Giving Guacamelee a second chance. Bashed through so many metroidvanias these last couple of years, I think I’ll be more forgiving of it this time..

Kasper is cautiously exploring the balcony. Don't expect that wide-eyed shyness to last long though!

Finally managed to get a full set of the fun pulp science fiction series about Professor Jameson by Neil R. Jones One more thing crossed off my list. £65 to import the last 3 volumes though.. 🪐📚💙

Ep 3 of our sword and sorcery #TTRPG of Wolves at the Door, run by @matakishi.bsky.social Plagues, vivisected monsters, Pterodayctyl riders, a foul sorceror battled and killed (in his sleep), returning Gods and the deathsong of my mighty thews wielding my axe Crom's Kiss! Normal Saturday really

May’s Tales of the World subscription arrived from @blpublishing.bsky.social This one looks fun! Beasts with Five Fingers: Strange Tales of Disembodied Hands, edited by Brian J. Showers “Thing, you’re a handful” - Gomez Addams #booksky #horror #talesoftheweird 🩸📚💙

Another poor sleep. Happily amongst yesterday’s stress, my copy of the Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart finally arrived after its week long tour round Devon and Cornwall (according to the tracker..) Also ordered The Compleat Valentine as I catch up with recommends (this from @gnofhorror.com )

A win at Splendor on my first go and then onto the Monaco Grand Prix. I was in the lead until the first corner..

Snapshot of the coast from the bus. Blurry snapshot obviously..

Insomnia strikes to start my working week. So I wrote a review instead of sleeping. Probably makes no sense as a result 😂 🪐📚💙 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

“GORDON’S ALIVE!” My film Flash Gordon figures unboxed and here next to their comic counterparts Close ups underneath #flashgordon #toys #comicsky

ALF, Earl Sinclair, Baby Sinclair and Brian Blessed enter the cabinet “Not the Momma!”

Boardgame Arena Night A win in Wingspan with 80 points

Shrinking my wrestling figure shelves down to 3 to make room for Flash Gordon, the Sinclair Dinosaurs and ALF 1/3

Been good, almost everything came from Waterstones this month. One Blackwells screw up and my Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart appears lost in transit Anyway, timeline cleanse from all that political crap Kong and Godzilla present for no other reason than it’s my photo 🪐📚💙 ⚡️📚💙 #booksky

I find it bizarre people still use Bluesky to post bad takes from X. I mean either use that platform or move on. In other news, I’m just finishing The Dragon Griaule collection (finally). Not what I expected at times, but very good, if quite bleak.

The last of my 4 new SF Masterworks arrives tomorrow; Air by Geoff Ryman Two more are on the schedule for this year: Minority Report by Philip K. Dick Paprika by Yasutaka Tsutsui Nice to see a translated scifi book. Sad to see a PKD title tho. Of the 7 books I’ve read, none have been good 🪐📚💙

Updated my database with new arrivals to my shelves. From non-fiction written by ex-colleagues, to new horror, gaming, new Tales of the Weird, hard boiled, indie ebooks, lost worlds, & Moomins! Link below for full collection ALT text in image #booksky 🪐📚💙 ⚡️📚 www.librarything.com/catalog/KevD...

A couple of years ago I asked the #fantasy #booksky community for standalone recommends. I got quite a list which I’m still catching up on when my limited hobby budget allows Today, I ordered The Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart by Jesse Bullington, as recommended by @matakishi.bsky.social 🪐📚💙

QTP with the last four games you played Vampire Survivors Moomintroll Winters’s Warmth TMNT: Splintered Fate HAAK #videogames 🎮 🕹️

Session 2 of @matakishi.bsky.social Wolves at the Door (Sword and Sorcery TTRPG cr. by @voxparlour.bsky.social ) Joined up with a friendly "foul necromancer", and delved deep into the Temple of The Brotherhood of the Many Feet, fighting giant centipedes, a broodmother, and symbiotes #roleplaying

My fragmented Waterstones order brings the third SF Masterwork of the month. Still one more to go Thirteen by @quellist1.bsky.social Nice to see current authors continuing to get into the series. I still remember this being released in my shop back in the day (under a diff title) 🪐📚💙 #booksky

Working my way through Derek Raymond’s hard boiled ‘Factory’ series and they are a bleak read, with authentic characters and the sort of dark, grim dialogue I love They are also a reminder that Thatcher’s Britain/London in the 80’s is not something to look back on with rosy fondness #booksky ⚡️📚💙

Final stage and boss of Vampire Survivors beaten at first attempt and The Great Gospel gained. I guess I keep going for unlocks, secrets and bonus areas now? Or repeat on one of the other hundred characters (No spoilers though please) #vampiresurvivors

Happy 100th Birthday David Attenborough, “the voice of natural of history” #booksky #nature #naturalhistory

It's all to play for in the Japanese Grand Prix between myself, Mono X and Memnor. And we're in "heavy rain"!!!

