This NES Classic jailbreak is a perfect parable of our feudal future…

Nintendo’s nostalgic instant sellout NES Classic only comes with 30 games and no way to add more: but it only took two months from the announcement date for intrepid hackers to jailbreak the device and come up with a way to load your favorite ROMs, using a USB cable and a PC. The hacks are pretty gnarly: you have to dump the game’s ROM to your computer, modify it, and then reflash the console.