Tipa does a multi-game weekend roundup: grinding (and loving) Quest 64 on Analogue 3D—with a crucial save warning—plus Pokémon TCG Pocket’s Mega Rising packs and trading upgrades.
Frostilyte revisits Nine Sols and explains how a second look reframed its punishing, rhythm-like boss fights—from pure frustration to something he could finally appreciate (and even guide-write).
joargarrosh levels more WoW alts (Vulpera warlock, Mecha-gnome hunter), dabbles in housing, and shares proud swim-meet results—plus plans for Elder Scrolls content, Diablo 4 season, and GW2.
Scopique’s weekly grab bag hits holiday social-stress, bounces off WoW’s Legion Remix (Suramar included), and muses on MMO housing motivation plus ongoing WordPress theme tinkering.
Tobold unboxes Tend’s wildly overproduced deluxe flip-and-write—scratch-off cards, stamp-pens, neoprene mat, the works—and hopes the gameplay lives up to that $99 Kickstarter extravagance.
Stargrace tries Serializd to track TV shows she’s watched (MS brain-fog and background viewing make it tough), likes the minimalist stats, and wonders if anyone else uses similar trackers.
CrazyKinux says that after wrapping Arcane Season 2, he and his daughter are finally starting Stranger Things’ fifth (and final) season, with thoughts promised early next year.
Bhagpuss’s Advent Calendar Day 16 is a quick musical pick: “Kitto Santa Ga / Surely Santa” by Hirakawachi Itchome, paired with a cozy Christmas-tree vibe.
Dave Winer reflects on Rob Reiner’s legacy via the Mr. Scorsese doc, urges people not to amplify Trump’s ugliness, and laments how hard “simple” UI work still is in CSS/SVG.
Juhis argues the IndieWeb is (and should be) a community of tool-builders, then spirals into designing software to help score Pokémon Red randomizer blind bingo races more reliably.
Jamie Zawinski hits another Python ecosystem wall while building Mesa via meson—getting a mako-module error despite py-mako being installed—and vents accordingly.
Tofutush talks herself out of constant “I think / in my opinion” hedging—reminding us it’s your own blog, so you don’t need to tiptoe around stating what you mean.