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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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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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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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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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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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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Tipa digs The Invincible for its quiet mystery, retro-futurist sci-fi mood, and choice-driven exploration more than any twitchy action. Azuriel breaks down the Subnautica 2 ruling and why Krafton’s bonus structure looked like a giant incentive to avoid paying Unknown Worlds. Kimimi gets thoroughly humbled by Dracula X Chronicles’ final boss, then turns the losing streak into a sharp look at relearning the fight. Nicole takes a chance on Wonderland Amusements’ sub-$1000 home pinball machine, finding a much more DIY build than the old ToyShock setup. Belghast and crew bounce through Dragonkin, Last Epoch, Pokémon Horizons, Path of Exile, and what makes a character more than a build. Ellie calls Venba deeply moving, saying its cooking-game surface barely contains its themes of immigration, family, culture, and belonging. Wilhelm checks his Fantasy Critic standings as Crimson Desert lands a decent score, with controller complexity sounding like the real review killer. Thomas mourns the cancelled Stargate SG-1: The Alliance after uncovering trailer and dev footage for the squad-based shooter that never was. Anarchae’s weekly digest is a blur of qigong, shoe-shopping, condo stress, work training, mystery novels, Survivor, and general life admin. Michael serves up a brisk web roundup spanning comics, music, tech, games, and writing, with a side of old-internet optimism. Bruce Schneier spotlights a long-awaited Xbox One hack, where voltage glitching finally cracks the console wide open in an unpatchable way. Dave Winer revisits a 2006 web crossroads, arguing VC-fueled monopolies warped the internet and wondering whether a second chance would go better.

Get your week started with a #DailyBlogroll with crunchy stories by Dave Winer, Wilhelm, Tipa, Nicole, Azuriel, @ellie.wubrgsky.org, Anarchae, Kimimi, Bruce Schneier, Thomas, Belghast, Michael and more!

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Roger calls out Crimson Desert for locking story progress behind a nasty arm-wrestling QTE, then uses AutoHotKey to brute-force past it. Sweetie says Pokopia hype proves Nintendo still wins with true exclusives, making the Switch 2 feel necessary in a PC-heavy gaming world. Belghast is tinkering with a Path of Exile minion build around Broken Elegy, shrine belts, and Guardian, with equal parts chaos and curiosity. Wilhelm finally totals his World of Warcraft time across 42 characters: 261 days, with Vikund alone eating up nearly 100 of them. Tobold defends judging Crimson Desert from reviews and footage, saying pre-purchase filtering matters when a game’s boss fights and controls sound like dealbreakers. Michael says Frog Detective 1 still charms as a funny, simple, kid-friendly adventure, even if the dialogue puzzles and jokes get a little repetitive. Warner rounds up essays on literacy, Iran, AI, finance, and artists’ day jobs, with a reflective detour through time with the grandkids. Tofutush’s spring break diary is a darkly funny run of knife cuts, mystery stomach trouble, storm dodging, and homework dread. Brennan sketches a “Good Web” built in good faith—less dark-pattern sludge, more humane community-minded spaces that actually respect users. Jamie Zawinski asks the Lazyweb if Google Pass finally matters, mainly because faster Android QR scanning would help move nightclub lines along. Dave Winer looks back to March 21, 2006—first tweet, early YouTube, OPML dreams—and says his new feediverse push is basically a return to web roots. CrazyKinux argues Star Wars doesn’t need the Force everywhere; Andor-style stories work better when Jedi magic stays rare and mysterious.

Good Sunday Morning! It's a new week of #DailyBlogroll, starting with @scripting.com, Wilhelm, Michael, CrazyKinux, Tofutush, Warner, Sweetie, Brennan, Belghast, Jamie Zawinski, Tobold, @rogertayloredwards.bsky.social and more!

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Syp is happily poking through WoW Classic’s Duskwallow Marsh, enjoying the mid-40s questing groove without any rush toward Outland. Cliffski digs into why auto-balancing Ridiculous Space Battles means way more than headless sims, especially when random fleets can produce totally useless stats. Roger finds Crimson Desert packed with systems and MMO-like menus, but says the dense tutorial and awkward controls make for a steep early climb. Bhagpuss browses the Steam Spring Sale, mulls wishlist psychology, and explains why even a 70% discount still isn’t enough for Smalland. Wilhelm rounds up EG7’s softer Q4, worries about Daybreak’s aging lineup, and notes Daybreak beat The Heroes Journey in a very unsurprising settlement. The Friendly Necromancer spotlights Mewgenics’ ridiculously catchy Ridiculon soundtrack, with Kyle’s tier list proving this family is fully in its cat-song era. Tobold argues Crimson Desert’s big open world is more Grosvenor Square than Bridgerton, if you wanted drama instead of freeform exploration. Thomas notes D.O.R.F.’s Kickstarter is already funded, but this old-school RTS throwback still looks like a pretty long wait until 2028. Jamie Zawinski flags a wild Rolling Stone report about a FEMA official claiming teleportation to Waffle House, which is as alarming as it sounds. Bruce Schneier’s Friday squid post points to jumbo flying squid conservation in the South Pacific and opens the thread for whatever security news readers bring. Tim Bray recounts a maddening Germany-only email outage saga that turned out to be firewall trouble, until Nash Burns finally fixed it. Dave Winer says Bluesky’s late $100 million disclosure hurts trust, and argues the platform should connect to the web, not just AT Proto.

