Aywren lays out 2026 creative-and-gaming goals: push the Steam backlog to 80% played (with help from a Steam Deck), finish at least five Switch games, and tackle VR too.
Shintar unexpectedly dings Legacy Level 50 on SWTOR’s Satele Shan on New Year’s Day, checks progress on other servers, and starts eyeing the long game of going legendary everywhere.
Ron Gilbert says he’s done making other people rich off his IP, explains why Thimbleweed Park 2 funding doesn’t add up, and doubles down on small games like Death By Scrolling.
Ellie, not usually a match-3 fan, is won over by Spirit Swap’s cozy lofi vibes, neon look, and gentle queer narrative, framing its competitive puzzling as a small bright win.
Cliffski shares the unglamorous math of owning a solar farm—charts, outages, storm repairs, depreciation, and realistic set-asides—turning big revenue into much smaller long-term profit.
Roger finds Zootropolis 2 instantly charming thanks to its central duo, rapid-fire jokes, and pop-culture homages, even if the story runs long—and notes its huge box-office haul.
Bhagpuss rolls in late to Stranger Things, then happily eats crow—he loved Season 5, especially the two-hour finale that “just flew by,” even if a few bits nagged.
Bruce Schneier kicks off Friday Squid Blogging 2026 with a squid found in a light fixture—probably a college prank—and opens the thread for whatever security news he didn’t cover.
Dave Winer riffs on “the web after AI,” liking Google’s AI blurbs but worrying about the web getting turned into slurry—and argues AI answers need permalinks for fairness.
Michael argues it’s time to purge X/Twitter links from Itch pages (and maybe Discord), calling the platform toxic and algorithm-hostile—and suggests deleting dead accounts instead of leaving them.
CrazyKinux reflects on a slow-but-real blogging comeback in 2025—35/36 posts with momentum late in the year—plus big pageview numbers and a reminder that writing accumulates over time.
Belghast looks back on a distraction-heavy 2025 and celebrates reading 38 books, highlighting favorites like Grady Hendrix’s My Best Friend’s Exorcism and the Dungeon Crawler Carl series.