After 260 hours with Fantasy Life i, Anarchae deems it a comfy, low‑challenge grindfest with great transmog but forgettable story and an exhausting, RNG‑ridden 100% endgame.
Kimimi falls for WonderSwan puzzler Tane o Maku Tori’s sweet crow‑and‑swallow story while cursing its frog hordes and juggling raindrops through devious vertical water channels.
Emily recounts a delightful dream where she and Spyro villain Ripto body‑swap, grudgingly team up with Gulp and Crush, and lean into classic Freaky Friday‑style rival‑truce hijinks.
Tobold wraps a 260‑hour Europa Universalis V ironman run as Mecklenburg, then eyes a Portugal campaign that may need console‑command cheating to stop Castille’s inevitable stomp.
Michael jumps into the Micro Fiction Games Jam with Microscope, a 280‑character petri‑dish TTRPG inspired by The 7th Guest’s notorious microscope puzzle, and nudges others to try making one too.
Tim Bray relives an absurdly dramatic Whitecaps vs LAFC MLS semifinal and explains how that singular stadium roar has ruined most other TV sports for him.
Belghast’s Thanksgiving post is a raw, grateful reflection on surviving his wife’s sudden death, leaning on friends, and how demanding cats are quietly giving his days structure and purpose.
Wilhelm, a non‑coffee‑drinker, becomes his wife’s meticulous morning barista, weaponizes decaf at the office once, and muses on how obsessive care somehow makes her daily cup taste better.
Tipa “finishes first” in the Manchester Road Race by bailing after a quarter mile, then plots a treadmill‑powered comeback from home gym decluttering to actually running it next year.
Blockade85 riffs on Joe Burrow’s refusal to play scared and resolves to stop letting anxiety and “what ifs” block change in work, hobbies, and everyday routines.
Roger weighs replacing his EE ISP router with a third‑party Wi‑Fi 6/7 box, and decides extra tinkering, lost support, and minimal gain just aren’t worth the hassle.
Dave Winer argues that WordPress plus FeedLand, rssCloud, and open web plumbing can basically do what a Mastodon instance does, without the monolithic all‑in‑one baggage.