Syp feels a bit aimless in World of Warcraft, so he’s leveling a Death Knight toward prepatch, trophy-hunting (hello, Onyxia head), decor-scavenging in Northrend, and buying the Iron Chainkini.
Tipa wrangles Dune: Awakening base relocation drama—private servers, Solari scrambling, missing thopters, and rebuilding foundations—while worrying the whole server cluster’s going quiet.
Roger shares early thoughts on Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon—use-based skill leveling, generous skill points, crafting through persistence, and tough combat that rewards movement, timing, and mana
Shintar wraps SWTOR Galactic Season 9 after finishing all meta achievements, praising the flashpoint-heavy theme and mostly chill groups, while noting veteran-only weeklies made guild nights harder to
Ellie celebrates eight years of reviews with a comfy “games of 2025” list—12 monthly picks and why they stuck, plus a nod to how writing helps keep her gaming habits (and head) healthier.
Wilhelm closes out Steam’s Winter Sale with the Steam Awards (none of his votes won), grumbles about “popularity contest” vibes, and digs into Best of Steam 2025 seller/player stats tiers.
The Friendly Necromancer journals a rough reset—bereavement, flu, ongoing immunotherapy—then talks Dune feeling like chores and a Baldur’s Gate 3 clown-cleric run deep into Act 3.
Scopique vents about the headache of planning a June UK-to-Ireland trip—rental car rules kill England/Scotland, and his wife goes full spreadsheet mode to lock down Ireland lodging.
Anarchae shares sanitized YAML configs for the Homepage dashboard, comparing it to Homarr and explaining how it tames too many self-hosted tabs (Sonarr/Radarr/Prowlarr) without making Firefox chaos.
Ron Gilbert declares 2026 his “year of Linux,” fed up with Apple lock-down vibes, then lists practical dev worries like C++ IDEs, Mac code signing, drivers, distro choice, and backups.
Dave Winer posts a WordLand video demo (cranky audio caveats), cheers apps building on FeedLand, notes NPR asking for listener news, and admits ChatGPT has replaced Photoshop for quick edits.
Tofutush reminisces about seeing real snow for the first time—train-window flakes, powdery failed snowmen, risky frozen-river logic, warm maze-bed sleeping, and a sky packed with stars.