Tomorrow mmoreconnect.com will be updated for @everquestlegends.bsky.social , as it is the game's launch! PS: I've been adding features and tweaking the site near-daily for about two months. Thanks for all the feedback.

MMO Reconnect: Find Old Friends from EverQuest, World of Warcraft & Classic MMOs

Claim the characters you played and let old guildmates find you. A user-driven reunion service for EverQuest, World of Warcraft, and classic-MMO veterans.

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Final Fantasy Tactics Portraits only 4 people replied to the raffled slots so were opening slots for real this time! opening July 26 10pm (gmt +8) around 23 hours from now

Historically accurate Odysseus is steering the ship from the foredeck with a ship's wheel that wasn't invented until the 1700s

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 2w ago

Presumably including a historically accurate cyclops

BBC burying the lede here until paragraph 3 - JKR bankrolled this and LOST. I repeat - JKR bankrolled this lawfare against the Belfast Film Festival and... LOST. It can be done! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Tribunal rules woman not unlawfully discriminated against over beliefs

Sara Morrison claimed she was forced out of her job at Belfast Film Festival for her views on sex and gender.

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We worked closely with cultural consultants and brought in creatives with deep expertise in the Afrofantasy genre to help shape the world of Zhalfir. #MTGZhalfir

Can't say too much, but I was on the #MTGZhalfir team for a really, really long time, including the Vision team. It's easily the most rewarding thing I've worked on at Wizards and can't wait for the world to see it. #WOTCstaff

Magic: The Gathering@magic.wizards.com · 3w ago

Our third Magic Mutliverse set of 2027 is one of the most anticipated settings we've ever had. Zhalfir releases on October 1st, 2027! #MTGZhalfir youtu.be/ZaUhdKIc-yQ

Oh hey, the side-project I kept toying with for nearly a decade just launched. If you play or played MMORPGs such as EverQuest, World of Warcraft, Vanguard, Guild Wars, Rift, Ultima Online, or other classics, you should check it out. :) PS: Only EQ and WoW are up at the moment! More coming soon.

MMO Reconnect@mmoreconnect.bsky.social · 3w ago

Find old friends from the digital worlds you've adventured in. www.mmoreconnect.com

"You basement dwelling incels merely adopted outrage and backlash, I was born in it, molded by it." -Christopher Nolan

The A.V. Club@avclub.com · 4w ago

When asked about online backlash against casting decisions in The Odyssey, Nolan calmly reminded interviewers "I spent 10 years of my life dealing with Batman."

it's a horror game about a bird trying to write a screenplay.

ICE shot and killed a man in Houston with no criminal record who was not even their target. They pushed him off the road. And now he is gone forever. ICE is a domestic terrorist organization. We need to abolish ICE now and stop Trump’s murderous thugs.

bro they laid off the Doom 2016 developers. that's like if you laid off the studio that made arguably one of the best first-person shooters of all time, like Doom 2016

Nothing new to the Critter Stack itself, but it may be new to you! AOT support + compliance. 😎

Jeremy D. Miller (The Shade Tree Developer)@jeremydmiller.bsky.social · 4w ago

The "Critter Stack" went through a massive effort to support AOT compliance across the entire stack in our recent major releases. Here's how we got there: jasperfx.net/news/how-the...

GitHub, the home of LGTM ship it!

The side-project has soft-launched. Applying a bit more polish so a user's first-time experience is smooth. More functionality is coming soon. If you've ever wanted to find old friends and guildmates from digital worlds you used to adventure in, this site will be helpful.

Looking for that ideal candidate...

Obituary: MMORPG blogger and community leader Mark ‘Belghast’ Temple has passed away

Obituary: MMORPG blogger and community leader Mark ‘Belghast’ Temple has passed away

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“Fixing their car” = intentionally bypassing emission controls Meanwhile, Trump is currently prosecuting someone for touching a pool

since WHA is poppin, please look at this panel that helped me reframe the learning process

Old enough to recognize this as a data center

Things are happening. A project that started in 2018 has finally gotten the dust wiped off and is about to launch Soon*. :)

Ford has rehired hundreds of senior engineers after replacing them with AI backfired and has cost the company billions of dollars. AI adoption is blamed for Ford being the most recalled automaker in the U.S. with 51 recalls covering over 11 million vehicles in the first half of 2026 alone.

When it rains, it pours. Another family member is about to pass in the next day or two, according to hospice. Hug your loved ones, y'all. My cat, King Koopa, is getting extra cuddles today despite his protests.

Erik "Faelor" Shafer@erikshafer.bsky.social · 3mo ago

My father passed this weekend. Dying really is a messy affair, even when there's notice. There's just a lot to take care of.

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The water is warm SQL Server folks. You have more options than just EF Core or Dapper: SQL Server as a Document Database -- and why you want that! jeremydmiller.com/2026/06/22/s... #dotnet #sqlserver

SQL Server as a Document Database — and why you want that!

While Polecat is pretty new, it’s based on over a decade of experience and usage patterns established by the Marten library (and also shares a ton of common infrastructure code as well). Pole…

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GIVE THIS MAN WARCRAFT 2

Duncan Jones@manmademoon.bsky.social · 2mo ago

-without using AI. *cough*

Hello 10th anniversary limited edition steelbox @worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com movie.

When I can find some time, I need to dive back into Guild Wars 2. It's been years. The GW3 hype is real.

I'm eager to close this "chapter" with tomorrow's memorial service for my father. In brighter news, this "pick-me-up" arrived today.

Erik "Faelor" Shafer@erikshafer.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Pulled the trigger on a Radeon AI PRO R9700 32GB for local LLM usage. Will be using it alongside my existing Radeon 7900 XTX 24GB and Radeon 6800 XT 16GB. I already have two machines set up, so this (single discrete GPU) was the practical pick for my wallet.

Love is real and it's two strangers in an MMO jumping up and down.