Stargrace admits Black Desert Online is her comfort “guilty pleasure,” mostly played as an idle AFK fishing/selling loop for steady silver and progress—busy-life gaming vibes, no judgment.
Shintar looks back at how SWTOR’s Conquest evolved since patch 2.9—early UI, tougher objective scarcity, and that weird housing/guild flagship tie-in shaping how she plays week to week.
Mailvaltar’s early Diablo II Resurrected: Reign of the Warlock thoughts: no new Act, sure, but the first new class since 2001 feels huge—especially Demon-tree summoning, teleporting minions, and Bind
Margot’s 3-minute-ish take on Lil Gator Game (played on Switch 2): a cozy, A Short Hike–ish sibling-and-friends adventure with surprisingly Zelda BOTW-like traversal that kept her smiling.
Sweetie reacts to a Sony patent for a super-thin, all-touchscreen, no-buttons controller (maybe PS6), weighing customizable layouts against accessibility pitfalls, accidental presses, and a potential“
Belghast pushes north in Dune Awakening into iron-tier crafting, sprints from sandworms, juggles water shortages and shielded bandits, and grumbles at how tightly the main quest forces his building.
Wilhelm digs into Diablo II Resurrected: Reign of the Warlock—new Warlock class, Chronicle collection tracking, and more player-controlled Terror Zones—while side-eyeing Blizzard’s packed release pile
Emily goes full rant mode on internet age-verification laws, arguing driver’s licenses and face scans wreck privacy and speech while still failing kids—plus real harms like blocking sex-ed and LGBTQ+支
Axxuy breaks down the real 2026 price of keeping a personal blog online—domain via Namecheap and self-managed Linode hosting—cheap as hobbies go, but a reminder the web isn’t free.
Jamie Zawinski marks 25 years of “All Your Base Are Belong To Us” by running the original Flash SWF via Ruffle, then swapping in the original MP3 for a higher-fidelity remaster.
Dave Winer riffs on Obama at the NBA All-Star game, ATProto vs RSS-land Markdown/HTML/OPML handling, the “podcasting is closed” YouTube panic, and remembering Aldus Pagemaker’s impact.
Anarchae reflects on boredom as almost physical pain, ADHD vibes, and how books, diaries, fanfic, LiveJournal roleplay, and early school broadband shaped their reading/writing (and probably kept them