I’m torn on the Foundation TV series. They expanded on the books with some good ideas and great production design. But also, why the fuck are Hari and Gaal still around a century later? Do the writers understand psycho-history at all? Why is there so much fantasy/destiny bullshit in my sci-fi?
I agree with Aftermath’s Luke Plunkett here about the end of physical video game discs. Yes, it’s a minor incremental change in practice. But it is a major milestone in our collective realization that the concept of “ownership” is being killed by big corporations. That’s what people react to.
GURPS turned 40 years old a couple days ago! I don’t have a complete GURPS collection, because that would be crazy, but I definitely have way more than anybody should reasonably have. Which sounds great if you ask me.
VanCAF haul! Great little comicbook convention once again. Thank you to all the artists who came.
VanCAF and Japadog, winning combo
In addition to being a rhubarb addict and chocolate zealot, I’m also a honey snob. It’s hard to find anything else than shitty liquid or creamed honey that just tastes like sugar. If I can’t taste what flower the honey was made from, I’m sorry but it’s crap.
While throwing away old CDs, I found a couple of very old cassettes from when I was a kid and didn’t have a CD burner to copy stuff! Here’s my copy of the soundtrack to the cult 1994 movie “The Crow”! Can’t do this shit with MP3 files.
The 2026 Ennie Awards nominee list shows how large the hobby has become. Years ago, I would have heard about more than 2/3rd of that list. Now, I’m not sure if anybody who isn’t a TTRPG journalist or something would know that much. This is GOOD by the way.
After throwing out old programming books, I sadly started also throwing away all my old CDs and DVDs. Remember when music came with a beautiful, little artsy booklet with very hard to read lyrics? Good times!
“You’re the OS!” Oooof, being an operating system is hard work.