom.

Rating

Suitable for all ages. This site has no offensive content. Apart from the title.

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The amusing adventures of a NerdCat and his cute associates. Plenty of video game cosplay and references to be had.

In their wordsFollow the adventures of NerdCat and friends as they try to capture a wishing star so they can make their wish~Rating

Suitable for all ages. This site has no offensive content (apart from the title).

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Among the many outlandish minimum requirements Call of Duty Ghosts had when it first released, one of them was that it required (read: would not run without), 6GB of RAM. Just today some of the team lowered the minimum threshold to just 4GB, even though it's been tested and shown before that at most it only ever requires 2GB of RAM.

In addition to this there is a few other bits and pieces listed in the full patch notes, such as support for 4K resolutions; I wouldn't advise it since the game looks bad enough as is.

I really still don't understand why Infinity Ward and Activision are so adamant about raising the requirements for COD to far beyond what is necessary, other than the idea that they don't care about the PC market.

If you have any ideas, I'd love to hear them, and if you've been playing the game on PC, how's it been?

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Beginning as a free version of the first Half Life game with update visuals, the small team working on it has come quite a long way in terms of gaining popularity with it's initial release. Just recently they were allowed access to the full source engine along with best wishes from Valve, and they've decided to release a new, paid-for version to the steam store soon enough with said updated version coming free "sometime in the future".

With the news of paying to play the game, the team had this to say:

"Our decision to sell Black Mesa rests on two key points," writes the team. "One is we believe we can make the game even better by having full access to the Source engine. This lets us tackle and fix limitations instead of working around them. The second is because frankly, our team could really use the financial help."

In addition they the paid version would go for "a relatively low price".

 

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One of the most talked-about furry phenomena from a decade ago was a silly little series of animated shorts called Happy Tree Friends. Here’s how the distributors describe it: “Happy Tree Friends is the cult cartoon sensation  with over 1 billion views. The cartoon is drawn in simple appearance and combines cute forest animals with extreme graphic violence. Each episode revolves around the characters enduring accidental events of bloodshed, pain, dismemberment and/or death.” Got that? Well now Flatiron Entertainment have released Happy Tree Friends: Complete Disaster, a 4-DVD box set which includes 13 half-hour TV episodes and 75 short cartoons. Amazon has it for sale, of course. Ouch!

Image c. 2013 Flatiron Entertainment

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Looking into getting a tail made before too soon, but I have no idea what a good place is to get one. Recommendations?

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I have an idea for a fursona, but it's a rough one and I don't have all of the details in mind. If anyone is looking to make some money, I'd like to hire someone to help me sort through the details and create some sort of drawing of the fursona. I'd like to only spend 35 dollars tops, but if that's not enough I'm willing to work out another price.

Thank you in advance to anyone willing to do this.

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The stream is here

Depending on the time I finish this digital version I might draw something else for someone.

Come enjoy great music (taking requests) and watch me draw!

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