Squaredle, THEN #DailyBlogroll! Sorry for the delay; here's the latest from Wilhelm, @friendlynecro.bsky.social, @scripting.com, Cliffski, Bhagpuss, Jamie Zawinski, Roger, Syp, Thomas, Bruce Schneier, Tim Bray, Tobold et al 🙂

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Nimgimli is having a gloriously confused time with Prey, smashing for Mimics and stubbornly refusing to look up that impossible lab door. Sey rounds up indie picks like Rubato and ROVA, plus a new Continue magazine Kickstarter and a shout for Mr. Sleepy Man’s soundtrack. Kimimi digs into Madou Monogatari 1-2-3 as a surprisingly relaxed PC-98 dungeon crawler built for breezy, almost one-handed play. Krista revisits first impressions of Cozy Grove, remembering its Animal Crossing-meets-Stardew appeal and Spry Fox’s familiar character charm. Wilhelm sorts through EVE Online’s Catalyst changes, with carrier buffs, blops and SOCT nerfs, and the usual CCP giveth-and-taketh energy. Andrew Plotkin reads GDC’s rebrand and shrinking booth scene as a worrying sign, with layoffs and AI hype hanging over the conference. UltrViolet walks through a PET scan during lung cancer treatment, making a stressful, deeply personal medical routine feel more understandable. Belghast shares the brutal limbo between diagnosis and treatment, outlining the tests, uncertainty, and looming chemo after colorectal cancer news. Tipa turns scam calls, life-insurance spam, and fake Google death checks into a darkly funny riff on aging and online legacy. Axxuy tidies the blog, moves from axxuy.xyz to axxuy.com, and adds human.json plus a generator tool along the way. Scopique is eyeing Unreal Engine less for games than virtual production and scene composition, even if the beginner-learning path looks rough. Dave Winer pokes at Bluesky funding secrecy, RSS namespace headaches, and why feed readers should connect better with linkblogging tools.

Finally Friday! And what a #DailyBlogroll, with news from Dave Winer, Wilhelm, Axxuy, Nimgimli, Sey, @leekscosycorner.com, UltrViolet, @scopique.bsky.social, Tipa, Kimimi, Andrew Plotkin, Belghast and more!

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Aywren says Cast n Chill nails cozy fishing with lovely pixel art, fish collection goals, and an actually useful semi-idle mode. Sweetie explains otome games’ lasting pull: more female protagonists, stronger casts, and stories that hit way harder than the genre’s reputation suggests. Wilhelm’s first WoW Midnight housing session is basically plot hunting, guild wrangling, and realizing Blizzard really wants a housing gold rush. CrazyKinux is all in on Dune: Part Three, especially Villeneuve tackling Dune Messiah’s darker, anti-messianic turn. Warner got an early taste of David Byrne and Mala Gaonkar’s Theater of the Mind and seems happily amused by its World of Whirlpool neighbor. Tim Bray loved hearing Byrd, Bach, and friends unamplified in a cathedral, then immediately started side-eyeing the production choices. Tofutush offers a delightfully vague master recipe for "Food," where everything is cooked to an appropriately appropriate degree. Axxuy moved from axxuy.xyz to axxuy.com, cleaned up the site, and added human.json plus a generator tool. Bruce Schneier points to a DJI Romo hack that let one person control 7,000 robot vacuums, because IoT security remains a mess. Dave Winer riffs on suspension of disbelief in software, tweaks the source namespace, and vents about scammy phone prompts for private info. Tobold argues AI creativity tools, like the printing press before them, lower barriers to entry and spread more ideas for better and worse. Brennan switches to French to reflect on learning the language, wanting access to literature and Métis roots, and grieving the limits of one lifetime.

And on that sunny note, enjoy today's #DailyBlogroll with uplifting stories by Dave Winer, Wilhelm, Axxuy, Tim Bray, Tobold, Aywren, @tofutush.bsky.social, Sweetie, Bruce Schneier, Warner, Brennan, CrazyKinux and more!

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Syp dives into Barony’s brutal pixel dungeons, dies to slimes, gets weird potion effects, and still seems fully onboard for more punishment. Frostilyte argues Slay the Spire 2 feels too familiar, especially Act 1, where similar starting decks make early runs blur together. Wilhelm takes to Valheim’s seas on a flimsy raft, gets wrecked by a serpent, then promptly dies to a falling tree too. Thomas says Mesektet’s demo nails a serious Fate of Atlantis-style mystery, with Göbekli Tepe, moody pixel art, and strong foreboding music. Roger says booking a Marella river cruise through Hays Travel turned one trip into a maze of websites, apps, and backup paper tickets. Bhagpuss finally surfaces a long-buried post on Debsey Wykes’ Teenage Daydream, mixing memoir, music fandom, and old Dolly Mixture memories. Jamie Zawinski posts a very jwz little future-shock moment: a Monarch clip that makes San Francisco’s weird tomorrow look oddly appealing. Emily unloads on the FIFA World Cup, saying the nonstop honking, yelling, and fan chaos are especially unbearable with noise sensitivity. Belghast found American Rapture a wild horror listen: a sheltered Catholic teen, Wisconsin weirdness, and a plague that spreads lust instead of rage. Tipa says the Bambu AMS 2 Pro’s built-in filament dryer and easier filament path look like a real fix for 3D printing headaches. Ron Gilbert is giving Claude, Copilot, and Gemini 30 days on a Raylib prototype, finding AI handy for rote code and maddening elsewhere. Dave Winer riffs on OpenClaw for non-programmers, then gets more personal about therapy, midlife, and learning how to actually want better things.

Wednesday's #DailyBlogroll is here with news from Wilhelm, Tipa, @scripting.com, Ron Gilbert, Roger, Frostilyte, Thomas, Belghast, @inventoryfull.bsky.social, Emily, Jamie Zawinski, Syp and more!

