‘There are 12 reporters in Columbia whose work is critical to that town, trapped inside a burning business model‘.

8-bit Total Eclipse of the Heart.

Regretsy.com tracks the most questionable offerings on Etsy, like this Pokemon menstrual pad.

How videogame producers roll.

Videogame character Facebook status updates. *titter*

Katy Perry’s Hot n´ Cold on Mario Paint Composer. Amaze!

“The best, most forward-reaching magazine covers of the 50s were commissioned by Fortune magazine’s Leo Lionni.”

What thing do you wish you could have, but cannot? WELL GET SOME PERSPECTIVE.

‘When AR glasses come in designer frames that’s when things get really interesting from a mass-adoption perspective.’

Wired’s 10 Best Things We’ll Say to Our Grandkids.

EA moves to revoke all of Tim Langdell’s ‘Edge’ trademarks.

36 skaters take to San Fransisco at night to create neon game of Tetris. Awexome:

William Safire’s speech prepared in case the first moon landing went awry. Very good writing.

Replacing ‘wand’ with ‘wang’ in Harry Potter. Puerile but revealing: wands were often synonymous with, um, ‘members’ in classical literature, no?

Eric Idle’s Gamesmaster-esque Call of Duty tips make him the new Patrick Moore. Sort of.

He-Man characters as dressed by American Apparel.

Steven Poole’s being awesomely feisty at the moment. This week it’s the New Yorker’s turn. Be very afraid, writer kids.

Beetles + scientists + electronics + shaky ethics = death of the RC car industry:

Bustler: Winners of the 2009 Architectural 3D Awards. I CAN’T TELL WHAT’S REAL OR NOT ANY MORE.

Building Rome in a day.

Link of the Week

Nabokov edits the first page of Kafka’s ‘Metamorphosis’. A bit like spying on two gods having sex.