1. Why is his name Blades? Brown’s first name is the maiden name of his mom, Rhonda Blades Brown, who set an example for Brown to pursue a professional sporting career of his own. (More to come ...

An icon of an mail envelope. A decentered black square over a white square. Wind turbine blades dockside at the Siemens Gamesa factory in Hull, UK. Photographer: Darren Staples/Bloomberg Siemens ...

Thank your own personal deity—possibly Numen, not to be confused with Newman—it's Friday! Let's put this week out of its misery with some cheap games worth spending your next two days with.