Explains a few things.

Need a last minute Christmas gift? Even better if it's free for you? How about 3 games that can easily be played by gamers and non-gamers alike, of all ages? Feel free to check out our Holiday Sale! itch.io/s/176992/win...

You'll be visited by three stuffed animals... shannonmcmaster.itch.io/a-hundred-ac...

That Neil Diamond Christmas album is pretty Neil Diamondy, isn't it?

Happy frozen Godzilla to all who celebrate.

"That is too much cheese." -me, watching Champagne Problems

Reminder for your holiday travel and/or something to share with your Garner-loving relatives.

For every direct sale of the World Wide Wrestling PDF, I add a free community copy to itch. So far we've added 487 since starting this last year. I'd love to get that to 500 by years end! Regular sales add +1 community copy, tips and bundles add +2. ndpdesign.itch.io/the-world-wi...

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Had the awesome (derogatory) experience of an unexpected medical bill from something last April coming in a few days before Christmas, so uh sales right now both help me AND add community copies!

Thanks tonight! No downloads, but lookers are just as welcome! People looked at Forest Outlaws, a time travelers' handbook (cypri-minoan), and-not a game!-A Hundred Acre Carol! I'm pretty pleased with how each of these turned out, maybe have a look, too? shannonmcmaster.itch.io #ttrpg #scrooge #pooh

Watching Muppet Christmas Carol, and just got to the best part: rat on a hot, thin goose! I'm alway happy they let the audience make that jape.

Watch out, Bluesky... gonna do a thank you post this evening... #ttrpg

Happy Friday! We've added a few community copies (thanks!), still aiming for 500 by the New Year. It's one way to give the gift of game!

Congratulations to Apocalypse World: Burned Over for hitting $200k on its final day. Still 12 hours left to get it to $250K! Just sayin'... www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...

When people self-describe, is it "I'm a vegan," or "I keep vegan," or "I'm vegan?" Something else? Snow-shoveling thoughts...

The Grinch of Arabia

I'm caught up on my podcasts & looking for noncommercial non-current-events focused reccs. What are you listening to & why?

Confession - I googled to see if the claims of the poem were true (I won't spoil it for you) This, from Helen Mort's Division Street, is a moment of light balancing out the darker poems in the collection She has a post on her substack about how the poem was written #poetry #poemoftheday #spider

Give the gift that keeps on Eppy.

"I don't care what anyone says, I like this movie."

$350,000 is a funny number as a win condition. grognardia.blogspot.com/2025/12/retr...

Adopted by my students this term, who gleefully reported their experiences. A lot of TTRPGs tackle the 18th century in broad strokes — TEETH is one of the few that takes it seriously & lightly, as befits true dix-huitiémistes.

My Dungeon 23 project was a fantasy-faux-Chicago/Gangbusters.

Thanks tonight! A grabber grabbed a Forest Outlaws! Enjoy messing with those law people! shannonmcmaster.itch.io/forest-outlaws #itchio #ttrpg #thanks

Was Neal Adams the best Batman illustrator?

I'm signing off for a little while to take care of my mind & spirit. For many years I've tried to help carve out a little corner of truth & beauty in online spaces. I hope my work has been helpful. And I hope to be back soon, with new words I've heard in the wild & quiet places.

Some great options in this catalog!

If there's one thing "AI" systems are singularly incapable of, it's coming up with a new idea that isn't simply a garbled misreading of an old one—or of three or four old ones haplessly mashed together.

The younger tween has an iPad that permits a *lot* of consecutive replays of a certain song by a trio of close-harmony rodents, despite the lyrics explicitly discouraging it.

I dig these stranded astronauts and their dinosaur buddies so much! If you'd like a system-adventurous scenario about this very situation (featuring this very art), check out: unwrittenearths.itch.io/annual-2025

The quasi-biennial oscillation is a quasiperiodic oscillation of the equatorial zonal wind between easterlies and westerlies in the tropical stratosphere with a mean period of 28 to 29 months. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasi-b...

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About to wrap up a re-listen of 200 a Day, a Rockford Files podcast. The dishes never end, and Nathan & Eppy are great listening for that task. Give it a go, I'd say. twohundredaday.fireside.fm

It's hard to believe that it's only been ten years since UCLA English Lit grad Lee Gold launched her influential zine Alarums & Excursions (named after Elizabethan drama). Its hard to believe, as it's actually 50 years, as it launched in 1975, and she only wrapped it this year.

It's the time of year when I ask if anyone knows a Christmas song played on a country station 26+ years ago that is similar to, but not, Merry Christmas from the Family.

I'm not one for internet video, but I am one for six minutes of Strange But True (Not True). youtu.be/inRFkCCPxXM

And here is how the End begins: "Once upon the End of Time, the Last Princess was about to die for the very last time..." Happy December all! Here's my "Holiday Season" pattern for #PrincessWorld! It's a scenario that explores the dark origins of Santa Claus! kpetker.itch.io/princess-wor...

reblusking for the weekend crowd

If you see this, post a comics cover you love.

Maybe you love A Christmas Carol. Maybe you love Winnie the Pooh. Maybe you'd enjoy seeing that silly ol' bear struggle with some hundred acre ghosts of Christmas? #dickens #pooh #ChristmasCarol shannonmcmaster.itch.io/a-hundred-ac...

Looky-see. www.hemmings.com/auction/1989...

I have said it before, and I will say it again: Nathan is a fulfillment machine, if you have any doubts about ordering now, fear not! (as the herald angels might say)

"duet game" is great

Oh, nuthin, just going to the Automat for a chipful of word processor. www.bygonely.com/metawriter-s...

This is pretty fun. neal.fun/size-of-life/

Proofs are in! The hardcover is looking good, I’m excited to see this finally coming together. Late pledges will remain open through at least the end of the year as production gets underway!

11 December 1904 | A German Jew, Felix Nussbaum, was born in Osnabrück. A painter. From 1933 in exile. During the war he was interned in Saint-Cyprien camp. He escaped & went into hiding in Belgium. Arrested in 1944 & deported with his wife to Auschwitz where they perished.

And Jackie Cooper...

This whole thread.