Do the crossword in pen

Sit back, relax and enjoy a bit of fun and games!

There's a crossword puzzle from Woodblock100, Jharris shares memories of the extra lives of the Vic Viper video game icon, msalt delves into the literary tradition of palindromes and reversals, Languagehat learns a life lesson after getting conned in New York, Troll reveals the design of a new card-slash-board game , and Mike Mongo has a stencil that is designed to be cut out of the magazine and sprayed in your favorite (legal) haunts.

Buy it through the MagCloud link or get the PDF here free!

What the dormouse said

An oldie but a goodie.

Two old multiplayer games I posted to MeFi forever ago

Crystal Clear, in which the object is to blow up crystals, and has maybe one player in the lobby ever (and I suspect they're a bot).

Quadradius is checkers in some needlessly robotic dystopic future. It's the kind of video game people in Firefly would play if they ever played video games.

Both are free, but have hardly any players. You can choose to pay to play either of them if you want to, I guess.

If there's a system, there's someone who will break the system

How Terry Kneiss broke Price is Right.

The writing's a bit over-wrought (a little too much ESQUIRE IS SERIOUS BUSINESS feeling for me) but the story is neat.

Created by a league of extraordinary gentlemen

Parts one, two, and three of why the stories in Echo Bazaar are so enthralling.

Dame Judy Drench

Drench, simple color-field flash game.

Weekend link dump!

Best LP covers category: nude

S-S Records catalog

Zilch, dice game

Ryan McGinley, photographer

Swear like a Mexico City Mexican