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Of course Atari’s new handheld includes a trackball, spinner, and numpad

Of course Atari’s new handheld includes a trackball, spinner, and numpad – Ars Technica Tempest<\/em>, Missile Command<\/em>, etc.”,”image_url”:”https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Atari-Gamestation-Go-500×500.jpeg”,”listing_image_url”:”https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Atari-Gamestation-Go-768×432.jpeg””> Skip to content My Arcade’s “GameStation” partnership means authentic portable Tempest, Missile Command, etc. Finally, the authentic, portable Crystal Castles experience we’ve…

Why solving crosswords is like a phase transition

There’s also the more recent concept of “explosive percolation,” whereby connectivity emerges not in a slow, continuous process but quite suddenly, simply by replacing the random node connections with predetermined criteria—say, choosing to connect whichever pair of nodes has the…