While I was in Kraków, Poland during EuroPython 2026 I was able to sneak away from sprints and buy a few PAL region GameCube games for my collection. This was on Sunday, which means that many stores are closed until Monday... except for one! “Game Over” was open and the owner was very friendly and chatted with me as I browsed the selection.

I purchased three complete-in-box games: The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker & Ocarina of Time Master Quest (UK), Pikmin (UK), and Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg (Swedish/Finnish).

Read more: https://sethmlarson.dev/pal-gamecube-haul-from-krakow-poland

Blogroll

I publish a blogroll on my website, a collection of websites and articles from authors that I enjoy. Below are the links that I’ve added since the last update:

Retro Gaming

• “FamiCrank (Famicom/NES for Playdate)” by Giorgio Pomettini

• “Animal Crossing almanac” by Hunter Irving

• “Omni-death of gaming” by Elissa Black

Life & Social Media

• “Own Something and Be Happy” by Hunter Irving

• “Adversarial Communication” by Glyph Lefkowitz

• “Let’s Plays, Algorithmic Curation, and Engagement Valleys” by Mumbo Jumbo

• “Finding the best dog treat with statistics” by Adam Wespiser

Software & Open Source

• “It's not about physical versus digital, it's about ownership” by Popcar

• “Adversarial Communication” by Glyph Lefkowitz

• “sneakerweb”

Security

• “Vulnerability reports are not special anymore” by Filippo Valsorda

• “Scrutineer” by Josh Bressers

• “Comparing Athena, Akrites, Lightwell, and Patch the Planet”