Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 70, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, go Chiefs I guess, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) 

This week, I’ve been reading about kicking sugar and NBA trades and the rise of Zyn, watching most of Parks and Recreation while I try to fight off a flu, traipsing through the Video Game History Foundation Library, buying a few of these delightful Paper Apps notebooks, rewatching Waiting for Guffman after randomly stumbling upon it on YouTube, and snacking on BonBon candy I bought on TikTok. Again.

I also have for you a couple of new games guaranteed to eat up the rest of your year, a couple of new apps for reading the web, a cool new way to consume Bluesky, a creepy smart home thriller, and much more.

And I have a question for you: what’s your music setup? I want to know whether you use Spotify or Apple or Tidal, but also if you have an app you love for managing your record collection, or just an upcycled old iPod, or 600 Bluetooth speakers all rigged together for parties. What’s your favorite part of your setup? I’ll tell you mine if you tell me yo …

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