Syp takes a fond look back at the SNES and PlayStation JRPG boom, from Chrono Trigger to Final Fantasy IX, as a peak era of cartridge-era comfort. CrazyKinux rounds up EVE Online’s biggest gotchas for returning pilots, especially lawless former high-sec systems that can wreck you before you notice. Sey is all-in on Under the Island, praising its A Link to the Past vibes, snappy exploration, smart upgrades, and hockey-stick-wielding hero Nia. Krista highlights Nippets as a short, cozy hidden-object game full of hand-drawn maps, playful interactions, light puzzles, and yes, pettable cats. Emily revisits Bionicle’s Masks of Power for nostalgia, enjoying the Toa personalities and Makuta’s ominous presence even if the kid-focused novel feels slight. Wilhelm recaps EVE Online’s Atioth fiasco, where The Imperium’s Keepstar push against WinterCo collapsed under brutal server load and 10,000-player chaos. Thomas says Fort Solis nails Mars atmosphere and cinematic presentation, but its thin gameplay and deflating mystery ending keep this walking sim from landing. Jamie Zawinski shares a McSweeney’s-style cosmic-horror riff on Trump-era politics, where Nyarlathotep is basically the punchline and the diagnosis. Warner argues Trump’s Iran threat has already done damage, calling for protests and far more urgency than the usual feeble political response. Dave Winer bounces from Hacker News and software reality to grim Trump-Iran brinkmanship, reading the day like a surreal political disaster movie. Bruce Schneier flags a malicious litellm PyPI package that auto-executes via a .pth file, then points to the usual unglamorous fixes like SBOMs and SigStore. Scopique spirals productively through mic, room echo, USB-versus-XLR, and OBS tweaks while trying to make Stellar Tactics videos sound less rough.

Spring is capricious but #DailyBlogroll rolls on today with stories by Wilhelm, Dave Winer, Thomas, Krista, Sey, Emily, Syp, Bruce Schneier, Jamie Zawinski, @crazykinux.bsky.social, Warner, @scopique.bsky.social and more!

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Stargrace’s WoW gold-making week brought 2.9 million gold, a few big Moon Guard sales, and some Firelands and Great Vault upkeep. Tipa is still hyped for the Vectrex Mini, especially its 5-inch AMOLED screen, original controller support, and wonderfully named Japanese “Light Speed Ship” branding. Shintar spent several days running SWTOR’s Oricon on multiple alts and found the grind tedious but still oddly rewarding for the story and voice acting. Azuriel discovers that retro Nintendo hits like Super Mario World and Mario 64 are rough kid entry points, while Kirby makes a much gentler start. Luna recommends Kitchen Sync: Aloha! as an underrated cozy cooking RPG with strong teamwork mechanics, community themes, and a heartwarming Hawaiian restaurant story. Joar’s March in World of Warcraft was mostly weekly gearing chores on his main, with slower dungeon runs and steady alt progress on the side. Scopique argues Star Citizen 1.0 needs real MMO basics first, especially better social tools, org support, player reputation, and secure trading. Wilhelm gears up in Valheim for Bonemass by braving the mountains for frost-arrow materials, plus one very classic corpse-recovery detour. Belghast writes candidly about chemo, exhaustion, and uncertainty, leaning on blogging as a way to process an overwhelming day-by-day reality. Dave Winer says vibe coding is exciting but still fuzzy, because software development is bigger than code and bots aren’t replacing dev teams yet. Sid makes the case for the mobile web over bloated apps, with browsers offering more control and fewer dark-pattern headaches. JJM’s kid-friendly Arduino plant-watering hack got hilariously literal when an unsigned long delay bug turned integer overflow into actual water overflow.

Good morning! Tuesday's #DailyBlogroll has stories by Tipa, TAGN, Dave Winer, JJM, Shintar, Sid, Joar, Luna, Belghast, Azuriel, @scopique.bsky.social, Stargrace and more!

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A sleek mockup of the upcoming Vectrex Mini sits against a neutral backdrop, evoking the original’s iconic upright arcade form. The compact unit features a small vertical screen displaying a Japanese-language game menu, with crisp white text on black and a subtle green vector-style accent line near the top. Below, the familiar control panel includes a joystick and buttons, scaled down but recognizable. Venting and textured plastic echo the vintage design, while the overall finish feels modern and clean. It’s a thoughtful blend of nostalgia and contemporary hardware—clearly aiming to preserve the Vectrex’s distinctive look while adapting it for a smaller, desk-friendly format.

