Every week, I tell myself I’m going to stop adding things to my ever-growing wishlist. Every week, I fail spectacularly.
Whether it’s an upcoming video game that looks destined to consume hundreds of hours of my life, a comic that sounds tailor-made for my weird sense of humour, a board game with mechanics I’ve never seen before, or a piece of technology that makes me feel like we’re all living in the future, there’s always something new fighting for space in my brain.
So welcome back to Wishlist Wednesday, my weekly excuse to gush about the game, comic, board game, and gadget that have been living rent-free in my head over the last seven days.
If you’re looking for something new to obsess over, you might just find your next fixation right here.
Songs of Glimmerwick
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One look at Songs of Glimmerwick, and it became painfully obvious that this game was designed for my wishlist. It’s a cosy RPG set in a magical woodland university where music isn’t just something you listen to, it’s how you cast spells.
Instead of slinging fireballs and saving the world from impending doom, you’ll spend your days attending classes, tending magical gardens, joining clubs, uncovering local mysteries, and building relationships with fellow students and townsfolk.
Every spell is tied to music, allowing you to reshape the environment, automate chores, communicate with nature, and discover hidden secrets scattered throughout the island.
What really has me excited is how peaceful it all sounds. It feels like someone took the comforting vibes of a life sim, mixed them with a magical academy story, added a healthy dose of exploration and character progression, and then wrapped the whole thing in a gorgeous storybook aesthetic.
The Lucky Devils
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The easiest way to get my attention is to pitch me something that sounds both hilarious and deeply concerning at the same time, which is exactly what The Lucky Devils does.
The story follows two ordinary twenty-somethings who start working with the literal devils sitting on their shoulders in an attempt to improve their lives. Shockingly, it works.
Their fortunes improve beyond anything they imagined, eventually elevating them into positions of incredible influence and power. Naturally, they fully intend to use that power for good, which is exactly the sort of sentence that usually ends with everything catching fire.
Created by Charles Soule and Ryan Browne, the team behind some wonderfully weird comics, The Lucky Devils looks like the kind of dark satire that explores human nature while simultaneously making you laugh at how terrible people can be.
Stonesaga
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If you were to sit me down and ask me to design a board game specifically for myself, there’s a good chance I’d accidentally invent something very close to Stonesaga.
This cooperative campaign game follows generations of people living in a remote glacial valley, with every session representing a new generation trying to survive, thrive, and leave their mark on the world.
The decisions you make permanently alter the game state, shaping the valley’s future and influencing the stories that unfold later in the campaign. What fascinates me most is the discovery-based crafting system.
Rather than being handed recipes from the start, players experiment with materials and ideas to uncover new tools, technologies, and possibilities. Combined with village-building, exploration, giant monsters, and a persistent world that evolves over time, Stonesaga sounds less like a board game and more like an entire civilisation simulator crammed into a box.
As someone who loves campaign games that create memorable stories around the table, this is exactly the kind of ambitious project that instantly earns a spot on my wishlist.
LimX Oli Full-Size General-Purpose Humanoid Robot
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I know Wishlist Wednesday usually involves things that I could theoretically justify purchasing one day. The LimX Oli is not one of those things. That hasn’t stopped me from becoming completely fascinated by it.
Oli is a full-sized humanoid robot standing at 165cm tall, equipped with 31 degrees of freedom that allow it to move in surprisingly human-like ways.
Built as a development platform for robotics and embodied AI research, it’s packed with sensors, depth cameras, modular components, and a dual-computing architecture designed to support advanced experimentation.
The reason it has been stuck in my brain all week isn’t that I have any practical use for a humanoid robot. It’s because it feels like one of those products that offers a glimpse into the future.
Between support for simulation platforms like NVIDIA Isaac Sim and MuJoCo, open development tools, modular hardware, and advanced movement systems, Oli represents the kind of robotics technology that feels increasingly less like science fiction and more like an inevitable part of everyday life.
And there you have it: this week’s collection of hyper-fixations.
A magical musical RPG, a devilishly clever comic, a board game that lets you guide generations of survivors, and a humanoid robot straight out of a sci-fi movie. As usual, my wishlist has somehow become longer instead of shorter.
If you’ll excuse me, I’m off to continue pretending that adding things to a wishlist and not my cart is the same thing as exercising self-control.
