Writers: Mark Twain

A fine source of Twainiana: Quotations, newspaper archives and related resources, collected by Barbara Schmidt, featuring graphics and photographs from the Dave Thomson collection. Included are a "Chronology of Known Mark Twain Speeches, Public Readings and Lectures" and a list of publications with Mark Twain/Samuel Clemens interviews, many with links. A great place to hang around for a few hours.

Gaming: Spore

The video-game designer Will Wright demonstrates his long-awaited game Spore and discusses the art of game design with John Seabrook at “2012: Stories from the Near Future,” the 2007 New Yorker Conference.
The rest of the story: Seabrook’s Profile of Wright in The New Yorker.