Daily Blogroll

The Daily Blogroll — Monday, 13 April 2026

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Tipa argues Dune: Awakening’s PvP-first endgame never fit her server, and Funcom’s shift toward PvE basically confirms it.

Kimimi loves Sylvan Tale for ditching RPG stat grind in favor of fast movement, smart exploration, and a brisk six-fort Game Gear adventure.

Shintar is deep in WoW: Midnight, loving streamlined delves, easy gearing, and the rare joy of being equally hyped to play together.

Wes spotlights MiSTer’s new 3DO core, checks in on hot Xbox 360 recompilation work, and warmly recommends Little Nemo and the Guardians of Slumberland.

Scopique’s first data-driven quarterly recap shows Star Citizen utterly dominating Q1, with WoW, Idle Champions, and a few survival detours trailing behind.

Belghast and crew bounce from Artemis II moon hype to Rabbit & Steel, Promise Mascot Agency, Last Epoch, and Dune: Awakening’s PvE pivot.

Wilhelm’s Fantasy Critic update tracks the week Pokémon Champions finally scored, and 56.7 landed more like a faceplant than a victory lap.

Dave Winer blasts NPR’s midterm framing for missing immigrant camps, military occupation, and nuclear threats, then quietly plugs the Scripting News email.

WCRobinson mixes Wales hiking, marathon prep, and Resident Evil requiem draft fatigue into a thoughtful check-in about time management and avoiding burnout.

Nicole digs into the OSSC Pro Legacy AV expansion’s new RF input, a promising enthusiast fix for older consoles and computers stuck with RF video.

Bruce Schneier warns that sycophantic AI chatbots feel trustworthy precisely because companies design them to flatter, and that’s a real societal risk.

Brennan’s annual birthday post treats turning 30 less as wisdom unlocked and more as finally finding stable footing across faith and philosophy.

The Daily Blogroll — Sunday, 12 April 2026

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Bhagpuss finally hits level 135 in EverQuest II and turns it into a nostalgic look at how MMO leveling got faster, stranger, and duller.

Sweetie misses the personality of PS4 and 3DS themes, arguing modern console UI traded charm and self-expression for bland, game-first menus.

Ellie revisits Contra as an NES great, arguing its legacy is oddly overshadowed by the sheer cultural gravity of the Konami Code.

Wilhelm notes EVE Online’s Gallente election track now stretches to 1,500 points, with skill points, favor, and those pricey officer-module tokens.

Tipa stumbles onto an absurd retro haul: a Vectrex retail display, pristine games, and even a new unopened console with 3D Imager.

Patrick goes digging for the missing Great Crystal Debate and resurfaces old Podecast chaos full of monsters, bees, ghosts, and wonderfully strange tangents.

Warner steps outside his comfort zone for a Professional Fighters League event, enjoying the spectacle and watching his son-in-law work the show.

The Friendly Necromancer shares a tough cancer update, plus a timely morale boost from Austin friends and old Wizard101 buddies.

Jamie Zawinski is still hunting for a self-hosted Basecamp replacement, and his reviews of Nextcloud and OpenProject are absolutely not flattering.

Dave Winer is hacking on Gutenberg Land with Claude, musing about browser-based AI workflows, local servers, and giving the bot a debugger.

The Daily Blogroll — Saturday, 11 April 2026

Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Syp makes do on a MacBook Air, hits 90 in World of Warcraft, then discovers the campaign gatekeeping before endgame finally opens up.

Belghast talks rebuilding routines during chemo, then chills out with Path of Exile mapping and a very enthusiastic Fallout season two check-in.

Wilhelm recounts EVE Online rescue ops after Atioth, as the Imperium regroups, secures the grid, and pushes fresh Keepstars into Geminate.

Anarchae’s week is all moving logistics, annoying scanned condo forms, work fatigue, and hoping electrolyte tablets tame stimulant-related muscle cramps.

Bhagpuss digs into Supergirl’s long history of reboots and near-breakouts, asking why Superman’s cousin never quite became truly huge.

Warner is bird-sitting his nephew’s bird this weekend, and the tiny critic is absolutely not hiding its disapproval.

Bruce Schneier’s squid post spotlights South Pacific overfishing, where booming jumbo flying squid fleets are outrunning the science and the regulators.

