- The best books we read in 2025 (The Verge)
- The 10 best sci-fi and fantasy movies of 2025, ranked (Polygon)
- The best JRPGs of 2025 (Polygon)
- The 10 best horror TV shows of 2025, ranked (Polygon)
- Zelda: ToTK on Switch 2 was my 2025 GOTY (Polygon)
- The 10 best sci-fi and fantasy TV shows of 2025, ranked (Polygon)
- The best PS5 games from 2025 (The Verge)
- 2025’s best video game remakes and remasters (Polygon)
Month: December 2025
Weekly Links 12.15–12.21
- The 50 best games of 2025, as chosen by Polygon (Polygon)
- The 10 best horror movies of 2025, ranked (Polygon)
- The 15 best under-the radar indie games of 2025
- The worst games of 2025, including MindsEye, Bubsy 4D, and more
- The best thing I bought this year: The Nintendo Switch 2 (The Verge)
News
- Apple TV adds Google Cast streaming, but only on Android
- A first interview with Mozilla’s new CEO on AI, Firefox, and the web
- Texas is suing all of the big TV makers for spying on what you watch
- Ex-Alabama coach Nick Saban buys minority stake in Predators
- Disclosure Day’s first trailer teases close encounters of a new kind
- The Muppet Show returns for one night only on Disney Plus in 2026
- The Oscars will stream on YouTube in 2029
- The TikTok US sale is finally happening
- The RAM shortage is here to stay, raising prices on PCs and phones
- Google sues web scraper for sucking up search results ‘at an astonishing scale’ — 😆
- Hoffmann family enters into formal agreement for controlling interest of Penguins franchise
- Sidney Crosby passes Mario Lemieux as Penguins’ top scorer
Weekly Links 12.08–12.14
- Goodbye VS Code! (Kevin Powell)
News
- Paramount tries to kill Netflix Warner Bros. deal
- Analogue is restocking its 4K N64 and making it more colorful
- Supergirl’s first trailer introduces the Woman of Tomorrow
- Disney makes $1 billion investment in OpenAI, sends iconic characters to the slophouse
- Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic announced from former Mass Effect dev
- Clair Obscur wins Game of the Year in record-breaking Game Awards haul
- The Game Awards 2025: Full winners list
- Penguins acquire Stuart Skinner, Brett Kulak, draft pick from Oilers for Tristan Jarry
- Google Translate brings real-time speech translations to any headphones
Holiday gift guides 2025
A collection of the holiday gift guides for 2025.
- Backcountry — 2025 Holiday Gift Guide For Outdoor Lovers
- kottke.org — The 2025 Kottke Holiday Gift Guide
- REI — Outdoor Gift Ideas for Campers, Climbers & More
- Syntax — 2025 Holiday Gift Guide
- The Verge —
- The Verge’s 2025 holiday gift guide: 90 of the best gifts we’ve found
- The 26 best tool gift ideas for the handyperson in your life
- The 29 best gifts under $100
- The 34 best gift ideas for mom this holiday season
- The 29 best gifts that your teen will actually use
- The best Christmas gifts we love under $50
- The best gifts for dads that have everything (but deserve more)
- The 30 best Christmas gifts for gamers and movie lovers
- Wirecutter —
Weekly Links 11.24–12.07
- I tested a bunch of Switch 2 screen protectors, and these are the best (The Verge)
- Grid Paper (Dave Rupert)
- My Number One “Resource Not Found” (Jim Nielsen)
- Web Monetization is Still Inching Along, But Still Too Difficult (Frontend Masters Blog)
News
- ‘Jmail’ is like Gmail, but with Jeffrey Epstein’s emails
- RAM prices are so out of control that stores are selling it like lobster
- You won’t want to hide Ikea’s colorful new Bluetooth speakers
- Wyze’s new security camera watches your yard from inside your home
- Watch how Apple made its new puppet-packed holiday ad
- Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead
- Netflix kills casting from phones
- Hands-on: Sony’s A7 V uses a partially stacked sensor for silent shooting
- Apple’s head of UI design is leaving for Meta
- Amazon’s dynamic pricing is causing chaos for school budgets
- New Carmageddon game announced for 2026
- Netflix to buy Warner Bros. and HBO for $82.7 billion
- Star Wars’ original theatrical cut returns to theaters in 2027