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Stargrace’s WoW gold-making week cleared 2.3 million profit, with Area 52 leading the way and token prices sliding into season start. John is all-in on Aethus, praising its narrative survival loop, constant mining, lively banter, and impressive solo-dev scope. CrazyKinux learns EVE Online hauling the tense way, fitting a Sunesis for sub-two-second align time to sneak valuable cargo through low-sec. Kimimi clicks with Thousand Year Old Vampire’s solo, phone-friendly setup, even if the gorgeous book design makes learning the rules fussier than hoped. Luna rounds up a packed recent playlist, from Hermit and Pig to Dredge, after settling into a new house and snagging a Switch 2. Margot found Kena: Bridge of Spirits a gorgeous, focused action-adventure with heartfelt storytelling, satisfying combat, and, crucially, excellent little hats. Shintar finds WoW Midnight’s early endgame clicks once professions take over, with alts happily gathering, crafting, and dodging the gear treadmill. Wilhelm jumps back into retail WoW to test Midnight with friends, wrestling with subscriptions, expansions, and the usual launcher-and-addon hassle. Andrew Plotkin says IFTF’s GDC tables drew crowds with a collaborative Twine adventure and the gloriously niche appeal of Visible Zork. Scopique digs into generational tribalism, arguing people love lining up behind identity labels mostly to feel superior to somebody else. Dave Winer argues the SAVE Act’s birth-certificate hurdles are voter suppression, and wants journalists to cover it without lazy both-sides framing. Tipa is fed up with WordPress hosting and eyes Hugo plus GitHub Pages for a setup where the blog actually stays hers.

Welcome to Tuesday! Your #DailyBlogroll has stories you need to read by Wilhelm, @scripting.com, Andrew Plotkin, John, Shintar, Luna, Margot, Scopique, Tipa, Kimimi, Stargrace, @crazykinux.bsky.social and more!

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Syp weighs shelving LOTRO after An Sheru fatigue, muddled names, and creeping burnout make WoW, ESO, and Fallout 76 look tempting. UltrViolet checks in on WoW Midnight and sounds thoroughly unimpressed with its cutscenes, quest flow, and same-old expansion formula. Bhagpuss fondly revisits EverQuest when evil races, faction grind, and dangerous guards made MMO choices feel weighty and a little scary. Belghast and crew bounce through ITER-8, Pokopia, Last Epoch, Star Trek Online, and Path of Exile in another packed MMO chat. Wilhelm tracks another Fantasy Critic League shakeup as Marathon lands middling and Monster Hunter Stories 3 gives Ula a timely boost. Anarchae’s week was all sickness, job training, apartment hunting, and comfort reading The Circular Staircase while Survivor filled the gaps. Warner rounds up smart Sunday reading on gambling logic, Iran-era unease, generative AI, grief, and whether computers are still fun. Emily recounts a vivid dream obstacle course full of white halls, bolt-firing gargoyles, and mounting dread before a looming final monster. Dave Winer says Frontline’s Iran War podcasts are the sharpest briefings he’s heard, outclassing cable news chatter. Jamie Zawinski asks how macOS 26 mangled guest-user customization, after the old User Template trick apparently stopped working. Bruce Schneier flags a supposed quantum factorization advance for RSA, but keeps his skepticism firmly switched on. Brennan dives into House Hippos, PSAs, junk food, and VHS-era ads as childhood media literacy curdles into affectionate nostalgia.

*Someone* has a new thumbnail in today's #DailyBlogroll. Is it Wilhelm, Dave Winer, UltrViolet, Anarchae, Brennan, @belghast.com, @inventoryfull.bsky.social, Emily, Bruce Schneier, Syp, Jamie Zawinski, or Warner?

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Stargrace checks in on World of Warcraft: Midnight, settling on a monk main while juggling campaign progress, dailies, housing, and Season 1 anticipation. Frostilyte is only hours from finishing Metaphor: ReFantazio, but one story turn nuked his interest so hard he may never go back. Krista says Trinket Bag Maker is a short, super-cute nostalgia trip about building early-2000s dream bags with trinkets, stickers, and plenty of style options. Sweetie digs into Stardew Valley backlash over Clint becoming a marriage candidate, and why fans wanted the Wizard instead. Ellie dives into the 1989 NES Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, sparked by Magic: The Gathering’s crossover and renewed affection for the franchise. Wilhelm recaps EVE Online pressure in southern Geminate, where Imperium raids keep TEST busy without this looking like a full-scale invasion. The Friendly Necromancer says Mewgenics is equal parts maddening and brilliant, with weird classes, cat trading, and roguelike runs that keep pulling him back. Thomas finds Dead Space: Ignition a cheap curiosity for lore fans, but says its puzzle-heavy prequel setup wastes Franco Delille and The Sprawl. CrazyKinux is all-in on Spielberg’s Disclosure Day, pitching it as a return to his original first-contact sweet spot with a stacked creative team. Dave Winer argues WordPress should define social posts, then pivots to how AI coding tools are scrambling his own planning and code questions. Pete built a ChatGPT life coach to tackle fatigue and productivity, and its simple natural-light experiment seems promising so far. Tofutush is rereading all 15 Wings of Fire books before book 16, kicking off with why The Dragonet Prophecy nails worldbuilding.

#DailyBlogroll? More like a #BrunchRoll. Enjoy stories from Dave Winer, The Friendly Necromancer, Wilhelm, Pete, CrazyKinux, Frostilyte, @tofutush.bsky.social, Ellie, Stargrace, @leekscosycorner.com, Thomas, Sweetie and more!

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Aywren breaks down FFXIV patch 7.5, from Beastmaster and relics to housing storage, dye consolidation, and the April 28 release. Roger takes the plunge on Crimson Desert after strong early buzz, while noting the hefty 150GB install and SSD recommendation. Kimimi digs into Mitsumete Knight, a fantasy dating sim where Tokimeki Memorial-style stat raising collides with war, duels, and possible deaths. Scopique is happily grinding Star Citizen’s Alliance Aid event for a permanent crafting fabricator before 4.7 lands. Wilhelm rounds up EVE Online notes on Project Discovery turning ten and CCP tweaking faction warfare standings and awoxing penalties. Tobold finds Altay: Dawn of Civilization a solid deckbuilder with area control, but questions its scaling and long-term replayability. Michael’s indie roundup spotlights adventure games, game jams, and odd little Itch.io finds with plenty of love for hobbyist developers. Jamie Zawinski fumes as the DOJ settles with Live Nation/Ticketmaster, and urges readers to push state AGs to keep fighting. Tipa kicks off a movie-review series with War Machine, a Rangers-vs-giant-mech film she kept mistaking for a Chris Pratt vehicle. Warner handles Apple’s MacBook Neo in store and comes away thinking the build is great, but the real story is the price. Dave Winer argues “coder” and AI “slop” both miss the point, while pushing blogging, the open web, and human creativity. JJM says LLM-written Slack messages and pull requests feel demoralizing, making a simple case for human conversation at work and online.

