Shintar’s MoP Classic honeymoon fades after Golden Lotus and Vale defense, with Skyshard and Wrathion cloak grinds feeling slow—though fishing up the Sea Turtle mount helps a bit.
Wilhelm looks back at EVE Online’s skill extractors/injectors debut (remember Aurum?) and how “helping new players” quickly turned into a rich-get-richer SP market.
Tobold’s 18-hour Menace take: lots of juicy squad-leader builds, gear choices, and faction unlocks, but the game’s depth comes with an accessibility hurdle that makes onboarding rough.
WCRobinson digs into Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment as a Tears of the Kingdom tie-in, weighing the 1v100 hack-and-slash grind against a bigger spotlight for Zelda.
Heartless shrugs at the Super Bowl with a “who cares” drive-by post, basically letting a meme do the talking.
Belghast drops a new Mixtape Mondays playlist anchored by Twenty One Pilots’ “Heathens,” with Suicide Squad/Joker vibes and a tracklist built to keep that uncanny mood flowing.
Nicole breaks down 1989’s strip mahjong Mahjong Daireikai on Jaleco Mega System 1, showing how hardware choices (tilemaps over sprites) and an undumped security microcontroller shaped the game.
Bruce Schneier lays out how generative AI floods magazines, journals, courts, lawmakers, and social media with submissions—and why it’s pushing everyone into a messy AI-vs-AI detection arms race.
Dave Winer flags an https gotcha breaking Drummer/oldschool.scripting.com templates (mixed http assets), then gently nudges loyal readers toward the nightly Scripting News email roundup.
Pete returns from a moving/unpacking hiatus, talks using AI constantly but experimenting less, shares progress on a vibe-coded game-picker app, and says a custom ChatGPT tutor is teaching him TypeSc
Roger reviews Danny Robins’ Into the Uncanny, praising its even-handed believer/skeptic tone, strong research, and empathetic interviews that make the paranormal cases feel grounded and human.
Tofutush kicks off monthly recaps: snowy boredom, dorm cleanup exhaustion, classes canceled, plus goals like Tadlet Kingdom Adventures and rereading Wings of Fire ahead of book 16.