Stargrace tours her long-lived Wurm Online deed, Quail Cove, from secure mines to holiday-packed Archives, showing how fences, cozy touches, and endless projects make the place truly hers.
Aywren’s main-swap grind in FFXIV finally pays off as she squeaks out the Mehwapyarra FATE mount with seconds left, then snags the elusive Caduceus minion on yet another “snek run.”
Tipa recounts a brutal, errata-twisted Frosthaven Algox summit where fragile faction leaders, card burnout, and some creative rules-lawyering turn an “easy” escort into a tense replayed escape.
Shintar runs through Star Wars: Visions season 3, weighing anime-only shorts like The Duel: Payback, The Ninth Jedi: Child of Hope, and surprise favorite Yuko’s Treasure.
Bhagpuss power-levels a Swashbuckler in EverQuest II, resurrects his UI on a new PC, and spends the rest of his time grinding New World mount time-trial “races.”
Kimimi admires Birdcage’s gorgeous shmup aesthetics but finds its timer-heavy, punishing “intended” difficulty so relentless from stage one that it feels exhausting instead of satisfyingly challenging
Belghast spotlights upcoming titles, from one-dev Ragnarok-like MMO Spirit Vale to revived voxel RPG Hytale and nostalgic Guild Wars Reforged, as fresh projects to keep an eye on.
Wilhelm digs into EG7’s rough Q3 2025 numbers, highlighting Daybreak’s worrying revenue slide even as acquisitions like Palia’s Singularity 6 had once made things look rosy.
Joar reflects on parenting older kids, realizing support means backing their changing dreams, asking good questions, and stepping back while they steer their own lives.
Bruce Schneier boosts Kendra Albert’s USENIX Security talk on how bug bounty contracts can gag vulnerability researchers, undermining the original promise of coordinated disclosure.
Dave Winer argues Bluesky and Mastodon aren’t really “on the web,” pushes WordPress–ActivityPub promotion, reminisces about weblogs.com, and muses on political coverage that forgets the people.
Frostilyte overthinks—in a good way—how to handle his 2025 “Best Games” list, debating whether older first-time plays like Fire Emblem Fates or Dark Souls: Remastered still belong.