An exciting new way to search and discover R packages wrapping novel technology, how the new checktor package finds the key issues standard checks will miss, and yes, you can play Doom in R (what?)

Episode Links 

• This week's curator: Ryo Nakagawara - @R_by_Ryo@mstdn.social (Mastodon) & @rbyryo.bsky.social (Bluesky) & @R_by_Ryo) (X/Twitter)
• Searching the R Ecosystem by Function, Not Package Name
• The Check Passed. The Reviewer Didn’t.
• {rdoom} is a playable version of Doom for R.
• Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2026-W29

Supplement Resources

• The Warehouse https://rwarehouse.netlify.app/
• Warehouse GitHub repository https://github.com/kylieainslie/warehouse
• checktor https://r-pkg.thecoatlessprofessor.com/checktor/
• tigerfb Interactive Framebuffer for R https://github.com/coolbutuseless/tigerfb

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