Tipa digs into EverQuest Legends nostalgia, chasing classic class armor and old quest memories even when newer gear makes the whole thing gloriously unnecessary.
Nicole tours 1991’s Idol Mahjong Final Romance, a stylish strip-riichi oddity with fixed dates, item-shop quirks, and more aesthetic than later entries.
Wilhelm checks Fantasy Critic Week 32, where Big Walk surged, Beast of Reincarnation landed softer, and the standings got a nice late shake-up.
Wolfy is still steamed at CIG, but also finds brighter gaming notes in Aion 2’s clearer pitch, Skate’s big multiplayer test, and Dead As Disco’s auto-BPM tool.
Andrew Plotkin rounds up new Anglerfish details: Cyan’s Myst-universe pitch impressed publishers, missed funding, triggered layoffs, and left smaller follow-up Mudfish intriguing.
CrazyKinux hypes Dark Matter season two, praising season one’s Box-and-alternate-realities mind-bender and making a solid case for a pre-premiere binge.
Joel shares a brisk personal fact file covering origami, handheld gaming, speedcubing, favorite colors, and a few cheerfully contrarian food opinions.
Warner’s weekly reading roundup roams from human origins and AI religion to writing accuracy, political moderation, and the data-center backlash.
Tim Bray posts some handsome West African drums and explains how a weekly jam pushed him from curious stand-in to buying his own dunun setup.
Tan mixes a warm personal update with a Blaugust link roundup touching Morrowind, Final Fantasy VII, FUTO keyboard, indie platforms, and EdTech.
Wakupan shares hobby talk spanning doujin fandom, marathon solo karaoke, tarot study, and a heartfelt love of reading, theater, and fiction itself.
Roger takes the Blaugust superpower prompt and sensibly swerves past Superman-style heroics and time travel, both sounding like more trouble than they’re worth.