imaginary places Generate your own random fantasy maps Mark Frauenfelder

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

Business Disney theme parks have a serious problem with cremain-scattering Cory Doctorow

china United Nations: China is running forced re-education camps for Muslims and ethnic minorities Seamus Bellamy

art The Weird of Wendy Pini Rob Beschizza

fake news Burt Reynolds’ skid marks, Prince Charles’ long-lost brother, and another Obama cover-up in this week’s tabloids Peter Sheridan

television Grant Morrison on Happy! "the world is a nihilistic hellhole plunging toward screaming entropy, but … we have hope" Thomas Negovan

scholarship How an influential economics paper used imaginary environmental overregulation to spur low-density luxury housing Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Binky: a fully automated social network that doesn't require you to be sociable Cory Doctorow

happy mutants The 13 Clocks: Grimm's Fairytales meet The Phantom Tollbooth Cory Doctorow

Delightful Creatures America's Snake: The Rise and Fall of the Timber Rattlesnake Ted Levin

science fiction Writing the Other: intensely practical advice for representing other cultures in fiction Cory Doctorow

World of Warcraft World of Warcraft Chronicle takes you to the very beginning of the WoW universe Wink

Games The Dwarven Lord of Kickstarter Ethan Gilsdorf

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

offworld The loveliest game manual you've seen in ages Leigh Alexander

offworld How Scandinavian players 'killed' LARPing to save it Laura Hudson

review Better Call Saul explores survival instinct in "Nacho" K.M. McFarland

A Short History of Game Panics Jesse Walker