It's a beautiful day for a Saturday #DailyBlogroll! Today's stories are by TAGN, Dave Winer, JJM, Michael, Roger, Scopique, Jamie Zawinski, Tobold, Aywren, Kimimi, @warnercrocker.bsky.social and more!

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Matt digs into EVE Online MER data and finds Metropolis rising as The Forge slips, though February says both markets are now sliding. Syp hits the sweet spot in WoW Classic as Stormstrike transforms his shaman rotation and the slow, nostalgic leveling loop feels genuinely restorative. Shintar recounts SWTOR Dread Fortress timed-run heartbreak, Brontes wipes, and a raid team suddenly nailing the fight when expectations were low. Sey rounds up Future Games Show standouts, from Unboxing Mr. Coo and ReVamp to dog-space Metroidvania Rover’s Tale and Hello Sunshine. Bhagpuss kicks off an EverQuest II zone series by discovering nobody, including Gemini, can convincingly count how many zones EQ2 actually has. Margot calls Hermit and Pig a Pokémon-like RPG standout, praising its story and combat even as the combo inputs occasionally fought back. Emily’s Steam Next Fest picks span horror and roguelites, with The Occultist intriguing, Seth eating hours, and Armatus not quite landing. Belghast tweaks a Path of Exile build with chaos resistance fixes and Searing Bond of Detonation, while leaning on games during a rough week. Wilhelm’s Guild Wars Reforged group recruits hero M.O.X., then promptly gets sidetracked from Lion’s Arch into a surprise trip to Cantha. Ron Gilbert shares a teenage homemade movie, now gloriously soundless on VHS, plus a very Ron aside about Lucasfilm and Monkey Island. Bruce Schneier flags Apple’s claim that iPhones and iPads are the first consumer devices approved for NATO restricted classified data out of the box. Dave Winer argues inbound RSS is the missing piece for Substack and Bluesky, while also chasing a WordPress feed bug around http and https GUIDs.

Skidding exhausted into Friday, the #DailyBlogroll brings stories from @aqstrategies.bsky.social, @scripting.com, Wilhelm, Ron Gilbert, Sey, Shintar, @inventoryfull.bsky.social, Emily, Bruce Schneier, Syp, Margot, Belghast and more!

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Aywren wraps FFXIV Blue Mage to 80 with Ram’s Voice and Ultravibration, while side-eyeing old skill grinds and a possible cap bump to 90. Tipa says Dune: Awakening Chapter 3 piles on PvE, dungeons, crafting, augments, and faction grind so hard it feels like a relaunch-worthy new game. Kimimi finds Surging Aura’s chant-based magic and counterspells genuinely fresh, even if the rest of the game has to struggle to keep up. Scopique likes Star Citizen 4.7’s armor changes, where ship classes matter more and small weapons stop pretending they should threaten capital ships. Belghast digs deeper into Path of Exile Delve, finding Fossils richer than Resonators this league while nudging Righteous Fire toward a block setup. Wilhelm hits Pokémon Go level 74, with 200km as the real bottleneck, then eyes platinum medals, eggs, throws, and gifts for 75. Tobold says an EU5 events mod reveals how much country-specific content stays invisible unless you play the exact path the developers expected. Warner riffs on lobster tails, steaks, a baby grand, and tech toys as the latest reminder that excess always floats to the top. Jamie Zawinski marvels at AI scraper bots hammering his site with hilariously useless image-size 404s, which would be funny if it weren’t so annoying. Dave Winer says Claude Code sped a Node.js browser UI into shape, but its sandbox wandering and handoff.md thread juggling still feel pretty fraught. Brennan argues the answer to AI-flattened prose isn’t lowercase gimmicks, but stranger, more lived-in writing that only a person would bother making. Sweetie marks a year back at SweetieGames, celebrating steady posts, interviews, TikTok experiments, and finally finding the audience the project deserved.

The #DailyBlogroll is standing right behind me, isn't it? I hope it has stories by Dave Winer, Wilhelm, Tipa, Scopique, Aywren, @belghast.com, Jamie Zawinski, Tobold, Kimimi, Warner, Sweetie, @brennanbrown.ca and more!

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Stargrace wasn’t fully feeling the auction grind, but WoW old-world recipes, transmog, and a few big sales still brought in nearly 2 million gold. Syp eases into WoW: Midnight, juggling housing touches and Silvermoon sightseeing instead of rushing straight to cap and weekly rewards. Tipa is all in on Tactichord, a 1995-set tactics game where a glam metal band fights with power chords and cool-factor style points. Krista dives into Collector’s Cove, a cosy seafaring farm sim about shipboard crops, exploration, fishing, and creature-collecting with animal pals. Luna spotlights more Steam Next Fest demos, from The Last Gas Station’s mystery sim loop to Everything is Crab’s weird, evolutionary roguelite charm. Margot rounds up standout Steam Next Fest demos, praising everything from REPLACED’s gorgeous cyberpunk storytelling to Goldman’s demanding platforming. Wilhelm drifts back to Valheim for fresh exploration, tweaking new world modifiers and reviving a mod setup after burning out elsewhere. Thomas celebrates Stellar Tactics finally hitting 1.0 this month, right alongside Xenonauts 2, for a very good spring for turn-based sci-fi fans. Anarchae’s weekly digest mixes exhausting apartment-hunting, reading notes, and assorted media and game links, with the housing search dominating the mood. Joar lays out why resume-polishing, networking, and forced positivity fall flat when a career transition is really about uncertainty and a changed market. Dave Winer pitches a pay-per-article news EZ-Pass, notes NetNewsWire’s nod, and remains sharply skeptical of Bluesky’s distributed-social claims. Roger makes the case for bringing back the blogroll, both as community support and a practical way to send readers toward fellow bloggers.

