Aywren digs into Sundial Games’ solo D20 quest calendar The Souls of Saraku, enjoying the villain-side twist, Notoriety/minion vibes, and—importantly—taking a break from daily live-blogging burnout.
Shintar says goodbye to SWTOR creator FibroJedi’s soon-to-vanish site, credits his disability-informed perspective on story modes, and helps preserve old SWTOR posts by tracking them down on the Wayb.
Azuriel is wowed by Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s trippy art and mocap-driven dialogue, but finds the turn-based Soulslike combat (QTEs, parries, limited healing) a real drag.
Kimimi loves Alien Breed ’92 Special Edition as a ground-up rebuild with Gauntlet-ish roots turned into tense survival—limited ammo, persistent resources, and nasty door/key choices that haunt yourrun
Ellie reviews Wavetale as a breezy modern 3D platformer throwback—Sigrid vs The Gloom across ocean islets—scratching that Spyro/Jak-era itch while leaning into a narrative adventure vibe.
Wilhelm looks back on Project: Gorgon’s long road—failed Kickstarters, Steam Early Access, and Sandra Powers’ passing—before finally celebrating its hard-won 1.0 release.
Roger says Der Tiger AKA The Tank isn’t Fury-style WWII action so much as horror-adjacent dread, praising the eerie atmosphere, convincing Tiger tank effects, and strong performances from the crew.
Michael flags reports of ICE detaining parents of Ypsilanti students, urges locals to stay alert and get involved, and pushes back on claims about enforcement pulling out elsewhere.
Jamie Zawinski sees Mozilla’s “billion with a B” AI push as an event-horizon moment—if you hoped surveys or feedback would steer the ship, he’s saying it’s already cooked.
Dave Winer wrangles pagepark.scripting.com hosting weirdness, then riffs on the OG Web as “small pieces loosely joined,” plus some pragmatic notes on goals, code placement, and daily productivity.
Tipa “vibe codes” a FastAPI proof-of-concept with Claude Sonnet—REST endpoints, database abstraction, tests, docs, plus Geocod.io and National Weather Service APIs—and admits it worked surprisingly 잘.
Warner reflects on running theatres: picking a season is basically selling a promise a year ahead, and delivering on it—snowstorms, flops, and all—is what builds the trust that keeps subscribers back.