Nearby, a former Korean Air vessel’s nose cone had been removed clean, as if seared off with a hot knife.
—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
12 June 2026
The conflict that ensues is startling in the intensity of its violence, as bodies brawl and break in the mud, flaming torches are taken to the face, and red-hot blades are seared into flesh.
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