Aywren grinds FFXIV’s Moogle Treasure Trove via Ocean Fishing, nabs the Ocean Fisher title, and cashes tomes for goodies like Gwiber of Light and Red Mage barding.
Syp methodically deeds through LOTRO’s Umbar and Southern Mirkwood, from crab-slaying on the Cape to spider-farming in the Scuttledells, squeezing virtues and XP out of everything.
Azuriel argues Valve’s new Steam Machine is really a midrange “GabeCube” PC-console for typical Steam rigs and living-room Minecraft—if they don’t blow it with an $800 price tag.
Luna uses NAIAD and Stardew Valley to ponder how checklists, guides, and adult optimization sap the childlike curiosity out of playing games.
Joar parks Diablo 4 after maxing a Spiritborn and returns to WoW alt leveling, pushing a Vulpera warlock toward The War Within before cycling through more allied races.
Belghast, sick and doped on fake DayQuil, binges The Witcher season 4—finding Hemsworth surprisingly Geralt-ish—and starts the stylish, social-credit-powered anime To Be Hero X.
Anarchae compiles a handy list of The Traitors and reality-TV podcasts, preferring Podcast Addict links to dodge Apple and Spotify nonsense.
Nimgimli recounts a brutally exhausting DIY “micromove” full of gout, bad air mattresses, no chairs, and setting up wired Ethernet in the new place.
Tipa visits the new “Toys R Us” in New Hampshire and finds a small Go! Calendars & Games in Geoffrey cosplay instead of the overwhelming toy paradise of her memories.
Bruce Schneier excerpts House of Huawei to highlight how China’s intelligence services embedded agents in tech firms and why telecom gear is such a potent surveillance vector.
Scopique breaks down his eldritch-horror Blender scene, faking uneven ground and foliage while poking at Blender 5.0’s tools instead of relearning World Creator.
Dave Winer riffs on RSS 2.0 as anti-enshittification and sketches a new blog-based comment system where every reply lives on your own site instead of in some silo.