Matt digs into EVE Online MER data and finds Metropolis rising as The Forge slips, though February says both markets are now sliding.
Syp hits the sweet spot in WoW Classic as Stormstrike transforms his shaman rotation and the slow, nostalgic leveling loop feels genuinely restorative.
Shintar recounts SWTOR Dread Fortress timed-run heartbreak, Brontes wipes, and a raid team suddenly nailing the fight when expectations were low.
Sey rounds up Future Games Show standouts, from Unboxing Mr. Coo and ReVamp to dog-space Metroidvania Rover’s Tale and Hello Sunshine.
Bhagpuss kicks off an EverQuest II zone series by discovering nobody, including Gemini, can convincingly count how many zones EQ2 actually has.
Margot calls Hermit and Pig a Pokémon-like RPG standout, praising its story and combat even as the combo inputs occasionally fought back.
Emily’s Steam Next Fest picks span horror and roguelites, with The Occultist intriguing, Seth eating hours, and Armatus not quite landing.
Belghast tweaks a Path of Exile build with chaos resistance fixes and Searing Bond of Detonation, while leaning on games during a rough week.
Wilhelm’s Guild Wars Reforged group recruits hero M.O.X., then promptly gets sidetracked from Lion’s Arch into a surprise trip to Cantha.
Ron Gilbert shares a teenage homemade movie, now gloriously soundless on VHS, plus a very Ron aside about Lucasfilm and Monkey Island.
Bruce Schneier flags Apple’s claim that iPhones and iPads are the first consumer devices approved for NATO restricted classified data out of the box.
Dave Winer argues inbound RSS is the missing piece for Substack and Bluesky, while also chasing a WordPress feed bug around http and https GUIDs.