The Best Things To Do on the Internet This Weekend

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Boasting over 1,500 titles from the Super Nintendo, SnesFun.com allows you to play all your favorite 16-bit classics right on your computer, with games like Earthbound, Chrono Trigger, Super Mario RPG and many, many more included on the site's roster. Just know that, going into this, you need to accept the fact you will no longer have any more productivity. It's gone. Don't try to fight this.

Political rap has always been difficult territory for the any artist to venture into, as they can often run the risk of sounding like uninformed, overly-paranoid Internet trolls in the process. Yes, Immortal Technique can drop crazy bars, but you know that there's also a part of him that reminds you of that kid in high school who would get stoned and scour the web for 9/11 conspiracy theories. Actually, that's probably exactly what Immortal Technique does.

Anyway, Ab-Soul is the latest MC to try his hand at unearthing social injustices via sets of 16s with his new track, "Christopher DRONEr", an effort that's actually pretty promising. It's important to note, though, that the track's biggest star may be producer Willie B. Why more people don't sample the music of NFL Films is beyond me. 

With the shadow of Alex Rodgriuez's monumental suspension looming large over MLB this week, Avi Steinberg switches the focus from the players to the sportswriters in her latest article for the New Yorker. As many infamous steroid-users come to a vote for their enshrinement in the Baseball Hall of Fame, Steinberg breaks down the holier-than-thou attitude that voting sportswriters have taken, despite the undeniable complicity they shared in failing to report upon the cheating and scandals of the era as they were happening. As a result, the Hall of Fame is bereft of any new and exciting entrees. In a weekend that saw the enshrinement of three, scarcely known, long deceased players, Steinberg notes how, "It's easier to dust off a Victorian ancestor with a walrus mustache than to deal directly with the ambiguities of the moment." Read the piece here.

We've come upon something of a coldwave these past few days, so what better time than now to break out those bolder, stout beers you've been passing up on this summer? Fall is just around the corner, and you know what that means: cold, rainy days best offset by thick, heart-warming brews. And to help you choose the best of the brown, First We Feast consulted a team of experts well-versed in the ways of craft brewing. See what they had to say here, and get to drinking.

Jay Z has anointed himself many glorious things in his days as a rapper, but is he perhaps a little too bold in calling himself the next Picasso? Cedar Pasori of Art & Design took a long look at Hova's newest project, the performance art video, "Picasso Baby," wherein Jay raps, "What's it gon take for me to go/ For you to see, I'm the modern day Pablo, Picasso baby." Read her whole take on Jay's high-art preening now.

So, I just started watching Breaking Bad. *Waits patiently for chorus of Internet rabble-rousers to die down.* And because of how slow I've been on the uptake, I haven't been able to actually read this article by Pop Culture editor Ross Scarano. There are just too many spoilers in it. But I hear it's good! FWIW, I've been keeping at a pace of about two episodes per day. Does that count as binge-watching? I guess I'll find out when I'm allowed to read this article in about a month.

Just Blaze is easily one of the most important hip-hop producers of the past two decades, having helped lay down the backbone for classic tracks like "Show Me What You Got" and "Touch the Sky" in the past, among countless others. But did you also know that he's something of a hacker? Being a producer, you'd have to figure that he knows a thing or two about tech, so Wired contributor Damien Scott hung out with Blaze to get the full view of a man known primarily for working behind the soundboards. Check out the profile on Wired.