Mathew Kumar
@mathewkumar.com
Writer of exp. magazine (https://expzine.com). Game developer for hire. He/They.
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Mathew Kumar
@mathewkumar.com
· Sep 16
Pleased to announced that exp. 2602, a new #zine in my exploration of the 1970s releases for the Atari 2600, is available for pre-order NOW at our new online store! Read more: expzine.com/2025/09/16/a...
You know what? I feel like saying it. Every article I've been posting recently has been a banger. The dispatch below has all the links. Tomorrow's article is another really good one, slightly different, and I think you should subscribe to read it. Just $1 a month (and I do need the support rn.)
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
You know what? I feel like saying it. Every article I've been posting recently has been a banger. The dispatch below has all the links. Tomorrow's article is another really good one, slightly different, and I think you should subscribe to read it. Just $1 a month (and I do need the support rn.)
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People really liked this drawing so I made some simple risograph prints! You can grab one from my online store.
November 10, 2025 at 11:44 PM
People really liked this drawing so I made some simple risograph prints! You can grab one from my online store.
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Really nice test of a low poly Ridge Racer running in full 3D on the GBA. From Gustavo Valiente's RR project: gvaliente.itch.io/rr-project
November 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Really nice test of a low poly Ridge Racer running in full 3D on the GBA. From Gustavo Valiente's RR project: gvaliente.itch.io/rr-project
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UK rejected atrocity prevention plans for Sudan despite warning of possible genocide
UK rejected atrocity prevention plans for Sudan despite warning of possible genocide
Exclusive: British government adopted ‘least ambitious’ option months before RSF’s massacres in El Fasher
Britain rejected atrocity prevention plans for Sudan despite intelligence warnings that the city of El Fasher would fall amid a wave of ethnic cleansing and possible genocide, according to a report seen by the Guardian.
Government officials turned down the plans six months into the 18-month siege of El Fasher in favour of the “least ambitious” option of four presented. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:07 AM
UK rejected atrocity prevention plans for Sudan despite warning of possible genocide
#TheTwen2ie5
#34 KNEECAP feat. GRIAN CHATTEN - Better Way To Live (2023)
youtu.be/KSnF7RaeoXE
#35 BOB VYLAN - Makes Me Violent (2024)
Two favourites from two bands that have suffered unnecessarily because they're willing to stand on principle. The last few years really have been very revealing.
#34 KNEECAP feat. GRIAN CHATTEN - Better Way To Live (2023)
youtu.be/KSnF7RaeoXE
#35 BOB VYLAN - Makes Me Violent (2024)
Two favourites from two bands that have suffered unnecessarily because they're willing to stand on principle. The last few years really have been very revealing.
November 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM
#TheTwen2ie5
#34 KNEECAP feat. GRIAN CHATTEN - Better Way To Live (2023)
youtu.be/KSnF7RaeoXE
#35 BOB VYLAN - Makes Me Violent (2024)
Two favourites from two bands that have suffered unnecessarily because they're willing to stand on principle. The last few years really have been very revealing.
#34 KNEECAP feat. GRIAN CHATTEN - Better Way To Live (2023)
youtu.be/KSnF7RaeoXE
#35 BOB VYLAN - Makes Me Violent (2024)
Two favourites from two bands that have suffered unnecessarily because they're willing to stand on principle. The last few years really have been very revealing.
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Watching modern horror films
September 22, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Watching modern horror films
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wise choice for the bbc to cave to bad faith hysteria from trump et al — as we know in the united states, once you do that, they're definitely satisfied forever and nothing ever happens to you again
Bulletin: BBC director general Tim Davie and BBC News CEO Deborah Turness are resigning "following criticism that a BBC Panorama documentary misled viewers by editing a speech by US President Donald Trump."
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
wise choice for the bbc to cave to bad faith hysteria from trump et al — as we know in the united states, once you do that, they're definitely satisfied forever and nothing ever happens to you again
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And now we know why the shutdown is ending.
The Federal Aviation Administration will limit business jets and other private flights to some of the country’s largest airports to ease strains on air-traffic personnel.
FAA Limits Private Aircraft Flights at Major Airports
The restrictions will affect private jet flights at a dozen airports, including Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth, Denver, and Chicago’s O’Hare, according to the National Business Aviation Association trade group.
on.wsj.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
And now we know why the shutdown is ending.
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New exp. Dispatch! exp. 2602 is in people's hands! Absolutely loads of links! And I review... a crossword? expzine.com/2025/11/09/t...
November 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
New exp. Dispatch! exp. 2602 is in people's hands! Absolutely loads of links! And I review... a crossword? expzine.com/2025/11/09/t...
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Democrats negotiated a plan where a 8 completely safe dems would vote to open and the rest can post “i voted no” thats what all the negotiations were about: how they would explain the optics of the loss. it was never about saving healthcare
November 10, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Democrats negotiated a plan where a 8 completely safe dems would vote to open and the rest can post “i voted no” thats what all the negotiations were about: how they would explain the optics of the loss. it was never about saving healthcare
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Truly amazing that any time the democrats have to bite the bullet and do something that ruins countless lives, there's always *just* enough votes to get it done, but if there is a vote on something that would actually improve people's lives, they are always one vote short. Crazy how that happens.
November 10, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Truly amazing that any time the democrats have to bite the bullet and do something that ruins countless lives, there's always *just* enough votes to get it done, but if there is a vote on something that would actually improve people's lives, they are always one vote short. Crazy how that happens.
