Quote posting to clarify: he says “5 miserable hours” but means “5 rad as hell hours experimenting with all the different ways you can kill monsters with rocks and supportive yelling.”

Sasquatchers Faqts: The main character in the game was originally named “Deuce” Bagans to make fun of a noted American paranormal investigator. But I thought that seemed unnecessarily crass and obvious, and also I don’t have a strong opinion about that guy anyway, so I changed it.

After an extended weekend traveling, I’m embracing my southern trash heritage by refusing to put on a shirt all day. Civilization is overrated.

Just wondering if the people who were withholding the Epstein files have all been raptured so we can release them to the public now?

Last week my friend Polly gave me the coolest gift, with a card reminding me that even if I got laid off from Disney, I was in good company.

Technologically advance a band. Queens of the Bronze Age

It’s my first time in Kansas City, and because of my limited frame of reference, everything looks like an AI tried to generate images of metro Atlanta.

I was happy to see that the designated smoking area at the Burbank airport is also the pet relief area. Back when I had a dog, he just could not go to the bathroom until he’d had a cigarette.

WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Was just watching an old episode of Um Actually where they were talking about “TaleSpin” and were baffled as to how it seemed to come out of nowhere. And it’s like I’m always saying: Millennials need to watch “Tales of the Gold Monkey”

Oh well, at least groceries are much cheaper now. … What’s that?

Wow. I had a job interview today that was spread across two sessions, 2 hours apart. I sat there wondering why no one was joining the second session, so I re-read the email and saw that it was the same interview in 2 different time zones. It’s a good thing I’m so pretty!

🚨CONTEST ALERT🚨 Twenty years ago this week, Telltale announced they would be making new Sam & Max games. This caught the attention of people at GameTap, a video game streaming service that was looking for new content to attract subscribers -- and the rest is history! 🧵

Critters in our neighborhood have been tuckered out. Yesterday there was a squirrel just lying on a high cable with its eyes open, and last night a raccoon was full-on dozing on its back next to our neighbors’ janky wall. They weren’t dead, so I guess they were just hot and tired.

I have exactly one post saved with Bluesky’s new bookmark/saved post feature.

happy Liquid ▶️ass day, everyone

I really appreciate that @deadmeatjames.bsky.social is calling The Mummy “Bi-Panic: The Movie,” since I first saw it around the time I was coming to terms with the idea that I’m 100% gay, and then Rachel Weisz came along and threw everything into turmoil. youtube.com/shorts/-j15_...

Two tunes that take forever to get started and frankly are better for it

I had a bizarre dream that was both more coherent than they usually are, and also in much poorer taste. I’d started a pillow company called “Human Traffic” and the pitch was that each pillow had a hidden personal message printed on it from the person who’d made it.

I'm so happy with the cartoons contained in my latest book, The third twisted Graham Annable doodle collection! It's a limited small run so don't wait to get one! Now is the time! gricklemart.com #grickledoodle #book #collection #cartoon #horror #funny #art #drawing

I’ve only seen 2 movies this month, neither one in theaters. I feel like I’ve failed both the movie industry and the Letterboxd community. I barely even remember the Nicole Kidman intro anymore, and I’d be hopeless trying to recreate the Coke and popcorn dance.

Middle-aged Gay Tiger Beat Update: I've had a not-secret crush on Stephen Root ever since NewsRadio. In that, True Blood, and all his work with the Coens and with Mike Judge, he just always *gets it* and makes it perfect. Somebody who seems to be innately funny is infinitely attractive.

Twenty years ago this week, Telltale announced that they'd signed a deal with Steve Purcell to make episodic Sam & Max games. Time flies! In honor of this momentous occasion, all three Sam & Max remasters are on sale on Steam, PlayStation, and Switch. (Sorry Xbox peeps, we'll get you next time!)

I’ve mentioned it before, but one of the reasons the Playdate was such a godsend is that after Telltale, I felt as if I’d been cut off not just from a job, but my friend group and an entire community. And now, it’s been a relief to jump right back into something where I can make progress.

The dream of EPCOT Center is alive in the hearts of those who believe.

