The Daily Blogroll — Wednesday, 28 Jan 2026
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Chasing Dings! Tipa runs a HeroQuest: First Light dungeon crawl where the Ring of Return exposes a fake “Fire King,” a Witch Hand ambush, and finally summons the real spirit.
CrazyKinux's Musings CrazyKinux shares an EVE Online newbie brain-dump on flying a Caldari Cormorant destroyer, applying SKINs without UI pain, and what the ship’s actually good (and bad) for in PvP.
MMO Casual Joar checks in on World of Warcraft’s pre-patch: core alts feel solid (DK/paladin/frost mage favorites), most addons survived, delves are feeding vaults, and FFXIV/ESO/GW2 are on the side.
Quarter Circle Forward Andrew’s Quest 64 week is mostly fields, tougher fights, and leveling, but he reaches Larapool after a weird “boat trip,” with Shannon still popping up at every inn.
The Almighty Backlog Ellie finally circles back to Control by replaying it and diving into The Foundation and AWE, praising the Oldest House’s surreal world design and the DLC’s cryptic, creepy pull.
The Ancient Gaming Noob Wilhelm bumbles from Guild Wars’ Great Northern Wall into Embark Beach, gets overwhelmed by mission options and level 20s, then has to Google how to get back home.
Hamatti Juhis, despite hating arbitrary scoring, can’t stop laughing at Taskmaster and crowns UK Series 7 best-in-show, celebrating loophole-friendly tasks and killer cast chemistry with Greg Davies and Alex
Jamie Zawinski's Blog Jamie Zawinski dunks hard on Starfleet Academy (2026), calling it Gossip Girl Trek with pointless post-Burn setting, hate-fueled character dynamics, and CW vibes—Brit Marling just voices the computer.
Life on the Wicked Stage Warner ties literal winter storms to a broader social/political/tech tempest, rattling off grim headlines and the feeling we’re stuck in a never-ending streaming-series crisis arc.
Tobold's Blog Tobold contrasts reactions to Ashli Babbitt vs Alex Pretti, digs into 2nd Amendment hypocrisy, and argues America can’t keep millions “technically illegal” without crises like Minneapolis protests.
Scripting News Dave Winer revisits 1998 UserLand posts and argues RSS beats siloed AT Proto/Bluesky for publishing, plus a reminder that “us vs them” thinking isn’t working on the web.
Aywren's Nook Aywren rebrands as “Reflections of a Middle-Aged Gamer,” explains why she’s sticking with her current domain, and walks through a cleaner layout, sidebar cuts, and Topics upgrades.