WORLD WEB TOUR
| baryogenesis | adore this alt universe interpretation of pokemon, it's phenomenal |
| leaf litter | fun blog full of links! |
| morning music | love to discover new music through other folks' tastes |
| strauh.al | strange & compelling online archive |
| the virtual moose | blog i enjoy reading! |
| what else is on? | links round-up i enjoy checking |
ARTICLES & JOURNALISM
| title | author | notes |
|---|---|---|
| decay theory | matthew christopher | love seeing photography of abandoned places, love seeing them connected to the american culture these specific places were born from |
| forms in english haiku | keiko imaoka | really interesting article about 'freeform' haiku in english! |
| on keepsake and connected path games | shing yin khor | recently got 'january' & i'm so fascinated by keepsake games |
| what to randomise when you're randomising | playful void | love reading stuff about ttrpg design, this perspective on random tables has been particularly useful to me lately. |
| publication | notes |
|---|---|
| bullet points monthly | games journalism; i particularly enjoy it when articles within an issue are in conversation & academic disagreement with each other. |
| clarkesworld magazine | sci-fi fantasy magazine, leaning sci-fi; lots of stories in the archive i enjoy, frequent guest of tessarae |
| eteo archetypes | games journalism |
| explorers design | tabletop game design resources & theory |
| the game narrative reader | a resource for narrative design |
| lightspeed magazine | sci-fi fantasy magazine; more misses than hits for me on average, but there's so much to explore |
| nightmare magazine | horror magazine |
| public domain review | online journal focusing on & celebrating works in the public domain |
| smart bitches, trashy books | romance review site; i get a lot of my next reads from here! their book finder is wonderfully robust. |
| stop caring | games journalism |
| the html review | literature journal of works that rely on the web-as-medium |
| uncanny magazine | sci-fi fantasy magazine; another frequent guest of tessarae |
SELECTIONS OF THE ARTS
| amv night archives | (showerat frieren parody vc) luke & pat amv night!! seven (7) nights (so far) of back-to-back banger amvs for your enjoyment |
| hidden almanac | a strange narrative podcast written by ursula vernon, complete |
| laika's comet | webcomic, in progress; a mechanic and her young cat companion go on a journey |
| molly's future mishaps | webcomic, in progress; time-travelling woes in the future world of sea slugs |
| paranatural | webcomic turned illustrated serial, in progress; small town ghost bullshit. Read Paranatural |
| SAKANA | webcomic, on break; slice of life romcom at the fish market. READ SAKANA |
| SCP: site 43 | all of the best scp articles & worldbuilding is in site 43, genuinely. so good. |
| the welcome home restoration project | a website chronicaling the history of a nonexistent children's show. a horror project! |
| tiger, tiger | webcomic, in progress; a noble lady fixated on sea sponges sails the high seas |
DIGITAL TOYBOX
| game | commitment | notes |
|---|---|---|
| idle teashop | idle | simple and cute game that doesn't take too long to 'complete' |
| kittens game | idle | stares into the middle distance. its kittens |
| neal.fun | varies | there's more than a dozen weird games on here and they're all a good time!! |
| nonodaily | daily | exactly what it says on the tin |
| peggy's post | full game | calculate packages, stamp postage, and fit cargo |
| pixel cat's end | pet collector | upkeep a village of not-cats, regularly updated!! |
| pokéclicker | idle | pokémon clicker with some depth |
| pokémon booster pack | toy | sate your pack-opening urges |
| puzzmo | daily | flipart and pile-up poker are a great time |
| spindlewheel card pull | toy | I.. LOVE... SPINDLEWHEEL!!! |
| simon tatham’s portable puzzle collection | varies | a bunch of puzzles both web-playable & downloadable |
| ten cat | daily | puzzle site - so far with only one list-based game but more to come!! |
| the barnacle goose experiment | idle, puzzle | i like this one alot. have a sheet of paper ready. or a few |
| wiki gacha | daily | another one to sate the pack-opening urges |
POINTS OF INTEREST
| after the beep | an anonymous public voicemail box |
| pagat | rules to card & tile games across the world |
| chinese cigarette museum | a collection of chinese cigarette pack art & history |
| fanon radio | a fan-run online radio station about fandom itself |
| how many cigarettes? | have you ever wondered how many cigarettes a movie has |
| hundred rabbits | missives from a collective living on a sailboat |
| the hydrant directory | 3d scans of painted public infrastructure |
| isopod.site | learn about isopods... today! |
| jerry's map | one man's years-long mapmaking project |
| labyrinth locator | find a labyrinth near you |
| the library of babel | a digital recreation of the library of babel |
| mushroom color atlas | mushroom-based dyes across fabrics & processing methods |
| nudibranch domain | learn about sea slugs... today!!! |
| storied colors | learn the story behind a color... today! |
| stream of stream | audio recorded inside streams, very good water noises |
| tv.garden | watch public tv stations from across the world |
| twilight mirage excerpt generator | exactly what it says on the tin |
| the video game soda machine project | charting soda machines across games |
| walkmanland | let's pay tribute to walkmans... together! |
DIGITAL TOOLBOX
| webmastery tools | notes |
|---|---|
| atabook | free guestbook for your site |
| birdwrongs' resources | another webmastery resource list |
| delphi.tools | if you use literally nothing else on this list, use delphi.tools - a collection of extremely useful tools, made well |
| departure mono | i like when cool fonts have their own cool site |
| eggramen's css testpages | a collection of css templates - v1 of this website used a few of these!! |
| fontspace | free to use fonts |
| foollovers | variety of neat site templates - mobile responsive! |
| html color map | web-safe colors laid out in a really nice grid |
| the ichigo directory | linking & archiving to cute websites & their resources |
| the internet pattern book | 300+ repeating patterns for 'net use |
| isotope | code for filtering & sorting a big responsive grid of stuff |
| kaomoji cool club | d.i.y. kaomoji |
| kingdra's magpies | fanwork-centric web resources |
| melissa's code snippets | various extremely cool code demos |
| NES.css | exactly what it says on the tin - NES-themed css framework |
| nomnomnami's templates | a variety of blog-style & more intricate css templates |
| the ransomizer | put a scary ransom note on your website |
| rarebit's webcomic template | a template for hosting webcomics on your site |
| tiny tools directory | a directory for tiny web tools, both free & paid |
| unsplash | free to use photography under the unsplash license |
| w3schools | one stop shop for html, css tutorials + code snippets (& more! i like their excel stuff.) |
| whimsical! | a bunch of delightful pixel art for web use. see my umbrella ico! |
| other tools | notes |
|---|---|
| before i play | spoiler-free tips & tricks for various video games |
| blockcolors.app | do you need to make a minecraft block palette? do it here... |
| bookbinding 101 | a guide to bookbinding from the renegade guild |
| living the grid | drop in an image and get a guide to making it in tomodachi life: living the dream |
| no man's sky interceptor catalog | a collection of sentinel ships you can go out & grab in nms |
| smogon university | a helpful guide to 'get started' with competitive pokémon |