Weird What is this mystery object that washed up on a South Carolina beach? David Pescovitz

Games Legendary "lost" medieval chess piece found in drawer, expected to go for £1 million at auction David Pescovitz

occult Touch Me Not, a surreal 18th century manual on how to raise the Devil, and then send him treasure hunting Gareth Branwyn

podcast A new podcast hopes to solve an infamous unsolved death in Norway's Isdalen Valley Seamus Bellamy

1990s The glorious inelegance of the 1990s family computer Jess Kimble Leslie

Games The 20 games you shouldn't miss in 2016 Brandon Boyer

puzzles The Art of Play for the Holidays Richard Kaufman

Gadgets Boing Boing Gift Guide 2016 Gift Guide

crafts Secret society curios: classic Masonic and Odd Fellows folk art Andrea James

it belongs in a museum Park superintendent hides 2200 stolen human bones in his garage Jason Weisberger

astronomy Alien "megastructure" mystery deepens, but probably isn't a Dyson sphere Rob Beschizza

happy mutants The Armchair Detective Company makes immersive puzzles and tactile 3D objects Richard Kaufman

offworld Fix a clock tower on a mysterious island, you dashing horologist Laura Hudson

Space Moon Photography 101 Michael Borys

Science Blindsight: weird phenomenon deepens the mystery of consciousness David Pescovitz

offworld Interactive movies make their glorious return Leigh Alexander

offworld No girl wins: three ways women unlearn their love of video games Juliet Kahn

offworld Creepy 1960s board game for girls included shame tokens Leigh Alexander

offworld Lose yourself in this trippy, existential interactive picturebook Leigh Alexander

manyland Manyland, a universe we draw together Philipp Lenssen