Aywren falls hard for Squeakross: Home Squeak Home, a cozy Picross-with-pet-rats gem on Steam Deck where puzzles unlock furniture, outfits, stickers, and even nudge real rat-shelter support.
Roger shares quick LOTRO fixes: disable Per Pixel Lighting to stop cave/rock texture strobing, plus practical install tweaks like SSD, 64-bit client, and using the standalone launcher over Steam.
Shintar digs into SWTOR 7.8’s Galactic Threads, praising the “old-school” feel and the three any-order mini-arcs (Tatooine/Hoth/Elom), with spoiler-packed notes on Malgus, Shae, and the Hidden Chain.
Juhis talks “busy adult” gaming: Switch/Steam Deck sleep mode makes 10-minute sessions workable, steering him toward roguelikes and quick runs—plus recs like Lonely Mountains, Slay the Spire, and Into
Krista rounds up the basics on Heartopia, a new cozy multiplayer life-sim about friendships, hobbies, and deep house/outfit customization—plus launch platforms (TapTap PC, iOS/Android) and cross-play.
joargarrosh bounces between MMOs: FFXIV queues killed the momentum, Diablo 4’s season didn’t stick, ESO’s Solstice finale feels brutally one-shotty, and GW2’s mechanist run is the bright spot—for now.
Belghast says farewell to Anthem as servers go dark, remembering the killer “Iron Man suit” feel and soundtrack despite thin content—then pivots to grinding Path of Exile challenges the hard way.
Wilhelm reviews EVE Online’s Winter Nexus 2025, liking the relaxed mining track (and doing it twice) while noting New Eden’s constant competition—so he sneaks into quiet high-sec storms to grind.
Warner reacts to Apple’s multi-year deal to power the delayed “new Siri” with Google Gemini, calling it a surrender and wondering whether users see it this spring or not until WWDC 2026.
Bruce Schneier revisits The Mentor’s 1980s “Conscience of a Hacker,” quoting its defiant “crime is curiosity” vibe and the argument that exploring systems gets labeled criminal while worse harms go un
Dave Winer recaps a great WordPress-community deep-dive on his WordLand/FeedLand “WordPress as OS” vision—everything as posts linked into arbitrary graphs—plus a low-key plug for his nightly email.
Tipa explains how her Python + RSS + GPT + Jinja Daily Blogroll workflow triggered a Bluesky spam warning—especially @-mentioning lots of bloggers—despite linking straight to originals with no ads.