Every week, there are a few things that latch onto my brain with tiny little claws and refuse to let go. Sometimes it’s a game I know I’m going to lose an entire weekend to. Sometimes it’s a comic that looks like it was made specifically to ruin my evening in the best way. Sometimes it’s a board game that makes me stare at my shelf and wonder whether “no space” is really a hard rule or just a suggestion.
And sometimes it’s a wearable Cyclops visor, because apparently I am still very easy to market to.
This week’s Wishlist Wednesday is a dangerously good mix of games, comics, board games and tech-adjacent collectables, and each one has managed to make a very convincing argument for why it deserves a spot on my ever-growing list of things I absolutely do not need but desperately want.
Dave the Diver: In the Jungle Content Pack
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Dave the Diver: In the Jungle Content Pack takes Dave and the crew to Utara, a village where something strange is happening beneath the surface of a jungle lake. Instead of the familiar ocean setting, we’re getting a freshwater ecosystem filled with new creatures, fresh ingredients, hidden dangers and what sounds like exactly the kind of ancient underwater mystery I will become far too invested in.
What really has me excited is that this doesn’t sound like a small extra slice of content. With more than 10 hours of new story and gameplay, new systems, new locations and an entirely new restaurant setup in Bancho Grill, this feels like a proper reason to go back in. Bancho getting to work with bold jungle ingredients and win over villagers with his usual terrifyingly high culinary standards is exactly the kind of thing I didn’t know I needed until now.
Steeple
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Steeple has one of those setups that immediately makes me pay attention: a sleepy coastal parish, two women with completely different ways of seeing the world, supernatural nonsense, demons, curses, the devil and apparently a miniature Rapture. That is a lot of very specific weirdness, and I respect it deeply.
At the centre of the story are two women who probably should not become friends, but do anyway, which is already one of my favourite comic book dynamics. Their relationship unfolds against the backdrop of a town where the line between good and evil is not as neat as everyone would like it to be. Instead of a simple battle between holy and unholy, Steeple seems much more interested in messy choices, strange loyalties and what happens when people are forced to pick sides before they’re entirely sure which side is right.
That moral greyness is what has me hooked. I love supernatural stories that aren’t just about monsters being scary, but about people being complicated. Give me a weird little coastal town, religious tension, unlikely friendship and a healthy dose of occult chaos, and I am already halfway to adding it to my shelf.
Entropy
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Entropy sounds like the kind of board game pitch that starts small and then immediately gets completely out of hand in the best way possible. You are not building a farm. You are not running a cute little shop. You are taking a final exam to prove that you can shape solar systems, create stars, form planets, develop biomes and eventually seed worlds with life.
The game casts you as an apprentice scientist trying to earn your place among the most respected caste in society. Humanity has learned to understand and manipulate entropy itself, and your final test is to show that you can use that knowledge to construct functioning solar systems inside a simulation. It is science, not magic, but honestly, creating stars and planets still feels pretty magical to me.
Mechanically, Entropy has players moving their Scientist around the main board to trigger actions, play cards, build solar systems with stars, planets and asteroids, then develop those systems with biomes and life. There is also console upgrading, special abilities and a race to complete objectives before someone else proves they are the superior cosmic nerd in the room.
Marvel Legends Series X-Men ’97 Cyclops Visor
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Some collectables are subtle. Some quietly sit on a shelf and add a tasteful little touch of fandom to a room. The Marvel Legends Series X-Men ’97 Cyclops Visor is not one of those collectables, and that is exactly why I want it.
This is a wearable 1:1 scale replica of Cyclops’ iconic visor from X-Men ’97, complete with a tinted lens and LED optic blast effect. Push the button, and it lights up like you are about to ruin someone’s day with the power of mutant eye lasers, which is frankly all I have ever wanted from responsible adult living.
The side dial can even narrow the beam effect, and the lights shut off automatically after two minutes to save battery, which is practical in a way that makes the whole thing even more tempting.
When it is not being worn, it comes with a display stand and coloured lens insert, which means it can live on a desk or shelf and still look like an absolute statement piece.
And that is this week’s Wishlist Wednesday: a jungle-bound Dave the Diver expansion, a supernatural comic full of friendship and moral chaos, a board game about casually building solar systems, and a Cyclops visor that is absolutely not subtle and therefore perfect.
The sensible thing to do would be to admire these from a distance, close the tabs and move on with my life. Unfortunately, this is Wishlist Wednesday, and being sensible has never really been the point.
