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Welcome to the 365th #DailyBlogroll! It's been a year! And it's time to say goodbye. Leaving on the last boat are TAGN, Mailvaltar, Andrew Plotkin, Joar, Tim Bray, Sey, Kimimi, Aneesh, Bhagpuss, Emily, @scripting.com and more!

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September 25, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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It's #Blaugust2026 Day 3! I've added a few new blogs to the #DailyBlogroll. Today, read new stuff from TAGN, Tipa, Tan, Aneesh, Kluwes, Margot, @wes.readonlymemo.com, Magi, Ellie, Shintar, UltrViolet, Jeromai and more!

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August 3, 2026 at 12:26 PM
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Wednesday's #DailyBlogroll has good stuff from TAGN, Axxuy, Juhis, UltrViolet, Scopique, Zack, Roger, @sypster.bsky.social, Warner, Margot, Stargrace, Shintar and more!

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Stargrace’s WoW week brought 2.3 million gold, forgotten pet sales, alt leveling via pet battles, and a low-pressure plan for WoW Forever. Syp enjoys Fallout 76’s permission to be gloriously weird, then pivots to Diablo III as the perfect loud, clicky comfort-food ARPG. UltrViolet wraps Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker 6.0 with big praise for its finale, voice acting, and nihilist streak, plus some truly hated quest design. Margot found Firewatch a compact storytelling knockout, with strong voice acting and Steam Deck-friendly play, though the first-person movement may trigger motion sickness. Shintar rounds up WoW Forever memes and fan reactions, capturing the giddy, slightly unhinged hype train before launch. Zack says Life is Strange: True Colors is the series’ best yet, praising Deck Nine’s writing and all-at-once episodic structure. Wilhelm’s WoW Forever beta take is refreshingly lukewarm: huge queues were beta doing beta things, and the vanilla-plus vibe seems perfectly fine. Roger recommends Nicol Williamson’s atmospheric Hobbit audio adaptation, with standout character voices despite a few abridgement gaps and minor pronunciation quirks. Warner’s latest reading roundup leans dark, hopping from AI safety and media failure to improv, play, and one welcome farm kitten. Axxuy resurfaces after a maddening TCP issue that broke most internet use, with a timely reminder to actually test your backups too. Juhis makes a practical case for print-friendly websites, with CSS media-query basics and a reader-first argument for offering more ways to use a page. Scopique digs into CSS and even plain HTML basics, reflecting on how chasing the cool stuff too early can leave gaps.
September 23, 2026 at 12:39 PM
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The second to last #DailyBlogroll opens with the latest from Wilhelm, JJM, Joar, @leekscosycorner.com, Sweetie, Marc, Shintar, The Chronicler, Brennan, Cristian, @kgadams.net, Anarchae and more!

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Shintar marks 1,500 SWTOR posts with a stats-and-search-terms look back, including why “swtor private server” keeps sending people over. Krista is back in Skyrim on PS5 with a Dark Elf, hoping this cozy autumn replay finally becomes the run where she finishes it. Marc revisits James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing as a fascinating early-2000s Bond game and an overlooked precursor to 007 First Light. Sweetie rounds up dream remakes, especially Persona 1 and 2 and Dragon Quest IV, with an eye toward accessibility and preserving their charm. Wilhelm argues EVE Online’s Cradle of War update fixates on Ansiblex nerfs, making nullsec fights duller even as alliances quickly adapt. The Chronicler spotlights Revolutions: France 1820-1880, a negotiation-heavy political simulation where alliances, coups, and presentation do the heavy lifting. Anarchae writes candidly about friendship anxiety, ADHD, and the guilt of drifting from people as a job ending stirs up autumn melancholy. Joar says good live music is more than familiar songs: crowd energy, the room, and bands like the Cheektones make the night work. Brennan offers a beginner-friendly static site generator primer, while sensibly insisting you learn plain HTML and CSS before adding abstraction. Cristian highlights WhatsApp terms that grant broad rights over uploaded content, and notes the same Meta-wide logic reaches Instagram, Messenger, and more. JJM traces a long path from WordStar and joe through vim and neovim to emacs, finally making it click by bringing vim habits along. Kelly does the unnerving math on how many blog posts and words he may have left, then turns it into a gentle reminder about limited time.
September 24, 2026 at 11:11 AM
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Friday's #DailyBlogroll has stories from Wilhelm, Dave Winer, Belghast, Emily, Andrew, Axxuy, Nicole, Bhagpuss, Mailvaltar, Nimgimli, Warner, CrazyKinux and more!

