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arcade games The long and twisted tale of the Nibbler arcade game Andrew Seklir

food wherever you are Awesome bento lunch jars Jason Weisberger

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offworld Fallout Shelter makes you shut tiny, happy people underground in a nuclear wasteland Leigh Alexander

Food Warning: At least two eels were definitely harmed during the reporting of this story Linda Rodriguez

happy mutants Fiction: Someone to Watch Over Me Angus McIntyre

Victims of police torture fight for reparations Caroline Siede

fiction A Reasoned Account of Seasonal Anthropomorphism and Hoarding George Chen

Science Strange thrust: the unproven science that could propel our children into space Charles Platt

History An Exclusive Inside Look at Denver’s Dinosaur Hotel Ethan Gilsdorf