Vampire Survivors stage 3 beaten. Given I can’t even move for mobs here, this was a case of hanging on by the skin of my teeth for the final 45 seconds.. #videogames #videogaming #vampiresurvivors

The first two of four or five SF Masterworks reissued in May Distraction by Bruce Sterling Nova Swing by M. John Harrison Geoff Ryman and Richard Morgan in the next drop, followed by the second Sector General Omnibus #booksky #sciencefiction #scifi #SFMasterworks 🪐📚🕹️

New bed, new glasses, new SF Masterworks Expensive month for a minimum wage part timer. Sigh

I played 7 games for the first time in July '23 and 35 games in total. See the breakdown at: www.3spellcastersandadwarf.com/gaming-blog/... #BoardGames #BoardGaming #TabletopGaming

I AM INVINCIBLE!! Great run in Vampire Survivors. Hit level 104 and lasted the full 30 mins for a stage before Death appeared By the end I had so much weaponry, a full screen kill, massive xp gain and a healing whip, my character could slice through mobs like butter! Great fun! #vampiresurvivors

Vampire Survivors is so much fun when it hits its stride. Got to level 33 before being overwhelmed after 15 minutes, but I had 4 whips, a sizeable amount of upgraded projectiles and a garlic AOE barrier. I may be addicted now You were right about this game @nachtangel.bsky.social

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Went for a pleasant walk in the valley whilst the sun was out, finished a Dragon Griaule story and a Moomin book, and had a long nap. Now to decide what to read next. More Griaule, Derek Raymond's Factory series, Strangers on a Train, The Lost World, or a non-fic exploration book

A run at Slay the Spire finished well past 3am in failure at the hardest Act 3 boss. I had a ton of offence with weakness + zero cost duplicating attacks, but my defence, low number of relics and no potions meant phase 2 was over in a round Wasn’t going to beat the first Act 4 fight anyway

Game completion 6 Moomintroll: Winter’s Warmth by @hypergames.no Another highly enjoyable, cosy game in the series. I felt sorry for Moomin for what he was put through by quite demanding and obnoxious characters!! Think every item, side quest and upgraded tool found for 100% completion 🎮💙🕹️

@skbalstrup.bsky.social Saw your Goodreads review and thought you might like this

Rearranged my book towers to put certain crime fic, hard boiled and noir together so I can see what’s next to read in that genre I have more Derek Raymond, James M. Cain and Dorothy Hughes… somewhere… #shelfie #booksky #noir #crimefiction ⚡️📚💙

Finally completed the Strange Brigade campaign + DLC with @monolithx66.bsky.social Superb game in co-op I thought. By the end, our solutions to even the most dangerous situations were very much in unspoken sync, as you can see here.. “KABOOOM!”

Next up: volume 2 #comicsky

Tonight is a return to roleplaying, this time with a minimalist heavy metal sword and sorcery setting! #roleplaying #ttrpg @voxparlour.bsky.social

Grey, damp, foggy.. Back to the traditional British weather! Poor ‘Old Man Willow’ still looks forlorn where he fell

Moominmamma had a carefree outlook on smoking in the 50s and 60s.. (Excerpt from The Memoirs of Moominpappa)

stop sharing ai images for any reason challenge

Thoroughly enjoyed Tove Jansson's 1950s Moomin newspaper comic strips (vol 1). Whilst aimed at adults, they are very funny and even more whimsical than the novels. They inhabit a different canon too which gives them a certain freeness Will be getting the next volumes ASAP #booksky #moomins

They missed a chance to post this on Wednesday, when I have my buttered scones for tea..

Sometimes you need a “to-do” list

www.cinelinx.com/games/review... Moomintroll: Winter's Warmth from @hypergames.no is one of the most delightful games i've played this year, everyone needs to check this game out.

2026 reads so far: Moomin Comic Dragon Griaule Do A Powerbomb! The Luck of the Town Alastor Trilogy Lure of Atlantis Continental Op Vol 1 & 2 Captain Satan The Word for World is Forest Castle Skull Fatale The Black Maybe Nova Urth of the New Sun Hollow Earth Tales 2 Midwich Cuckoos Ice Lagoon 🪐📚💙

My Moomin book collection #moomins #booksky 📚💙