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CrazyKinux kicks off a blueprint-style EVE Online ISK series built around “earn vs keep,” outlining a climb from starter cash to scalable income engines without top-10 fluff. Bhagpuss compares first seasons of Arcane and The Mighty Nein, and despite LoL skepticism, ends up calling Arcane one of the best-looking animated shows he’s ever seen. Mailvaltar’s horror run hits a snag: Resident Evil 4 remake looks great but feels like nonstop mob fights and surprise spawns, so he pivots back to appreciating Silent Hill 2. Nicole explores the tech side of Japanese arcade mahjong—starting with Janputer—and why dedicated button panels (and a ton of them) make home play and MAME setups trickier than expected. Andrew brings back his weekly Check-In format with Quest 64, walking through Brian’s monastery start and the element-raising “leveling” system—water for heals, then earth for power. Belghast digs into Hytale’s messy Hypixel/Riot history and says it plays like a deeply modded Minecraft out of the box—better combat, nicer visuals, lots of smart QoL tweaks. Wilhelm revisits EVE Online mining in the Catalyst era as a casual, dodging null-sec rules and CCP’s old waste mechanics while using AIR Daily Goals and a mission-running alt. Warner Crocker wraps a twisty family move and finds the payoff in the new sun room, where the kids discover shadow dancing and laugh themselves silly—then it’s back to unpacking. Axxuy argues Linktree is “link in bio” as a service and nudges everyone toward owning a simple personal website—at minimum, a links page—because linking and contactability matter. Nimgimli’s post-move declutter uncovers a mini museum—DS, PSP, Vita, old iPods and phones—now stymied by dead batteries, missing proprietary chargers, and Wi‑Fi stuck in 2006. Dave Winer cheers Jake Savin’s AI-assisted push to get a headless Frontier running on Linux/macOS (REPL included), plus a low-key plug for Scripting News’ nightly email. Emily recounts a nightmare hospital labyrint…
January 16, 2026 at 12:36 PM
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Today's #DailyBlogroll has only the coolest stuff from Wilhelm, Oya, Bruce Schneier, Anarchae, Jeff, Joel, Bhagpuss, @monsterlady.bsky.social, @scripting.com, Jamie Zawinski, Tobold and more!

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Tipa digs into Guild Wars 2’s Visions of Eternity, where Asura chaos, Vloxx’s reality reboot, and the Commander role all rub her the wrong way. Bhagpuss wrestles with gaming overload versus drought, using Xbox cloud limits and GeForce Now to poke at the hobby’s endless contradictions. Oya has a blast with Astro Bot’s giant sponge power-up, gleefully smashing through a hot-bath maze with haptics making the chaos even sweeter. Wilhelm starts No Man’s Sky Expedition 23, flips multiplayer off, and enjoys Cosmos as a nostalgia-heavy tour through the game’s past updates. Tobold says Avalon: The Riven Veil looks great, but long setup, dense iconography, and a three-hour-plus runtime make it a rough fit for game night. Anarchae’s weekly links bounce from bioblitzes and solo TTRPGs to Ace Combat, disability discourse, nostalgic music, and fish-versus-nuclear-plant climate weirdness. Jamie Zawinski previews DNA Lounge’s Folsom weekend lineup, from Brüt and Bare Chest to Brooke Candy and Violet Chachki. Joel’s weeknotes mix Mexican Independence Day, War of the Worlds, Final Fantasy IV, Gunstar Heroes, and a pleasantly busy blogging week. Emily finds Hyacinth a refreshing Bridgerton lead, with Italian diary translation, jewel hunting, and thankfully less forced-marriage melodrama. Jeff argues Raspberry Pi 5’s firmware RAM lock makes technical sense but still undercuts the Pi’s hardware-hacking ethos. Bruce Schneier spotlights GPT-6 Astra cracking an old Enigma message by building its own simulator and Bombe around a ROSENOW crib. Dave Winer has Claude catalog Atlantis verbs, wants Frontier to get websockets, and keeps chipping away at old Mac-era breakage.
September 22, 2026 at 11:29 AM
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New #Taskmaster tonight! Until then, the #DailyBlogroll has new stuff from Wilhelm, The Chronicler, Sweetie, Shintar, Krista, Bhagpuss, Tobold, Stargrace, @warnercrocker.bsky.social, @kgadams.net, Syp and more!

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Stargrace still cleared over a million WoW gold despite missed auction days, then promptly spent some on three copies of WoW Forever. Syp’s channeling BlizzCon hype into practical WoW Forever prep: pre-order, names, guild hunt, and the eternal main-character debate. Tipa’s back in Valheim, but even easier portals and a tiny cheat may not be enough to push her past the early grind to Mistlands. Krista says Woodo’s tactile diorama-building, cosy nostalgia, and low-pressure pace make it a charming little game to sink into. Shintar lays out why WoW Forever clicks for players who want old-school World of Warcraft vibes without replaying the same solved Classic script forever. Sweetie isn’t buying Atlus’s ‘too much work’ line on skipping a Yosuke romance in Persona 4 Revival, especially with fans asking for years. Wilhelm wraps up Aqualis in Planet Crafter, then blasts off to free bonus planet Skeo for another round of terraforming and number-go-up tinkering. Michal chats with David Thompson about Undaunted 2200: Revolution, the planned finale to the Callisto trilogy and seventh entry in the series. Kelly marks Star Trek’s 60th by tracing his fandom from scary childhood credits to marathon rewatches, movies, books, and lifelong Trek affection. Bhagpuss swaps games for a Dorset getaway, sharing windy Portland Bill, farm animals, and Beryl the dog bouncing back on antibiotics. Tobold reflects on how U.S. voting demographics scrambled old assumptions, and why judging voter-ID barriers from Europe is trickier than it looks. Warner points 1Password users eyeing Apple Passwords to solid migration guides, while admitting today’s tech choices can feel like picking the least bad option.
September 17, 2026 at 11:48 AM
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Tuesday's #DailyBlogroll finds #Blaugust2026 continuing, with new posts from Wilhelm, Tipa, Wolfy, Wakupan, Syp, Sid, Scopique, Frostilyte, Roger, Warner, @inventoryfull.bsky.social, @friendlynecro.bsky.social and more!

