More links for fun:

• The newest @Play column explores the limitations of using alphabet letters to represent all species in roguelike games.
• From the you-will-need-this-someday department: Giorgos Keramidas describes how to change your keymap for the Windows key. (via)
• Clay Shirky describes the existence of open source communities (needs Flash) and how they manage to last. Focuses on Perl, but applies to how most open source projects work. This talk captures the reasons for open source better than anything I’ve seen. (via)
• A Google talk (which also needs Flash) with the creators of the WarGames movies. WarGames is probably the last, most realistic Hollywood movie ever made about computer hacking. (via)