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Blades of Mirage - Official Playtest Release Window Trailer | The MIX Summer Game Showcase 2026 - IGN

Get a look at the Playtest Release Window Trailer for Blades of Mirage, an isometric action-adventure game developed by Agate. Players will embody Mira to use her ability to create water-based weapons and explore ancient ruins scattered across unique islands. Confront corrupted, powerful creatures and solve intricate puzzles to secure the ancient relics. Blades of Mirage is coming soon to PC (Steam), with a playtest launching in July 2026 on Steam.

Collections: The Battle of Helm’s Deep, Part VI: Is This a Good Sword?

This is the sixth part of a series taking a historian’s look at the Battle of Helm’s Deep (I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII. VIII) from both J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Two Towers (1954) and Peter Jackson’s 200…

Collections: Pre-Modern Armies for Worldbuilders, Part I: Why They Fight

This week I want to try something a little different. Rather than taking apart a particular fantasy military system, I thought I might try to lay out a more general sense of how military systems te…

In the age of slop, craft is rebellion

A conversation about craft, code, and creative freedom with indie game artisan Neal Agarwal, creator of Neal.fun.

Collections: Life, Work, Death and the Peasant, Part IVd: Spinning Plates

This is the fourth thread of the fourth part of our series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc, IVd,IVe, V) looking at the lives of pre-modern peasant farmers, who make up a majority of all of the hu…

Fragments: April 2

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Collections: The Siege of Gondor: Part VI: Black Sails and Gleaming Banners

(Note: Thanks to the effort of a kind reader, this post is now available in audio format! The playlist for the entire series may be found here.) This is the sixth and final part of a six part serie…

Tools — Solidarity Resource

Watch our launch event for more context on the development of the Guide and a module-by-module tour!

The Context Wars: Notes from a Gathering of the Rebel Alliance

What side are you on?

Collections: Life, Work, Death and the Peasant, Part IVa: Subsistence and a Little More

This is the start of the fourth part of our series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc, IVd,IVe, V) discussing the structures of life for pre-modern peasants, who made up the majority of all humans w…

Shop Republic of Yarnia | Luxury Skeins Inspired by History | Buy Now!

Discover luxury skeins inspired by premodern history. Republic of Yarnia is an indie yarn dyeing business in Ireland that offers affordable, gorgeous yarns. Shop now for yarn and enjoy yarnian deals!