Tipa revives a beloved Dinokun virtual pet, revisits Geocities-era fandom scars, and spots 8-Colors Star Guardians as a very her thing. Bhagpuss gets Stars Reach running, then runs into a tutorial vibe that feels determined to scare off anyone hoping for a relaxed good time. Shintar is having a good time with WoW Midnight's endgame, especially the weekly story cadence, even if raid-story spoilers are a mess. Wes digs into ReXGlue, the open source Xbox 360 recompilation project pushing native PC ports beyond simple emulation talk. Sweetie unpacks the copycat debate around Genshin Impact, Breath of the Wild, and The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin without flattening them into clones. Belghast checks in on Last Epoch's Shattered Omens season, celebrates new content, and admits the game's little companion menagerie still rules. Wilhelm dips into Monsters & Memories and finds a very deliberate old-school MMO vibe, with character creation and zones screaming early EverQuest. Thomas likes what The Expanse: Osiris Reborn is showing so far, pitching it as the modern Mass Effect-style space RPG we never really got. Cliffski finally gets a heat pump into a drafty 1750 house, with plenty of bureaucratic nonsense and grant-chasing along the way. Jamie Zawinski gets a Spotify ad rejected for containing only music, which says a lot about where online advertising has ended up. Dave Winer wants an AI helper to rate Netflix picks via Metacritic and remains unconvinced Bluesky's AT Proto fixes the silo problem. Andrew Plotkin pops up in Ludic Narrans, a free game-studies interview collection about play that comes in two differently structured editions.

Sunday morning #DailyBlogroll brings news from Dave Winer, Wilhelm, @wes.readonlymemo.com, Shintar, Andrew Plotkin, Cliffski, Sweetie, Belghast, Jamie Zawinski, Thomas, @inventoryfull.bsky.social and more!

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I just started that one :-)

Two elf figures on a black and white plaid tablecloth holding a virtual pet toy between them.

Blasts from the Past: Is it the 90s again?

Quick reviews of Rakuraku Dinokun, Terminal, 8-Colors Space Guardians and Pool of Madness Playtest.

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Stargrace rounds up EverQuest Legends FAQ details, including housing, PC-only launch, a subscription model, no multiboxing, and Kunark already in the works. Syp returns to LOTRO refreshed, pushes into Idagal to finish Kingdoms of Harad, and grabs a very cute daffodil goat from Spring Festival. CrazyKinux argues CCP’s EVE Creator Awards badly missed Rixx Javix and, more broadly, keep overlooking the blogging and art communities behind EVE Online. Bhagpuss eyes Stars Reach’s latest pre-alpha push with some skepticism, especially after layoffs, repeated emails, and questions about why more keys are needed. Mailvaltar calls Resident Evil Requiem an early Game of the Year, praising its near-perfect blend of suspenseful helplessness and Resident Evil 4-style action. Wilhelm wraps EVE Online’s Gallente election event, hits 1,000 points, and grumbles that grinding Gallente level 1 missions exposes how thin that content pool is. Tobold recommends SOVL: Fantasy Warfare as a cheap, legally-distinct Warhammer-style tactics roguelike that clicks once you lean on cavalry and ranged units. Anarchae’s digest mixes condo-and-workwear stress with mystery novel notes, plus a sharp rant about sneaker shopping feeling like PC hardware one-upmanship. Brennan uses King Crimson’s “21st Century Schizoid Man” to frame a broader look at modern social withdrawal, from hikikomori to tang ping. Warner marks World Theatre Day with Willem Dafoe’s message and a simple pitch: go see a play and give live theatre some love. Scopique’s HiBy R1 impressions pitch a cheap little DAP as a way to escape the phone and maybe get better music playback, quirks included. Dave Winer sketches rss.network as an RSS 2.0 chat app, using ChatGPT and Claude to quickly mock up the concept and browser UI.

Saturday's #DailyBlogroll has stories from Dave Winer, Wilhelm, Mailvaltar, @scopique.bsky.social, Syp, Anarchae, Bhagpuss, Tobold, Stargrace, CrazyKinux, @warnercrocker.bsky.social, Brennan and more!

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Write-Only Code | Heavybit AI may be accelerating software into a world of

This should be required reading for software developers concerned about the impact of vibe coding on professional software development.

