Azul all! As Talossa prepares to wrap up the second season of our fantasy hockey league, it seems fair to assert that ice hockey has become one of our more popular national sports (after cycling and of course Talossan football).

But what about playing it a bit more immersively, instead of just numbers and stats on a screen? There's a game for that. It's called Puck, and it's free on Steam.

It's pretty straightforward: first-person view, you use WASD to move around, and your mouse controls your stick. It's the finessing that makes it tough. You can play a private practice session on your own computer, or hop in to someone's server to get some experience. I would definitely recommend practicing shooting a bit if you want to be accurate. On the other hand, if we're all roughly equally bad, then the games should be entertainingly close, right?


I was thinking we could try and do a game of 3-on-3. Maybe if we get really lucky, there could be a three-team round-robin deal? It depends on when people are free and how many are interested. This is just to gauge initial interest, put a feeler out there.

Perhaps if all finals is a bit much you can start by voting on the category(ies) that interests you most?

@Sir Lüc @þerxh Sant-Enogat @Danihel Txechescu @Erschéveþ da Schir @Mic'haglh Autófil, O.Be @Vitxalmour

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on March 26, 2026, 04:41:43 PM

Quote from: Marcüs Causch on February 23, 2026, 02:39:31 PMThe Close Encounters of the Third Kind, would never bore me.

Marcus, if you like Close Encounters I hope you plan to check out Spielberg's next alien flick, Disclosure Day. Comes out in June in North America, not sure if release delayed internationally.

Yep, I definitely plan to do that.

Quote from: Marcüs Causch on February 23, 2026, 02:39:31 PMThe Close Encounters of the Third Kind, would never bore me.

Marcus, if you like Close Encounters I hope you plan to check out Spielberg's next alien flick, Disclosure Day. Comes out in June in North America, not sure if release delayed internationally.

I watched Project Hail Mary over the weekend and it was good. Was faithful to the book, with a couple of notable departures (both for the purpose of humor.)

Quote from: Heinrich Elisa on January 26, 2026, 09:02:01 AMPersonally, I speak Spanish, English, I was learning Esperanto and now I like to try the talossan. I really like conlangs :D

I only speak English. I wanted to learn the language of my ancestors (German) but I could never find the time. I also wanted to learn Talossan!

Quote from: leanmanmcgee on March 25, 2026, 06:46:08 PMEnglish, A2 spanish, currently learning Talossan
Languages I want to learn: dutch, german, catalan, european portuguese

I'm curious as to why you want to learn German.

Quote from: xpb on March 25, 2026, 10:25:13 PMAre there any in our midst that could potentially attend in September 2027 to https://eu.microcon27.com/register/ ?

I can pledge 50€ towards the effort.

Definitely not me.

Are there any in our midst that could potentially attend in September 2027 to https://eu.microcon27.com/register/ ?

I can pledge 50€ towards the effort.

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on March 09, 2026, 02:51:48 PMI am delighted to announce that with the assistance of an international volunteering grant from the German Mennonite Peace Committee I will be travelling to Palestine (Al-Khalil/Hebron) later this year. I will be participating with human rights workers from Community Peacemaker Teams (CPT) and this will be my first human rights/peacebuilding mission since Colombia in 2019. I am beyond grateful and appreciative of this opportunity to participate in peaceful resistance to occupation.

For Talossa, this will mean that I will be taping some segment to show what the Occupation looks like on the ground.

I can now confirm I will be in Al-Khalil/Hebron in October. I suspect this means then that the special will likely air sometime between mid-November to mid-December depending on how much time I need to put everything together.