covers Listen to a cover of WHAM's "Last Christmas" by a Japanese noise rock band Thom Dunn

Weird In 1971 two campers recorded what a Navy linguist calls a nonhuman language in the Sierra Nevadas Ellsworth Toohey

Design awards charmed by Kodak's $35 Charmera Rob Beschizza

law 22 Buddhist monks arrested in drug bust at Sri Lanka's main airport Rob Beschizza

nyc Toho's Oscar-winning Godzilla director returns to stomp New York Séamus Bellamy

Games Nintendo spent almost a decade fine-tuning fart noises for Tomodachi Life Grant St. Clair

Games Metal Gear Solid movie on the way Rob Beschizza

politics 8 million attend No Kings protests across U.S. Rob Beschizza

design Japanese desk designed for people who work with cats Ellsworth Toohey

Science What happens when you clone a mouse for 58 generations? Ellsworth Toohey

wikipedia Wikipedia turned into a card collecting gacha game Gail Sherman

books The Tokyo Vice author digs into cryptocurrency's darkest chapters Roger Park

books John Shirley's guide to wrecking your career in science fiction John Shirley

Games Under new ownership, Arcade1Up plans comeback Rob Beschizza

Games The next Yakuza game has a demo out now Grant St. Clair

Animevox: retro Anime sound effect generator Rob Beschizza

Games Silent Hill to become a yearly franchise Grant St. Clair

Culture In Japan, anything can be an anime girl — even your washing machine Ellsworth Toohey

News U.S. demands 5 years of social media data from all visa-free tourists Ellsworth Toohey

gadgets The Casio Sadokei is a watch you can wear in the sauna Rob Beschizza