It's no secret that I love the absurdist, fantasy baseball simulator #Blaseball for the same reasons that I love games like Crusader Kings 2 and Dwarf Fortress. It provides a wonderful little sandbox for compelling, procedurally generated stories to emerge. You can get as much or as little as you want out of the game as possible, and I'm continuously impressed that they have been able to form an online community so vast where I have yet to personally run into any toxic behavior or unsupportive fans. After a long hiatus that ended in the literal destruction of the world as it was consumed by a giant black hole, the game is coming back and I am super excited for it. Now is a really good time to get into the game. Go Shoe Thieves!