Stargrace’s WoW gold-making week nets nearly 5M, led by an 800k+ Rich Purple Silk Shirt pattern, and she doubles down on server-arbitrage while keeping posting time manageable.
Bhagpuss finds Baldur’s Gate 3 more Larian than classic Baldur’s Gate—addictive and intense, but episodic, slow to progress, and packed with talky quest sprawl.
Kimimi reviews Power Dolls 6’s shift to streamlined 3D mech action, but the foggy, sterile presentation and janky details (floating parts, limited dodging) sap the big-explosions fun.
Krista spotlights seven 2026 games she’s excited to try—mixing cozy-leaning indies with bigger names like Mario Tennis Fever and Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection.
Wilhelm recaps TAGN’s Fantasy Critic League 2026 draft day—date and pick-count mixups, new rules, auto-picks galore, one manual rescue pick, and lessons learned for next time.
Tipa ports Sword for Hire from Python to Lua for Picotron, gets inspired by what others are building, and experiments with dithered scene transitions while wrestling cartridge-size limits.
Anarchae’s week-one digest hits a new Panasonic hot water dispenser, returning to weekly qigong, and reading Otto Penzler’s female-detectives anthology (including a surprisingly light Christie).
Warner’s Sunday link roundup riffs on a wild Venezuela news weekend, propaganda and MAGA infighting, plus pieces on Grok/X abuse, enshittification-resistant internet ideas, and blogging’s comeback.
Belghast shares a deeply personal resolution: after losing his spouse and drifting in numbness, he wants 2026 to be about genuinely living life again, not just passing time.
Dave Winer argues for owning your own online distribution as a co-op (no VC, billionaires, or government), plugs FeedLand politics and the nightly Scripting News email.
Tobold tracks down a too-loud water-cooled PC: radiator fans stuck at 100% for years, new Corsair fans plus dust cleanup, then BIOS fan curves for quiet temps—even in BG3.
Emily reviews Bridgerton’s When He Was Wicked, unpacking Francesca’s grief and fear of “unfaithfulness” after John’s death, and her slow-burn, conflicted romance with Michael.