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Syp recaps a comfy month of LOTRO and Guild Wars 2, then eyes more completionist hobbiting while debating a GW2 break for FFXIV or Stars Reach. Scopique weighs Star Citizen instancing as a tradeoff between curated story control and the sandbox spirit, with hangar jank still looming. Wilhelm side-eyes LOTRO’s oddly unannounced Wolves of Mordor expansion and its new Mordor-only Survival Instincts talent tree, sounding more puzzled than impressed. The Friendly Necromancer gets won over by EverQuest Legends, especially its wild three-class multiclassing that turns Beastlord dreams into reality. Wolfy comes away mostly happy from FFXIV Berlin Fan Fest, especially about Evercold’s Bastion tank, airship zones, and the FFVII raids. Tipa tours Manchester’s Cruisin’ Main Street, mixing working-class car show vibes with fond, funny memories of Beetles, Miatas, and a fuel-hungry Supra. Warner finds Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey good but not great, praising the spectacle while feeling the intimate scenes and lead casting miss. Wakupan shares beloved treasures, from Taiwanese risograph art and glassware to a favorite mug, cat painting, and irresistibly cute glass flower. Sid argues DeepSeek V4 Flash and recent LLM price cuts are making AI coding help absurdly cheap, practical, and hard to ignore. Roger uses a Blaugust prompt to revisit his first blog, early film reviews, and the old lesson to write what you know. Frostilyte salutes Blaugust, reflects on encouraging feedback, and gushes over Titanium Court’s clever match-3-meets-strategy design. Bhagpuss uses Blaugust to mull blogging for yourself, reader expectations, and the tempting fantasy of turning the blog into a private club.
August 4, 2026 at 11:37 AM
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Last day of summer! Today's all-new #DailyBlogroll comes from such superstars as Wilhelm, CrazyKinux, @aneeshsathe.com, Tan, Stargrace, The Chronicler, Shintar, @kgadams.net, Kimimi, Brennan, Ramen Junkie, Cristian and more!

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Stargrace starts a Cartograph solo RPG notebook adventure, mapping scholars and sentient wasps with fountain-pen-loving enthusiasm. CrazyKinux boils EVE fix ideas down to a livelier New Eden, with shifting resources and space weather driving players into motion. Kimimi loves Ace Combat X for its weighty mission choices, but it’s the radio chatter that really sells the drama. Shintar peeks into WoW Classic Forever’s beta, noting huge queues, bustling starter zones, and the new tauren Plainsrunning racial. Wilhelm checks Fantasy Critic League week 38, where Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter and Fire Emblem land big review scores. The Chronicler finds La Der des Ders packs the whole First World War into a brisk evening wargame without skimping on strategic texture. Aneesh revisits Trinity’s motorcycle scene in Matrix Reloaded and comes away impressed—and missing his bike. Ramen Junkie rounds up GameStop retro carts, CHVRCHES album teases, and the ongoing annoyance of AI bot spam. Tan’s weekly digest covers a rough parenting week, an encouraging first Scouts session, banking frustrations, and teaching kids on a cute keyboard. Kelly weighs Anthropic and OpenAI backing AI regulation, arguing safety rules matter most where systems can harm vulnerable people or control machines. Brennan argues LLMs make scraping, spam, and bad-faith extraction cheap and easy, turning the open web into a much harsher place. Cristian sketches his ideal Linux distro: Mint-like stability, Fedora-fresh apps, GNOME, easy installs, solid gaming, and definitely no AUR.
September 21, 2026 at 11:22 AM
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Tipa’s (@chasingdings.com) #DailyBlogroll: AI-assisted EverQuest logs, Wurm Online misery, retro games, World of Tanks nostalgia, Stargate-like gems, Meta skepticism, disappearing Mac keys & more from around the gaming blogosphere. 🗞️🎮

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August 30, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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Then came the last days of May, and the #DailyBlogroll brought stories from TAGN, Pete, Tipa, Ellie, Anarchae, Roger, @tofutush.bsky.social, Jamie Zawinski, Brennan, Warner and more!

