A DIY X-ray Machine, “Tortoise ASMR”, and Why The Medieval Era Would Have Loved OnlyFans

I hunt down the finest intertube material in this week’s “Linkfest”

It’s Monday. Again. They just keep on coming, don’t they?

To help you avoid work, here’s an hour’s worth of top-quality procrastination — with the finest-quality links I could find …

1) 🏘️ “Townscaper” is a soothing, delightful building game

“Townscaper” (above) isn’t really a game, as its creators tell you on their Steam page:

Build quaint island towns with curvy streets. Build small hamlets, soaring cathedrals, canal networks, or sky cities on stilts. Block by block.

No goal. No real gameplay. Just plenty of building and plenty of beauty. That’s it.

omg is it delightful. I was instantly hooked. It’s like any other soothing mini-game, except with a creative result — when you’re done, you’ve got this gorgeous little cartoon village to behold, or to post a screenshot of. That village you see above? It did it in about five minutes of poking around.

Better yet, every time you place down a new building, there’s a wonderful plink sound that palpably restores your soul.