The Daily Blogroll — Saturday, 22 Aug 2026
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Going Commando Shintar tests SWTOR’s new overland master difficulty on Hutta and finds the slower leveling makes even early pulls feel dangerous again.
MMO Casual Joar looks back on RIFT as the polished WoW challenger that briefly had the goods, with dynamic rifts and soul builds that still sound genuinely great.
The Almighty Backlog Ellie digs into Ace Attorney Investigations 2’s Edgeworth-led spin on the series, noting the point-and-click framing changes less than the mountain of text suggests.
The Ancient Gaming Noob Wilhelm muddles his way to level 10 in EverQuest Legends, fleeing bad pulls, squinting at the not-red button, and enjoying the old-school chaos anyway.
The Boardgames Chronicle The Chronicler gives Cuius Regio a promising first look, highlighting Thirty Years’ War campaigning, fatigue, sieges, and a campaign that feels satisfyingly hefty.
The Digital Antiquarian Jimmy opens with a fond, funny tour of his gloriously impractical car-guy past, from Beetles and Mustangs to an MGB and a beloved VW camper.
West Karana Tipa follows a Kansas violin rabbit hole into Keith Jarrett’s The Köln Concert, finding AI-guided listening surprisingly helpful for hearing the music’s story.
GridRanger Dávid digs the Along the Edge soundtrack out of Unity files on Linux, turning a nostalgia mission into a neat little game-audio extraction walkthrough.
Hamatti Juhis recommends Python’s time-machine library for testing time-based code, a simple way to freeze or tick the clock without flaky system-time headaches.
Sid's Blog Sid nails how search keeps ignoring exact matches across Marketplace, YouTube, and Gmail, swapping user control for fuzzy relevance that’s often just maddening.
Aging Gamer Kelly makes the straightforward case that every blog should have RSS, arguing feeds are basic community-minded, reader-friendly plumbing, not an optional extra.
JoelChrono Joel talks through a blogging stall, Blaugust pressure, and how Outer Wilds brain-melt isn’t exactly helping the draft backlog move faster.