Reading List
The most recent articles from a list of feeds I subscribe to.
Monopoly's secret history canonized the wrong version of The Landlord's Game
Monopoly began as The Landlord’s Game, designed to critique wealth inequality. The version we play today delivers the wrong message.
Crimson Desert players are refunding because of its terrible controls
Just a day after launch, Crimson Desert players on PC say the counterintuitive control scheme in Pearl Abyss's latest game is driving them nuts
Crimson Desert GOTY chances at The 2026 Game Awards plummet after release
Reviews for Pearl Abyss' game are just too low, with a 78 rating on Metacritic. It might just get nominated like Black Myth: Wukong, however
Super Mario Bros. Wonder Talking Flower toy is a jump scare machine
I spent a week living with Nintendo's new Talking Flower toy. The plastic menace jump scared me the entire time.
Project Hail Mary writers reveal what they most hated to cut from the movie
The Martian author Andy Weir and Project Hail Mary screenwriter Drew Goddard on why a particularly exciting idea from the book had to be discarded.