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retro Man builds video store in basement Rob Beschizza

youtube Horace Goes Copyright Striking Rob Beschizza

Games Arcade Game Typography: beautiful book of pixel fonts Rob Beschizza

music Mallwave: nostalgic synth music for imaginary and abandoned shopping centers David Pescovitz

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Games Video game catalog from 1996 is a wonderland of gamer nostalgia Xeni Jardin

happy mutants Mondo 2000, influential 90s cyberculture magazine, returns online Gareth Branwyn

music Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard covers Teenage Fanclub's Bandwagonesque David Pescovitz

Kids DuckTales reboot is on the way Andrea James

happy mutants Spielberg is contemplating an Animaniacs reboot Cory Doctorow

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yahoo Verizon to buy Yahoo for $5bn Rob Beschizza

politics Keep your scythe, the real green future is high-tech, democratic, and radical Cory Doctorow

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