Storytelling Through Obfuscation - Kotaku has an excerpt from an interview with a designer from Phantasy Star IV, and deliberate choices to withhold information from players. Forcing them to experiment and explore rather than giving them every bit of information was a design decision.

Power Hour - How a law forcing pubs to close early created an insane drinking culture in New Zealand.

A Long Shadow - Vulture details the influence 2001 had over sci-fi films in the last 50 years. It is a little weird that it seems some of these people writing about film act as if we all don't know what a big influence Kubrick is.

How Not To Respond To A Breach - Responding to a significant data breach by accusing a researcher of trying to scam you is going o guarantee whatever breach you have is not only going to make the news, but you'll turn into news yourself.