offworld Why are the stories in video games so bad? Leigh Alexander

offworld You're the writer of a terrible video game. Can you save it? Laura Hudson

novels An interview with Charlie Kaufman about his new novel takes a weirdly meta Kaufman-esque turn Thom Dunn

writing tools The Writers' Co-op is a great new podcast about how to make your freelance writing career work Thom Dunn

movies Legendary comedian Carl Reiner, RIP David Pescovitz

sesame street A dark fan theory explores the illicit affair between Elmo's mom and his Uncle Jack Thom Dunn

books Bob Woodward has a new Trump book coming and the Prez was interviewed for it David Pescovitz

puzzles My trip through the Starmaze: a world in the 9th dimension Jane Frauenfelder

Games Kickstarting Sugar Heist, a delightful card game about stealing candy from babies Thom Dunn

Harry Potter Annotating JK Rowling's bonkers anti-Trans rant Thom Dunn

interviews Talking Comics with Ignatz Award-Winning Cartoonist Noah Van Sciver Jeffery Klaehn

rights Original "Yesterday" screenwriter says Richard Curtis took more than a one-sentence idea Rob Beschizza

b-side Ferdinando Buscema and Erik Davis on our pandemic house of cards Gareth Branwyn

Comic Books Talking Jack Kirby: The Epic Life of the King of Comics with Visionary Comic Book Creator Tom Scioli Jeffery Klaehn

science fiction Kim Stanley Robinson on how the coronavirus is rewiring our imaginations Gareth Branwyn

Comics Friday: the new digital-first, pay-what-you-want Lovecraftian YA detective comic from Ed Brubaker, Marcos Martin, and Muntsa Vicente Thom Dunn

Gadgets Become the author you always dreamed you'd be with this creative writing training Boing Boing's Shop

coronavirus Introverts' joy of lockdown getting ruined by extroverts filling their schedules with video appointments Mark Frauenfelder

Gadgets Open design for an e-ink typewriter Rob Beschizza

Comics "The Black Ghost" is a fun Latina twist on urban noir superheroes Thom Dunn