GIFs are the lingua franca of the Internet, short bursts of video that quickly convey a thought, emotion, or point. They're frivolous and fun, not at all the type of thing people give much thought to.

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is an entertainment editor covering streaming, virtual worlds, and every single Pokémon video game. Andrew ...

The emergence of the animated GIF over the last few years has made short visual loops a regular part of our media diet, but the phenomenon is not an entirely new one. As Chris Baraniuk points out in ...

is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade. Giphy is launching another GIF-creation tool today, and the big hook is that there’s nothing to ...

Some of my all-time favorite Workaholics episodes involve the guys interacting with high school kids (“What’s up with all these, books?”), but I’m also pretty well removed from my ...

Look, I’m not going to sit here with no pants on and pretend that last night’s mid-season premiere (?) of Workaholics was a great episode. It was not. When the payoff involves booger-eating and ...