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Will “American” Ever Be a Fully Distinct Language of Its Own? — More than a decade ago, while on research fellowship at the British Library, I used to while away off-hours at the various pubs in King’s Cross, including a slightly dissolute bar on Cromer Street …
I love the Sony LinkBuds Clip — and they're on sale — If you've been looking for excellent open earbuds, look no further.
PC Gamer — PC Gamer is your source for exclusive reviews, demos, updates and news on all your favorite PC gaming franchises.
GM Binder — Make beautiful homebrew.
I’ll Take the Fire — One night in November 2021, I lost my sense of taste and smell. There was a woman sleeping in my bed. I licked her shoulder, buried my nose in her neck. I moved my face down between her legs. I cou…
Misfits Attic Announces Duskers 2.0 Funded By Stray Signal — Duskers 2.0 Teaser Trailer Released Into The PC Gaming Show
How Do We Know What We Want: Milan Kundera on the Central Ambivalences of Life and Love — “We can never know what to want, because, living only one life, we can neither compare it with our previous lives nor perfect it in our lives to come… We live everything as it comes, wi…
This eReader does 3 things no Kindle will ever do — It's not the best eReader, but it's a fun one
Game Industry News, Deep Dives, and Interviews | Game Developer — The game industry resource for breaking news and in-depth analysis of the latest game industry tech and trends.
GDC Vault — Talks from game developers.
GitHub - alternbits/awesome-cuda-books: A curated list of best cuda programming books — A curated list of best cuda programming books. Contribute to alternbits/awesome-cuda-books development by creating an account on GitHub.
Wordle: Savannah Guthrie to host TV adaptation of New York Times puzzle — The online word game from the New York Times will hit the small screen in the UK and US from next year.
BASTIONLAND — Inventive tabletop design.
Godox C100 Review: A Troubled Viewpoint — The Godox C100 will enthral you with its novel viewfinder. The camera may not keep you under its spell for long, though.
🐀 ESCAPE THE RAT RACE — A FAANG life sim. One tap = one quarter of your life. Layoffs, lifestyle creep, an AI named Kevin, and Milton the desk rat.
I’m Making Strandfall, a Solarpunk Orienteering Larp — Blending the real and digital worlds, once more.
I Bought a “Junk” PSP From Japan: Here’s How It Went — While I spend most of my time reviewing modern ‘retro’ handhelds (devices built to emulate everything under the sun) I’ve found myself wanting to go back to the roots of everything. The first‑party machines that actually star
Read the Tape — the daily chart game — Five real hidden charts a day, same for everyone. Call each one, stake your share of the bonus pool, post your daily P&L.
Here are the winners of the 2026 Women’s Prizes in Fiction and Nonfiction. — Today, the UK’s Women’s Prize Trust announced the winner of the 2026 Women’s Prize for Fiction, which “champions excellence, originality, and accessibility in women’s writing,” and is awarded to th…
Steam Machine: Between 12k and 15k Sold per week — Steam Machine: Between 12k and 15k Sold per week
ResetEra — ResetEra is the internet's premier video gaming forum destination. A savory assortment of enthusiasts, journalists, & developers. Home to breaking news and discussion about Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, Apple, PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, Google Stadia, Steam, Android,
C64 BASIC Dungeon Crawler: Goblin Attack! (C64 BASIC Part 8) — Redefinable keys, goblins that chase you, d20 combat, and the memory bug that had the game silently overwriting itself.
Top physical games — Find physical games like Ultimate One-Page Solo RPG Toolkit: SCI-FI EDITION, Lancer Core Book: First Edition PDF, The Librarian's Apprentice, Sghorbi PLUS, Koriko: A Magical Year on itch.io, the indie game hosting marketplace
On Redeeming Freud — The inspiration to write a novel or story usually comes to me as a vague inkling that some image, situation, or statement (often a paradox) might open a doorway to a world rich in emotional and phi…
Dungeon Proof Crawler — A browser roguelike where every monster is an Algae proof. Recover Miriam's ring before sunrise.
Sporting superstars pack the royal box at Wimbledon — A middle Saturday tradition continues as sporting stars from around the world are in attendance in the royal box on Centre Court, on day six of Wimbledon 2026.
Watabou's Procgen Arcana: Dungeon — Free procedural map generators for tabletop role-playing games and worldbuilding
Solo Dev's Train Sim Created Is Being Called The Best Ever Made — Steam reviews are blowing up for gorgeous Japanese train driving simulator Running Train
Nagasaki mayor says ‘humanity and nuclear weapons cannot coexist’ — Nagasaki Mayor says ‘humanity and nuclear weapons can't coexist’ as Japan marks anniversary of the US atomic bombing.
