Every single week, I tell myself I’m going to be chill. And by chill, I mean I’m going to stop adding things to my ever-growing wishlist pile.
I might even try to stop convincing myself that I absolutely need another board game, another indie title with devastating emotional damage baked into it, another comic that will emotionally ruin me, or another piece of tech that solves a problem I didn’t even know I had five minutes ago.
And yet, here we are again. This week’s Wishlist Wednesday is particularly dangerous because every single item on this list feels laser-targeted to my exact interests.
We’ve got emotional indie game chaos drenched in nostalgia, a lonely robot comic that already looks ready to break my heart, a roguelike board game that speaks directly to the Balatro-shaped hole in my life, and a tiny tracking gadget that could potentially stop me from losing my keys for the… well, we don’t need to get into specific numbers… You get the point.
So naturally, I need all of it immediately. That’s just facts.
Mixtape
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Few games have grabbed me this quickly on pure vibes alone, quite like Mixtape. The moment I saw its dreamy coming-of-age energy mixed with skateboarding, awkward teenage memories, late-night chaos, and an absolutely stacked soundtrack, I was done for.
Created by Beethoven & Dinosaur, the same studio behind The Artful Escape, Mixtape feels like somebody turned every bittersweet teenage memory into an interactive fever dream. The game follows three friends on their final night together as they head toward one last party, reliving formative moments through music-soaked memory sequences that blend nostalgia, rebellion, heartbreak, and pure youthful stupidity in the best possible way.
Everything about this game looks dripping with personality. One moment you’re skateboarding through the night, the next you’re sneaking into abandoned spaces, launching fireworks from the backseat of a car, or stumbling through those messy emotional moments that somehow define your entire teenage existence forever.
It also helps that the soundtrack looks absurdly good, pulling in artists like The Smashing Pumpkins, Joy Division, The Cure, and Iggy Pop.
If Destruction Be Our Lot
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I am an absolute sucker for stories about lonely robots trying to find meaning in a dead world, and If Destruction Be Our Lot looks like it was engineered in a lab specifically to emotionally target me.
Published by Image Comics and created by Matthew Rosenberg, Mark Elijah Rosenberg, and Andy MacDonald, the comic takes place long after humanity has gone extinct.
The robots left behind are mostly content to continue their routines without humans around to complicate things. But one robot, Abe, refuses to accept that this empty existence is all there is.
So naturally, he sets off on a journey across the ruined Earth looking for purpose, hope, and maybe something worth believing in before he gets scrapped for parts.
The thing that instantly grabbed me here is how melancholic and strangely hopeful the entire premise feels. There’s something deeply compelling about stories that explore purpose after the end of the world, especially when they do it through characters who were never really meant to have dreams or existential crises in the first place.
The art also looks absolutely stunning, balancing this lonely sci-fi wasteland atmosphere with expressive character work that somehow makes these robots feel incredibly human.
Rolling Deep
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Okay, so somebody clearly looked at my unhealthy obsession with roguelikes and said, “What if we made that a board game?” And the answer, apparently, is Rolling Deep.
Created by Bitewing Games, this solo roguelike dice-building adventure immediately caught my attention because it feels like somebody mashed together Balatro, push-your-luck mechanics, classic dungeon crawling, and vintage cartoon aesthetics into one deeply dangerous package for my free time.
Players control a trio of adventurers descending deeper and deeper into a volcano while rolling dice to overcome encounters, gather upgrades, and survive increasingly brutal challenges. Each run introduces new modifiers, bosses, upgrades, and terrifying creatures while you desperately try to create ridiculous combo chains and survive long enough to reach the core.
What I particularly love is how much strategic flexibility the game seems to offer. You’re constantly balancing risk versus reward, deciding when to lock in a decent roll or push your luck chasing something better. Add in permanent dice modifications, consumable gear, unlockable content, and roguelike progression systems, and suddenly this becomes the kind of tabletop game capable of completely consuming my personality for several weeks.
Also, the vintage cartoon art style is ridiculously charming.
Xiaomi Tag
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You know you’re officially an adult when a Bluetooth tracker becomes genuinely exciting technology. And yet here I am.
The Xiaomi Tag has been living rent-free in my brain because it feels like one of those deceptively simple gadgets that would dramatically improve my day-to-day life by stopping me from constantly losing things.
Which I do. A lot. What makes Xiaomi’s tracker particularly interesting is that it supports both Apple Find My and Google Find Hub ecosystems, meaning it works across both iPhone and Android devices without locking users into a single platform.
That alone makes it way more appealing than many competing trackers. It also supports left-behind notifications, lost mode with NFC contact sharing, anti-tracking protections, and a battery life that stretches beyond a year.
Plus, it’s IP67-rated, meaning it can survive dust, splashes, and the inevitable chaos of being thrown into a backpack full of cables, snacks, and a handheld console or two.
The biggest appeal for me, though, is just the sheer practicality of it. I’m exactly the kind of person who spends twenty minutes searching for keys that were somehow in my pocket the entire time, so the idea of attaching one of these to literally everything I own feels increasingly necessary.
Honestly, this week’s Wishlist Wednesday feels dangerously tailored to my exact interests. Emotional indie games? Lonely robots having existential crises? Roguelike board games designed to consume my sleep schedule? Tiny gadgets that stop me from losing my keys? Incredible work all around, no notes.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to emotionally prepare for Mixtape destroying me.
