On 27 August 1883, the Earth let out a noise louder than any it has made since.
nautil.usFor Monkey Island’s 30th anniversary, we went looking for the secret, and found more than we knew possible.
gamehistory.orgIn addition to being false, a growing body of research in psychology and neuroscience suggests that believing in meritocracy makes people more selfish, less self-critical and even more prone to acting in discriminatory ways. Meritocracy is not only wrong; it’s bad.
aeon.coBefore YouTube and internet video, before “broadband”, Flash games and animations were the biggest viral content.
molleindustria.orgHow strategy games have held on to one of colonialism’s most toxic narratives, and how they might finally be letting it go.
vice.comSimCity wasn’t meant to be taken seriously.
obscuritory.comThe question surprised me at first because I had taken it for granted that Egyptian sculptures were damaged.
hyperallergic.comThirty years after “Ice Ice Baby,” Robert Van Winkle is ready to talk about it all—his rise, his fall, and that infamous night on the balcony. And it may just change how you feel about him.
theringer.comA musical advent calendar, of sort
24songs.dsgn.itFrom Bugs Bunny to Spike Spiegel to Miles Morales, retracing 128 years of an art form that continues to draw us all in.
vulture.com