Vectrex Mini: The “Light Speed Ship”

The Japanese Kibidango crowdfunding campaign for the Vectrex Mini offers a few more details about the forthcoming Vectrex revival.

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#Vectrex #LightSpeedShip #VectrexMini

Kimimi celebrates Battle Squadron on Amiga for bullet clarity, fair deaths, and weapon choices that make this shmup feel meticulously tuned. Wilhelm tracks Fantasy Critic shakeups as Life is Strange: Reunion swings the standings and Super Meat Boy 3D opens with a solid score. Michael shares snapshots from Egghead Software’s 1993 annual report, a neat little retro detour through old computer-store vibes and boxed software. CrazyKinux digs into why Backrooms works so well, from Kane Pixels’ found-footage dread to A24’s trailer trusting empty space to terrify. Warner rounds up a thoughtful Sunday basket of links on Iran, social media, AI, education, and a few especially strong essays. Tobold frames current US politics and the Iran conflict as grimly watchable White House drama, with real-world stakes far beyond TV satire. Jamie Zawinski is back antagonizing robots, continuing his long-running war with glitchy automated copyright and platform nonsense. Bruce Schneier likes Google’s 2029 post-quantum cryptography plan less for quantum urgency than for the evergreen value of crypto-agility. Dave Winer argues WordPress should anchor a better web for writers, with interoperable editors between tiny social text boxes and Gutenberg. Andrew Plotkin spotlights Linchpin, a new Cornerstone mu-machine interpreter, plus fresh ZILF work that can compile ZIL to Infocom’s oddball VM. Brennan turns Artemis II and Apollo 13 into a lyrical meditation on the Moon, history, and humanity’s long, unfinished return.

It's Monday, and #DailyBlogroll abides. Enjoy stories from Wilhelm, Dave Winer, Michael, Tobold, Kimimi, @eblong.com, Bruce Schneier, Brennan, Jamie Zawinski, @crazykinux.bsky.social, Warner and more!

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If you're a Vectrex fan, UV overlays are a must, they make the visuals absolutely pop. 🕹️✨

Perfect for the original ’82 Vectrex and the Vectrex Mini.

👉 Check them out on the creator’s site, Blacklighter: www.blacklighter.co.uk

Tipa used her own blog as a collecting database, then haggled home battered Vectrex copies of Hyperchase and Rip Off for the kid’s future inheritance. CrazyKinux updates his EVE Online advice for older returnees: skip the chore-list mindset, fly cheap, and accept the game’s meta moved on without you. Emily’s Resident Evil 4 fixation got vivid enough to spill into a full-on Los Illuminados nightmare, complete with chanting, cult robes, and parasite horror. Sweetie says the Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream demo nails broad Mii customization, chaotic humor, and just enough charm to make April’s release tempting. Wilhelm chronicles the Imperium’s latest EVE Online war push: a big move op into Geminate with WinterCo’s staging Keepstar squarely in sight. Axxuy’s hunt for a plain old physical Pomodoro timer turns into a grumpy-but-fair rant about Amazon swallowing everyday retail. UltrViolet got unexpectedly hooked on NASA’s Artemis II stream, loving the moon mission vibe while grumbling about lousy cameras and audio glitches. Jamie Zawinski points to sailors returning to Norfolk needing donated toiletries as a bleak, angry snapshot of political “winning.” Tofutush’s March was equal parts tight budget, school stress, Wings of Fire rereading, and steady work improving the TIR site. Syp unexpectedly fell hard for AirPods Max, especially once a simple adapter let the fancy headphones pair with his old iPods. Dave Winer mixes a layout test with a sharp argument that Trump’s real edge on Twitter was being a natural-born blogger, not just a TV guy. Warner looks at AI-authentication and human-made labels, landing on the uneasy truth that spotting AI writing is messy and certainty is farther off than advertised.

Happy Easter, Passover, or just plain Sunday! Today's #DailyBlogroll features all-new stuff from Dave Winer, Wilhelm, @tofutush.bsky.social, Axxuy, UltrViolet, Warner, Sweetie, Emily, @sypster.bsky.social, Jamie Zawinski, CrazyKinux and more!

