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Mitch Swenson

Author & Game Designer
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selected work


  • Teaching a Medieval Russian Martial Art in a Flatiron Basement

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  • Journalists and the Ferguson Police

  • William Howard Livens Played with Fire

  • The Kurds Are Using Homemade Tanks to Fight ISIS

  • The World's Longest Minefield is Hidden in the Desert

  • Spies Manipulate Their Wikipedia Pages

  • In Ukraine, 'Nobody Forced Anyone to Vote' 

  • Captagonโ€”Syriaโ€™s New Drug 

  • The Siachen Glacier War, the Coldest War in History 

  • Gang of Finnish Ski Troops Repel Massive Soviet Army 

  • Drones Are Being Used to Sneak Contraband into Prisons 

  • Assad is Giving Missiles to Kurdish Separatists  

  • Anarchists Are Killing Neo-Nazis in Greece 

  • There Are Russian Mercenaries Fighting in Syria 

  • Holy Crap, These Commandos Are Terrifying 

  • Faces of the Free Syrian Army 

  • Get to Know Your War Smugglers! 

  • Is Al Qaedaโ€™s Leader Losing Control of His Army? 

  • Abu Ghraib Prison Break Empowered Jihadists in Syria 

  • Assadโ€™s Chemical Weapons Will Be Hard to Neutralize

  • Itโ€™s All About Brand Awareness in Al Qaedaโ€™s New Syria 

  • Sudanโ€™s Model Citizens

  • Firsthand Account of Hell in Cairo  

  • Hereโ€™s What the Metaverse Apocalypse Will Look Like

  • This Amphibious Vehicle Is Rescuing Survivors in Ukraine

  • Deep Sea Haptic Robot Helps Scientists Rescue Ancient Artifacts

  • Postcards from Ukraine 

  • Video Game Workshop for Girls in Palestine 

  • From Tent City to Slagtown