It's Dromedary Day at the #DailyBlogroll with new stories from Tipa, TAGN, @scripting.com, Joar, Roger, Luna, Krista, Syp, Anarchae, Stargrace, Margot, Thomas and more!
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Frostilyte shares hard-won Timberborn starter advice, especially on storage placement, hauling, and keeping your beaver logistics from quietly collapsing. Azuriel’s early Slay the Spire 2 take is cautiously whelmed: familiar classes, wild balance, and combo-heavy runs that already feel a bit overtuned. Magi digs BOSSGAME’s blend of challenging boss-rush combat and lesbian romance, with messenger-style storytelling adding extra charm between fights. Bhagpuss, freshly done with Baldur’s Gate 3, spirals through Steam indecision and stalled installs while figuring out what to play next. Joar survives house photo-day chaos, then unwinds with WoW progress through Eversong and into Zul'Aman on a Demonology Warlock. Oya says Return of the Obra Dinn rewards patience with deeply satisfying deduction, even if its stark 1-bit style takes some getting used to. Ellie finds Haiku, the Robot a stripped-back metroidvania that wears its Hollow Knight love proudly and makes Arcadia’s ruined machine world inviting. Wilhelm dives into Pokémon LeafGreen for the series’ 30th, mixing remake history, handheld nostalgia, and a fresh return to Kanto. Emily likes Discord Quests in theory, but wants more flexible ways to earn orbs than grinding multiplayer games she’d never actually play. Bruce Schneier flags a sharp dependency problem: F-35 buyers rely on US software support, prompting talk of jailbreak-style third-party access. Dave Winer wants a simple app for linkable, context-specific word definitions, and also cheers Manton Reece’s experimental RSS reader Inkwell. Tofutush reflects on relating to Harmony in Spy School, tracing that connection to friendship, impostor syndrome, and the strange intimacy of writing.

Tuesday's child reads the #DailyBlogroll and finds great stories by Dave Winer, TAGN, Ellie, Tofutush, Oya, Magi, Joar, Azuriel, Emily, Bhagpuss, Frostilyte, Bruce Schneier and more!

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Tipa breaks down her Malifaux Colette 2 crew, why decoy tricks rule, and what made facing Jakob Lynch’s Honeypot feel new. Kimimi argues Resident Evil Requiem’s split between Grace’s horror and Leon’s action keeps it from fully committing to either mode. Shintar finds WoW: Midnight’s early access and launch oddly empty, especially while juggling expansion time with SWTOR. Sweetie misses the weird, maximalist magic of old gaming ads, from Final Fantasy VII phone tie-ins to the opposite of Switch 2 minimalism. Belghast and crew bounce through Path of Exile, Everything is Crab, Pokopia, Steam Next Fest demos, and a surprisingly chill WoW vibe. Wilhelm recaps a big Fantasy Critic week, with WoW Midnight confusion and strong early scores for Pokemon Pokopia and Esoteric Ebb. Tobold enjoys Pauper’s Ladder’s swingy Amerigame feel, especially compared with getting crushed in Eurogames by players who know them cold. Michael finds Rocket Riot a fun but repetitive arcade jetpack shooter, with the missing multiplayer on Steam really hurting the package. Brennan urges men to confront misogyny, stop offloading emotional and hermeneutic labor, and do the hard work themselves. Warner’s weekly roundup threads asteroid nudges, war, McCarthyism, and AI anxiety into a reminder that we’re not the universe’s main character. Jamie Zawinski spotlights secrecy around AI data center water use, warning the numbers are probably awful if companies fight this hard to hide them. Dave Winer says AI still can’t hold whole apps in its head, and pairs that with a pretty bleak read on tech’s moral collapse.

It's a dark Monday morning but the #DailyBlogroll is bright with stories by Wilhelm, Dave Winer, Tipa, Shintar, @warnercrocker.bsky.social, Sweetie, Brennan, @virtualmoose.bsky.social, Kimimi, Belghast, Jamie Zawinski, Tobold and more!

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Stargrace turns EVE Online cache maintenance into a quiet meditation on burnout, patience, and reaching 300 tasks one careful jump at a time. Aywren finally earns her FFXIV Red Mage Obscurum Phantom Relic after a long roulette grind, and already has White Mage in mind next. Shintar rounds up SWTOR 7.8.1’s big bits, from Darth Nul story teases to Galactic Seasons remixing old rewards. Margot’s back in Breath of the Wild, cooking, farming arrows, unlocking the map, and leaning fully into wandering Hyrule over rushing Divine Beasts. Wes spotlights DREAMM 4.0 making old LucasArts PC games easier to run, while shelving a deeper Segagaga translation piece for later. Wilhelm eyes EVE Online’s 53 hidden starter systems with curiosity and a groan, since CCP is once again reworking the new-player experience. Naithin’s February was mostly Nioh 3, with Crimson Desert hype rising and March plans for Resident Evil 2 Remake and The Division 2. Thomas is torn on remakes, but this fan-made Star Wars: Republic Commando intro animation sure sells the dream of a real one. Anarchae walks through low-drama grocery and meal routines shaped by AuDHD, IBS, lactose intolerance, and a deep dislike of cooking. Nicole spins a nerdy alternate history where the Apple ][ grows up with CBS field-sequential color, weird spinning discs and all. Dave Winer pushes back on claims RSS ever went dormant, while also grumbling about Claude outages and Industry season 4’s rough start. Tim Bray compares Because Internet and Algospeak, praising Gretchen McCulloch’s linguistics and mulling how the internet reshaped informal writing.