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Two vintage Vectrex arcade system cartridge boxes—Hyperchase: Auto Race and Rip Off—stand side by side on a speckled kitchen countertop. Their off-white, grid-patterned packaging shows visible wear along the edges, reinforcing their age and use. Each box features a colorful inset illustration: Hyperchase displays a stylized racing perspective with neon lines, while Rip Off shows a geometric space combat scene. Behind them, a slightly out-of-focus kitchen setting includes a stand mixer, a coffee machine, and a bowl with vegetables in a plastic bag. The contrast between retro gaming artifacts and a modern domestic environment gives the scene an informal, lived-in feel.

I cleaned out my local store’s Vectrex library

Granted, it was just the two games, but it was all they had and I bought them both.

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#Vectrex #Hyperchase #RipOff

In many languages, Sunday and Monday honor the sun and the moon, as in English. English shows its Nordic roots by naming Tuesday through Friday after Norse gods. Saturday, however, in English, is named after a Roman god. Why? If we were consistent, Saturday would be Lyrday or something like that.

Stargrace returns to EVE Online and finds herself mining scordite and running missions for Gallente candidate Soraya Roden, slightly baffled but back. Tipa digs into Pokopia’s cozy, combat-free loop of rebuilding ruined biomes, befriending Pokemon, and slowly uncovering what happened to humanity. CrazyKinux opens the next New Eden Banter by asking bloggers how they’d run EVE Online if CCP handed them the Executive Producer chair. Sey rounds up cozy standouts like Hidden around the World, Nippets, Hozy, plus an Age of Empires book Kickstarter and soundtrack picks. Bhagpuss gives Pathfinder: Kingmaker an intrigued first look, framing it as a familiar isometric RPG that still feels a little oddly its own. Wilhelm looks at EVELens, a new EVE Online utility aiming to pick up where the increasingly broken EVEMon left off. Bruce Schneier’s weekly squid detour spotlights a Jurassic fish fossil that apparently choked on the hard shell of a squid-like belemnite. Brennan argues AI crawlers and other bots are turning web hosting into a bandwidth tax on independent sites, with Netlify overages as the warning shot. Jamie Zawinski flags a new Farsi numbers station, complete with jamming, frequency shifts, and even leaked Windows 10 sounds. Dave Winer pitches better WordPress writing tools, faster feed-reader refreshes, and MCP-flavored ways ChatGPT could help edit WordPress posts. Aywren settles on Kip for an FFXIV alt, with male Viera looks and Cosmic Exploration vibes finally making the character click. Scopique tests Ulysses as an offline Markdown-to-WordPress setup, mostly for the peace of mind of keeping posts local and recoverable.

Happy lørdag! Today's #DailyBlogroll has stories by Wilhelm, Tipa, Dave Winer, @scopique.bsky.social, @stargrace.bsky.social, Aywren, Bhagpuss, CrazyKinux, Sey, Brennan, Bruce Schneier, Jamie Zawinski and more!

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I'm paying 2.4%, somewhere around there, on a 14 year fixed mortgage. High interest rates are one of the reasons it's hard to buy a house in the US. And usually our mortgages are 30 years or more.

Syp sets April gaming goals around WoW Midnight, WoW Classic, maybe Rimworld, and hopefully replacing a dying gaming PC soon. Roger argues Crimson Desert’s rough onboarding hides an old-school game more interested in exploration, silence, and reflection than hand-holding. Frostilyte rounds up March with Timberborn, The Art of Reflection, and more upcoming games, landing on a thoughtful mix of recommendations and caveats. Azuriel argues AAA budgets balloon less from graphics than from long timelines, management churn, and expensive teams stuck in iteration limbo. Kimimi loves Ecco II’s gorgeous Mega CD presentation and smart difficulty tuning, while admitting it still has plenty of classic Ecco aggravation. Krista highlights Fishbowl as a heartfelt, cozy game about grief, isolation, and self-discovery through unpacking puzzles, calls, and everyday care. Mailvaltar finally clicks with Diablo II’s Assassin, turning Blade Fury and Death Sentry into a very satisfying shuriken-and-corpses ninja build. Wilhelm wrangles WoW Midnight alts, level ranges, and follower dungeons as a four-person guild figures out who can actually run Dragonflight instances together. Andrew Plotkin digs into why adverbs are usually a bad interactive fiction idea, and why Deadline made them work anyway. Anarchae shares a life-and-job digest about baseball work, aching feet, sneaker frustrations, and the small stuff keeping the week together. Emily laments the takeover of whites, greys, blacks, and beige in cars and interiors, making a spirited case for brighter everyday color. Dave Winer weighs AI-driven WordPress changes, Cloudflare’s EmDash, and whether WordLand still makes sense as the platform picture gets shakier.

