Stargrace counts down to World of Warcraft: Midnight early access, stresses over choosing a main, and dreams of pivoting from gold-making to full-on collecting and completion.
Sey rounds up indie picks and community stuff: Esoteric Ebb, Ratcheteer DX, Planet of Lana II, plus a Mia & Mio Kickstarter surge and Stardew Valley’s Symphony of Seasons.
Azuriel admits Mewgenics has eaten 77 hours in under two weeks, and Slay the Spire 2 Early Access on March 5 is about to obliterate the backlog.
Kimimi decides to stop credit-feeding Don Doko Don on PC Engine GT and play for survival, discovering enemy tells, tactics, and a surprisingly nuanced single-screen platformer.
Belghast marks World of Warcraft: Midnight head start by embracing a Dark Iron warrior main and confronting the “two years played” reality with all the baggage and friendships.
Wilhelm swings back to Project: Gorgon after No Man’s Sky’s Remnant detour, noting new player peaks, a fifth server, and some shop-stall growing pains.
Michael digs Aerial_Knight’s DropShot’s wild setup and fast falling-shooter scoring, praising the arcade replay loop while wishing for more polish and mid-game variety.
Jamie Zawinski riffs on Amanda Seyfried’s “prosthetic butthole” quote, deadpanning the logic and demanding the “butthole cut,” with plenty of snarky callbacks.
Aywren explains dabbling in Steam Deck retro emulation—EmuDeck vs RetroDECK, importing ROMs into Steam, and why SNES games look shockingly great on the handheld.
Warner’s Xfinity modem “upgrade” turns into a lesson in broken AI support, with even store reps using a backdoor text-and-static trick to reach a human agent.
Dave Winer links an NPR piece on ICE buying warehouses, riffs on podcasting as resilient decentralization, and teases applying that same pattern to text soon.
Axxuy answers the “oldest thing you own” prompt with a late-1940s typewriter that still works, celebrating durable, repairable tools that’ll outlast modern appliances.