Games MAME, the multiple arcade machine emulator, is 25 years old Rob Beschizza

design Fancy arcade game simulator cabinet inspired by Pong's design David Pescovitz

happy mutants Adafruit's Tempest in a Teacup: the world's smallest MAME cabinet Cory Doctorow

Games MAME is now free as well as free of charge Rob Beschizza

books Tears of the Trufflepig is a head-shakingly brilliant novel about contraband animals, Mexico and a labyrinthine conspiracy Elías Villoro

subreddits r/OutOfTheLoop brings the uninitiated up to speed Andrew Yi

Food The weird and wonderful Kit Kat flavors you never knew existed Grant St. Clair

Games Mortal Kombat+ fixes bugs in original arcade trilogy and adds new features Rob Beschizza

art Celebrating the 35th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation with mixed-media meme art Gareth Branwyn

twin peaks Wikipedia has mounds and mounds of breast-shaped hills Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids World War III has broken out (in case you missed it) in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

war UN wants to ban killer robots but US won't comply Thom Dunn

Reviews Review: Pantera PicoPC Rob Beschizza

police brutality ACAB: All Cops Are Batman Thom Dunn

scams How the infamous India gem scam works Mark Frauenfelder

television Puppeteer Caroll Spinney (Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch), RIP David Pescovitz

Business Adblocking: How about nah? Cory Doctorow

Games Pole Position remade in 3D with original game logic Rob Beschizza

History ROM image of ultra-rare Atari arcade game dumped and released for MAME Rob Beschizza