Sorry, overslept, #DailyBlogroll almost became DailyBrunchroll. Enjoy stories by Dave Winer, Wilhelm, Naithin, Wes, Nicole, Tim Bray, Margot, Stargrace, @aywren.bsky.social, Shintar, Thomas, Anarchae and more!

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Syp is dragging a Minstrel through a rough LOTRO expansion zone, but a gorgeous dwarf city briefly cuts through the slog. CrazyKinux impulse-bought Planet of Lana II off four gorgeous screenshots alone, sold on its hand-painted look and short puzzle-adventure vibe. Frostilyte’s February was slowed by illness, with The King is Watching landing more lukewarm than its demo despite that clever watched-workers hook. Heartless says ARC Raiders’ optional character reset makes loot and progression feel exciting again, especially with fresh loadouts and nastier ARC robots. Bhagpuss points to AdventureQuest Worlds Infinity as proof MMORPG Kickstarters can work when a studio like Artix has years of player trust. Belghast finds World of Warcraft heroics surprisingly chill lately, and wonders if the usual elitist dungeon energy moved on elsewhere. Wilhelm runs through gaming annoyances, from Highguard flaming out fast to Tencent panic and Steam’s latest lawsuit over marketplace gambling claims. Jamie Zawinski nerds out over Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’ rebuilt season 2 title sequence and its split-timeline visual storytelling. Bruce Schneier brings the weekly squid oddity, this time on Byzantine monks keeping squid on the menu through taxonomic confusion and a handy recipe. Dave Winer jumps from politics to Industry and The Pitt, while also asking for help getting his real X account back. Tobold argues AI answers are turning SEO into winner-takes-all AEO, where being in the chatbot summary matters more than ranking on page two. Tipa is done with security upsells and hosted-blog headaches, and is eyeing a rebuild with Hugo, GitHub Pages, and more control.

Saturday's #DailyBlogroll has stories by Wilhelm, Dave Winer, Heartless, Frostilyte, Bruce Schneier, Tobold, Syp, @crazykinux.bsky.social, Tipa, @belghast.com, Bhagpuss, Jamie Zawinski and more!

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John says The Dark Rites of Arkham leans hard into Lovecraft while pointedly confronting his racism through two detectives investigating a gruesome occult murder. Tom bounces between World of Warcraft’s fun-but-empty leveling loop and Final Fantasy XIV’s long Endwalker march, with Delves as WoW’s bright spot. Sey rounds up indie highlights including FROGGONIT’s launch, Slay the Spire 2, Bel’s Fanfaire Kickstarter news, and a new Chicory soundtrack project. Kimimi celebrates Colony 28 hitting Steam at last, praising the 1996 Czech sci-fi adventure’s open exploration, scarce ammo, and clever cover-based combat. Krista spotlights Lost & Found Co as a cute hidden-object puzzler where Ducky reunites Plumville’s lost items through hand-drawn scenes and light magical chaos. Luna kicks off a Steam Next Fest favorites roundup with inKONBINI’s cozy store-management vibes and The Eternal Life of Goldman’s hand-drawn platforming. Mailvaltar contrasts Resident Evil 4 remake’s action-adventure feel with Resident Evil VII’s brutal, Baker-family horror, while Diablo II Resurrected keeps stealing his free time. Wilhelm’s Guild Wars Reforged group tweaks henchman positioning, gripes about ANet’s moved mission button, and fights through undead on the road to Lion’s Arch. Nimgimli reflects on aging, work guilt, and the surprisingly freeing realization that free time can just be for games, TV, beer, or even naps. Michael says Mastodon’s weekly #Monsterdon watchalong, usually with free-to-stream B-movies, has made Sunday nights fun again. Dave Winer says Claude and ChatGPT still want to take the wheel with his software, then quietly plugs the Scripting News nightly email. Blockade85 thinks eye strain is zapping his energy for Enshrouded, Dune, FFXI, FFXIV, and even Doom, so an optometrist visit feels overdue.

There's around 85 blogs in the #DailyBlogroll as of today! Enjoy these blogs by TAGN, Dave Winer, Mailvaltar, John, Tom, Blockade85, Sey, Nimgimli, Michael, Kimimi, @lunasgaminglog.com, Krista and more!

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Tipa speed-runs impressions: Windrose feels like familiar co-op survival with pirates, while Tides of Blazefall mashes Disco Elysium vibes with Sunless Sea and cards. Roger argues games lean on videos, YouTube, and Discord instead of real tutorials—watching his grandkids struggle on PC, even basics like Fall Guys and Chivalry 2 passes. Emily dives into A Plague Tale: Requiem right after the first game, praising its bleak cinematic sequel energy, expanded combat options, and deeper Macula-and-rats lore. Sweetie mourns gaming’s drift to digital-only, arguing good physical editions—art books, props, steelbooks, even clever boxes—are memory anchors a virtual library can’t match. Wilhelm and Potshot take Outbound’s Steam Next Fest demo for a co-op spin, wrangling friend codes, shared saves, and a not-so-speedy VW-style van. Anarchae looks back on moving into an apartment in March 2020—COVID, mutual aid, scraping by—and how nonstop news/Twitter habits shifted as life stabilized (sort of). Axxuy makes the case for physical mail over chat apps: letters are slower, longer, and tangible, and they’ve made a Discord-born friendship feel genuinely deeper. Brennan digs into Font Awesome’s Build Awesome Kickstarter and why 11ty/Eleventy being “rebranded” feels less like celebration and more like a worrying inflection point. Cliffski contrasts Claude’s calm, deep-dive financial Q&A with the meme-noise of Discord and wallstbets, arguing AI finally serves readers with actual attention spans. Warner reacts to a WSJ-reported lawsuit alleging Google’s Gemini fueled delusions and suicide, calling for real guardrails on the people deploying companionship AI. Dave Winer marvels at Claude.ai as a rapid-fire software teammate for his outliner ideas, then riffs on DigitalOcean server weirdness and being kinder to friends. Andrew Plotkin plugs The Game Narrative Kaleidoscope, a crosslinked grab-bag of narrative-design mini-essays (including his), and suggests flipping to a random pa…

Thursday's #DailyBlogroll features all new stories by @scripting.com, Wilhelm, Tipa, Brennan, Cliffski, Andrew Plotkin, Axxuy, Emily, Warner, Sweetie, @anarchaeopteryx.bsky.social, Roger and more!

