Bhagpuss reacts to Playable Worlds layoffs on Stars Reach, pointing out it’s still pre-alpha and that trimming the only-game studio this early feels like a serious warning sign.
Nicole rants about misinformation after trying to look up Phantasy Star Fukkokuban (a Master System game packaged in a Genesis cart), and getting sketchy-seeming search results alongside stalwarts.
Shintar skips the Account Played addon but still totals her WoW /played time, sharing a top-five list where her original 2007 character dwarfs the rest and a MoP Classic hunter surprisingly hits #2.
Belghast tries Diablo II’s surprise Warlock class (shadow-dropped and feeling hilariously overpowered), notes it’s coming to Diablo IV and Diablo Immortal too, and checks out Destiny Rising’s LunarNew
Wilhelm digs into Playable World’s “reorganization” (read: layoffs) on Stars Reach, noting the classic Friday-after-4pm timing and the uneasy déjà vu of MMO staffing cuts.
Andrew Plotkin didn’t hit the $500/month Patreon goal, but he’s building Zork 3 anyway—bare-bones build already running, with plans to finish Zork 3, Deadline, and Starcross by May.
Roger spotlights London’s British Optical Association Museum—a charming Georgian-house “hidden gem” with a witty curator-led optometry history tour, from old signage to a Harry Potter glasses display.
Jamie Zawinski riffs on the SF blackout hearing: PG&E says the mayor requested power for the War Memorial Opera House, then later calls it a “misunderstanding,” and JWZ wonders why PG&E would do him
Warner rounds up a Sunday reading list about staying aware amid “something big” (AI), plus essays on art, social “rewilding,” screenless tech skepticism, nuance, surveillance, winter firewood demand,
Anarchae lists their daily-driver setup after moving from Windows 11 to CachyOS (KDE Plasma 6/Wayland), sticking with Firefox for everyday browsing and using Brave for DRM-heavy streaming sites.
Bruce Schneier posts his upcoming speaking calendar—Ontario Tech, Personal AI Summit, WSJ Tech Live: Cybersecurity, the Ross Anderson Lecture at Cambridge, and RSAC 2026—so you can catch him live.
Dave Winer vents about browsers hiding RSS feeds, “tiny-little-text-box” social apps that break the Back button, and even suggests AIs should take a run at Wikipedia’s errors.