Black-and-white screenshot from The Witcher 3 of Zoltan Chivay with his arms crossed. The dwarf character has a big bushy beard and small spiky mohawk. The edge of the image is outlined by a thin gold frame.

We're deeply saddened to hear about the passing of Alexander Morton, the voice of beloved Zoltan Chivay in The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Our thoughts are with his family and friends.

Thank you for bringing Zoltan to life. The Continent is already missing you 💔

Fingers crossed, I should have a new turntable by the end of the month.

Pic from an article about how to change Taskmaster

Switch from improv to a tightly scripted format. Replace Greg and Alex with Dame Patricia Routledge and Clive Swift. Instead of tasks, have a woman who aspires to be posh but falls into a hedge when a big dog barks

The Disney Doctor Who deal continues to be so funny to me. Imagine being Disney and having negotiated an agreement with one of the enduring classics of sci-fi and kids entertainment and your reward being 'a lore-dense introduction and fish erotica'.

Talking shop again: No. 10 scandals are damaging when the duck isn’t so much lame as running on fumes.

On 1 May the Renter’s Reform Act properly kicks in.

Irrespective of the policy merits, we have virtually no media coverage of something which fundamentally transforms renting in England.

I have a great local-ish record store, but they don't participate in RSD.

It's more of a convenience thing that I don't generally don't like about RSD. It's a pain getting to a participating store for a non-guaranteed chance to get the item I want before it's out of stock.

Great song! Have tickets to see them in September. First time I'll have seen them live since 2005!

Exactly one year ago today:

Rosalind Chao as Keiko O'Brien in Star Trek Deep Space 9.

Bluesky is back to normal I see.

Well, according to my DM requests on here just now.

(*for clarification, they're confusing me with the other one, and I have corrected them)

English Gothic. I thought I'd repost this old drawing of mine to alert people to the fact that there's only fifteen prints of it left. Head to my shop if you want to be one of the last fifteen people on earth to obtain one.

Awful news. In the early days of the internet there wa a well populated Adam hughes fan group and occasionally Adam would take part in a chat, he always seemed like a lovely fellah (and I’ve always loved his mucha inspired turn) (so many painted covers he did colouring with a mouse!)

Alex Manninger: Ex-Arsenal goalkeeper dies after car hit by train Former Arsenal goalkeeper Alex Manninger dies at the age of 48 after his car is struck by a train.

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Effect of ‘gamechanger’ Alzheimer’s drugs ‘trivial’, review concludes Data assessed from 17 clinical trials of anti-amyloid drugs found no ‘meaningful effect’ on cognitive decline Drugs that have been hailed as a gamechanger for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease make no noticeable difference to patients, according to an extensive review. The analysis of clinical trials in people with mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia found that the effects of anti-amyloid drugs on cognition and dementia severity over 18 months were “trivial”, with improvements in functional ability “small at best”. Continue reading...

Effect of ‘gamechanger’ Alzheimer’s drugs ‘trivial’, review concludes

Pfft, no-one chose Ankylosaurus.

Sorry to repost old stuff, I’m away from my space and my art things and any ability to make new stuff, which is what tends to keep things ticking along.

One day, my dad brought into the house a bunch of CDs and my mum told him that we didn't have a CD player. He then went back to the car and brought in a Sony midi hifi system. One of the CDs was Communiqué. Great album.

Ticketmaster-owner Live Nation has operated as a monopoly, jury finds The lawsuit said the firm's practices had led to higher ticket prices and worse service for customers.

Ticketmaster-owner Live Nation has operated as a monopoly, jury finds

Rega Planar 6 RS Turntable Review Review of Rega's Planar 6 (RS ('Rega Special') turntable which draws down components from the Planar 8 for improved performance

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Went to Butlins in Barry Island once as a kid and in Minehead once as a kid and once as an adult (last one for a Marillion Weekend in 2005).

Had a great time all 3 times.

My parents had that in their record collection.

the irony of having a one-on-one HR layoff meeting in the conference room with my Loki mural on it

that’s insane

Sad news for Alistair.

I've won a pub quiz twice!

*taps the sign*

Happy Meldrew Point Day, Eminem! Today you are 19,537 days old and have reached your Meldrew Point - the age of Richard Wilson on the day One Foot In The Grave was first aired on Jan 4, 1990. I don’t believe it!

The @bigfinish.bsky.social “jumping on” sale has two #Blakes7 offers, including my full-cast audio Warship starring the original cast members for less than three quid.

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