video games Hilarious 1982 CBS report on Boston's zoning fight over video games Andrea James

child abuse "God, The Rod, and Your Child's Bod" is somehow worse than it sounds Thom Dunn

psychology I had no choice but to share this article about a new book that says free will is an illusion Mark Frauenfelder

music Enjoy this terrific cover of Suzanne Vega's "Tom's Diner" Jennifer Sandlin

china Chinese coast guard chasing Filipino boats from their fishing waters Ruben Bolling

retrocomputing Linux on a Commodore 64 Rob Beschizza

batteries Honda's Motocompacto is an electric briefcase-sized scooter Rob Beschizza

deaths Adobe co-founder John Warnock dead at 82 Rob Beschizza

public domain Listen to this creepy "Laughing Song" from 1904 Jennifer Sandlin

Musician reimagines Michael Jackson's "Beat It" with a Chinese zither Mark Frauenfelder

storms Watch telephone poles fall into the street while cars drive in Baltimore storm (video) Carla Sinclair

retro If you have a Mac, use this retro Terminal to play games like it's 1982 Mark Frauenfelder

crime Prime suspect in 1982 Tylenol murders dead at 76 Rob Beschizza

gadgets PicoZX: a portable ZX Spectrum even less pleasant to type on than the original Rob Beschizza

Weird In 1982, Double Decker Bus racing was a thing Popkin

kfc Taco Bell X Crocs slides are still available Jennifer Sandlin

Internet Do you know who made the "most mysterious song on the internet?" Rob Beschizza

documentary Back to the '80s: WHAM!'s meteoric rise revisited in new Netflix documentary Mark Frauenfelder

Games Martin Amis's greatest book is out of print Rob Beschizza

lego Check out the new Lego Pac-Man arcade set Jennifer Sandlin