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  • 15 Excellent Nerdy Nonfiction Books

    15 Excellent Nerdy Nonfiction Books

    There’s a lot to love about pop culture, but not everyone can get every reference. Sometimes you need an actual reference book — or a memoir, an essay collection, an oral history, or something written by an expert. These nerdy nonfiction books are perfect for brushing up on all the incredibly niche parts of the…


  • There It Is: Analogue Pocket Just Got Its Long-Awaited Jailbreak

    There It Is: Analogue Pocket Just Got Its Long-Awaited Jailbreak

    The Analogue Pocket’s always turned heads: first for being the most authentic-sounding Game Boy replacement ever announced, then for taking an extraordinary length of time to finally come out. But come out it did, and it was pretty good. For some, its biggest drawback was that it required old, increasingly expensive physical cartridges to play…


  • A Lost Arcade Classic Has Abruptly Appeared Online

    A Lost Arcade Classic Has Abruptly Appeared Online

    Marble Madness 2, a prototype sequel scrapped by Atari in the 1990s, has long been considered a holy grail among MAME emulator aficionados. Outside of a handful of collectors that have been able to come by increasingly rare cabinets, the game simply wasn’t something the public could play. Now, anyone can play it.