Syp plays WoW Classic Anniversary at his own pace—still level 34 while everyone hits Outland—embracing a chill Shaman journey, lively Stormwind, and a love/hate trudge through Stranglethorn.
Tipa digs into why miniatures gaming (Frosthaven, Malifaux, even WH40K vibes) feels so niche: social anxiety, opacity, and that hefty up-front minis investment.
Azuriel is 30 hours deep into Mewgenics, praising its crude McMillen charm and busted combos while warning the tactical roguelite cat-breeding loop is brutal, punishes mistakes, and even hates save-sc
Magi reviews Cash Cleaner Simulator, a cozy-satirical job sim where you’re kidnapped into literally laundering cash—sorting denominations, spotting counterfeits, cleaning gunk, and upgrading gear as a
Kimimi revisits Super Mario Land on Game Boy and argues its oddball vibes are intentional—superballs, weird enemies and worlds, surprisingly lush details, and a challenge ramp that gets real fast.
Wilhelm breaks down EVE Online’s WinterCo pausing its offensive versus INIT, shifting to defense as Goons poke Geminate, and calls out the bloc-math spin with DOTLAN numbers.
Michael celebrates Gobliiins 6 by tracing the weird French point-and-click series back to 1991, its switch-between-goblins puzzle format, and the Pierre Gilhodes/Muriel Tramis legacy.
Jamie Zawinski highlights an SF jury pool getting slashed as potential jurors aired intense anti–Elon Musk feelings, including “existence of billionaires” objections and Twitter-moderation beef.
Warner reminisces about learning slide rules and old-school drafting for theatre design, appreciates software’s speed, and wonders how the next wave of AI might replace even more hands-on fundamentals
Tim Bray wrestles with using GenAI on his open-source Quamina project—after some happy Claude-assisted PRs—while still arguing the broader LLM industry’s incentives are grim.
Dave Winer drops a new podcast about losing his Twitter account, then riffs on vibe coding codebase rewrites,…
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