music Watch The Cure play the "Disintegration" album in its entirety David Pescovitz

krampus A happy sing-along song about Krampus Rusty Blazenhoff

books The New Yorker's profile of William Gibson: "Droll, chilled out, and scarily articulate" Cory Doctorow

donald trump Trump wants to buy Greenland. The country. Xeni Jardin

books Arbitrary Stupid Goal: a memoir of growing up under the tables of the best restaurant in New York Cory Doctorow

obits Mandy Johnson, 1953-2015 Rob Beschizza

offworld The games you don't play Leigh Alexander

gamergate That time the Internet sent a SWAT team to my mom's house Caroline Sinders

offworld Her Story: a compelling murder mystery game with a tragic flaw Laura Hudson

Self-Dissection: a conversation with satirical English author Will Self Mark Dery

When Russians thought the Internet would make them free Sergey Kuznetsov

William S. Burroughs and the Dead-End Horror of the Centipede God Mark Dery

DRONES How Dan Shapiro created the most-backed game in Kickstarter history Mark Frauenfelder

science fiction Koko Takes a Holiday Boing Boing

rats The Rat King: On the Fascinations (and Revulsions) of Rattus Mark Dery

movies Interview with Jim Mickle, director of "We Are What We Are," a horror film in the guise of a serious drama Ethan Gilsdorf