if you don’t like the process of writing then don’t be a fucking writer, it’s not that complicated

this is turning out to be one of the onion's all-time classics

Oh, man... "Do a barrel roll" is going to be this year's "chicken jockey", isn't it? Also, this seems like a weird detail to just give up in a movie poster? Not even a trailer, just a poster. Like, imagine the reactions you'd have gotten in theatres if they'd kept this under wraps!

It had to be done...

I've now finished the Resident Evil 2 remake for the first time (still need to play Claire's story) and @skybrush.bsky.social will be pleased to hear that it's nowhere near as scary as I feared — lots of spooky atmosphere, not too many jump scares. A great introduction to the Resident Evil universe.

I should have learned by now not to expect much but I also can't kill the bit of me that keeps going "but it's so easy NOT to go mad online"

Also, shout out to @philwbayles.com, who also shares some blame for this

So, I got through Alan Wake II in 2024 despite being terrible at scares. I was v proud of myself, and my wife went "do you want to try other horror stuff" and I said "No, I'm good, this was a one-off" But now she just egged me into buying the RE remake trilogy, so I guess this is going to be me now

complete sidenote but i was v surprised by just HOW MANY TIMES i would have to read my novel at a granular level during the tradpub process. its like. johns not exaggerating by saying a dozen, lol. probs the strongest argument for writing the book u wanna read is that They Will Make You Read It

What the hell is this shit.

The Big Debate: What role should plagiarism have in art? An artist and a plagiarist sit down for a serious talk.

I caved and got myself one of those nifty little e-readers that I've been seeing all over the internet. It was so easy to set up (including a custom sleep screen!) and holding it in my hand just makes me very happy. Plus there's a robust and extremely friendly of Redditors who I can troubleshoot!

QTS* with a game that has a 10/10 soundtrack Couldn't pick just one...

“Let’s not shame people” Counterpoint: let’s.

UPDATE: The people from #Claysplained sent me a DM on Instagram to have a little whine about me being mean to them. Frankly I'm not sure the message itself wasn't generated by AI. The response proves my original thesis: these people have zero understanding of the medium they're trying to emulate.

I have an artificial intelligence joke but you probably already know it because it's inevitable.

I have an artificial intelligence joke, but AI bros wouldn't get it without asking ChatGPT to explain the punchline

Sure, I have an artificial intelligence joke! Why did the chicken cross the road? A wooly jumper! You're right — this isn't the right punchline for this joke. Let me try again.

I'm absolutely *not* someone who normally plays horror games, but for some reason the Resident Evil remakes have always intrigued me. And now they're on sale for £30 for the set of three...

I know we're not supposed to mock people's appearances, but I cannot stop laughing at Andreessen's weird egg-shaped head.

I'm calling it now: #ProjectHailMary is going to be my favourite film of 2026. Probably the best sci-fi movie of its kind since The Martian was released a decade ago, and more proof that Drew Goddard really is the perfect screenwriter to bring Andy Weir's prose to life.

This has broken my brain. #Claysplained says they "refuse to let AI replace us". But they seem to have no qualms about using it to replace the work of real stop-motion animators (not to mention all of the other artists whose work has been fed into whatever slop machine shat this out).

This genuinely gave me a lovely "the kids are alright" moment

As part of my ongoing attempt to take my life out of my pocket (that is, stop using my phone for everything), I got myself a dedicated audio player. It's called a #SnowskyEcho and it's ADORABLE. Look at this little thing! Now I just need to find ways of getting all my music on it...

There isn't a toilet in the world big enough for all the swirlies that Sam Altman deserves. I want to invent a time machine, go back in time and bully him so hard he gives up on his dreams.

Upside down, by the ankles, and then treat him like a piñata.

If you write a story and it gets rejected… You still wrote a story. Do you think just anyone can do that? Be proud of yourself.

God, I love reading stories and poems that work as a response to older works. If you haven't already you should read Isabel Kim's "Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid In the Omelas Hole?". Just an absolute banger of a short story.

I really want to take that stupid NYT quiz, just to make sure I can in fact tell shit AI prose when I see it, but I also *really* don't want to pay the NYT to take it. Anyone got a gift link I can borrow?

Part of me wishes that Claude and ChatGPT *were* sentient, just so I could force one of them to read Trainspotting and watch it have a stroke in front of me.

Today marks a full year since I first started #TheArtistsWay and got into the habit of writing #morningpages — three pages of longhand, every single morning. I wrote a bit about how it's changed me, both as a writer and as a person...

I once had to sleep in a bathtub to avoid the wrath of an angry cat.

Sorry I'm not more open-minded about LLMs, it's just some fucking maniacs shoveled out a bunch of useless bloatware featuring that technology, did not give me any chance to opt out, reorganized the entire economy around it, zeroed out gains made by green energy, and made it impossible to buy RAM

Honestly, this news is enough to make me consider downloading Unity again. I still think it's the high point of the series as a whole.

I like Wayne, but his Fountains suck.

I've been asked to spend my morning at work looking through a spreadsheet that someone got Gemini to shit out and make sure it actually gave the correct information. It's supposed to be a copy/paste job and it keeps including random sentences it just made up. #FuckGenAI #StopTheSlop

I've been invited to a work meeting next week about using GenAI at work. Trying to decide whether to just not show up out of protest, or attend and spend the whole time making retching noises whenever someone uses the phrase "AI".

I really need a new video game to get my teeth into. I've tried a few things recently — Pathologic 3, Kingdom Come: Deliverance, Neva — and bounced right off them. Anybody got a recommendation for PS5? Otherwise I'll just play The Last of Us Part II for the tenth time...

Not sure it's a great sign that my main recurring thought while watching #WutheringHeights was "Boy, Poor Things was a good movie, I should watch that again soon!"

Nice to see Pokémon asking the important questions like "What if a bird was perfectly spherical?" and "What if the bird hated everything with the burning heat of a thousand suns?"

It's almost sweet the way Kemi thinks she's a real politician instead of just a repulsive little troll presiding over the shuffling corpse of a party that hasn't realised it's dead yet.

Favourite games poorly explained: A Dog Takes Up Painting. Emo Twink Jesus Gave Me Superpowers! The Hangover: The Game Men Will Run Around Playing Pirates Instead Of Going To Couples' Therapy This Eldritch Horror Could Have Been An Email.

God, these people are so deeply pathetic. Absolute losers, to a one.

one thing I love to do is to type and type and type and think oh woah, I must have nearly written a whole article here, I've typed up so many things, and then look at the wordcount and stare at "283" for a while

We need to normalise mercilessly bullying people who use this stupid GenAI shit. Point and laugh, call them names. It's the only way they'll learn.

I wonder if Mr and Mrs Altman ever regret the two decades they wasted bringing up this dingus.

Some thoughts on my recent forays into the world of #digitalminimalism...

Depending on the teacher or the subject, it was either Remember the Titans or James Gunn's live-action Scooby-Doo. When I was 16 we once convinced our maths teacher to let us watch the South Park movie. I think he laughed more at it than we did.

Now I need to know what movies people were shown in school on movie days or when the teacher didn't feel like it. • The Ten Commandments (many times) • Ben-Hur (at least twice) • The Breakfast Club (my high school loved this one) • Remember the Titans • Monty Python & The Holy Grail (idk, man)

Does anyone remember a print ad for a smartphone — I think one of the early iPhones, but can't be sure — that showed a phone on a desk next to a photo of all the things it replaced (like a camera, an alarm clock, a notebook, a wallet, a flashlight, and so on)? Trying to find the original version...