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Aywren finishes Dawntrail for the 5th time while pushing alts and a relic grind, hitting near-burnout thanks to dungeon spam, 40-minute queues, and repeat FATE events. Shintar recounts SWTOR’s Total Galactic War on Taris, where an unexpected rival guild crashed the party and turned a “chill” conquest into an intense grind. Azuriel is so hooked on Mewgenics he’s updating its mostly-empty wiki mid-binge, skipping GW2 dailies and racking up nearly 100 hours fast. Bhagpuss finally rolls credits on Baldur’s Gate 3: impressed by Larian’s craft and combat, but feels the campaign is too long and the cosmic stakes blunted choices. Joar barely started WoW: Midnight (level 81 in Eversong) but real-life moves and family milestones mean gaming may be on pause until summer. Belghast celebrates WoW: Midnight’s release, praises the revamped base UI and stronger storytelling, and happily admits to leaning on one-button assist to chill. Wilhelm checks in on WoW: Midnight’s launch hype—housing, boosts, level cap 90, and a lore-heavy pitch that still mostly leaves him shrugging. Thomas says NORSE: Oath of Blood isn’t the Viking X-com he hoped for—more linear, cutscene-heavy, and sometimes scripted to the point combat deaths feel “lame.” Jamie Zawinski highlights Craig S. Kaplan’s interactive P5.js physics demo (with Matter.js), calling it pure fun and linking the messy source for tinkerers. Mike begins resurrecting a dumpster-saved TRS-80 Model 1—cracked case, missing labels, scary power plugs—and starts plastic surgery with model cement. Dave Winer put Claude.ai to work cranking out a browser spreadsheet and OPML outliner, then hits the wall where “no standard terminology” means shaky results. JJM builds “Tomato,” a dependency-light OCaml CLI Pomodoro timer, compares it to his earlier Haskell version, and nerds out on XDG state paths.

Lots of fun stuff in today's #DailyBlogroll! Read new blogs from @scripting.com, Wilhelm, Joar, JJM, Mike, Shintar, Azuriel, @inventoryfull.bsky.social, Thomas, Belghast, Jamie Zawinski, Aywren and more!

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Syp sets March goals after a malaise month: prioritize WoW: Midnight, maybe push WoW Classic to 50, finish LOTRO’s Harad, and eye ESO or Fallout 76. CrazyKinux kicks off New Eden Banter, arguing EVE Online endures thanks to the single-shard sandbox, player-made drama, and real-loss economics that make it feel lived-in. Frank wonders why the AI boom hasn’t produced truly new gameplay yet, name-checking AI Dungeon, Death by AI, Suck Up!, and “engine” demos that feel dull. Frostilyte rounds up Steam Next Fest demos, loving Tiling Town’s road-filling logic obsession and teasing Rhell’s Zelda-like systemic freedom via custom spellcrafting. Heartless’ Marathon Server Slam impressions: slick extraction-hero shooting with bold neon sci‑fi vibes, but the confusing UI and pixel-font menus kept getting in the way. Magi says VIDEOCULT swerves from Rain World’s slow survival to Airframe Ultra’s chaotic hover-bike racing-plus-brawling, where brutal collisions and sabotage are the whole point. Wilhelm riff-lists why EVE Online keeps going, while side-eyeing “decline” narratives and reminiscing about when blogging beat streaming at EVE Vegas. Tobold returns to Europa Universalis V on the beta patch, then dives into a Byzantine run—dire taxes, estate privileges, and early Ottoman brinkmanship to rewrite history. Tipa tackles EVE Online’s longevity by rewinding through spreadsheets, Star Raiders, Elite, and even 1975’s Starweb to trace the genre DNA. Bruce Schneier points to Moltbook as “AI theater,” warning about a near-future “LOL WUT” moment where AI content is cheap, undetectable, and trust online collapses. Scopique shares a Blender render inspired by Clive Barker’s Imajica, explaining the “meditation room” scene and why interpretation and story context matter as much as the image. Dave Winer welcomes John Palfrey back to blogging, then recaps Fediforum: less Bluesky evangelism, more interop—define text objects (Markdown) and accept some centralization.

It's (not) All About Eve in today's #DailyBlogroll, with stories by Dave Winer, Tipa, Wilhelm, Heartless, Frank, Frostilyte, @crazykinux.bsky.social, Magi, Tobold, @scopique.bsky.social, Bruce Schneier, Syp and more!