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Ellie revisits Alice: Madness Returns as a very 2011 slice of grimdark Wonderland, shaped by edgy aesthetics and a long, messy road to release. Wilhelm tracks Fantasy Critic week 22 as 007 First Light scores big, Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II lands, and Ghost of Yotei: Legends still needs reviews. Tipa says the Nexus Infinity Dice Cube creators seem to have rebranded and rolled straight into another dubious Kickstarter, this time a foldable chess set. Anarchae’s weekly digest hits brutal early shifts, TCAF plans, Tears of the Kingdom, new music, TV, hockey misery, and John Dickson Carr. Roger recommends Riverhill Himalayan Gardens for sculptures, roses, a maze, hillside walks, kid-friendly spots, and an especially good orange drizzle cake. Jamie Zawinski spots a wooden influencer playset—tripod, ring light, phone, tablet, microphone—and lets the bleak joke mostly tell itself. Warner argues AI and U.S. politics are both leaning toward collapse, with the system already damaged badly enough to feel barely playable. Brennan spins up fanfiction.lol, an AO3 fork on Rails, MySQL, Redis, Elasticsearch, and Docker, as both a self-hosting challenge and creativity statement. Pete walks through how AI image prompting evolved from plain descriptions and tags to giant structured character-sheet prompts for Astrid One-Eye. Tofutush reflects on identity, preferring interests over labels, while tying coding, drawing, and worldbuilding to certainty, creation, and control.
May 31, 2026 at 1:24 PM
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It's Friday! Today's #DailyBlogroll offers stories from Wilhelm, Dave Winer, Axxuy, Magi, Sey, Azuriel, Kimimi, UltrViolet, Jamie Zawinski, Tobold, Warner, @inventoryfull.bsky.social and more!

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Sey rounds up wishlist picks like KAZ, Mysarium, and D-topia, plus soundtrack shout-outs for Virtue and a Sledgehammer and Phonopolis. Azuriel revisits digital game resale after Sony’s disc exit, asking why software licenses still can’t be resold like physical games. Bhagpuss argues Sony’s move away from PlayStation discs sharpens the real issue: ownership, while downplaying archival panic around physical media’s decline. Kimimi says Yain Sidae nails the pixel-art beat ’em up look, but the shallow fighting leaves this Korean TV tie-in pretty basic. Wilhelm sizes up the Steam Summer Sale 2026, arguing Steam looks refreshingly steady next to Xbox layoffs, Sony’s digital mess, and Epic’s Fortnite-first thinking. Tobold finds Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth more cutscene-heavy soap opera than RPG so far, despite enjoying its breezy turn-based combat touches. Magi writes through grief after Belghast’s death, reflecting on Blaugust, Aggrochat, and the quiet weight of losing a familiar online presence. Jamie Zawinski links a McSweeney’s gag comparing Senator Jones to Indiana Jones’ face-melting Nazi, with the usual grim political eye-roll underneath. Warner connects Meta’s Instagram AI grab, smart-glasses recording hacks, and ‘super sensing’ tests into one big, ugly privacy warning. Dave Winer makes the old-school web case for RSS, OPML, Markdown, SQL, and WebSockets as a replaceable, interoperable social network stack. Axxuy reflects on how slow editing can erode confidence, making one-session drafting feel clearer, looser, and ultimately easier to publish. UltrViolet draws a line between AI writing and AI assistance, arguing Blaugust-friendly tools can handle titles, tags, and summaries without replacing the author.
July 10, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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Tuesday's #DailyBlogroll has cool new stuff from Wilhelm, Dave Winer, Roger, @crazykinux.bsky.social, Sey, @belghast.com, Bhagpuss, Tobold, Michael, Warner and more!

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CrazyKinux kicks off Coriolis: The Great Dark with a roughneck mechanic, praising its Alien-meets-Dune exploration vibe over crunchier Fallout-style systems. Sey says Sledding Game is a goofy cozy hit: thick frog sledding, fishing, snowball fights, and easy multiplayer laughs with friends and helpful randoms. Bhagpuss says Neverness To Everness runs fine until logout crashes Windows, and Gemini was helpful but couldn’t beat the likely anti-cheat mess. Tobold skips Lands of Evershade because its campaign sounds too story-heavy and too light on tactical combat for his four-player board game group. Michael revisits Frog Detective 2 with his kid and finds its short, clue-tracking mystery perfect for low-stakes detective roleplay together. Roger muses on Warhorse’s Middle-earth RPG, hoping for third-person, while also wrestling with how to find more meaningful social connection at 58. Warner wraps up a grandkid-filled week equal parts exhausting and delightful, happy to trade the chaos for stronger bonds and louder laughs. Belghast’s latest mixtape rounds up Eurovision bangers old and recent, with extra love for Finnish artists and that carefully sequenced listen-through flow. Wilhelm marks Memorial Day by sharing a US Civil War poem about a fallen young soldier, a quiet, solemn remembrance. Dave Winer reflects on Memorial Day, cheers Jake Savin’s Frontier revival, and says he wants to move conversations off X into new Claude Code-built software.
May 26, 2026 at 10:40 AM
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25 years ago, the world changed. Today's #DailyBlogroll comes courtesy of Wilhelm, Oya, Axxuy, Zack, Luna, Sey, Azuriel, Shintar, @rogertayloredwards.bsky.social, Kimimi, Brennan, Kelly and more!

