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• The Expurgation of Maniac Mansion for the Nintendo Entertainment System by Douglas Crockford — Maniac Mansion is an all-time favorite, so this was a nicely nostalgic read for me. As it turns out the original designers of Maniac Mansion Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick have a new game coming out in the same style named Thimbleweed Park

• Towards an Art History for Videogames

• Warren Ellis’ “Morning Computer” — I’ve followed Ellis’ writing seemingly forever and his daily wake-log is a nice view into his current projects and thinkings.

• The Story of Feminist Punk in 33 Songs

• How to make an efficient payment system in Erlang — I’ll say it again … when Joe Armstrong writes something I drop everything and read it.

• The Glorious Horror of TECO

• A History of Palm, Part 1: Before the PalmPilot — I never owned a Palm, but at one time I was in love with a Handspring Visor.

• Paul Keres: Prince without a Crown

• Tiny Spanish publisher clones world’s most mysterious book

• Magenta is the core platform that powers the Fuchsia OS… from Google

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