Jamie Zawinski keeps refining popup-video.js to dodge YouTube tracking and cut page bloat, but Safari’s maddening double-click autoplay rules remain.

Scopique unpacks the mess of Windows audio routing, OBS, VAC, and Elgato Wave Link while chasing cleaner channel separation for recording.

Dave Winer sketches AI-friendly WordPress writing tools, from wpEditorDemo to a Gutenberg sidecar for WordLand, with XML-RPC-era ecosystem energy.

Brennan reflects on grief, impermanence, and writing as witness, framing sorrow less as something solved than something lived through.

The Daily Blogroll — Friday, 10 April 2026

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Tipa compares Pokopia’s post-human Pokémon mystery to Horizon Zero Dawn, tracing how both worlds reveal catastrophe through records, ruins, and recovery plans.

Roger is surprised Starfield pulled him back with Shattered Space, Terran Armada, freer planet travel, and enough quality-of-life fixes to feel substantial.

Sey highlights Triple-i Initiative standouts like Neverway, Long Gone, Prove You’re Human, and Too Deep To Quit in a brisk indie showcase roundup.

Ron Gilbert says Death by Scrolling hits Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, and updated Steam on April 16 with a new character, world, powerups, and customization.

Kimimi finds Jellyfish the Healing Friend soothing in theory, but its PlayStation jellyfish care is so minimal it barely feels interactive.

Mailvaltar is having a blast revisiting Diablo II with a Poison Nova Necromancer, a gear-hungry build that finally shines for terror-zone farming.

Scopique relishes Dune: Awakening backing away from forced PvP, arguing players keep showing they’d rather build and explore than get griefed.

Wilhelm rounds up No Man’s Sky’s Xeno Arena update, which basically lets you collect, train, breed, and battle creatures in space-Pokémon style.

Thomas likes Xenonauts 2 as a refinement, but says its Cold War setting feels underused despite neat touches like the Doomsday clock and Cleaners.

Aywren ditches pricier Netflix for a DVD/Blu-ray player, arguing physical media is cheaper, ad-free, and actually yours once you buy it.

Tim Bray weighs sticking with 1Password 7 versus moving to Bitwarden, with the big concerns being sync, security, and government pressure.

Dave Winer wants WordPress as a collaborative writing back end, with APIs, smarter editors like WordLand and Gutenberg, and RSS-friendly docs users truly control.

The Daily Blogroll — Thursday, 9 April 2026

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Stargrace loved EVE Online’s Gallente election for letting her finish it her way, with flexible objectives, alt-friendly rewards, and less busywork.

Syp’s latest RimWorld Naked Brutality run gets messy fast: horse-clubbing, heat wave, infection, surprise daughter recruit, then a hunting timber wolf.

Frostilyte reflects on going from Roguelike skeptic to devotee, and how Rogue Legacy, Hades 2, and The King is Watching changed his standards.

Bhagpuss finds EverQuest II’s latest Producer’s Letter pretty thin, then digs into what Origins, Rise of Kunark, and the Zarrakon merge might imply.

Oya rounds up a hectic March with Baldur’s Gate 3, handheld Thor impressions, co-op favorites, swimming, and Holy Week in Spain.

Sweetie’s birthday nostalgia tour makes a strong case for the Nintendo DS Lite, from Tamagotchi and Dragon Quest IX to Mario Kart DS.

Belghast is winding down Last Epoch season goals, coasting through Path of Exile challenges, and eyeing POE2 and Diablo 4 next.

Wilhelm’s retail WoW group keeps tinkering with follower dungeons, and his Death Knight tank experiments are going better than Captain Garrick’s chaos.

Dave Winer reacts to Trump-era nuclear fears with a blunt, shame-soaked argument that Americans are complicit unless they act now.

Warner eyes Anthropic’s Mythos and Project Glasswing with deep skepticism, framing AI doom warnings as another hype cycle with dangerous real-world stakes.

Bruce Schneier spotlights a ProPublica report on Microsoft cloud security, where FedRAMP approved GCC High despite reviewers’ serious doubts.

Brennan asks what streaming, subscriptions, and vanishing licenses do to art’s permanence, pulling in Walter Benjamin and Ways of Seeing.