Retronauts | America's favorite classic gaming podcast, probably — America
Break to Sing: Seven New Poetry Collections to Read in July — “Elegy, sing the bones to break / the cycle. The cycle: Sing to Break. Break to Sing.” –Philip B. Williams’ Lift Every Voice * This month, we see poets collaborating and conversing beyond words on …
Stacey Yu Recommends Books About Cats (and Their Owners) — Joy Williams wrote that one of eight essential attributes of the short story is “An animal within to give its blessing.” When I first came upon this wisdom, I was on the seventh draft of my debut n…
Levon Helm Studios Sues Levon’s Daughter, Amy Helm — The lawsuit claims the singer-songwriter engaged in self-dealing and cost the company at least $2 million in damages
5e Tools — A toolkit for D&D players.
AI-Generated Images Discourage Me From Reading Your Blog — If you’re willing to use AI-generated images, how do I know the text isn’t AI-generated?
Who Were the Mayflower Puritans? (And Did You Know They Came From a Town Called “Scrooby”?) — The Mayflower Pilgrims believed that they were freedom seekers, escaping centuries of bondage. William Bradford, a Mayflower passenger who served as Plymouth’s longtime governor, began h
The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction — Here are this week’s Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers for nonfiction, based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide, generously provided by the American Booksellers Associatio…
What I've Learned (So Far) Building Online Mini Games with Elixir and Swift — What I've Learned (So Far) Building Online Mini Games with Elixir and Swift -- My most recent side project is a little social arcade called Migo Games. You can check it out on the App Store for Mac and
Hacker Public Radio (HPR) ~ The Technology Community Podcast — Hacker Public Radio is a podcast that releases shows every weekday Monday through Friday. Our shows are produced by the community (you) and can be on any topic that is of interest to hackers and hobbyists.
OpenFOV — Webcam head tracking for iRacing — OpenFOV uses your webcam to control iRacing's in-game FOV. Unlocks VR-style functionality for your monitor!
GitHub - 2b2tplace/1m_release: The Largest World Download Project in 2b2t, and in Minecraft altogether. Full info + Renders + Timelapses (+ Torrent soon) — The Largest World Download Project in 2b2t, and in Minecraft altogether. Full info + Renders + Timelapses (+ Torrent soon) -
Julia Elliott has won the $150,000 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction for her collection Hellions. — Today, at a ceremony in Toronto, the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction, which awards $150,000 annually to women and non-binary writers with books published in Canada and the US, announ
ProtonDB — Run Windows games on Linux.
Valve raises Steam Deck prices by more than $200 — A big Steam Deck price hike.
Polyvagal Theory and the Neurobiology of Connection: The Science of Rupture, Repair, and Reciprocity — “The mind narrates what the nervous system knows. Story follows state.”
Hardcore Gaming 101 – Promoting the culture of video games — Obscure games, documented.
* Confessions of a Long-Distance Sailor — Confessions of a Long-Distance Sailor. Download page for book.
There’s a New Coalition in the Democratic Party—and the Price of Membership is Criticizing Israel — A little over a week ago, Brad Lander—fresh off his recent ousting of incumbent Dan Goldman as the Democratic Party candidate for New York’s 10th congressional district—endorsed…
My Steam Machine is a 50ft HDMI Cable — It turns out that a _very_ long HDMI cable, a Steam Controller 2 and Bazzite on a second drive was all I needed to get a comfortable couch gaming experience.
Stop Killing Games: The fight over who owns the games you buy — Stop Killing Games is challenging the idea publishers can shut down a game without making sure it's still playable.
US Loses 23,000 Jobs in July, Unemployment Rate Falls — US employers unexpectedly cut jobs in July and hiring over the previous two months was revised lower. 23,000 jobs were lost, the estimate was for a gain of 80,000 jobs. The unemployment rate fell to 4.1% from 4.2%.…
The One Hundred Milliseconds Between the World and You: Oliver Sacks on Perception — “If the doors of perception were cleansed,” William Blake wrote, “everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.” But we are finite creatures, in time and in space, and …
Tetracube's stuff — D&D character and monster makers.
Trump Says Asked Pentagon to Cut Military Drills With S. Korea — “I have instructed Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to substantially reduce the Joint Military Exercises,” with South Korea, President Donald Trump says in a post on Truth Social.
Free Kindle books alert: Load your Kindle with 100+ free sci-fi and fantasy books this weekend — Fantasy and Sci-Fi Worlds is running through Aug. 16.
Maximum Fun | A worker-owned network of artist-owned shows supported – directly – by you! — Maximum Fun is your home on the internet for things that are awesome, with a network of podcasts to entertain and inform you.
Best Magic The Gathering deal: Secrets of Strixhaven Play Booster Box hits record-low price — That brings down each pack to around $4.66.
Sad Love Stories Are the Best Stories: A Reading List in Praise of Messy Love — Despite the prevalence of happy romantic heroes, I’m most intrigued by the ambiguous love story. My favorite titles reveal that the land of love can be treacherous terrain—migration, murder, parent…
How to Date a Fanatic — Before the first Molotov cocktail reached us, before the crowd with knives and machetes and wooden clubs arrived, it was a large rock that invaded our lunch table. It went past my left ear and boun…