Literally got one of these this morning. The best part is they're all 14 paragraphs long, full of vapid praise for the book, and I was so starved for approval on these titles that I almost fell for the first one.

There's truly art to creating placeholder text. When I'm working with Quest Designers who stub dialogue, there's a huge difference between the ones who try to write their own dialogue, the ones who write nothing (forcing me to chase them down for context) and the ones that understand the assignment.

Hahaha, right?! Or what about mandatory disclosures for the discrepancy between the salaries of the CEO and their lowest paid worker? That would be so funny, right?! Let’s do it as a funny joke!!!

TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE by @bettermyths.bsky.social - gay MC - in a near-future LA, a combat-drone vet lives simply in a storage container - until cops show up about a murder: not by him, but his ex - noir sci-fi where data is currency & your own brain is used for storage, but that use corrupts memory

This seems outrageously cruel. And just a handful of months before these folks would have been set to enjoy the release of one of the biggest games of their careers too. The imbalance of power in the games industry remains utterly fucked.

Sorta wondering what forms of exercise other people are perverts for. Any curlers in the chat?

I wrote a post about what swimming does for me. bettermyths.com/love-being-w...

Fun new trend of people sending me cold emails with AI generated text or art pretending to represent "book clubs" or "a consortium of reviewers" who will "promote my novel" for "a small tip or convenience fee"

If there's someone doing work out there on the fringes that matters to you, please let them know, because this world is going to tell them the opposite every day.

Haven’t seen a proper #JOOP in a bit, but here are some enjoyable JOOP-Adjacent tire covers from the past month “Jeepsy Soul” is possibly the worst(best?) I’ve ever seen, thank you @bettermyths.bsky.social for the photo

Thank you, Bex, for reminding me of this strange, kind, lonely man. Another story about Cuba, from way back in 2017: bettermyths.com/how-i-met-cu...

Patriot, on Amazon Prime. Criminally ignored because it's called "Patriot" and it was on Amazon Prime before they had anything good.

People love to say that violence "accomplishes nothing", or that it "has no place in society," but if that's actually true, why do we do so much of it? New blog post: bettermyths.com/violence-is-...

My wife told me Charlie Kirk died and my first reaction was "that can't be, I literally just read a bad tweet by that guy."

Taking the opportunity to say that Two Truths and a Lie is still published, it's still gross as hell, and I still love talking about it. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/741701...

100% agree. The blind panic I felt as my book's opening weeks came to a close. I felt like I hadn't done enough, and now I'd never have a chance. Even though it's gonna be out for like a million more years.

For real, if you've ever been considering reviewing / interviewing / etc. someone but stopped yourself because the book was released months ago... do it! We love getting coverage after pub day.

Despite my never accumulating enough swag to actually post on tumblr, that website is easily responsible for the majority of Zeus's sales. God bless that writhing pit of sex perverts

Several years ago at GDC I had friend ask, in good faith "what about using generative AI to fill in the gaps in a team's budget?" My answer was, and remains, that any problem "solved" by genAI is better solved by reducing scope.

Something very very weird happened during the Hugos award ceremony... It's been on my mind for days, and so I wrote this blog: "When People Giggle at Your Name, or the 2025 Hugo Awards Incident" grigorylukin.com/2025/08/21/w... #Worldcon

RT if you also wish ill upon JK Rowling.

This is fascinating not only because of the content, but because of the way people are being encouraged to alter their own human writing in response. Never has adherence to the Elements of Style had such stakes.

It’s time for a fair contract. Our union is fighting to protect what makes @kickstarter.com special, and we need your support. Sign onto our petition to show your solidarity: actionnetwork.org/petitions/ks...

I was trying to "stay engaged" on this "platform" but after like a week and a half I ran out of shit to say. How do yall keep finding stuff to say on here?

My life's work is a folded cocktail napkin containing one knock-knock joke. I call it Finite Jest.

Just finished Simplicty by @mattielubchansky.com. Really beautiful illustration of how the personal becomes the political, whether you want it to or not. Plus it's horny af. If that sounds like you then go buy it www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/739012...

Had a therapist once who gave me an assignment to "lie on the gound and feel like shit" for minutes at a time. Still probably the best technique i have learned in therapy

I feel like the part of Two Truths and a Lie that has aged the best is the way treats AI: these entities that *appear* sentient to people, but only because people treat everything like people maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/my-f...

my new AI powered lamp is trained on millions of lamp interactions so it understands that 50% of chain pulls are to turn it on and the other 50% are to turn it off. and honestly, it's a little spooky how it knows exactly what i want almost half of the time

I think being immortal would rule actually. I would not be driven mad by the slow inexorable march of time. Rip to the rest of you but I'm different

Here's a post I wrote about posting bettermyths.com/nobody-ever-...

My friend Soren has a really cool patreon where you can learn about medieval death records and look at bloodborne smut. You should give him money www.patreon.com/c/age_of_sin/

we needed a token for a magic deck so my kid made one out of an old card we weren't using

"come join me down here on the wet floor. you won't believe how chill it is, down here on this moist surface"

sometimes i feel like i'm too negative online, but i do truly believe that people worldwide can work together to create lasting happiness for the ultra-rich

Hey I made a post on my website. It's about my favorite thing: explosions bettermyths.com/god-bless-ex...

Just repeating it because some are repeating Microsoft's lies unquestioningly about them having to cut people to save money, etc. Their gaming division was 26 *billion* USD in the black. They had just posted record revenue. They were swimming in money. But Microsoft wants to invest *80bn* in AI.

just realized that the "peel" in "keep your eyes peeled" is you eyelids. surely I am not alone in this

Belatedly getting into Cobalt Core. This game rules. Imagine all the good parts of slay the spire AND FTL plus a killer story and characters. My fellow card perverts -- get in there store.steampowered.com/app/2179850/...

can someone who is good at posting please teach me how to post

Proud to have TTAL featured in Aesop Queer Library's fifth year! This year's theme is Language as Liberation. As a writer of sci fi, I believe radical change is often imagined through language first. If you're in NY, LA, or Toronto, go grab free books! www.aesop.com/us/r/pride-us/

RT if you love boobs or if you think ICE should be abolished

Trying to get better at self-promotion, so I'm letting you know about this event TWO WHOLE DAYS in advance. I'm gonna be at @vromansbookstore.bsky.social in LA on 6/6 talking about Two Truths and a Lie. Come hang out! vromansbookstore.com/event/2025-0...

I did an interview with @litsplaygames.bsky.social about mysteries, games, and mystery games. Check it out! youtu.be/XIJb1Oj44sM

With another round of shortsighted corporate layoffs that mysteriously never include the C-suite, please check out and consider joining United Videogame Workers (CWA). Sign the We're Done Playing petition, too! Join the party and let's beat the bosses! uvw-cwa.org @videogameworkers.bsky.social

If you're awake in Los Angeles at 10:30 AM, I'm on a panel at the LA Times festival of books called "I'm the problem, it's me: heroes and antiheroes in fiction" in Taper 201, and I'll be chatting with the very talented @alexsegura.bsky.social and @jeanhanff.bsky.social Come hang out!

This has been on my mind for a long time. Happy to finally get it out there. Thanks to @evergreenreview.bsky.social for making it happen!