Aywren tries Coffee Quest VR on a Meta 3S, praises the teleport vs walking options and the chill sandbox mode, and enjoys the streamlined barista loop of orders, trays, and dishwashing.
Syp tours LOTRO’s Kingdoms of Harad zone An Sheru, likes the thoughtfully creepy undead designs but finds the area ugly and theme-less—so he swaps to his Mariner for some spider-slicing therapy.
Tipa dives into Erenshor’s “Rising Shadows” update, loving the healer QoL tweaks and new guild system—then immediately starts a rival-suffocating recruitment campaign and rolls a risky Reaver.
Heartless reacts to Ashes of Creation blowing up on Reddit, reflecting on the long-running “scam” accusations around Steven Sharif, community drama like Narc’s flip, and what a smaller future might be
Bhagpuss is 121 hours deep into Baldur’s Gate 3 and admits Act 3 has turned from RPG into a replayable battle-toy—save-scumming fights for better outcomes while the plot fades into noise.
Krista’s handy primer on cosy life-sim Starsand Island ahead of Early Access covers the island-homecoming premise, farming/fishing/DIY customization, tons of crops, and hybridization for unique blooms
Wilhelm breaks down EVE Online’s tiny 2026 roadmap image, highlighting CCP’s big push on Faction Warfare/Military Campaigns plus extras like EVE Evolved graphics updates and the Gallente Election.
Warner Crocker vents at Senate Democrats for not “showing up” in the DHS funding fight, especially dropping a demand to ban ICE agents from polling sites despite escalating election-control rhetoric.
Belghast shares a tough surgeon visit about staging and treating rectal cancer—MRI next, with hope for surgery-only but bracing for chemo/radiation, ports, and a long recovery that derails travel.
Dave Winer’s midweek grab-bag: WordCamp Europe plans, Feedland’s Hacker News “most-quoted blogs” river, an Inbound RSS-for-WordPress app hiccup, and a neat WordPress markdown-in-RSS plugin.
Tofutush posts an OC Creator Questionnaire packed with prompts about your original-character habits—favorites, process, worldbuilding, drawing/writing, naming, tropes, and your weirdest bits of OC-lor
Blockade85 checks in on feeling healthier and steadier on meds, doing better socially, and gearing up to return to writing/streaming “content” with a lighter schedule and a more genuine on-air self.