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Shintar digs through SWTOR Total Galactic War leaderboards to compare server populations, using Conquest points as a practical activity snapshot. Sey wraps Gamescom with a Battle Vision interview and quick hits on indie standouts like Walk The Frog, Lucky Punk, Rover’s Tale, and Moomin. Azuriel is 31 hours into Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 and still mostly brewing potions, but the muddy medieval immersion has clearly got its hooks in. Kimimi revisits Ys VI as Falcom’s big comeback, arguing its 2D-on-3D style and crackling action still feel like a promise fulfilled. Luna’s August was a blur of Sovereign Tower, ReStory, Big Walk, and more, with cozy management sims and co-op puzzling carrying the month. Oya rounds up a packed summer of Ghost Trick, Big Walk, reviews, and books, with the clear takeaway that Ghost Trick absolutely won people over. Zack says MIO: Memories in Orbit looks gorgeous and has intriguing sci-fi lore, but its punishing difficulty makes this Metroidvania a frustrating climb. Wilhelm kicks off TAGN’s 20th anniversary by trimming two decades of game coverage into a top-20 list and explaining how categories differ from tags. Axxuy reflects on parks, trails, and forests to argue that even “nature” is often a carefully built environment, not untouched wilderness. Brennan reflects on 9/11’s long cultural shadow, from fear and war to internet-era media, memory, conspiracy, and how later generations inherit it. Roger tackles a film questionnaire with favorites, grudges, quotes, and scenes, mixing classic cinema appreciation with some gloriously scrappy personal picks. Kelly swaps aging ReadyNAS and Time Capsule gear for a Synology 925+, praising DSM and SMB-friendly backups while noting one looming caveat.
September 11, 2026 at 11:40 AM
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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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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.
March 28, 2026 at 11:51 AM
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Didja know #Blaugust is on its way? Read about it and more on the #DailyBlogroll, with TAGN, Dave Winer, Patrick, Tim Bray, Sweetie, Marc, The Chronicler, @rogertayloredwards.bsky.social, Magi, Bhagpuss, Jamie Zawinski, Warner and more!

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Patrick sounds mostly crushed by 4th Edition Underdark, but still delights in Torog and the grotesque secret-hoarders of the Incunabulum. Magi is all-in on Denshattack!, a pop-punk train trick game that channels Tony Hawk, Jet Set Radio, and pure arcade chaos. Marc makes the case for Hotel Dusk: Room 215 as a stylish DS graphic adventure worth reviving, linearity complaints be damned. Sweetie eagerly traces Dragon Quest XII trailer clues that might point back to Dragon Quest IX’s world, and maybe a long-overdue remake. Wilhelm spun up a solo Stardew Valley save, rediscovered Steam Cloud, and found Switch 2 controller habits followed him to PC. The Chronicler spotlights Chandragupta as GMT’s Great Battles heads to ancient India, with elephants, chariots, and varied scenarios keeping things lively. Jamie Zawinski unearthed a 36-year-old VHS of D.O.A.’s 1990 DNA Lounge concert, complete with a YouTube upload for punk-history digging. Warner reports survival after an all-day, 18-window installation marathon, with plenty of praise for Daniel’s crew and their sweaty professionalism. Tim Bray wrestles with loving World Cup spectacle while hating FIFA corruption, NFT ticket nonsense, and prices that lock most fans out. Dave Winer says rss.chat is still an early writing-first bootstrap, adds docs links, and notes his WordPress news site is picking up steam. Roger pitches Blaugust 2026 as a low-pressure August community for bloggers, podcasters, and creators who want prompts, support, and momentum. Bhagpuss rallies folks for Blaugust signups, celebrating the blogging festival while honoring Belghast’s memory and the community carrying it forward.
July 16, 2026 at 12:11 PM
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Back home from CaptainCon early, just in time for #DailyBlogroll with Wilhelm, Anarchae, Bhagpuss, Bruce Schneier, Warner, Naithin, Stargrace, Belghast, Jamie Zawinski, Tobold, Tofutush, Nimgimli and more!

