These linkdumps are really kind of fun to do:

• Star Trek, the console game, from BASIC to C#.  I knew the game was old, but not that it originated from 1971.  A version is on your system right now, probably.  (via)
• This week’s @Play column talks about modeling player motion in roguelike games.
• Hopefully, this report (among others) makes me sound a little less crazy when I say “You should be able to choose what software you can use, on hardware you own.” is one of the reasons for open source.