5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (221+ words) I can't believe Nintendo finally hired this man. This is what Ocarina of Time would look like in 2026. I think I'll stick to the 3DS version, if it's all the same. Zelda history has plenty of hidden jokes and dedicated modders:…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (190+ words) More about Dolly Parton lookalikes: Boing Boing covered a much larger version of the same event in 2023, when more than 1,100 people gathered in Listowel, Ireland, to dress as Dolly Parton. Guinness World Records credited 959 of them toward the official record…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (245+ words) The rest of us have been clear about her for a very long time. Silicon Valley grifting superstar Elizabeth Holmes has been investigated, prosecuted, convicted, podcasted, documented, and dramatized. Somehow Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim decided there might still be…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (378+ words) At the Created in LA conference, to be held in Los Angeles starting September 17, Disney is launching its first creator event, gathering some of the biggest social media creators in a celebration of self-made videos and stories. Among the content…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago   (454+ words) At the moment, there are five games, with a sixth threatened to release in the near future. Some of them are more egregious than others. All of them are knockoffs of classics you've played before. Flappy Bill is an obvious…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (446+ words) In-depth accounts of each title, from creative processes to critical receptions, are complemented by over 20 all-new interviews with the developers who made these incredibly varied video games. I've not played all of them, but I'm confident that the best for…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (445+ words) I'm looking forward to reading A Ghost Arm Made of Angry Ghosts, the new graphic novel from writer/colorist Oliver Mertz and artist Alex Diotto. And not just because that is one hell of a killer title. That alone would…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (349+ words) ASCII CITY is an explorable cyberpunk city rendered in three dimensions with plain text characters. You can run the streets, enter buildings and take lifts to see it all from different elevations. There's no audio, story or "game" in there…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (419+ words) Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: Curiosity Stream is a full documentary streaming platform, and a lifetime subscription is on sale now for $149.99 (reg. $399.99). Netflix has like three good documentaries…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (417+ words) A Star Wars: The Phantom Menace-cobranded Pepsi vending machine somehow survived decades outside a Pittsburgh fire station to become an ironic tourist attraction. Pepsi, alert to its growing fame, donated $10,000 to the firefighters who kept it stocked. But it disappeared…...