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#MMO #Gaming #EVEOnline #GameDev
Stargrace savors quiet wormhole life in **EVE Online**, noting that flashy ships are invitations to die. Nimgimli’s January mixes storm prep with gaming—*My Time at Sandrock*, *Ball X Pit*, finishing *Clair Obscur*, and scouting the next play. Bhagpuss punctures Google Project Genie hype as fuzzy snippets with thorny IP questions. Belghast’s *Path of Exile* league start is chaotic, capped by the realization he ran starter gems to level 34. Wilhelm opens 2026 grumbling about WordPress themes while reminiscing about *EVE* and Steam sales. Naithin celebrates seven years of *Time to Loot* and eyes a big 2026. Tobold, deep into *Enshrouded*, says its building and housing feel like the MMO dream WoW never was. Warner Crocker spotlights The Marsh Family’s haunting “Minnesota,” urging more artists to meet the moment. Bruce Schneier shares a squid that mimics a plant. Anarchae’s Nobara Linux test collapses into BIOS/GPU trouble. Jamie Zawinski hunts for a truly malicious zipbomb JSON. Tofutush revisits the “self-insert,” admitting hers were mostly punching bags as her writing matured.
February 1, 2026 at 12:47 PM
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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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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.
March 25, 2026 at 11:27 AM
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Saturday's #DailyBlogroll has new stuff from Tipa, Wilhelm, Owls, JJM, Jeromai, @anarchaeopteryx.bsky.social, Jimmy, The Chronicler, Shintar, Andrew Plotkin, @scopique.bsky.social, David and more! There's also a new deep dive!

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Tipa compares her dense, bustling Pokopia island with her daughter’s serene utopia, musing on how our game worlds reflect who we are. Shintar loved SWTOR’s Legacy Reborn update, praising its character moments, big Star Wars feels, and the lack of KOTOR-style cutscenes. Owls is rolling into EverQuest Legends on Freeport with a shadow knight/necromancer/shaman, sold on multiclassing and a more solo-friendly Norrath. Scopique walks through his Star Citizen fleet, from mining rigs and cargo tools to homestead defense and a couple of niche combat ships. David’s Gunderholfen session sends rival guilds chasing the Ravens through sabotaged dungeon paths before a swamp basilisk crashes the party. Wilhelm rounds up EverQuest news, from EverQuest Legends launching July 28 to the Lethar TLP server starting with The Serpent’s Spine. The Chronicler spotlights Baltic Empires, a GMT strategic wargame where asymmetric powers vie for Baltic dominance through war, trade, and state-building. Andrew Plotkin shares Witness feelie scans and a fun correction: the matchbook’s “long life” symbol turned out to be real Chinese, not a fake gag. Anarchae checks in on work, budgets, Blaugust plans, Zelda, TV, and anthology reading while bracing for the resume-and-cover-letter grind. Jimmy points readers to a new Analog Antiquarian piece on Richard III, a quick cross-link for the history-minded. JJM argues his stalled gamedev projects happen when he chases cool engine code instead of building an actual game first. Jeromai pivots from a GPT-4o letter about society to Blaugust, blogging, and “claudefishing” as a murky Claude-adjacent Substack trend.
July 25, 2026 at 1:57 PM
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HOT! THURSDAY! HOT! But #DailyBlogroll is cool! Enjoy the latest from TAGN, Tipa, Dave Winer, Syp, Frostilyte, Sid, WCRobinson, @leekscosycorner.com, Belghast, Sweetie, Marc, Magi and more!

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Syp’s monthly MMO check-in covers renewed LOTRO love, an ESO class swap, Guild Wars 2 detours, and life without a World of Warcraft sub. Tipa’s Frosthaven crew tackles Ancient Spire, juggling retirement milestones, spawning machines, bolt throwers, and a delightfully dirty trick to avoid the balcony boss. Frostilyte’s June was all about co-op games, Next Fest demos, and BOKURA’s clever asymmetric puzzle-solving with Mir. Magi spotlights standout AI-free Steam Next Fest demos, celebrating handcrafted indie games that earned instant wishlists after the festival ended. Krista checks out Atelier Yumia on Switch 2, highlighting the open-world adventure plus sharper performance, faster loads, and local GameShare. Marc hosts Wallace Truesdale on I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream, weighing how the 1995 adventure game adapts Harlan Ellison’s brutal short story. Sweetie defends Deltarune Chapter 5 as character work over lore dumps, and digs into how fan theories can warp expectations. Belghast breaks down why Path of Exile 2 mapping feels worse than POE1, from collision-heavy clutter to oversized maps and less player choice. Wilhelm chronicles co-op Stardew Valley through the Fair and Spirit’s Eve, with grange-table disappointment, token grinding, and a steady march into winter. WCRobinson shares a screenshot-heavy celebration of Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment, spotlighting its cinematic story, striking cutscenes, and gorgeous Switch 2 Hyrule. Dave Winer riffs on politics, coding with Claude Code, and why AI-assisted software work now leaves a remarkably complete trail of decisions. Sid argues AI works best as a pair programmer: specify the taste, constraints, and tech choices yourself unless you want generic slop later.
July 2, 2026 at 12:21 PM
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Saturday's #DailyBlogroll has groovy news from Wilhelm, Dave Winer, @virtualmoose.bsky.social, Ellie, Anarchae, Nimgimli, Jimmy, The Chronicler, Tobold, Scopique, @inventoryfull.bsky.social, Bruce Schneier and more!

