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February 8, 2026
TR-49 is a Database Thriller with Creeping Dread (Gamers with Glasses)
April 4, 2025
To All the Robots I’ve Loved Before (Gamers with Glasses)
March 26, 2025
Carmen Sandiego Makes the World Too Small (Gamers with Glasses)
February 3, 2025
"Capitalists Aren't Welcome at Castle Marx" (Gamers with Glasses)
January 2025
Refreshment and Refuge in 2024 (Gamers with Glasses)
February 20, 2024
The 10 most dangerous things inside every home may surprise you (Consumer Affairs)
February 7, 2024
Mammoth Barbacoa, Anyone? Here's How We'd Cook 11 Prehistoric Creatures (And a Few Plants) We asked science-loving chefs Sohla El-Waylly, Nik Sharma, and Josh Scherer how to prepare a paleontological feast for the (geologic) ages. (Popular Mechanics)
May 19, 2023
Boosting Farmworker Wages to Cut the Food Line (Food Bank News)
November 8, 2022
An Hour Making Games in the Belly of Demonicon (Unwinnable)
October 27, 2022
Papers, Apples, Microphones, Chairs: Immortality’s Spatial Miscellany (Unwinnable)
October 22, 2022
Mind the Gap (Unwinnable)
October 21, 2022
With Enough Narrative Room, You Become the Monster (Unwinnable)
October 5, 2022
Asbestos, Art and Analogy in “The Long Way Home” (Notes from Three Pines)
September 28, 2022
There Swings a Skull Completes the Bigger Picture with Grim Tidings (Unwinnable)
September 21, 2022
Paradise Killer is On a Heavenly Trip (Unwinnable)
September 8, 2022
Paradise Killer’s Biggest Secrets are Straight Up (Unwinnable)
August 26, 2022
Paradise Killer’s 8,227 Years of Solitude (Unwinnable)
August 18, 2022
Roam Paradise Killer If You Want To (Unwinnable)
August 11, 2022
Reaching for Truth in Paradise Killer (Unwinnable)
July 2021
Rogue Legacy 2 and CBT Have More in Common Than You’d Think (Uppercut)
January 2021
The Quiet Counterblast of 12 Labors (Uppercut)
December 17, 2020
Who Firewatches the Firewatchers? (Unwinnable)
October 31, 2020
Want to Make Better Decisions? Start Playing More Chess Netflix's hit series The Queen's Gambit confirms it: A game as old as time can help you strategize for basically anything. (Popular Mechanics)
October 21, 2020
How Hanako Games Designs for Growth (GI.biz)
April 1, 2020
Tiny, Shapeshifting Robots Could Aid Nanoscale Manufacturing (Scientific American)
January 18, 2020
CRISPR may unlock targeted cannabis therapy Ever wondered why people react so differently to cannabis? Researchers may have found the controlling "switch," allowing for tailored medicinal cannabis treatments. (Freethink)
January 13, 2020
Unlocking the mysteries of muscles in motion Scientists in Japan have created an adhesive patch that can measure muscle activity in unexplored areas, such as the palm. (Freethink)
January 5, 2020
Does playing sports quiet the brain? Northwestern University's Auditory Neuroscience lab is measuring how people react to noise, and athletes prove to have an edge. (Freethink)
January 2, 2020
The Cooking Show at the End of the Road (Eater)
May 28, 2019
Approaching Infinity We live in a golden age of computing power. But the idea of infinity remains as confusing and terrifying as ever. (Tiny Cartridge)
August 29, 2018
Helpful Moms and Rakuen If it's so dangerous to go alone, why doesn't anyone take their mom? (Unwinnable)
July 7, 2017
What Are We Looking For In Amelia Earhart? Behind the myth making and heroine worship. (The Awl)
These pieces serve a function, I'm proud of them, but they're not journalism or criticism or anything.
September 9, 2022
Best online coding courses 2022: Learn to code at home and kickstart a new career We round up the best online coding courses to kickstart home learning for adults, with a chance of a deal this Black Friday. (Live Science)
April 8, 2022
Coding vs programming: What is the difference? We break down coding vs programming by explaining what these terms mean and their key differences. (Live Science)