Syp finds WoW Classic oddly soothing at level 35: simple quest-by-quest progress, pretty zones, and fewer “keep up with everything” chores—plus a gripe that Cataclysm’s world changes still feel wrong.
Roger skips the usual year-end game list and instead vents about the industry’s corporate mediocrity—creativity exists, but greed, exploitation, and consequence-free management keep smothering it.
Kimimi digs into Power Dolls 4’s push to make its action-leaning formula actually work—clearer briefings, smarter loadout UI, drag-select—then faceplants into an early evac mission that barely teaches
Shintar detours into WoW MoP Classic during retail downtime, reacts to server merges and PvP-realm changes, hits level 90 faster than expected, and marvels at how “modern” and nostalgic it feels.
Belghast and crew bounce from Q-Up’s League of Legends commentary to Path of Exile II build frustration, a Warframe resurgence, and what “MMO-adjacent” multiplayer feels like post-MMORPG.
Wilhelm wraps the 2025 TAGN Fantasy Critic League, showing how early projections got dunked by reality as Bhagpuss climbed from predicted mid-pack to a wire-to-wire-ish win over p0tsh0t.
Tobold reviews Forest Shuffle: Dartmoor as a luck-and-synergy card game with smoother balance than the original (less “wolves win”), though experienced players can starve the discard pool and scoring仍
Anarchae’s week-4 digest mixes holiday decompression, “clew” etymology from detective fiction, reality-TV fatigue with Traitors USA, and a stack of festive watching/reading notes and links.
Warner returns from a grandkid-watching hiatus with a grab bag of links, from “a new Dickens” and Christmas politics to unsung tech maintainers, capitalism book buzz, and cozy champagne-and-fries.
Dave Winer pitches a low-drama nightly Scripting News email roundup—no obnoxious exit popups, everything from the previous day, and a clean unsub link if you’re done.
Tofutush looks back on a string of childhood apartments and small details—bauhinia blooms, stair climbs, COVID-era Wi‑Fi borrowing—while admitting she hates moving and change.
Tipa debuts her first play: a staged, wink-heavy dramatic retelling of Michael Deacon’s Dan Brown-style Inferno review, complete with performance notes and constant “Renowned Author Dan Brown” bowing.