Syp’s LOTRO journey hits Zajana in Kingdoms of Harad, delighting in a compact, colorful bazaar city plus a hilarious theater troupe scene where a Hobbit Gandalf annoys the real one.
John tackles Spare Parts: Episode 1 on a backer request, liking Lucy and the colorful vibe but bouncing off visual-novel habits—too much prose, too little nuance, and “choices” that aren’t.
Tipa hops back into Erenshor after a long break, power-levels to 35 with her sim-friends, scores the coveted Apotheosis staff, and braces for tougher zones and Steam achievements.
CrazyKinux rounds up active EVE Online podcasts and shows to keep you current on New Eden politics, wars, and markets, and invites readers to add niche picks like wormholes or industry.
Heartless reacts to Amazon delisting New World: Aeternum now and shutting servers on 1/31/2027, wondering why keep it limping along with low peaks—and hoping maybe someone buys it.
Krista kicks off “Project Pikachu,” aiming to fill a 160-card binder with Pikachu cards across languages, starting with 37 finds (plus a Ditto impostor) and keeping it non-master-set for sanity.
Infinitron reports Spiderweb is wrapping Queen’s Wish with Queen’s Wish: The Judgment, a free March 2026 epilogue DLC for Queen’s Wish 2—plus a Steam sale and a save-free way to jump in.
Wilhelm digs into EverQuest’s Frostreaver TLP player-poll results, framing it as Daybreak’s bid to lure nostalgia-seekers amid the THJ emulator drama and debates over what “fair use” means.
Tobold burns out on Sengoku Dynasty’s multi-village grind, then hunts for non-automation survival crafting and lands on Enshrouded—more exploration/RPG flavor, granular difficulty sliders, and a 2026
Belghast shares a heavy real-life check-in—cardio meds and blood pressure, first dentist visit in decades, and a looming colonoscopy—about choosing to live and finally handle the backlog.
Dave Winer can’t stop watching the new ChatGPT TV ads, praising how they sell “life made easier” vibes without comparisons—more Apple than Microsoft, and maybe press-shaping too.
Bhagpuss riffs on “music about books” via Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar—its pen name, his serendipitous library discovery of her journals, and why the novel still sits in his all-timers.