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Sey rounds up indie finds like Bubble Frog 2, GO! GO! Mister Chickums, Little Nemo, and a new videogames magazine Kickstarter. Kimimi loves Dreamcast oddity Samba de Amigo while admitting the giant maracas are gloriously impractical, fiddly tech for a tiny audience. Belghast pauses Path of Exile for Last Epoch: Shattered Omens, praising its approachable ARPG design and shouting out community build-guide creators. Wilhelm moves past WoW Midnight housing to boosted-paladin questing, where Silvermoon urgency quickly gives way to the classic farmer-problem MMO routine. Thomas revisits Singularity as a pulpy Soviet sci-fi shooter where time travel, E-99, and flesh-hungry mutants matter more than plot neatness. Emily vents about age-verification laws, fearing ID checks and surveillance could wall off Discord, AO3, and her ability to create online. Jamie Zawinski dunks on Kylie Minogue’s supposedly remastered Come Into My World video for looking like a gnarly AI-upscaled mess. Tim Bray serves another long-links mix, skimming inequality, CO2 monitoring, fraud investigation, and a hefty chunk of AI reading. Bruce Schneier argues AI regulation is becoming a midterms wedge issue, especially after Trump moved to block states from setting their own rules. Dave Winer pitches RSS as an open two-way network, from Beeper-style messaging to FeedLand blogrolls, with the usual standards-over-silos drumbeat. Aywren celebrates 24 years of Wayrift, looking at art evolution, archive rebuilding, steadier production, and the long road toward chapter 100. Tofutush reflects on growing up bilingual, why understanding a language isn’t the same as translating it, and how books shaped her English.

I overslept on the #DailyBlogroll! Please forgive me, Dave Winer, Wilhelm, Sey, Tim Bray, Tofutush, @belghast.com, Bruce Schneier, Kimimi, Thomas, @monsterlady.bsky.social, Aywren, Jamie Zawinski and everyone else!

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Massively Overthinking: Should gamers shut up about MMOs they don’t play?

Massively Overthinking: Should gamers shut up about MMOs they don’t play?

This game just moved to the top of my play list :-) Move over, Pokopia.

Why have I never seen this before? I have been waiting to play an all-girl Power Ranger boss fighting game since I was young!

Purchased, obviously.

Hey! Thanks for hosting! This #TurnBasedThursday we’re working on a XCOM + hair metal game, Tactichord: Glam Strategy, where you can create sick 80s music videos writing songs turn-by-turn.

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Hey @rogueduck.net thanks for hosting #TurnBasedThursday this week and the lovely event art!

Indeed, they do 😼

Also, some of them get an OST at some point 😁

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"Forbidden Solitaire is solitaire if you could cheat by shoving gems into your hand because an eyeball told you to." - Tyler Colp, PC Gamer

💿PLAY THE DEMO: tinyurl.com/ywj43ptj

Oh I missed that :-) Apologies. I did read the article, but I guess, not very closely.

Stargrace is all-in on EverQuest Legends as a busy adult’s Norrath return, with The Hero’s Journey vibes and Brasse’s involvement sweetening it. Tipa rounds up EverQuest Legends details from Discord, sketching a solo-friendly, multiclassed reimagining that isn’t just The Heroes Journey with a badge. CrazyKinux and Rixx swap EVE Online stories on FF4A chaos, hauling jitters, gate camps, filaments, and CCP’s 53 new systems. Bhagpuss digs into EverQuest Legends’ loaded name and sees a clear bid for players left homeless by The Hero’s Journey shutdown. Sweetie makes a strong nostalgic case for Sonic Riders, saying no other racer—not even Sonic Racing Crossworlds—hits that same fast hoverboard feel. Wilhelm likes EverQuest Legends’ solo-casual pitch, but not the messy rollout and fuzzy ‘Classic+’ framing around what it actually is. Tobold talks himself out of Arkham Horror: The Card Game and Brass: Pittsburgh because his current groups and time limits just won’t support them. Anarchae weighs new-job anxiety, strict NDA limits, and the shock of moving from seven years of freedom into rigid stadium hospitality work. Warner notes gas prices jumping sharply over five days on a family trip, with truck-stop grumbling underscoring the Iran-driven squeeze. Dave Winer eyes WordPress MCP as a possible WordLand fit, while wrestling old servers and wondering how AI is reshaping WordPress development. Sid’s 667MHz nostalgia trip vividly recalls tropical beige-box upkeep, rationed 56K dial-up, and when getting online was a whole household event. Brennan kicks off a thoughtful series on storytelling, arguing narrative creates meaning from information and drawing on neuroscience and writing study.

Not all the #DailyBlogroll is about #EverQuestLegends today. Find out what Stargrace, Dave Winer, Wilhelm, @inventoryfull.bsky.social, Sid, Tobold, CrazyKinux, Warner, Sweetie, Brennan, @anarchaeopteryx.bsky.social et al have to say!

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Also in the book, Rocky's civilization built a space elevator before they developed spaceflight.

An Iksar action figure and a DE Shadow Knight are standing against a backdrop of Befallen. SK: So you said you were a shaman? Iksar: Yes. SK: AND a monk? Iksar: Yup! SK: And also a Shadow Knight? Iksar: Surprisingly, also yes!

EverQuest 3 is officially dead.

There's no way they'd be developing TWO new EverQuest games, right? Game Jawn's "EverQuest Legends" just might be the EQ for the rest of us.

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#EverQuest #MMOs #EverQuestLegends

Is Pokemon Champions a PvP game?

I haven't read the book, but I just imagine by the end of the book her hair is an oily, tangled, frizzled mess and people are terrified of her.

How does she wash/brush her hair with that thing on?

Getting heavy Mike Jittlov vibes from the Flash cover :-)

Build your hero, adventure your way, and forge your legend!

