Tipa breaks down why Colette’s mobile Performer crew stumbled against Kirai’s summons in Malifaux, then eyes Toni Ironsides as the anti-summoner answer.
Frank uses a 500-year game thought experiment to poke at how aesthetic judgment, critical consensus, and cultural memory shape what survives.
Heartless keeps Guild Wars 3 hype in check, guessing ArenaNet’s Summer Games Fest tease is more likely Guild Wars 2 news than a moonshot.
Kimimi revisits the original Mortal Kombat via Legacy Kollection and finds a clunky fighter that still sells its tournament atmosphere incredibly well.
Wilhelm dives into Windrose early access, joining Potshot for pirate survival, base-building, and a quick lesson that boars and dodos hit back.
Thomas is souring hard on 007 First Light, blaming endless quips, weak Bond characterization, and boring walk-and-talk missions for the burnout.
Warner enthusiastically recommends Om Malik’s Pinocchio essay as a sharp read on deception, politics, tech, and why the story still lands hard.
Belghast assembles a love-song mixtape shaped by karaoke, old mixtape instincts, and deeply personal picks from The Cure to Bryan Adams.
Brennan reflects on launching fanfiction.lol, the AO3 fork backlash, and how siloed social media leaves people unfamiliar with joyful, experimental web culture.
Tim Bray says JSON at 25 is basically frozen, XML is mostly obsolete, and both are now old enough that nobody really wants surprises.
Bruce Schneier revisits why cryptography excels at narrow math problems while real-world computer security stays a fragile, fast-moving arms race.
Dave Winer ties his MacWrite-for-the-web idea to open-source ecosystem building and argues Twitter-likes should focus on better text features, not owning the web.