2026-08-30
Frankenstein Author Mary Shelley on the Surest Remedy for a Sunken Spirit and What Makes Life Worth Living
"There is but one solution to the intricate riddle of life; to improve ourselves, and contribute to the happiness of others."
Ridley Scott's Near-Perfect Sci-Fi Masterpiece is Officially Streaming on YouTube for Free
One of the best films in Ridley Scott's filmography and a key entry into the sci-fi canon is now free to stream on YouTube.
Fat Tire Brakes Get Wireless Upgrade
At first glance, wireless brakes seem like a recipe for disaster. For something as critical as braking, many bicyclists might prefer a physical connection to their method of safely controlling...
Relive Nintendo's wild Donkey Kong court case from 1983
Universal once sued Nintendo over Donkey Kong. New documents related to that case show how the owners of King Kong failed to win against Nintendo.
How do I know whether my work is worth it?
I am working on a fairly large (or large-seeming to me) project in the AI space. I've been soft launching it for a little bit but I've been working on...
Baldur's Gate 3's Astarion Is Getting an Official Prequel Novel
The Baldur's Gate novel from New York Times bestseller T. Kingfisher is one of four upcoming Baldur's Gate 3 books.
Why "Self-Sufficiency" Is Costing You
The career advice most people follow hardest is the one holding them back. Stanford professor Jeffrey Pfeffer on what to unlearn.
PSA: Swap the radial ability menu in Star Wars Zero Company for more of a trad XCOM-style experience
It's the Runa-approved way to play.
Netflix's New 10-Part Mystery Thriller Is a Perfect Weekend Binge From Start to Finish
A 2025 Syfy show exploring a different type of zombie story is now available to stream on Netflix
You have to beat the models at something
In 2025, I wrote that software engineers ought to be assessed by “value over replacement”: not how much money they made for their company, but how much they would have...
Introducing Hy4 Preview
Introducing Hy4 Preview New open weight text input (no vision) LLM from Chinese company Tencent today: 770B total parameters, 49B active parameters, 1M token context window, 1.56TB on Hugging Face....
Barry Lopez on the Cure for Our Existential Loneliness and the Three Tenets of a Full Life
"Existential loneliness and a sense that one’s life is inconsequential, both of which are hallmarks of modern civilizations, seem to me to derive in part from our abandoning a belief...
Compact PCB Vise Uses Up That Leftover Filament
Needing less than 70 grams of filament, [Chefkoch]’s 3D printed PCB vise solder station might be a good way to use up some filament spool leftovers and get yourself a...
2026-08-29
A native port of Donkey Kong 64 is finally playable on PC thanks to a team of programmers who boast that 'no generative AI [was] used at any point in the process'
![A native port of Donkey Kong 64 is finally playable on PC thanks to a team of programmers who boast that 'no generative AI [was] used at any point in the process'](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rqzbeGDnnoysWTryLivGXh-1280-80.jpg)
The unofficial native port of the classic Nintendo platformer runs on modern hardware.
Doom Meets Hades In the Coolest New Action Game of Gamescom 2026
Murals, a new action game from Disney Illusion Island maker Dlala Studios, has obvious Hades and Doom references according to our preview.
Life, Loss, and the Wisdom of Rivers
"It’s a mercy that time runs in one direction only, that we see the past but darkly and the future not at all."
Ahhh, relax with the sights and sounds of the Windows 98...
Ahhh, relax with the sights and sounds of the Windows 98 Disk Defrag Simulator.
Joe & Mac Retro Collection Leaving The Cave This October
We first reported on the Joe & Mac Retro Collection earlier this year and are now pleased to see the announcement that it will release on Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, and...
Is there only one FairBot?
The FairBot from the MIRI prisoner's dilemma tournament is defined by a theorem of Peano arithmetic (PA) that holds for each opponent: where is "the FairBot cooperates" and is "the...
AmiGTA1 - A native AmigaOS 68k port of Grand Theft Auto is in the works
Amiga owners here's another interesting news story to talk about, as developer Grzegorz Korycki, who was mentioned by us previously for his work on OpenTTD for AmigaOS 68k, is working on...
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