Checking In: August 2026 Edition

It's time for another in-house update from Space Junk HQ. We're getting close to the end of the summer here and I am pretty much ready for the cooler weather to arrive. Although to be honest this summer wasn't quite as hot and humid here in the Niagara Region as it usually is. I didn't get much reading done and I didn't finish many games either aside from 007 First Light. I was hoping to have a few more things crossed off my list before the September floodgates open. I guess technically I still have a couple of weeks left so I should make them count.

Or maybe I just need to chill out and enjoy what's left of the summer.

I feel like I have been cranking out a decent amount of writing here (maybe too much?) but I'd like to find a way to mix in some shorter form stuff. I was thinking about using Notes to post interesting links here and there but the problem is that they will only go to "followers" and not "subscribers", which is annoying. I'm still trying to resist using Substack as a social media app. Maybe I'll just do some collected posts of links and news stories instead.

I've noticed some new subscribers popping up whenever I post movie reviews on Letterboxd (hello!) so I wanted to try and find an equivalent for video games. I have used GG.app for a while now but it seems kind of dead. From what I can see, Backloggd is the current frontrunner in terms of active users. Anyone out there using it? Anyone have any other recommendations? The only thing that sucks is they don't have an app yet.

I have been playing around with our new 3D printer a little bit (Bambu Lab A1) and so far I have printed some hand grips for my Retroid Pocket 5, a cable organizer and an Alien Xenomorph figure. (These are all models someone else created, of course, I did not make them from scratch.) The Xenomorph was kind of a pain, it kept breaking during printing because the supports weren't good enough. I have learned how to auto-generate supports but that still doesn't guarantee success. Anyway, now I'm out of ideas. What else do people use 3D printers for? If we get D&D going with our gaming group soon maybe I'll use it to print off some miniatures for that.

Here's what's on the Space Junk docket for the next little while:

I have some ideas for other continuing series I would like to do but only if Resident Evil doesn't kill me first.

How are you all doing? Can I get you anything? Let me know.