Syp’s WoW Classic grind crawls through the 30s/40s, debates sticking with Druid vs waiting for Shaman, enjoys Greatfather Winter tradition, and finds new appreciation for vanilla’s cross-world travel.
Bhagpuss checks in from Baldur’s Gate 3: 45 hours deep, lots of trap-disarming and save-scumming, a surprisingly manageable Auntie Ethel hag fight, and some grumbling about awful pathing.
Kimimi gushes over Zwei as pure comfort-RPG magic—sparkly scenery, gentle acoustic tunes, whimsical villages, and kid-heroes Pipiro and Pockle—like getting that “first enchanted RPG” feeling back.
Scopique digs into ARC Raiders’ extraction-shooter pain: aggression-based matchmaking sounds promising, but the real lesson is you’re the weakest thing out there and death means losing your kit.
Tobold tries Sengoku Dynasty post-1.1 as a cozy survival-crafting village builder—fast travel, Japanese theme, villagers for automation—and happily turns off raids (or toggles infinite health) to skip
Andrew Plotkin scans the 2026 IGF nominees, cheers the love for “weird little games,” name-checks favorites like Type Help and Roottrees, and adds a loud “okay fine” to the Titanium Court hype.
Axxuy recaps 2025: 100 blog posts and too much traffic-stat staring, plus the media roundup—finally playing Stardew Valley, returning to Runescape, and blasting through ~30 library-supplied books.
Warner Crocker balances grandkids’ laughter with a heavy news week, arguing that feeling angry can sharpen resolve—and asking what sacrifices the comfortable are willing to make for others closer to
Dave Winer shares a bleak drive-time thought about ICE expanding into a nationwide secret-police vibe, then pitches a social-web tweak: make replies private unless the recipient chooses to repost.
Anarchae ships Anarchaeopteryx Theme CSS v17 with a new callout/infobox (HTML+CSS included), cleans up dead links, and drops the guestbook after Azure took the hosting down.
Joar reflects on what 35 years in accounting/finance taught beyond bullet points: judgment, “something smells off” instincts, reading rooms and power dynamics, and staying skeptical without turning c
Tofutush marks a year-plus of blogging—37 posts and counting—reflecting on site tinkering, tag organization, design angst, privacy worries, plus IRL updates like classes, Anki-based Uyghur study, and寒