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Nimgimli is still hooked on Solarpunk’s floating-island crafting loop, even if the airship progression and vanishing chicken jank are very videogame-y. Ellie says Islets delivers the floating-islands hook, metroidvania exploration, and bullet-hell combat, with stronger character writing than Sheepo. Wilhelm notes Steam’s 2026 Summer Sale still matters, even if the old rush is gone and deep discounts like Wreckfest make the wishlist worth a peek. The Chronicler spotlights Battle Box: Napoleonic Wars, a pocket-size black-powder wargame that still squeezes in terrain, tactics, and quick 30-minute sessions. Michael recommends Caper in the Castro as a charming, campy HyperCard adventure and a moving queer gaming time capsule from 1989. Anarchae’s week is sick days, soccer, Zelda, Father Brown mysteries, and a heartfelt reminder why Pride still matters. Bhagpuss rounds up recent listening with enthusiasm, from Grease Baby and Perennial to label-diving detours and a side of PC hardware chaos. Bruce Schneier’s comment thread veers hard from squid fleets into Venezuela quake aid, AUKUS, Taiwan, and broader geopolitical doomposting. Tobold gets practical about Belgium’s heat wave, weighing a costly split air conditioner as climate change pushes summer temperatures toward 40°C. Dave Winer wrestles with Claude forgetting to fetch needed context, calls out hallucinations, and keeps digging for better ways to steer it. Scopique rethinks GM prep for a Secret World module, arguing the missing piece isn’t big plot or tiny details but flexible side-quest-sized 'medium pictures.' Jimmy points readers to a new Analog Antiquarian entry on Henry VI, Part 2.
June 27, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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Welcome to Monday's #DailyBlogroll with stories by Wilhelm, Wes, Stargrace, Owls, Bruce Schneier, @rogertayloredwards.bsky.social, Kimimi, Sey, Kelly, Bhagpuss, Tobold, @warnercrocker.bsky.social and more!

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Stargrace is mildly tempted by World of Warcraft Forever’s level-60 fresh start after BlizzCon, even if she’s still mostly guild-hunting and gold-making. Sey introduces Good Game Lobby’s Discord gaming club, where the community nominates short indie picks and is currently playing Firewatch for September. Bhagpuss riffs on gacha luck across Genshin Impact, Noah’s Heart, Wuthering Waves, and Neverness To Everness, while admitting he rarely wants to swap characters. Kimimi makes a charming case for Famicom Tetris 2 and BomBliss, loving its homely presentation more than any claim to definitive Tetris greatness. Owls kicks off Valheim 1.0 with bears, dual-wield Early Axes, a comfy longhouse, and an accidental second Eikthyr kill. Wes serves a snack-size ROM roundup with fan translation and patch notes, plus links on Witch of the Dark Castle, Saburo Jinguji, Satellaview, and Blue Dragon. Wilhelm eyes EVE Online’s CSM 21 election with heavy skepticism, arguing CCP keeps sidelining player feedback for force-projection nerfs, HUD changes, and side projects. Kelly digs into boredom as a lack of fulfilling activity, sketching out different ways people escape it beyond just staying busy. Warner’s reading roundup circles AI, democracy, geology, and the future of readers themselves, with Bryan Cantrill and Paul Ford among the highlights. Tobold reflects on fading internet fame, burned-out creators, and why influencer dreams usually don’t translate into lasting financial security. Roger unloads on bloated, paternalistic software design and nonstop updates, then gives Nintendo’s Switch setup a rare gold star for actually feeling intuitive. Bruce Schneier says Microsoft’s 972-fix Windows patch shows AI is supercharging vulnerability discovery, and the safe patching window is basically immediate now.
September 14, 2026 at 11:48 AM
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Welcome to the Thursday #DailyBlogroll! Today's stories come from @davew@mastodon.social, @wilhelm_arcturus@mas.to, @Joar, CrazyKinux, Krista, Tofutush, @euphoriagremlin@retro.pizza and more!

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CrazyKinux returns with Rixx and first guest Oz for a loose chat on EVE Online markets, FanFest, trading tools, and how AI changed the toolkit. Magi says Far Far West nails roguelike shooter progression, making upgrades feel meaningful, customizable, and fun instead of one more grindy timesink. Krista runs through favorite Sims 4 add-ons, with City Living, Get Famous, and family-focused picks standing out from years of expansions and packs. Marc revisits Compile’s Gulkave as a rough-looking but technically impressive 8-bit shooter, especially given the MSX, SG-1000, and Master System hardware. Sweetie is upbeat that Dragon Quest XII restarted as Beyond Dreams, ditching the darker Flames of Fate for something closer to classic DQ vibes. Ellie reaches the mainline Ace Attorney finish line with Spirit of Justice, a bittersweet finale that throws Phoenix Wright into mortal peril in Khura’in. Wilhelm wraps EVE Online’s Warpath event as decent but grindy, with mining tasks a slog and competitive bits bringing out New Eden’s worst instincts. The Chronicler spotlights GMT’s Into the Woods, a GBACW Shiloh game with chit-pull activations, ten scenarios, and a strong fog-of-war feel. Joar contrasts decades of beige business travel with a newer, slower kind shaped by maps, history books, and finally choosing trips worth taking. Tofutush’s May brought finishing first year, surprise grades, a fun reverse-engineering course, travel plans for Xinjiang, and steady progress on reading and writing. Dave Winer argues for a social web for nobodies and says Claude makes wrangling big codebases and software complexity feel newly manageable. Tobold doubts AI will replace most work soon, arguing physical labor, customer-facing jobs, and the real cost of bots make the panic feel overblown.
June 4, 2026 at 12:08 PM
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I have your Thursday #DailyBlogroll right here, with all the latest from Wilhelm, Dave Winer, Frostilyte, Oya, Tofutush, Sweetie, Magi, Marc, Shintar, Tobold, @warnercrocker.bsky.social, @belghast.com and more!