Today's golden #DailyBlogroll stories come from Wilhelm, Dave Winer, Frostilyte, @rogertayloredwards.bsky.social, Mailvaltar, Andrew Plotkin, Kimimi, Krista, Anarchae, @monsterlady.bsky.social, Syp, Azuriel and more!

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Nicole spins a very April 1 tale about ALF on Master System pioneering Sega lock-on tech, because obviously Miracle World needed more ALF. Sweetie unpacks why old Animal Crossing dialogue stuck: villagers were rude, weird, memorable, and way sharper than New Horizons’ friendlier chatter. Ellie digs Gato Roboto as a stripped-back metroidvania with goofy pulp sci-fi charm and, crucially, a cat piloting a gun-toting mech suit. Wilhelm checks Blizzard’s WoW April Fools patch notes, finds them decent-but-average, and still thinks the never-ending AI gag is the less funny one. Tobold argues Europa Universalis V’s sprawling economy is so complex that automation, estates, and mass-build tools end up playing huge chunks for you. Thomas points Half-Life loreheads to a detailed Black Mesa size breakdown built from canon, then briefly yearns for Valve to finish the series. Jamie Zawinski side-eyes Superman’s space-Nazi family reveal, wonders why Supergirl never mentioned Krypton’s whole deal, and says the new trailer looks alright. Warner revisits April Fools’ Day with a wistful shrug, arguing humor still needs humility, courage, and maybe less internet-fueled prank overkill. Joar reflects on ditching work-driven reading for curiosity, trading frameworks and takeaways for fiction, philosophy, history, and whatever simply holds attention. Belghast shares a candid first chemo day update, from the massive infusion floor to Folfox treatment details and the unexpectedly comfy heated chair. Bruce Schneier flags Coruna, a sophisticated iPhone exploit kit reportedly tied to US contractors and now apparently circulating far beyond its original owners. Dave Winer likes WordPress MCP as English-language scripting, but says 2026 tech is drowning in AI fog and lazy “just add AI” thinking.

Thor's Day's #DailyBlogroll comes storming back with stories by @wilhelm_arcturus@mas.to, @davew@mastodon.social, @euphoriagremlin@retro.pizza, @nicole@oldbytes.space, @Joar, @belghast, @warnercrocker@mastodon.social and more!

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CrazyKinux trims an EVE Online identity-crisis skill queue, beefs up a Merlin PvP fit, and eyes the Crane as a cloaky Sunesis replacement. Nimgimli spent March happily sinking hours into Coral Island, with A Game About Digging a Hole and slower-going Prey filling the gaps. UltrViolet bounces between Resident Evil 4 Remake, Nioh 3, FFXIV, and WoW Midnight, sounding especially unconvinced by easy combat and boss headaches. Sey finds Mr. Sleepy Man a weird but memorable Mario 64-inspired platformer, buoyed by dreamy comedy, standout music, and a few rough edges. Bhagpuss reflects on Fortnite’s slide from world-conquering phenomenon toward something more ordinary, while wondering how permanent gaming megahits really are. Oya says PEAK absolutely rules in co-op, with simple climbing systems, constant teamwork, and just enough chaos to keep every run lively. Wilhelm’s month-in-review mixes WordPress plugin disappointment with a look back at Pokemon Go, RuneScape, and LOTRO’s messy 64-bit server move. Axxuy shares some satisfying site tinkering, from automating human.json in Hugo to tidying webrings and 88x31 buttons. Brennan’s “brennan.day is joining BuzzFeed” post reads like a sharply barbed April Fools riff on sponsorships, platform capture, and sellout web culture. Dave Winer gripes about Alexa and YouTube ads interrupting music, then warmly recommends a 500 Songs episode on The Who’s Tommy. Tipa digs into the messy realities of moving West Karana from WordPress to Hugo, from broken themes to recreating widgets and comments. Blockade85 checks in from burnout central: work and home projects are crushing writing time, though Dune Awakening, a rebuilt desktop, and rescued cat Sock help.

No fooling, it's the #DailyBlogroll, with totally serious stories from @scripting.com, Wilhelm, Blockade85, Nimgimli, Axxuy, UltrViolet, Tipa, Oya, Sey, CrazyKinux, @brennanbrown.ca, Bhagpuss and more!