A kind of interesting observation about game design: My gut instinct said that this was far too much hand-holding, and the game was better if you had a simple goal and discovered how things work as you play. But the most common response from playtesters was simply not knowing what to do.

I never watched “Girls” or “The Bear” but I did appreciate hearing Allison Williams confirm my theory that she chooses parts specifically to play off the idea of how audiences perceive her. I think she’s just great and admire that she loves playing unlikable characters.

Minor update on my #Playdate game Sound Mind because most of the stuff has been working under the hood. Here's the new animation for the tips that I like better than the last update, and a spoiler-y demo of sabotaging the suit of armor.

There needs to be a companion game to Pokopia where you play as a detective and a grieving family desperately trying to find their child who got replaced by a Ditto changeling.

Delayed reaction to the Nintendo Direct: I don’t love the idea of paying full price for a remaster of Super Mario Galaxy, but there’s a moment in the first game when Mario first launches into space, and it is one of the like 5 most purely joyful moments I’ve ever had with a video game.

I’ve finally decided to stop putting off getting my teeth fixed because of my intense fear of dentists. Now I’m putting it off because of intense fear of the medical bills.

Irrationally annoyed that the community on a platform that caters specifically to movie snobs would call The Thing, Dune, and True Grit “remakes.”

Currently struggling with the decision to add something to my Playdate game. On the one hand, I think it’d be very funny, and it would make me happy. On the other, I’m 90% sure it would quickly discourage players from using a feature in the game because it wouldn’t seem worth the effort.

Even more than editing posts, I’d prefer it if @bsky.app added the “timed mute” feature that Mastodon has. There are several people that I like hearing from and don’t want to unfollow, but occasionally need to take a two-day break from until news and reposting and hot takes die down.

I added a tutorial/hint system to my #Playdate game Sound Mind, but using the same UI style as everything else felt very noisy and confusing. So I promoted Doctor Whatsit, the helpful educational toy robot, from the background into the role of featured player.

💡🔬🎮 Playdate brings game design into education! The Playdate handheld console has made a big splash in indie gaming. It can do the same in your classroom! • Easy to create games for, whether students can program or not • Learning-by-doing at its very best • For elementary to grad school students

2025 Netflix: *boring tudum noise* 1980s BBC Video: *epic psychedelic stargate disco space laser show*

A wise person would just shrug and say nothing, but that’s not me: When a worthless person dies, the most fitting thing is to notice how the *only* people who might have genuinely mourned them are instead responding with insincere eulogies & immediately racing to politicize it. No one misses him.

Last night we were visited by a neighborhood opossum. When I asked if he had any folksy homespun wisdom to share about the state of American politics, he just shuddered and ran away.

Even at the time, I was aware that I was probably over-engineering my Playdate game, but I figured it’d be worth the effort up front to save me time later. Friends, it is now later, and my buttons have stopped working.

You seem to be under the impression that I am coming from a position of trying to gotcha you, when in reality I am just excited about this tool that makes programming suck less. Its like if I see armies of people doing calculations by hand and someone gave me an excel spreadsheet. Its really good!

Some friends/former TTG colleagues have a jug band, and they just released this album, which is very fun: rivertownskifflers.bandcamp.com/album/slough

The people pumping up the generative AI bubble are so lazy that they've skipped over a crucial part of the whole pitch

Another daily puzzle I’ve gotten into, which is surprising considering how much I *hate* cryptic crosswords. Minute Cryptic - 10 September, 2025 "Playing piano after American season of pipe organs?" (9) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 I scored: 3 under par www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

What happens when Joel Coen brings the full force of his filmmaking skills to an adaptation

What an expertly called shot

Quoting this because the effects of high blood pressure aren’t always intuitive. For years I had migraine-level sinus headaches at least twice a month, and I took various antihistamines to try and help. It wasn’t until I started regularly taking blood pressure medication that they stopped.

Never became as popular as "ET Phone Home" did it

Sometimes I wish I had a dumber cat who wasn’t so good at euphemisms. I had to stop saying “chicken tube” because he’d start losing his shit every time, but now I swear he starts to get excited whenever I say “you know what.”