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Stargrace’s WoW week 9: Midnight early access distracted from auctions, still 2.9M gold, and lots of nerdy delight at TradeSkillMaster’s new War Within stats recap. Tipa tours Steam Next Fest oddities: a tense co-op plane-landing puzzler, devil-commissioned medieval art in Scriptorium, and a spooky thrift-shop tale in Forbidden Solitaire. Kimimi tears into PC-FX RPG Last Imperial Prince for timid storytelling, stiff portraits, and flat corridor-heavy maps—13 hours in and the biggest novelty is basically a ladder. Krista rounds up what’s known before Pokémon Pokopia’s March 5 launch: cozy Switch 2 life-sim island rebuilding as Ditto, using moves like Surf and Rock Smash to help. Luna polls readers on game demos during Steam Next Fest, then shares last month’s results where undisclosed AI in games beat rising prices and microtransactions as top annoyance. Oya’s February in Spain mixes Baldur’s Gate 3 plans, a Return of the Obra Dinn backlog dive, Netflix games delisting gripes, and more Murderbot love via System Collapse. Wilhelm checks in on Fantasy Critic League week nine, where Resident Evil Requiem’s OpenCritic score slips from an early high amid rating-scale weirdness. The Friendly Necromancer and Dylan dive into Windrose’s Steam Next Fest demo—pirate survival crafting, cooking, shipwreck repairs, and broadside fights that feel like Icarus/Valheim vibes. Anarchae logs a low-productivity week with back pain and insomnia, job training, apartment-moving stress, finishing Raidou, plus reading notes on mysteries and a female-led underworld thriller. Roger reflects on how one great Classical History teacher sparked lifelong curiosity, arguing ignorance isn’t shameful but willful ignorance is, especially when information’s everywhere. Tofutush recaps turning 19, starting (and stressing about) school, feeling possible seasonal depression, and tees up goals like re-reading Wings of Fire for spring break. Dave Winer says Twitter’s done after a hijack, urges slow…

New week, new #DailyBlogroll. Stories by Wilhelm, The Friendly Necromancer, Tipa, Dave Winer, Tofutush, @anarchaeopteryx.bsky.social, Oya, Luna, Krista, @stargrace.bsky.social, Kimimi, Roger and more!

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Aywren finally hits 1,000 FFXIV commendations as a DPS main, vents about com droughts, alt-splitting, and the long slog still left to reach Mentor status. Tipa tries Steam Next Fest’s MMO98, expecting MMO-dev chaos, and gets a tasty twist: sequels, player-data “research,” and renting datacenters to stash it all. Nimgimli’s February recap is basically My Time at Sandrock, plus a surprising Ball X Pit “ending,” a little TempusGameit buzz, and TV thoughts on Pluribus and Ted Danson’s return. Margot’s February log jumps from Cult of the Lamb club chatter to cozy Lil Gator Game, story-rich Hermit and Pig, and finishing Kena ahead of its sequel hype. Sweetie breaks down why Nintendo stays anti-modding—IP control, kid-safety, and bricked Switch 2 headlines—while wishing for a realistic, curated approval system. Belghast is all-in on Path of Exile 3.28’s Mirage League: duplicated-map “wishes,” lore bridging PoE1→PoE2, and gem-corrupting currency fueling wild build dreams. Warner reacts to the US/Israel war with Iran by admitting nobody knows much yet, and shares Sven Schmidt’s bleak Mastodon line about rooting for regime change everywhere. Emily’s February playlist swings from Demi Lovato nostalgia to demon-slaying “This Devastation,” Floor Jansen’s dreamy vibes, and John Williams’ Duel of the Fates fixation. Dave Winer riffs on MeToo backlash, men and Dems, and warns we’re sleepwalking toward something like Iran’s weary autocracy—urging everyone to stop feeding division. Michael dodges war-news gloom with a Detroit Institute of Arts trip—Rivera murals, Egyptian artifacts, Van Goghs, Anishinaabe art—then caps it off with Ethiopian food. Jamie Zawinski needs a flat/concave rubber traction ring (or a pulley with friction surface) for a 50mm wheel, and begs Lazyweb: only real purchase links, please. Wilhelm gawks at a once-in-19-years traffic spike across WP stats, Flag Counter, and Google Analytics—then shrugs and notes a bump from No Man’s Sky Remnant searches.

Sunday's #DailyBlogroll has new stories from Dave Winer, Wilhelm, Tipa, Margot, @monsterlady.bsky.social, Sweetie, Belghast, Jamie Zawinski, Aywren, Michael, Warner, Nimgimli and more!

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Syp hits level 37 in WoW Classic, treks through Desolace’s scorpids and centaurs for the famous kodo roundup, and makes the case for transmog in Classic Plus. Tipa digs into Steam Next Fest’s Dverghold and Underkeep, loving the old-school party dungeon-crawler vibe—traps, wall-chipping, and all—minus Grimrock-style modern tweaks. Roger buys Chivalry 2 anyway, pushing back on “skills gate” gatekeeping and arguing games should leave room for casual fun, not just sweaty mastery. Nimgimli wraps 140 hours of My Time At Sandrock, praising the crafting-heavy life sim, desert-town water woes, and bandit trouble—now he’s ready for My Time At Evershine. Scopique’s Next Fest notes hit controller/UI headaches in Witchspire and The Guiding Spirit, bails on Beltlife: Prospector’s “NEWTONIAN PHYSICS!” reading grind, and side-eyes MMO 98. Ellie reviews Blasphemous as a brutal metroidvania steeped in Spanish Catholic imagery—Semana Santa vibes meets Dark Souls bleakness in a world built on suffering and ornate horror. Wilhelm marks Pokémon’s 30th with Red & Green nostalgia, Switch store FireRed/LeafGreen temptations, Pokémon Go events, and even Pokémon’s leap from MEGA Bloks to LEGO. Thomas spotlights Ictiv’s lore video untangling Command & Conquer’s Red Alert time-splits and Tiberium continuity, for anyone who can’t stop obsessing over canon timelines. Bhagpuss looks back at Marvel’s Runaways: slow-burn pacing, YA superhero drama, and escalating season arcs from serial-killer parents to aliens and messy family redemption. Bruce Schneier reports Peru upping squid catch limits—possibly “jumbo” not “giant”—and opens the usual Squid Blogging thread for security news he hasn’t covered. Tim Bray compares GenAI-driven layoffs and market cheers to Kansas’s tax-cut fiasco, warning “fire half your staff” economics can mask brutal real-world fallout. Dave Winer wants blog comments to live on your own site for real distribution, and argues standards should follow working apps to avo…

The world is on fire, but #DailyBlogroll goes on, with stories by Dave Winer, Tipa, Wilhelm, Nimgimli, Thomas, Ellie, Roger, Bhagpuss, Scopique, Bruce Schneier, Tim Bray, Syp and more!

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