‘Q*bert’ and the video game marathoning trend in the aftermath of ‘The King of Kong’ – Grantland – Great article. I never really like Q*bert. Something about the way the pyramid was skewed made it very difficult for me to control, and my Q*bert was forever leaping off to his doom.

Ian McKellan is about to marry Patrick Stewart – Hahahahaha. “So essentially, Gandalf announced he was marrying Jean-Luc Picard while he was hanging out with the Doctor and Jon Snow. That sound you hear is the planet’s fan fic writers’ heads exploding simultaneously.”

The Future is Here! | A Heritage of Quality – Huh. So Morris & Sons are selling carbon fibre knitting needles! I love the idea, but the name “Karbonz” is just ridiculous.

‘There’s also a random guy that lives in our laundry’: man rents Newtown balcony for $215 a week – I always suspected that Satomi Tiger was not actually satire.