video games The best pirate game in years is from the Yakuza series Grant St. Clair

video games A new Monkey Island game just launched – but not in the way you'd think Grant St. Clair

Space Space piracy conference to be held at US Naval Academy Allan Rose Hill

Nintendo Nintendo hits GitHub with 8,000 emulator takedown notices Rob Beschizza

video games Skull and Bones: Ubisoft's follow-up to its most acclaimed game is here, and it's not very good Grant St. Clair

Oakland US Coast Guard to battle pirates of the Oakland estuary Jason Weisberger

comedy Season 2 teaser-trailer drops for "Our Flag Means Death" Gareth Branwyn

music Artist Wayne White rocks out on the electric cigar box guitar in a fantastic hand-made costume Popkin

History What it was like to be a surgeon on a pirate's ship Rob Beschizza

Heavy Metal Scottish heavy pirate-metal band invites ASL interpreter on stage to sign a profanity-filled song Rusty Blazenhoff

economics David Graeber's posthumous new book explores how pirates created liberalism Thom Dunn

books "Under The Banner of King Death" puts pirates in their place — in the history of workers' rights Thom Dunn

pirates A deeper look at real-life pirates Blackbeard and Stede Bonnet Gareth Branwyn

History Who was the real Stede Bonnet, The Gentleman Pirate? Gareth Branwyn

comedy First peek at Taika Waititi's pirate comedy, "Our Flag Means Death" Gareth Branwyn

comedy Taika Waititi to create pirate comedy for HBO Max Gareth Branwyn

COVID-19 State governors are taking to smuggling PPE to get around the feds Thom Dunn

pirates Woman who divorced ghost warns against dabbling in spirituality Jason Weisberger

gender Disneyland announces a date for removal of sex-slave trafficking scene from the Pirates of the Caribbean ride Cory Doctorow

Copyfight A glimpse of the European Commission's plans for ham-fisted, indiscriminate mass online censorship Cory Doctorow