Stargrace uses Wurm Online’s Black Friday sub sale to stock up, chase a Thunder Forge skin, set 2026 goals, and get hyped for the Hermit Island Impalong.
Syp slow-rolls Legion Remix in World of Warcraft, grinds through Suramar, admires decade-old visuals, and aims to finish before patch 11.2.7’s housing drops.
Juhis digs into Pokémon TCG’s prize check rule, power creep, best-of-one formats, and slow play, arguing for fixes like the Matty’s Map houserule.
Bhagpuss plots his 2025 Advent Calendar, ditches AI for public-domain art, and muses on post counts, reader sensitivities, and the grind behind festive blogging.
Wilhelm reminisces about true “microtransactions,” Station Cash, and how MMO cash shops like Palia’s and Blizzard’s turned tiny payments into today’s pricey cosmetics.
Michael’s Black Friday indie roundup hits Itch.io sales, an anti-sale, queer art bundles, surreal TTRPGs, MS-DOS demos, Moonring DX on Switch, and a moose-versus-cop-car clip.
Anarchae reviews JLab Go Pop+ earbuds in the context of trusty Panasonic ErgoFits, Soundcore Q30s, and Bose QC45s, with lots of detail on comfort, price, and phone dongle woes.
Warner recounts Bears coach Ben Johnson answering The Wieners Circle’s shirtless challenge, fueling free hot dogs and a surging, all-in Chicago fanbase.
Bruce Schneier’s weekly cephalopod interlude features a rare meter-long flying neon squid washing up on a Mediterranean beach.
CrazyKinux uses The Creator and today’s chatbots to ponder AGI, human fears, and the sense we’re living in a historical prologue rather than an ending.
jwz posts a tiny OpenSSH ßh screenshot and unleashes a comments thread of nerdy jokes about shells, smart quotes, and weird platform behavior.
Dave Winer riffs on a Ken Jennings New Yorker podcast, gripes about ChatGPT-style aggregation, plugs his reallysimple demo apps, and slips in some Thanksgiving gratitude.