John says Ambrosia Sky is basically Prey meets PowerWash Simulator, with Saturn-ring stations, fungal cleanup, immersive-sim puzzles, and a grappling tether.
Tipa jumps back into Malifaux’s fall league, ditches struggling Colette, and gets another win with Rasputina while eyeing new modes and Gaining Grounds.
Frostilyte recommends 20 More, Somehow Even Smaller, Mazes as a free, breezy antidote to time-sink games, with clever little twists throughout.
Wilhelm wraps Planet Crafter’s free Skeo with a nice appreciation of its dramatic terraforming, unlockable exploration, and loot-heavy icy-to-tropical transformation.
The Friendly Necromancer details the absurd EverQuest Legends faction grind to unlock Trolls, plus a few handy farming tricks and wishlist tweaks.
Tobold wonders whether MMORPG discourse and today’s AI criticism share a deeper link, via names like Ed Zitron and Cory Doctorow.
Roger shares a brisk batch of wise quotes on knowledge, science, change, and cleaning up your own messes.
Bruce Schneier spots a Tennessee family squid dissection event and, naturally, invites readers to go take pictures.
Syp makes a cozy case for tiny single-purpose gadgets, especially an X3 e-reader and iPod Nano combo for distraction-free porch reading.
Jeff Atwood shares a moving Stack Overflow story that argues human help mattered more than any LLM ever could.
Jeff is launching HomelabFest in St. Louis for homelabbers into self-hosting, efficient servers, old hardware, racks, and budget builds.
Joel reflects on a sci-fi movie post that grew into something else, with some fun side-chat about blogging formats and punctuation habits.