Hey there, folks! Happy Friday. I’m sure you’re going to have a great weekend. Before we get there, though, there is a fresh Heardle song to figure out. I’ve got some clues and the answer coming up to help you keep your streak going.

It’s been a long time since I’ve played something that shows the value of having an extensive demo or game trial as much as Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty. So much so that I’d urge everyone who’s interested in buying this soulslike to try the demo first — unless you’re a Game Pass subscriber, since it’s available there.

Dispatches from Ukraine. Day 372.

How things have changed. Think payments. As Jimmy Soni notes in his excellent 2022 book The Founders (a history of PayPal), “In the late 1990s, only 10 percent of all online commerce was conducted digitally – the vast majority of transactions still ended with a buyer sending a check by mail.” Imagine that. While online transactions were supposed to take place online, even those who’d taken the plunge into this all new way of commerce were still reliant on the U.S. postal system.

Welcome to Friday, dearest Wordlers! TGIF and all that jazz. What will you do with your weekend? Around here, people will be skiing and snowboarding, cross-country skiing, snow-shoeing, building snow forts and shoveling. It’s a winter wonderland.

Could age now really just become a number? Dr. David Sinclair thinks so.