Stargrace’s April gaming slump still had EVE Online narrowly beating World of Warcraft, with community keeping New Eden more compelling than Midnight.
UltrViolet rounds up tactical RPG experiments, Pathfinder: Kingmaker frustrations, and a plea for built-in AI help instead of outdated wiki-diving.
Shintar is most hyped that SWTOR 8.0 brings Ryloth, a level cap bump, a new operation, and more progress toward DirectX 12.
Kimimi barely knows One Piece, but she’s sold on Grand Battle Swan Colosseum’s fast, chaotic WonderSwan arena fights and wonderfully simple controls.
Belghast says Diablo IV’s Lord of Hatred campaign and Skovos land well, but the endgame still feels flat beside Path of Exile and Last Epoch.
Wilhelm wades through CCP’s ownership maze and argues Pearl Abyss dumping EVE Online’s loss-making studio back to management looks more like relief than triumph.
Thomas finds Warcraft I: Remastered the easiest way to play Blizzard’s classic, even if the modernized controls can’t hide its cheap-looking AI-upscaled presentation.
Warner is back from a grandkid-helping week, happily wiped out and already noting the kids have outgrown some of his old grandpa tricks.
Emily mixes life updates with April music picks, shouting out Luke Combs, Green Day, Chromeo, and Metal Hellsinger’s Serj Tankian finale track.
Bruce Schneier flags a grim ransomware conflict-of-interest story: a negotiator secretly working both sides pleaded guilty.
Dave Winer cheers the Knicks, then pivots back to web writing, arguing Bluesky should embrace RSS-style openness instead of clinging to Twitter habits.
Tofutush recaps an anxious April of finals, rough mood swings, starting a Spy School novel, and pushing ahead with a Wings of Fire reread.