Soylent, the meal replacement, comes out of California

Anyhow I replayed Disco back in March and it stuck in my head and then I re-replayed it in April. Which I never do. But it's so good, easily the best-written game I've played. (Planescape had that spot until I played DE)

a) Disco Elysium has enough fantastical elements to it that it can certainly count as a fantasy

b) the Disco Elysium devs have very clearly stated that Planescape Torment was a huge inspiration.

c) Esoteric Ebb just came out!

we have that (not certain on precise amounts) where I live as well, and it is indeed bullshit

I SAW THE TV GLOW's Jane Schoenbrun Is Publishing A Horror Novel Filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun is continuing their self-titled "Screen Trilogy" with a new novel, PUBLIC ACCESS AFTERWORLD.

I had the opportunity to read an early copy of the novel and it's wonderful.

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It's good! It's actually closer to Nero Wolfe and Archie than Sherlock and Watson (the author specifically notes them at the end of the book.)

announcing ILÚVATAR, my multi-billion dollar company which will specialize in the dismantling of all other idiotically tolkien-named entities, that they shalt see that no theme may be played that hath not its uttermost source in me, nor can any alter the music in my despite

VERY COOL PERSON: It's four-twenty, you know what that means?

ME: Hell yeah! [starts shoving blackbirds into a pie]

Would read

QTP with a video game that transports you back to your childhood

MIKE BROKE THE HUBBLE! MIKE BROKE THE HUBBLE!

If I was writing a novel about AI and I made the villain's name Sam Altman, I would probably think that's too on the nose.

*record scratch* so you're probably wondering how I got here

An AI slop image showing the '12 steps to masterful game directing", including 'Connectiarg' and 'Porkon Cows'

People over on Facebook/YouTube/elsewhere on bluesky/reality have been mocking this, but these are all totally genuine and highly advanced GMing techniques pioneered in obscure corners of indie rpg design in the early 2000s.

Let's go through them one by one and learn together.

listening to a podcast that keeps bringing up Magna Mater--which was in an unpublished book I wrote--and every time, even though I know what it's about, I keep hearing Magnum Otter.

Vonnegut: 1965

the silhouette that was also identifiable as an albino

I would love to get that deep dive analysis of themes, foreshadowing, word choice, etc. from readers. The forum arguments of years past.

Greatest novel of the 20th century

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The shoe from Who Framed Roger Rabbit, alive and well

I've basically been waiting to forget whodunnit and then I'll get to watching it.

Haven't seen the show yet but crushed the books a couple years back, they were a delight. I appreciate that Cadfael is the least punitive detective ever.

Huh, looking through the replies the only SFF one I've not read is Snow Crash.

I'll go with Joanna Russ's The Female Man. Should get to it soon.

22 Short Films About Springfield first aired on 14th April 1996, making Steamed Hams thirty years old today.

Also also Bashir's 'rival' comes in on the Lexington, a ship that looks like a smaller Enterprise. And they're bored because they just go from place to place instead of building like Julian can do. A nice, polite affirmation of DS9's ethos.

And its a small thing but I always like Sisko Building Stuff. It was supposed to be his thing but, like Science and Janeway, got missed too often because they were Captaining.

Explorers is another great episode. All the Siskos stuff is a delight, the design of the solar ship is wonderful, and the Bashir stuff is pretty good too, especially the drinking song with O'Brien. DS9 as hangout show.

Would have made sense for a Bajoran to at least see them off for their trip.

High Noon, the film that made John Wayne so angry he chased the screenwriter out of the country and then made a significantly worse film (Rio Bravo) to argue against it.