Riley MacLeod

How’s It Going?: Forethought Edition

I thought it was Thursday for several hours of today, but it’s only Wednesday, and the day’s just begun! Welcome back to our daily open thread. I got a lot of greens in my CSA yesterday, including the biggest napa cabbage I’ve ever seen. Greens tend to wilt almost immediately in my crisper drawer, which…

How’s It Going?: Signs Of Life Edition

It’s Tuesday, can you imagine? Welcome back to our daily open thread. New York City, where I live, started “phase one” of reopening yesterday, which is a couple industries. The bar under my house told me it’s possible they could open for outdoor service in a few weeks. It feels weird that I spent so…

How’s It Going?: Togetherness Edition

Welcome to another Monday, and welcome back to our daily open thread. I went to a protest here in New York Friday night, which was a weird experience after spending three months studiously avoiding people whenever possible. It wasn’t the most organized march, not helped by the fact that it’s really hard to hear what…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for…who knows? Maybe some video games, if you need a break for a bit. I’m feeling playing some Spelunky. It’s one of my perennial favorites, and I could use the comforting rhythms of a game I know well (though have still, I’m shocked to say, never beaten, because I inevitably make a mistake).…

How’s It Going?: Sleep Edition

It’s Thursday, somehow. Welcome back to our daily open thread. I’m sure I’m not the only one having trouble sleeping lately, or having more trouble sleeping lately than they were before. Cop cars and helicopters are making my neighborhood very noisy, and there’s too much to worry and seethe about to be able to get…

This Saturday’s PC Gaming Show has been delayed to June 13, PC Gamer wrote in a postyesterday. “Right now, we want to make space for those speaking out and demonstrating about how to end the systemic oppression and police brutality experienced by black people,” the site wrote

How’s It Going?: Work Edition

Gosh, it’s Wednesday. Welcome back to our daily open thread. I don’t think I’ve sent or received a work email this week that doesn’t include the line “I know it’s a weird time, but…” It’s strange, but it feels kind of nice that so many people are acknowledging that things aren’t business as usual. (Not…

Frostpunk’s final season pass expansion, previously confusingly titled “TVADGYCGJR,” will be called “On The Edge” and is coming out on Steam this summer. A press release says it’s “set after the vicious Great Storm as the expedition is sent from New London with a special assignment” and will have “new unique mechanics both in the…

How’s It Going?: Helping Edition

Welcome to Tuesday, and welcome back to our daily open thread. I’ve been stressing out about feeling like I’m not doing enough to help the world lately, and I’m sure I’m not alone. For a bunch of reasons, my street protest days are pretty much behind me, but I don’t want that to be an…

How’s It Going?: Courage Edition

Well, it’s Monday. Welcome back to our daily open thread. I don’t really know what I’m supposed to write here today. In Brooklyn, where I live, there are police helicopters circling noisily over my head. The bar beneath my house is doing some repairs to try to make some good in this time when they…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for either doing laundry in the tub again (nooo) or trying to find an open laundromat to brave, because the clean shirts situation has grown dire. It’s also for playing video games. The BioShock Collection’s Switch release has got me itching to replay those games, though it’s hard to justify spending money on…

June’s second PlayStation Plus game is Star Wars Battlefront II, Sony announced today. June’s other game, Call of Duty: WWII, was announced earlier this week

Fortnite‘s Next Season Has Been Delayed A Week

Fortnite’s upcoming season was set to start June 4. In a post today, Epic Games delayed Season 3 to June 11. This weekend’s season-ending event has also been moved, to next Saturday, June 6. “In an effort to get everything ready for Chapter 2 – Season 3, we’re extending Season 2 by one week,” Epic…

How’s It Going?: Dinner Edition

Welcome to Thursday in the longest and shortest week in recent memory, and welcome back to our daily open thread. Something that’s been tricky about these posts is that it’s hard to think of a new topic every day when most of my days are pretty much the same. I started worrying yesterday that these…

How’s It Going?: Bug Edition

It’s Wednesday I, uh, guess? Welcome back to our daily open thread. Yesterday was a very bad day in the world, as the majority of them seem to be these days. I spent a long time confirming how terrible everything is to a friend over Zoom last night, then lay in bed desperately trying to…

Here’s June 2020’s Xbox Live Games With Gold

June’s Xbox Games with Gold are an interesting mix of action, shooters, and life sims. As always, these games are only “free” if you have an active Xbox Live Gold subscription. June’s Games with Gold are: Xbox One Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse (June 1-30) Coffee Talk (June 16-July 15) Xbox 360 (compatible with Xbox…

How’s It Going?: Growth Edition

It’s Tuesday but it feels like Monday. Welcome back to our daily open thread. I spent a big chunk of the weekend binge-watching the HBO series High Maintenance because I didn’t cancel my HBO trial before I had to pay for it. I’ve meant to watch the show for years because a friend of mine…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for a long weekend, which is kind of a ripoff when you have to stay inside but is welcome nonetheless. More time to play video games, I guess! I’m probably the only person in the world who has never actually played GTA V, which I always flirted with buying on Steam sale…

New Tenet Trailer Premieres In Fortnite, Which Is No Longer A Video Game

Tonight, a new trailer for Christopher Nolan’s upcoming film Tenet aired in Fortnite. The trailer was introduced by Geoff Keighley, because he’s the only consistency we have left in this topsy-turvy world. Keighley introduced the trailer, shown at Fortnite’s new Party Royale hub’s movie theater. He spoke with Tenet star John David Washington about his…

Sea of Thieves comes to Steam June 3, developer Rare tweeted today. I look forward to being freed from the horrors of the Xbox PC app. (As Rare points out in an FAQ, players who currently own the game will not get it free on Steam.)