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A List Of Games By Trans People Before 2010

In the spirit of trans visibility, lemme just plug my ongoing project to document as many pre-2010 games as possible that had a trans person on the dev team. You might be surprised by what's on there. There's games going right back to the sixties!

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The Tranquil Peak Hugo Theme The migration of my main blog from WordPress to Hugo continues as I port an out-of-date theme to modern times.

The Tranquil Peak Hugo Theme

The migration of my main blog from WordPress to Hugo continues as I port an out-of-date theme to modern times.

A Rakuraku Dinokun virtual pet along with Palworld and Pokemon figures.

It’s national Take Your Virtual Pet to Work Day. I was a little upset to find out last night that my kids had let the #tamagotchi I bought them die. #virtualpet

Stargrace drops 1.2 million WoW gold on housing, gets a huge transmog sale, and keeps trimming her auction routine to what pays best. Aywren finally gets her sixth FFXIV Dawntrail alt through patch 7.4 and sounds very ready for a long MSQ break. Syp’s gaming PC dies abruptly, nudging him into a forced LOTRO break and a little perspective on time, priorities, and upcoming smaller releases. John says Frog Holm looks wholesome on paper, but its chain-smoking frogs, cocktails, gangs, and conspiracies make it weirder and more interesting. Azuriel argues soaring PS5 prices, mass layoffs, and AAA budgets are making the whole big-budget games business look shakier by the minute. Luna rounds up five long-postponed backlog games and admits mood, co-op inertia, and timing keep great picks sitting untouched. Joar hits level 90 in WoW’s new expansion, likes the story and Zul'Aman, and is already eyeing delves, alts, and profession catch-up. Wilhelm beats Valheim’s Elder, raids his first swamp crypts for iron, and keeps pushing toward stone building and Bonemass. Emily wishes she read more books, but says daytime noise, interruptions, and getting too absorbed keep most reading for bedtime or solitude. Tofutush recounts a dream-game mashup with puzzles, made-up language, space society control, and a giant rat leading to a grim final reveal. Anarchae makes a strong case for Comply foam eartips, saying fit can dramatically improve earbud comfort, sound, and passive noise blocking. Dave Winer gripes about Claude spinning its wheels, follows Jen’s ChatGPT-built app experiment, and wonders whether Firefox’s AI pivot has gone anywhere.

Tuesday's #DailyBlogroll has all new adventures from Dave Winer, Wilhelm, John, Azuriel, Joar, Luna, Emily, Aywren, Tofutush, Anarchae, Syp, @stargrace.bsky.social and more!

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The playtest for Pool of Madness is now LIVE on Steam! 🎱🩸

Join now by clicking Request Access:
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#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame

Kimimi digs this tiny Bubble Bobble LCD adaptation for packing in arcade touches, surprising detail, and fast play on very modest hardware. Krista wrestles with whether to keep playing or buying The Sims 4 after the buyout news and the game’s new marketplace. Belghast and company bounce between Marvel Heroes Omega revival, Path of Exile drama, Last Epoch: Shattered Omens, and quick hits on smaller games. Wilhelm tracks a mostly quiet Fantasy Critic week where MLB The Show 26’s review slide rattles the standings more than any new release. Warner rounds up thoughtful reads on control, storytelling, anonymous artists, sci-fi franchises, and AI skepticism, with dogs and dragons along the way. Bruce Schneier highlights VitruvianOS 0.3, a Haiku-inspired Linux-based OS with its own graphics stack instead of X11 or Wayland. Dave Winer shares a podcast on making desktop-ready AI apps with Claude or ChatGPT, plus open-source notes on his podcastBuilder and Drummer workflow. Tobold argues the AI slop economy is cracking, with costly tools like Sora and shallow clickbait attention failing to create real value.

It's a light #DailyBlogroll for a Monday morning, but @scripting.com, Wilhelm, @leekscosycorner.com, Bruce Schneier, Kimimi, Tobold, Warner, and Belghast stepped up!

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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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#SteamGames #8ColorStarGuardians #PoolOfMadness #RakuRakuDinokun #terminal

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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#EverQuest #MMORPG #IndieGames #GamingCommunity #ArtificialIntelligence

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.

Wishlist the game now and signup for the playtest here: store.steampowered.com/app/3389400?...

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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