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Splash screen for Topdeck Automat showing a blue robot shooting cards at two alien monsters.

Preview: Topdeck Automat

A fun, quick engine-building card battler that has you play as a humble printer bot single-handedly battling an alien invasion. As one does. @ludokultur.bsky.social

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Alexia runs through 30 games from Baldur’s Gate 3 to Infinity Nikki, weighing which ones are worth bringing back into 2026. Syp pokes through WoW Midnight at a leisurely pace, enjoys steady flying’s return, and falls hard for the cozy, magical Arcantina. Patrick recounts crash-learning Tunnels & Trolls 7.5, wrangling its chaotic rules, and somehow getting a homemade dungeon to the table. Kevin adds a TempusGameIt feature that spots untracked Steam installs and helps users quickly fill in missing game metadata. Krista hustles through Infinity Nikki 2.3, finishes a couple limited outfits, and gets reacquainted before the 2.4 update lands. Wilhelm breezes past Eikthyr, upgrades into troll hide, and tweaks Valheim’s solo settings to make bronze grinding and boat-building feel just right. Roger preps for a Danube cruise by sorting sockets, charging gear, and the usual stack of travel tech modern holidays apparently demand. Bhagpuss takes a spring detour to Stanton Drew and contrasts its hands-on, low-key stone circles with the heavily managed Stonehenge experience. Joar reflects on how lingering in the wrong job slowly drains energy, optimism, and initiative long before anything visibly breaks. Jamie Zawinski flags a grim BLDGBLOG note: repeated drawdowns may be pushing Strategic Oil Reserve salt caverns toward structural failure. Mike keeps refining the Leako ColecoVision clone, swapping to USB power and tackling board flex, parts shortages, and general buildability. Dave Winer gripes that Claude is lousy for open-ended research and argues Mozilla should focus on user-controlled web storage for independent developers.

Two new names join the #DailyBlogroll today! Enjoy stories by @scripting.com, Wilhelm, Alexia, Patrick, Kevin, @leadedsolder.com, Joar, Krista, Bhagpuss, Syp, Jamie Zawinski, Roger and more!

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Not my local library, but my local library does have a lot of board games to lend :-)

Stargrace made 1.5 million gold in WoW, spent big on professions and recipes, and is happily leveling alts with pet battles and weekly content. Aywren shares a smart Steam weekend rotation, alternating games like Enshrouded and Palworld to keep co-op sessions fresh and burnout at bay. Shintar enjoys SWTOR Galactic Season 10, but the companion-specific Conquest objectives already feel grindier and way less flexible than older seasons. Luna shows off Moonstone Island’s pricey but adorable Switch Deluxe Edition, loving the physical goodies while wishing the cosmetic DLC was included. Oya’s first Baldur’s Gate 3 notes mix eye-horror, an hour-long bard creator session, Steam Deck struggles, and immediate curiosity about Shadowheart. Wilhelm dives into EVE Online’s Gallente election event, amused by the candidate gimmick and glad CCP shipped something besides the usual seasonal reruns. WCRobinson says Gunner-chan! is a brisk, charming roguelike shooter on Switch and PC that punches above its budget with lively arcade action. Joar’s post is mostly home-sale chaos—leaky tub, damaged ceiling, pricey driveway—but he still squeezes in some World of Warcraft and hits level 87. Tipa reviews Project Hail Mary as a smart space survival story, comparing its setup to Passengers before zeroing in on Ryland Grace and Rocky. Scopique falls down a digital audio player rabbit hole, weighing simple MP3-style options like the Snowsky Echo against pricier streaming-friendly gear. Dave Winer demos FeedLand’s category-powered dynamic OPML lists and muses that AI like Claude should just handle server maintenance already. Emily digs the Gothic vibes of Inheritance, especially the haunted manor, ghostly 3 a.m. weirdness, and a romance that stays nicely in the background.

Happy Tiw's Day! Enjoy instead these #DailyBlogroll stories from Wilhelm, Dave Winer, WCRobinson, Joar, Oya, Shintar, Stargrace, Luna, @monsterlady.bsky.social, Aywren, Scopique, Tipa and more!

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Weinermobile

Weinermobile

Weinermobile

Sometimes on your way home from buying a garbage can and Pringles® your kids spot the Weinermobile two blocks from your house and you end up 12 miles away from your city as you chase it down the highway so your daughter can get a picture

There's only 6 of them ya know

It's the story of a man who makes an interactive storybook for his employer, and makes a secret copy for his own daughter. The book automatically hires freelance voice actors to read aloud the interactive stories. This is the story of the man, his daughter, the intended recipient, and the VO actress

If we're looking for seminal SF works set in a decayed Western society to adapt, I would rather choose Neal Stephenson's "The Diamond Age".

Which was, you'll remember, New Orleans.

Not gonna happen. Plenty of Effinger's works better to adapt than this. I've reread When Gravity Fails recently and did not enjoy how he treated women in general and trans women in specific. We do not need this movie.

When Gravity Fails, with its emphasis on the Islamic takeover of the US and a heavy helping of trans characters, would be a hard movie to make in today's US.