Noted: New Hitman WOA Elusive Target
IOI continue to surprise with an unexpected—celebrity tie in???—elusive target drop for Hitman: WOA. Delightful!
Matt Wilson
Daughter of Serpents (1992)
In which I take a look at Daughter of Serpents, a vaguely Lovecraftian adventure game from 1992 and its companion lightweight story-forward TTRPG.
Noted: Down One Prigozhin
Apparently "accidentally" shot down in his private jet over Russia: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/23/yevgeny-prigozhin-on-private-jet-that-crashed-near-moscow-russia-wagner
Mentioning The War, Pt. 79
Let's check in on that Summer Offensive and get a little more realistic nuance added to our picture. Слава Україні!
Sherlock Holmes: The Queen's Park Affair
We played the sprawling adventure of the "Queen's Park Affair" (Sleuth Games, 1984) on vacation—how did it stack up? Spoiler-free.
Noted: Another Djokovic/Alcaraz Classic
This time in Cinncinnati, by the thinnest of margins:
Total points were 124-122 Alcaraz, then Djokovic won 11 of the final 15 (with help from a hand cramp). A 12th-round TKO.
These guys have played four matches. Three were absolute classics, and the fourth was, too, until Alcaraz’s entire
F1 at the 2023 Summer Break
Being mostly an exploration of alternate history, because, you know… there’s that Verstappen kid.