God this game doesn't eff around. It's got some exhausting choreo. #dancearound

"I prayed about it and the lord spoke to me." Close! Most people just call that "thinking."

Someone just reached out via email to say that they really enjoyed my videos and it seriously made my day. I can't thank all of you enough for the support you've given me over the past year 💙

I GOT TO MAKE THIS Y'ALL I'M SO STOKED I GOT TO MAKE THIS AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Aaaaaaaaaand officially in the negatives! Sub-zero net worth baybeeeeeeeee, let's goooooo, I'm a burden to capitalistic society. 🙃 Anyway, you can hire me to make stuff for you: jcw.gay

Nothing more cringe than a guy trying to impress me with his vocabulary, and then using one of the words incorrectly 😬😬😬

Had an hour to kill, and I did.

Finally sharing my sizzle reel! If you're in need of video production work (or pretty much anything creative), hit me up, esp. at #PAXU! I don't ask for this much, but if you're in the #boardgames industry and like what I do, consider sharing this! I'm looking to book up 2026! linktr.ee/jcw.gay

I hate most "AI integrations" that typically make the product worse. However @todoist.com's ramble is pretty freaking slick, I think it's one of, if not the only example of someone taking technology and using it for what it probably should've been used for in the first place.

Is it weird that I'm not like... a *fan* of anything? Like I just don't have that drive or gusto to actively share my love of anything in particular to the point where I'm willing to semi-permanently associate myself with that thing. It looks fun though!

You never realize how much boothing at a con equates to bar tending and being a therapist until you're suddenly doing it. Socially awkward folks getting their real human interactions in for the year tend to spill over uncontrollably to the first person to give them attention. Happened every year.

I had this outline for a story I was writing and I casually sent it to a buddy. It was taking him a while to get through it, so I was like... How long is this? It was over twenty two THOUSAND words. Whoops.

It was very important to me to have an anime credit sequence at the end of this video.

Finances always suck to think about. I definitely hemorrhaged more money than I would've liked in 2025. It's not looking grim, but it's definitely not looking hugely optimistic for my financial situation going into 2026. I'm still holding out for a sugar daddy... 🤞

"Even when you're working on a huge project and auto-save takes two minutes and it breaks our flow, what do we say?" "...thank you auto-save..."

Okay, so The Purge™ but it's just against people with fireworks and loud music past 1am on new years.

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Woohoo! The numbers are good! I like numbers.

I HAD A MOUSETRAP GO OFF IN THE ROOM OVER AND IT DIDN'T KILL THE MOUSE AND IT WAS SCREAMING 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 I let it go outside near the neighbors yard, hopefully it doesn't come back in, but Jesus... I hope I never hear that horrible noise again.

THE JC'S ARE PERFORMING EXCEPTIONALLY

I think it should be a legal requirement for all personality tests to include one garbage one.

I promise every company in the world, a small intermittent beep is preferable to bitcrushed baroque hold music.

In a perfect world, I'd have a summon-able audience of thousands where I'd just go "BEHOLD! THING!" and then everyone would clap and then go away so I can be alone with my mischief.

I was so close to avoiding a bingo, man.

Show me a fictional character that altered your brain's chemistry. "Oh, you're a villain alright, just not a super one." "Oh yeah? What's the difference." "P R E S E N T A T I O N !"

Oh hey, I recognize that photo! Glad to see Eric getting use out of the photos I took at the IGNM 😁✨

Thank you @jcw.gay for taking some amazing photos to capture my experience at the Indie Games Night Market! I’m so grateful to have these photos to remember what was a truly an amazing night. (Yes, I was smiling ear-to-ear for 3 hours straight.)

Thank you everyone for reposting this! I'm definitely still looking for work lol, and PAXU was definitely a huge help for that too.

Happy picky eaters awareness day for all those who celebrate.

Had a fascinating revelation this PAXU, which is probably not the one you're expecting from someone who took "fake it 'till you make it" a little too far. I'm never gonna be an "A-lister" in the board game world. At least, not in theory.

Pitch: Obra Dinn but about social anxiety nightmares. Set at a party or a work event filled with people you’ve never met before. You can use a magic timepiece to show a snapshot of exactly when and where you were introduced. It insists that you should be able to deduce their name. You cannot.

Going to PAXU? Come try passive aggressive home decor! Or not. It's cool. Whatever. #paxunplugged2025 #boardgame #tabletopgame #gamingconvention

Update, no earlier flights. Still en route to airport and will just be a smidgen late. At least we got a sick beat.

❗ATTENTION❗ - I have an important update regarding my attendance at PAX Unplugged, 2025. #PAXU

Heyyyyy @stoichamster.bsky.social 👀

Nothing more immediately humbling than releasing videos claiming to be an amazing videographer only to realize the video you've been editing at 1/4th resolution so your computer doesn't catch fire actually had auto-focus on and the footage constantly is changing focus and it's too late to fix it.

Finally sharing my sizzle reel! If you're in need of video production work (or pretty much anything creative), hit me up, esp. at #PAXU! I don't ask for this much, but if you're in the #boardgames industry and like what I do, consider sharing this! I'm looking to book up 2026! linktr.ee/jcw.gay

If you'd like photography or videography of your table at the IGNM, hit me up! Good photos are great to have for socials and future promotions!

I am frothing at the mouth over the new steam hardware, my brand-loyal, consumer sleeper agent was activated the second they announced a new steam controller.

As I start gearing up to launch my little video production business (JCW.GAY Productions), there's a lot of worries I have: money, energy, time, etc. But the one that I keep thinking about the most is so aggravatingly annoying: the name.

if someone hits me with a pronounced "HOWEVER" during a rules teach i start salivating like pavlov's fuckin loser

I think this just confirms that Suzanne knows how to use a knife without remorse.

You think a depressed person could make this? I don't think so.

Dang, another day, another morning where I didn't wake up next to the eclectic billionaire who I met by chance at a food court that then decided to support me in my journey predominantly financially but also romantically. Bummer.

Person: (recommends a thing) Me, cheerfully: "I'll add it to the list!" The list:

So, @factorio.com, it's WAY better when you go for the "Lazy Bastard" Achievement. I love the game, don't get me wrong, but during this run I've figured out that the reason I've dropped the game in the past was 100% because allowing hand crafting at all is a terrible design choice. 🧵

I'm sure some authors write out elaborate backstories for their characters. Meanwhile I stumble across this in my outline for a story I was working on: The main character is your typical person doing person things in city place.

Oh hey, I totally forgot to share that I did the main video for this one! Aaaand, huge congrats on fully funding as well! Go check out the page and give it a look 😁✨

Oh hey, I did music for this! Go check it out 😁✨