I tried reading this and bounced off of the space opera part but I keep meaning to return and find out what all the fuss is!

Palantir are about six months away from ordering their employees to leave audio logs scattered around their offices

better than jurassic park kazoo but still entertaining

some years ago one of the neighbourhood kids was learning trombone and it was so terrible I savoured every minute of it

He is not good but there’s only one way to get better!

Aww the neighbour’s kid is learning to play Beethoven’s 5th symphony. On the recorder.

discord message from me: It’s important for you all to know that I spent the last hour practicing my strahd campaign voice and got into the cab and my driver is eastern european and when he asked me a question I automatically responded with my strahd voice

dnd update:

a spider has taken up residence in my basil plant so pesto is extra risky now

haven't seen this one yet, ty ty

Movie name Mudborn (2025) with the description, While developing a horror game, Hsu-Chuan mistakenly brings home a broken clay doll from work, unaware it houses a vengeful spirit hungering to be free.

in the genre known as "horror films about video games", the "haunted game developer" is a rare niche that I deeply treasure

“Chat,

I really liked it but it’s far from a universal recommendation from me. It’s like a complicated love! Definitely haven’t read anything else like it.

dnd update:

it was our first session of strahd and the players are: bi drug dealing cleric, warlock whose pact is with his ex wife, naive mormon boy paladin, and closeted bard who is a manosphere influencer

dnd update

saw this and I was like the food critic eating a bite of ratatouille and being transported to my childhood again

".On April 7th, 2026, people stopped being born. On the same day, people stopped dying, and people stopped aging."

do you think it’s like a tube where the filling just extrudes out

happy brunch day

orange! reminds me of a unpopper citrus pulp/polyp/thing

Rats taught to drive tiny cars to lower their stress levels Researchers taught rats to drive tiny "ratmobiles" in exchange for food, which helped the rats relax.

Somewhere up in heaven, Richard Scarry is like “fuck yeah, told you so”: www.bbc.com/news/world-u...

i just realized THE 17776 day is in less than a week now

what an absolute crime, sorry for you and your team

absolutely, the books were among my favorites

apparently there are three and he said the second is the best but I am a completionist

I have watched like five nightmare on elm streets and I am now on the basketcase trilogy because my brother (whose taste is impeccable) recommended them

doing what I do every time I get sick: make chicken soup with grilled cheese and watch horror films while the cold meds kick me into a state of semi conciousness

hell yeah

Realis A new tabletop roleplaying game by Austin Walker

REALIS, the science fantasy TTRPG I’ve been working on for the last five years, is now live on Kickstarter!

55 Player Classes
150+ NPC Classes
29 Factions
20 Example Moons of Realis
GMing and Prep Guidance
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Baby Steps Fans Think the Game Is Secretly a Fanmade Uncharted 5 Fans of last year's gloriously painful literal walking sim game Baby Steps have a wild theory about its onesie-clad screw-up of a main character, Nate: they think he's the son of Uncharted's Nathan Dr...

not an april fool!!

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I watched this just as the cold medicine kicked in, shifting in and out of consciousness. Perfect, no notes.

The first 1/2 or 2/3 of Nattevagten I was kinda lukewarm on despite usually loving serial killer films, but the last act made up for it. Thanks for the recommendation!