After watching the ALCS last night, I was inspired to write a poem about the Mariners fandom. Growing up as a Red Sox fan in the early 90s, I genuinely thought I knew I knew misery. As it turns out, I know nothing of pain. Nothing at all.

Mr. Rogers & Mr. Stargell, 1980 Pittsburgh #Pirates #Baseball

I think if I had a PC that could run Red Dead Redemption 2 in its truest and best form, I might not play anything else for a few years. The Xbox version is awesome, but if I had mods...well, it's probably best for the people in my life who prefer me to sleep and bathe regularly.

Pleased to announce the audiobook for Tangleweed & Waterbloom is now available! @aaronwaite.net has done a fantastic job. Join in the adventure with Derry, Barrow, and Caedan in this brand-new format!

When you omit "A Black man is getting a standing ovation in the Deep South for breaking a record of an all-time baseball idol," you completely alter what Scully was describing as "marvelous." Scully was NOT just broadly marveling. He was marveling at a very specific, very important thing.

You know who carved order out of chaos? Whoever programmed your email to see the word "attached" and check for attachments. Wherever you are, know that you are internet royalty.

DEAR @dannyodwyer.bsky.social‬ -(STOP)- PLEASE CREATE A COOKIE CLICKER DOCUMENTARY POSTHASTE -(STOP)- IF NOT POSTHASTE REGULAR HASTE WILL DO -(STOP)- FORGIVE THE TELEGRAM FORMAT I HAVE BEEN PLAYING RDR2 AND THUS HAVE FORSAKEN ALL POST-1899 TECHNOLOGY -(STOP)- REGINALD VON GAMEPLAYER ESQ -(STOP)-

While the interminable wait for Esoteric Ebb marches on, here's a description of a bucket to tide you over. Also, it's very late and I should not be allowed to edit audio or video at this hour. Or use a microphone. Or Mountain Dew past 5 PM. chrisbodegard.bsky.social

Space Ghost Attempts to Cover Daft Punk

Everyone crabs about pineapple on pizza when the real travesty is coconut on donuts.

Me: "Alrighty, time to finish up this commercial voice over." Me, almost two hours after finishing up the commercial, uploading a Space Ghost Coast-to-Coast pastiche to my Voices.com profile: "I'm not sure how I got here, but I think I'm okay with it."

I gotta ask, when did Hugo Weaving start looking like David Harbour?

The Doom: Dark Ages OST is like the half-brother of Aslan: good but incredibly safe. [Narnia/boomer shooter Venn diagram joke goes here]

Also, if you haven't played the demo for Esoteric Ebb and you're a fan of Disco Elysium, for the love of Kim Kitsuragi, go play it. It's amazing and at the tippy-top of my small stack of anticipated games.

Sorry, coming up for air after being in the isolation tank that is Clair Obscur. I'm having to resist the urge to parry baristas and cashiers.

My newest audiobook narration is a galaxy-spanning sci-fi adventure in the vein of Firefly and The Expanse, but with waaaay more aliens. If you like insane robots, beauty-obsessed aliens, and improvised escapes, y'all should pick this one up! #audiobook #scifi #audible

I've been loving Avowed, just a well-made, well-scoped game with interesting worldbuilding that reminds me of Morrowind in all the best ways. However, I did want to report a bug: when I approach a boar in the wild, the Pet action doesn't seem to pop up. Same thing with the tiny cat thingies.

I'm at the point where I'm super excited about fantasy baseball and I wanna join like, 15 leagues. At times like this, I try to think about August Aaron and how many leagues he'd like to juggle. ...usually it's more. August Aaron is a tryhard with a low attention span.

I try to give people grace, to understand they're coming from different places than me and I don't know what's brought them to this point in life. But if you refer to controllers as "paddles" or "remotes", try not to take it personally when I plug my nose so I don't breath the same air as you.

Life tip: don't buy hoodies from bands in warm locales. For instance: My August Burns Red (Pennsylvania) hoodie - thick, cozy, weather-antagonistic My Demon Hunter hoodie (California) - "I'm sorry, you wanted to keep the weather OUT? Best I can do is make you look cool as you freeze."

What? Me? No, I'm not trying to decide my 3 keepers for my fantasy baseball team in winter. Nope, certainly not trying to decide between Dylan Crews (3yr), CJ Abrams (1yr), James Wood (3yr), Colton Cowser (3yr), and Jackson Holliday(3yr). Nope. Not me. Just a writer writing things.

Finished Pentiment. I think a reply with my wife in tow is gonna happen sometime next year. Absolutely loved it, and while Disco Elysium is still my best-written game of the decade, Pentiment is right up against it.

I also picked Sekiro back up last night. It made me want to go back to my Elden Ring RL1 for a break from the difficulty. Sekiro pulls no punches and expects you to deflect said punches. The "you suck so bad you're making everyone sick" mechanic is a nice touch.

I picked Pentiment back up after close to a year away. I love that it's insistent on you taking your time in its world without making you feel hamstrung. The conversations don't always have a bearing on the story, but they still have a lovely sense of medieval breeze-shooting.

How to have an adventure: 1. Cue up a Dragonforce song. 2. Congratulations, everything you do is now adventurous! 3. Repeat as necessary. @dragonforce.bsky.social

Daniel Defoe summing up the thoughts of hopeful authors everywhere.

I think once the Maine winter gets underway properly, I'm just gonna make a vocal booth out of a snowbank. My furnace loves to kick in when I'm just getting into a groove. The worst part is, you can baaarely tell it's there in the finished product. But it's enough to make a difference.

As an addendum: if you've written a novel (or novels) that went nowhere, that's not wasted time. Time spent writing is never wasted, creation is never a net loss so long as you learn and hone your craft in the process.

Here's a wee bit of what I've written/writing/planning to write: 1. A comedic fantasy about a group of thieves using the literal power of forgetfulness to steal stuff. It's querying right now, but I'm 99% sure it's gonna be self-published. Makes me feel excited and like an abject failure.

Readers: "Ugh, dialogue is so quippy these days. You can't just have all your characters be witty and ready with a comeback all the time!" Jane Austen, setting down her quill for a moment: "I'm sorry, what?"

Catchers hug their pitchers at the end of games to let them know it’s over and they can go home now. If the pitcher isn’t told to stop, they’ll assume they have to keep playing. Tracking the outs and score is one of the most important aspects of catching.

I finished up Castlevania: Symphony of the Night for the first time in close to 20 years. That game's aged like fine wine. The level design, the art direction, character progression, it was so far ahead of the curve. Except maybe voice acting, but even then, it's awfully charming.