90 Seconds on The Verge: Syria's internet, BitTorrent, and Ray Harryhausen

Shall we play a game? Shall we sing a song? Shall we dance the endless dance of the graceful and the grand? Shall we wonder, dream, and shall we aspire? Yes! We shall do all this and more.

Stories of the day:

• Internet traffic from Syria vanishes in the midst of ongoing conflict
• BitTorrent goes legit with new ‘gated’ file format
• Stop-motion and visual effects pioneer Ray Harryhausen dies at the age of 92

Today's 90 Seconds on The Verge was written by Ross Miller (except for that awesome closer — that was all John). All production magic is credited to John Lagomarsino and Christian Mazza.