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Frostilyte digs into Cairn as more than a climbing game, wrestling with what Aava’s mountain obsession is really saying about ambition and its costs. Shintar says SWTOR’s Master’s Enigma finally sets the table for Legacy of the Sith’s finale, even if the Sa’har and Ri’kan drama still feels stuck. Magi finds Sintopia stylish and clever in concept, but says its hell-management fun gets buried under rigid pacing, bottlenecks, strikes, and busywork. Oya checks in on Blue Prince and Disco Elysium, praising language-decoding puzzles and getting thoroughly hooked by Disco’s dense, sharply reactive writing. Marc revisits J.B. Harold Murder Club as an early graphic adventure, tracing Rika Suzuki’s throughline from 1980s detective stories to Hotel Dusk-era narrative design. Sweetie argues retail sims like Retro Rewind and Supermarket Simulator work because organizing chaos and running the store your way is weirdly satisfying. Wilhelm says EVE Online’s Capsuleer Day “unmissable surprise” was just a one-run faction destroyer BPC, which feels pretty overhyped for Warpath’s finale. Dave Winer is joyfully soaking in the Knicks winning the East, loving the team’s trust, depth, and that rare photo of OG Anunoby smiling. Warner is fed up with politicians and tech companies endlessly promising AI breakthroughs, autonomy, and tomorrow’s miracles while missed deadlines barely matter. Tobold eyes the SpaceX IPO as a possible AI-bubble stress test, with xAI hype, tiny float, and Nasdaq rule changes making the whole thing look shaky. Belghast swapped his blog’s body font to Google’s Lexend after seeing dyslexia make text “swim,” a smart accessibility tweak other bloggers might steal. Tofutush tears into Wings of Fire book 16 for muddled motives, overused memory visions, and plot beats that feel more distracting than satisfying.
May 28, 2026 at 12:24 PM
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Monday's #DailyBlogroll has cool stories by Tipa, The Friendly Necromancer, Wilhelm, Dave Winer, JJM, Luna, CrazyKinux, Shintar, Michael, Roger, Belghast, Jamie Zawinski and more!

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Tipa heads to CaptainCon in Warwick to test her Malifaux crews—swapping between December and Colette du Bois’s Performer misdirection—against a stacked field of top players. CrazyKinux joins Quantshure in EVE Online, traces the “automated” invite back to CCP’s Freelance Jobs funnel, and reflects on how the right corp turns New Eden’s learning cliff into stick-with-it fun. Luna kicks off a newly numbered monthly poll (with a different vibe this time) and shares last month’s results, where “PC + desk” beat out handheld and console couch gaming. Shintar looks back on WoW’s The War Within ahead of Midnight, admitting it improved a lot and kept her playing, yet still feels “lesser” than the homey high of Dragonflight. Belghast and crew autopsy Anthem’s end, debate what makes an MMO (player interaction required), coin “PSOLikes” for lobby games, then bounce through Shape of Dreams, Path of Exile, and Guild Wars 2. Wilhelm checks in on Fantasy Critic League week five: Highguard limps in at 62, Woolhaven’s score wobbles as reviews roll in, and Code Vein II jitters around the mid-70s. Michael’s indie roundup tours itch.io oddities and gems—FMV travel, minimalist TTRPG jams, interactive fiction horror, and Early Access FPS MeowGun—plus a nudge to donate to folks in Minnesota. Jamie Zawinski recaps DNA Pizza’s delivery rollercoaster: from in-house drivers to Uber Eats/Postmates/Grubhub, with app fees gutting margins and the whole delivery-app ecosystem making everything we The Friendly Necromancer rounds up recent streaming comfort-food: binging Kevin Smith’s Comic Book Men, getting cozy D&D vibes from Frieren, and tearing through Disney+’s Wonder Man (plus some My Hero Dave Winer riffs on why we needed so many programming languages, imagines modular building blocks for social web apps and bots, and notes nirvana.userland.com is somehow still running since 1998. JJM explains ditching cgit for hackable gitweb on git.usebox.net and details the increasingly grim anti-bo…
February 2, 2026 at 12:04 PM