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The Berenstain Bears conspiracy (Vice, 8/10)
Crowdfunding is driving the Tabletop renaissance. (Fivethirtyeight, 8/18)
D&D and writers (New York Times, 7/13)
The rise of Funko Pop! (Entertainment Weekly, 8/12)
How the Hugo awards are being hijacked. (Yes! Magazine, 8/14)
An excerpt from the Burch’s Metal Gear Solid (Kotaku, 8/11)
A pothead Shakespeare? (Buzzfeed Books, 8/10)
A Jonathan Lethem primer (Oysterbooks, 5/19)
The big feud in Simpsons-themed metal (MusicFeeds, 8/17)