fun and games eBoy has released an expanded improved version of their fun FixPix smartphone game Mark Frauenfelder

makers A wonderful gallery of toy, prank, and novelty fun projects at Make: magazine Gareth Branwyn

corruption Qatar's World Cup stadium is being built by modern slaves Cory Doctorow

websites Go full 80s bedroom coder with a site full of virtual 8-bit computers Rob Beschizza

Games The video game cutting room floor Rob Beschizza

politics Dem thrashes GOP candidate in local election some media treated like a close thing Rob Beschizza

Games AliExpress's bizarre 1990s-style retro DOS computers reviewed Rob Beschizza

Boing Boing Gadgets This $35 automatic dog toy plays with your pup for hours! Boing Boing's Shop

rpgs EAT THE REICH is a new RPG where vampires get to suck Nazi blood Thom Dunn

climate change Smash Mouth wrote "All Star" to warn us about climate change & anti-intellectualism and we turned it into a meme Thom Dunn

Games Solid reviews for Starfield, Bethesda's open-world space game Rob Beschizza

Games The lost art of typing in computer games by hand Rob Beschizza

toys Lego to sell its braille bricks in stores Rob Beschizza

gadgets The Atari 2600+ looks the part, plays all the original carts, and hooks up to a modern TV Rob Beschizza

tabletop gaming What's new in tabletop gaming for August, 2023 Gareth Branwyn

video games A New Lego Harry Potter game is coming Grant St. Clair

video games New Red Dead Redemption logo spotted on Rockstar Games' website, stirring remake rumors Grant St. Clair

nostalgia The 1980s moral panic over video games Jason Weisberger

Games 8-bit style text game simulates trying to get a PhD Rob Beschizza

Games Myst for Atari 2600 Rob Beschizza