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Games Hideous Abomination, a tile-laying game where you never create the same monstrosity twice Rob Beschizza

Gadgets This emergency kit has all the provisions for the day you truly need them Boing Boing's Shop

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Nintendo Switch A portable dock for my Nintendo Switch Jason Weisberger

Games K-Swiss's new line of performance sneakers for videogaming David Pescovitz

Gadgets Boing Boing Gift Guide 2017 Gift Guide

NASA How to decode the images on the Voyager Golden Record Ron Barry

card games Iota – fun card game that comes in a small tin box Mark Frauenfelder

True Crime The 10 most unsolvable unsolved disappearances James Renner

media Brain-eating cannibal going free, and other tabloid stunners Peter Sheridan

offworld I can't believe how much I like this visual novel about playing Starcraft 2 Laura Hudson

offworld How card games became cool again Kim Nguyen

offworld Why would you spend $3000 on Clash of Clans? Leigh Alexander

offworld The existential dread of fighting games Maddy Myers

Gadgets The new Nexus lineup is weak Rob Pegoraro

mushrooms How I learned to think like a mushroom Tradd Cotter

Web Trackers Paint a Fresh Picture of You Glenn Fleishman

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