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Lovecraftian Days features limited-time discounts, demos, and exclusive content, alongside a dedicated showcase spotlighting upcoming and newly released titles. Players can explore the full event on Steam until April 16.

Join the Lovecraftian Games Discord for the latest news and announcements. Throughout the festival week, it will additionally feature event coverage and sneak peeks, exclusive giveaways, community discussions and live updates of the event.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/45423889

Release: 9.7 [10 Apr, 2026] New features

Annotations browser: Allow grouping results by any field
E-book viewer: Handle native pinch to zoom gesture on touchpads the same as the pinch to zoom on touchscreens. Default action is to change font size.
Content server: Implement full offline mode when using HTTPS connections to the content server

Bug fixes

E-book viewer: Fix a regression in the previous release that caused annotations/last read information to not be saved in e-book files

Closes tickets: 2146912
AI: Make the GitHub backend a bit more robust

Closes tickets: 2147495
AI: OpenRouter backend: Fix reasoning level "auto" disabling all reasoning

Closes tickets: 2147008
Content server: Read book: Fix regression causing error during searching

Closes tickets: 2147261
Content server: Fix opening results from full text search not working

Closes tickets: 2146829
Fix a couple of minor regress in the new Full text search view introduced in the previous release
MTP driver: Linux: Fix a rare crash when connecting devices with large collections
Fix cover not being set when adding files to existing book records with no cover

New news sources

Cenital by Rodrigo Pazos

Improved news sources

The Week
The Age
Financial Times
Mint

Release: 9.7 [10 Apr, 2026] New features

Annotations browser: Allow grouping results by any field
E-book viewer: Handle native pinch to zoom gesture on touchpads the same as the pinch to zoom on touchscreens. Default action is to change font size.
Content server: Implement full offline mode when using HTTPS connections to the content server

Bug fixes

E-book viewer: Fix a regression in the previous release that caused annotations/last read information to not be saved in e-book files

Closes tickets: 2146912
AI: Make the GitHub backend a bit more robust

Closes tickets: 2147495
AI: OpenRouter backend: Fix reasoning level "auto" disabling all reasoning

Closes tickets: 2147008
Content server: Read book: Fix regression causing error during searching

Closes tickets: 2147261
Content server: Fix opening results from full text search not working

Closes tickets: 2146829
Fix a couple of minor regress in the new Full text search view introduced in the previous release
MTP driver: Linux: Fix a rare crash when connecting devices with large collections
Fix cover not being set when adding files to existing book records with no cover

New news sources

Cenital by Rodrigo Pazos

Improved news sources

The Week
The Age
Financial Times
Mint

When Toho Studios sought to bring back Godzilla nearly a decade after the long running Showa era had come to an end the studio envisioned a darker, more serious and grounded approach to the iconic character. They wanted something more akin to the original Gojira than the high flying and boisterous adventures that the series had previously ended on. While the “grounded” aspect very quickly departs from the Heisei era after its slow build political drama of the first film The Return of Godzilla it does retain some very core elements from this fresh start over the course of the remaining six films- and they greatly improve and expand upon those elements as well.

I recently finished a full rewatch of the seven film series and found myself immediately wanting to come back and spend more time with this world and these characters. I’m a huge fan of the franchise overall, and every entry is special and has aspects I love, but why is there such a strong connection and love for this specific set of films? There seems to be a yearning for that era of media and entertainment in general right now, but I refuse to believe that it’s simply nostalgia. (...)

The barriers between worlds are breaking down.

People, planes, an entire military base—all have gone missing, transported to an ever-changing cosmic kaleidoscope where they’re hunted, haunted, recruited, and cursed, trapped in time and terrorized by forces they can’t comprehend.

A man afraid of flying boards a never-ending flight. An online paranormal show’s investigation takes a bloody detour. A woman on the run is recruited by a mysterious corporation with nefarious plans. An army guard fights for his life when the military opens a doorway they can’t close.

In An Hour Before Dark, Larry Hinkle returns to the Trail with ten interconnected tales that deepen the mystery while expanding the mythos.

Watch your step on the Trail. It will be dark soon.

Goodreads

Review- https://richardschiver.com/2026/02/24/new-release-an-hour-before-dark-by-larry-hinkle/

https://bookgooseblog.substack.com/p/an-hour-before-dark-larry-hinkle

https://www.ted.com/talks/anil_seth_your_brain_hallucinates_your_conscious_reality

https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/5-illusions-reveal-brain-warps-reality

https://www.sciencenewstoday.org/how-the-brain-interprets-reality-a-neuroscience-perspective

Tyson Cole : https://pleated-jeans.com/2025/10/06/funny-one-panel-comics-tyson-cole/

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/40820867

edit: I had to combine the panels and messed up the order

https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/linux-installs-jump-to-over-5-percent-of-gamers-on-the-latest-steam-hardware-survey-while-the-rtx-5070-reverts-to-the-norm/

Are you in the mood for a delightful fever dream? For a read that leaves you wondering what, exactly, just happened? For something you feel compelled to finish even as the events or characters become less and less real-feeling? If so, the list below includes some of the most compelling and surreal horror novels.

They contain end-of-the-world madness, normalized cannibalism, and a haunted house narrative like you’ve never read before! Those not up your alley? How about a trippy drug that opens portals into another realm or a children’s TV show that all but disappeared from anyone’s memory except for the kids who acted on it? Whether you like a full surreal fever dream or something more grounded with some surreal elements, one of these novels will be just right.

• Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

• Model Home by Rivers Solomon

• Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam

• Fragments of Horror by Junji Ito

• Negative Space by B.R. Yeager

• Mister Magic by Kiersten White