I’m throwing in some end-of-year lists cause now’s the time for it.

• The Best Bandcamp Metal albums of 2017.  #1 on the list, Power Trip, is my new favorite band.
• Polygon’s 50 best videogames of 2017.  Some not-what-you-would-expect games in there.  (via)
• AF_UNIX comes to Windows.  (via multiple sources)
• The Comprehensive List of Window Managers for Unix.  (via)
• Uncle Miod’s Machineroom.  (via a comment in the previous source)
• XScreenSaver 5.38.  Note that the Android release is now a manual download.
• Repairing a 1960s-era IBM keypunch.  (via)
• The Quest for a Desktop email client.  (via multiple)
• ScummVM 2.0 released.  (via)
• Ron Mueck’s Giant Skulls.  I’ve linked to this artist before.
• Games on the Net Before the Web, Part 2: MUD.
• Games on the Net Before the Web, Part 3: The Persistent Multiplayer CRPG.
• Vim: My Shiniest Gems  (via)
• How to Setup a Unix News Server (1999).  Nostalgia, at this point.  (via)
• Squinting at ASCII.
• Oops.  (via)