The Nintendo Power Glove was not good. It’s important that you know that. The Power Glove was ambitious, impressive, even important – one of the very first mainstream devices that let you control a game using your body instead of just your thumbs – but […]
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You need to read the subversive cosmic horror novella The Ballad of Black Tom
Things that HP Lovecraft was good at: Creating a mythos. Building atmosphere. Things that HP Lovecraft was bad at: Writing dialog. Creating compelling characters. Not being a racist. As a fan of horror in general, I can’t pretend that Lovecraft isn’t an important touchstone. But […]
Kelli Anderson’s Pop-Up Book Brings Alphabet’s History to Life with Interactive Design Magic
Alphabet is not just a set of symbols; in Kelli Anderson’s new pop‑up book Alphabet in Motion: How Letters Get Their Shape, it becomes a living biography of our species’ ways of thinking, making, and seeing.[3][1] This large-format, two-volume work turns the history of typography […]
Zelenskyy and Trump Meet in Florida Amid Intensifying Ukraine-Russia Conflict and Freezing Kyiv Conditions – 12/28/2025, 8:28:35 PM
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is meeting US President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago in Florida to discuss a peace plan for the Ukraine-Russia war, amid fresh Russian strikes on Kyiv that killed at least one to two people, injured dozens, and left residents without power or […]
LG announces new UltraGear evo gaming monitors with AI upscaling
LG unveiled a whole new line of gaming monitors ahead of CES on Friday. The UltraGear evo line are all high-end monitors covering a range of technologies, but united by 5K resolution and AI upscaling. The three flagships under the new branding are the 39GX950B, […]
Google Pixel Watch 4 Revives Smartwatch Appeal with Elegant Design, Long Battery, and Seamless AI Integration
The Google Pixel Watch 4 didn’t just win me over as a gadget; it quietly fixed almost every reason I stopped caring about smartwatches in the first place. For years, I bounced between different wearables, always ending up disappointed. Either the battery died before my […]
Ubisoft shuts down ‘Rainbow Six Siege’ servers following hack
Yesterday, Ubisoft confirmed that Rainbow Six Siege had been compromised and that it had shut down the game’s servers and marketplace while it resolved the issue. The hackers managed to gain control over a significant chunk of the game’s systems, including the ability to ban […]
US Halts Offshore Wind Projects, Citing Classified Reasons, Sparking Industry Outrage
US Blocks All Offshore Wind Construction: Classified Reasons Spark Outrage In a stunning move, the US government has blocked all offshore wind construction nationwide, citing “classified” reasons that remain shrouded in secrecy. This blanket halt, announced late last week, freezes leases even for projects already […]
Global Tensions Soar: Russia Strikes Kyiv, U.S. Airstrike Jolts Nigeria, China Sanctions U.S. Companies – 12/28/2025, 8:29:31 AM
Here are some of the most notable world news developments in late December 2025: Russia–Ukraine war and U.S.–Ukraine diplomacy Russia has launched missile and drone attacks on Kyiv, wounding at least 11 people; President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the strikes Russia’s “answer” to peace efforts and […]
US Airstrikes Target ISIS Camps in Nigeria Amid Tensions Over Christian Killings – 12/28/2025, 12:25:05 PM
US military strikes ISIS militants in Nigeria. On Christmas, the US conducted airstrikes on two ISIS camps in northwest Nigeria, following President Trump’s warnings over the killing of Christians; the operation was a collaborative effort with Nigerian intelligence and approval from President Tinubu.[1] Ukrainian President […]