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Was really struck by what a lovely inspiring exercise this is, like a primary school version of Mary Oliver’s Instructions for living a life
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it
November 10, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Was really struck by what a lovely inspiring exercise this is, like a primary school version of Mary Oliver’s Instructions for living a life
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
The Mamdani sign generator is an op to make us hate the iconography of a socialist win as quickly as possible by flooding the zone with absolutely unfunny nothing.
It is the weapon of our enemy and we do not need it. We will not use it.
It is the weapon of our enemy and we do not need it. We will not use it.
November 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The Mamdani sign generator is an op to make us hate the iconography of a socialist win as quickly as possible by flooding the zone with absolutely unfunny nothing.
It is the weapon of our enemy and we do not need it. We will not use it.
It is the weapon of our enemy and we do not need it. We will not use it.
New exp. Dispatch! exp. 2602 is in people's hands! Absolutely loads of links! And I review... a crossword? expzine.com/2025/11/09/t...
November 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
New exp. Dispatch! exp. 2602 is in people's hands! Absolutely loads of links! And I review... a crossword? expzine.com/2025/11/09/t...
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They knew. They knew it was genocide. And they helped Israel do it anyway.
www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...
Biden Discussed Potential Israeli War Crimes In Gaza. He Kicked The Can To Trump.
New intelligence shocked officials in late 2024, spurring heightened fear of U.S. liability, HuffPost has learned. The period saw Secretary of State Antony Blinken ask if Israel’s actions constituted ...
www.huffpost.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:32 AM
They knew. They knew it was genocide. And they helped Israel do it anyway.
www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...
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In the name of protecting Jews, Jews have their funding cancelled, get kicked out of seminars, and are removed from leadership positions in Jewish Studies to be replaced by non-Jews.
Latest write-up about outrageous administrative over reach at IU. www.jta.org/2025/11/07/u...
In Indiana, a vaunted Jewish studies program is upended by red-state politics over Israel and speech - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
A leadership shakeup, a defunded graduate student and political pressure from above have turned a storied program into a flashpoint for Trump-era campus politics.
www.jta.org
November 8, 2025 at 3:58 AM
In the name of protecting Jews, Jews have their funding cancelled, get kicked out of seminars, and are removed from leadership positions in Jewish Studies to be replaced by non-Jews.
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
#TheTwen2ie5
#33 SLEAFORD MODS - UK GRIM (2023)
Not as good as The Northern Boys, now that I think about it...
#33 SLEAFORD MODS - UK GRIM (2023)
Not as good as The Northern Boys, now that I think about it...
November 9, 2025 at 3:53 AM
#TheTwen2ie5
#33 SLEAFORD MODS - UK GRIM (2023)
Not as good as The Northern Boys, now that I think about it...
#33 SLEAFORD MODS - UK GRIM (2023)
Not as good as The Northern Boys, now that I think about it...
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Her: Describe your perfect date
Me: It's cold outside, I'm under a blanket, I've never played the GBA Castlevanias before and just fired up Circle of the Moon. You're there, of course, doing something you enjoy.
Me: It's cold outside, I'm under a blanket, I've never played the GBA Castlevanias before and just fired up Circle of the Moon. You're there, of course, doing something you enjoy.
November 8, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Her: Describe your perfect date
Me: It's cold outside, I'm under a blanket, I've never played the GBA Castlevanias before and just fired up Circle of the Moon. You're there, of course, doing something you enjoy.
Me: It's cold outside, I'm under a blanket, I've never played the GBA Castlevanias before and just fired up Circle of the Moon. You're there, of course, doing something you enjoy.
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Hello! This is an important one, so it won’t be the last time I post it. The Land Defenders on Hunters Mountain are gearing up for winter. They are resolute. But they need supplies, they are winterizing the cabins they built, there is food and firewood and gas for generators needed.
November 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Hello! This is an important one, so it won’t be the last time I post it. The Land Defenders on Hunters Mountain are gearing up for winter. They are resolute. But they need supplies, they are winterizing the cabins they built, there is food and firewood and gas for generators needed.
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New zines! I didn’t know they’d be so… small! Not that there’s anything wrong with that! Digging in this afternoon (after I do some work on my own zines, actually).
Check out @mathewkumar.com to get your own, there are digital options and a physical ones still in stock.
Check out @mathewkumar.com to get your own, there are digital options and a physical ones still in stock.
November 8, 2025 at 7:57 PM
New zines! I didn’t know they’d be so… small! Not that there’s anything wrong with that! Digging in this afternoon (after I do some work on my own zines, actually).
Check out @mathewkumar.com to get your own, there are digital options and a physical ones still in stock.
Check out @mathewkumar.com to get your own, there are digital options and a physical ones still in stock.
Had this been a 40mhz 385-DX they'd have got away with it, I think.
🕹️ Bytes of Gaming History ⌛
The Amstrad Mega PC! DOS and Mega Drive gaming all in one sleek beige package. I'm still a little weirded out by the beige 3-button pad, tho. xD
Released in 1993 for £999 (before dropping to £599) this cool hybrid was built around a core of a 25mhz 386SX.
The Amstrad Mega PC! DOS and Mega Drive gaming all in one sleek beige package. I'm still a little weirded out by the beige 3-button pad, tho. xD
Released in 1993 for £999 (before dropping to £599) this cool hybrid was built around a core of a 25mhz 386SX.
November 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Had this been a 40mhz 385-DX they'd have got away with it, I think.