offworld Use emoji to make your own playful worlds Leigh Alexander

computers Chart helps you convert between BASIC dialects in 1984 Rob Beschizza

cryptocurrency Crypto bro Do Kwon dragged to US after $40 billion collapse and global manhunt Ellsworth Toohey

dreams Dream hackers explore the frontiers of consciousness Allan Rose Hill

rpgs Tabletop gamer's gift guide for 2024 Gareth Branwyn

Boing Boing Gadgets Your kids will love getting the Toybox 3D printer under the tree, now 25% ahead of Black Friday Boing Boing's Shop

History Tetris Forever is both a game and a documentary Gail Sherman

Entertainment Shigeru Miyamoto reflects on Donkey Kong's 40+ year history with a tour through Donkey Kong Country at Super Nintendo World Ellsworth Toohey

olympics Walmart self-checkout mistake destroys Olympic athlete's career Mark Frauenfelder

cyberpunk In 1985 the BBC inteviewed pseudo-CGI entity Max Headroom in real-time Rob Beschizza

music Actual human indicted for making millions off of AI music Thom Dunn

The Atari 7800+ is a trip down the retro rabbit hole Jason Weisberger

Race to Survive contestants Reality TV contestant kills and eats protected New Zealand bird — claiming he was "desperate and hungry" (video) Carla Sinclair

mental health Play Dungeons and Dragons for better mental health Gail Sherman

movies Recreation of the Apple IIc program from 1985 Bond flick A View to a Kill Rob Beschizza

Entertainment Atari's 2600+ gets retro gaming right Jason Weisberger

Games Explore your Townscaper towns in the first-person perspective (again) Rob Beschizza

science fiction "Big Germs" — short fiction by Rudy Rucker Boing Boing

gadgets Apple shows off M4 chip and new iPads Rob Beschizza

Space Upcoming Lego set contains the whole galaxy Gail Sherman