Stargrace says Wurm Online’s Christmas Secret Santa sounded great but landed rough—after donating high-QL tools and goodies, she mostly got low-QL junk back, though the new collectibles were still fun
Tipa digs into Quest 64 on an Analogue 3D, gripes about weird save quirks, then gets into Brian’s elemental magic build-crafting and why this “bad” N64 RPG still clicks.
CrazyKinux rediscovers EVE Online by learning outside the client—tuning a Merlin brawler fit (blasters, AB, scram/web, shield buffer), then undocking, exploding, and iterating until it clicks.
Frostilyte’s December roundup starts with Isopod’s fun speedier rolling bits… then bounces off the imprecise platforming and physics-y chaos that made guiding Winston more frustrating than chill.
Azuriel’s The Outer Worlds 2 review loves the gorgeous zones, traversal, and improved looting/crafting, but says skill checks and “choices matter” design fall flat despite some smart combat-vs-social-
Belghast kicks off AggroChat’s 2025 Games of the Year Part One, rapid-firing thoughts on everything from Monster Hunter Wilds and Slormancer to Guild Wars 2’s Fractal Incursion and Clair Obscur.
Wilhelm’s Fantasy Critic League update is all admin drama for now—Halo: Campaign Evolved gets fuzzier on its release date, and the “Unannounced Mainline Half-Life Game” rules keep getting clarified.
Anarchae’s week-2 digest mixes first qigong aches, looming roommate illness, dentist visits and tooth-grinding woes, plus cozy bits like chicken rice soup, mysteries (female detectives anthology), and
Warner Crocker pauses Sunday Morning Reading to help family move (and babysit), but still sneaks in a little Chicago Bears wildcard joy and a grandkid’s very relatable game-day nerves.
Tobold shares blunt home-improvement advice after the Crans-Montana bar fire: cheap plastic foam is wildly flammable, so spend a little extra for flame-retardant insulation instead of gambling.
In Schneier on Security’s comments, Clive Robinson riffs on BGP “incursion” speculation—why correlation isn’t causation, how router subversion might hide the attack but not the effects, and why harden
Dave Winer argues Bluesky client devs should coordinate on extra shared features, pleads for link-friendly platforms, drops a FeedLand DB index speed tip, and cheers RSS showing up in WordLand.