law Deposition of opioid profiteer Richard Sackler reveals his bizarre defense: definitional games and insistence that words mean their opposite Cory Doctorow

trumpism Trump's FCC redefines "effective competition" to include having only one ISP in your county Cory Doctorow

Games Last Word: addictive browser game for word-slingers Rob Beschizza

offworld If you like word games, here's one you can print and play for free Leigh Alexander

offworld Mobile game of the week: Sleep Furiously Leigh Alexander

accessibility Download these free D&D character sheets designed to help players with dyslexia Thom Dunn

books "Let's Never Talk About This Again" is a touching memoir about birth, death, and dad's amateur erotica career Thom Dunn

Games Review / Among Trees Rob Beschizza

Gadgets You can get 5 of these best selling apps for over 90% off their regular price Boing Boing's Shop

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

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

videogames Talking Adventure Games with Dave Gilbert Jeffery Klaehn

Games Hacker Bribed and Phished to Access Some Roblox Accounts Xeni Jardin

crossword puzzles New crossword puzzle series by Smithsonian Magazine Carla Sinclair

creativity How to roll an imaginary 6-sided die in your head Mark Frauenfelder

Book Astonish Yourself: 101 Experiments in the Philosophy of Everyday Life Mark Frauenfelder

Comics Read the first 10 chapters of my serialized Comic-con satire novel Thom Dunn

interviews Talking adventure games with Olivia Wood Jeffery Klaehn

tabloids Unstoppable plague, Doomsday is here, and Cruel Meghan, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

music Interview with musician and artist Genesis P-Orridge Sarina Sinclair and Case Esparros with Kane Lafia