CrazyKinux and Rixx are intrigued but skeptical about EVE Online’s PvP-free Exordium, wondering if a safe starter zone teaches habits the real game punishes.
Sey’s latest indie roundup highlights Dice Have No Eyes, Besmirch, TOEM 2, cute Pikmin folder icons, and a Wholesome Games soundtrack worth spinning.
Bhagpuss unpacks why Neverness To Everness players bounce off Taygedo, while sketching the game’s anomaly rules, Oddities, and weirdly bureaucratic citizenship.
Kimimi digs into Spiral Wave, a 1991 PC Engine “New RPG” that blends sci-fi adventure, dialogue, and shmup action into something charmingly odd.
Krista is back in Final Fantasy XIV thanks to Fan Fest, Evercold hype, and the eternal appeal of causing tiny Lalafell chaos.
Belghast says Diablo IV is finally thriving, with packed hubs, strong timing against ARPG rivals, and a crafting system that makes good gear feel achievable.
Wilhelm side-eyes Hilmar’s Fenris Creations rebrand, questioning how EVE Online’s parent can be “profitable” after being sold back so cheaply.
Warner shares a pansy whose face-like markings make nature look a little uncanny, and maybe a bit too observant.
Tipa reads The Green Mile as an explicit Jesus story told from the guards’ perspective, even if the plot logic feels awfully thin.
Mat traces his homemade childhood RPGs to building AI-assisted projects like Tavern Keeper and EVE Crews, with Gemini and Claude correcting old design math.
Dave Winer argues RSS lost to Twitter because developers wouldn’t cooperate, and says AI-era social tools need open collaboration or we’ll just get Elon II.
Brennan uses The Undercommons to ask why Indigenous cultural power took such a different shape from Black America under intertwined but distinct colonial violence.