We are honored to officially announce that PaizoCon is uncancelled! The Know Direction Network will host PaizoCon Online 2026. knowdirectionpodcast.com/2026/05/know...

You think people who write jingles are fun to hang out with, but only at first?

Anyone else wish Alexa had a Homer Simpson setting? But not Homer's regular voice. I want Alexa to answer my questions the same way Homer's brain said "$20 can buy many peanuts."

Was watching a gameplay ad and the demo player was... fine? Like, not intentionally so bad that I get frustrated and download the game to show them how it's done. Made me worried I'd be terrible at it.

Is there some rule that every new series or movie must cast either James Marsden or Kumail Nanjiani, but no series or movie can cast both? Not complaining.

Awkward scenes aboard Artemis II as Trump stops ranting and none of the astronauts have anything left to say to him, leading to extended dead air

We played a Clue video game tonight. I chose to play Col Mustard. Because I was playing with the girls, I called my profile Daddy. I was not expecting my turns to start with the game calling me Mustard Daddy.

💥💥💥💥 Great Fanstream today with lots of cool reveals: - Retro Wave pre-order today mainline @1pm EST - Taurus/Red Dog pre-order today Fanmazon @1pm EST - Destro/Despoiler pre-order today Fanmazon @1pm EST - Ramp Rats pre-order April 9th Pulse Exclusive @1pm EST Premium 2pm EST Public

Some April 1sts, the only jokes you can make are meta.

Looking forward to experiencing Hellbreakers vicariously through the Intrepid Heroes.

Had one of those dreams where a bunch of stuff happened so I can't piece together what the dream was about. HOWEVER At one point I introduced my wife to John Cena, saying "This is Tina. She doesn't have her own theme song."

You don't truly understand how few pants you own until you throw a pair out.

Years ago, a JoeCustoms board member illustrated a Transformer based on The Persuader. I lost the art and the name of the artist. When MaesterAelix asked me for ideas for a Transformers RPG build for his series, I took the chance to create a new Persuader Transformer. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDZW...

The GI Joe: A Real American Hero comic is fascinating because I don't think you can pin it down as "left-wing" or "right-wing". Its worldview and politics are inextricable from three facts about Larry Hama: - He's Japanese-American - He's a Vietnam vet - He has lived the most insane life imaginable

I've never been more disappointed with my Pathfinder group. THOMAS: There's a Lumberjack archtype. ME: And it's OK. And then no reaction! Nothing!

As a kid, inspired by an episode of Muppet Babies, I smashed a robot toy to see what I could cannibalize out of the parts. The robot's upper body and a hollowed out hinged made a decent mech suit for a G.I. JOE. I decided Lifeline was the best candidate to pilot it. Thus, Mechamedic was born!

The toys say Doc is the pacifist. The cartoon and comic say it's Lifeline. It's time they put up their paci-fists and settle this in the ring! Who do you think of as G.I. JOE’s resident pacifist? And which G.I. JOE medic do you prefer?

It was great to hit record with @perram.bsky.social again.

What if, and I'm just spit-balling here, but- *bites napkin* *takes out straw*

"I’m more angry than sad..." Rob Pontious explains why he couldn't just write about the TTRPGs he wants to play in 2016. Not when a facist government's secret police are killing his fellow citizens. knowdirectionpodcast.com/2026/01/inve...

In my 30+ years of using keyboards, I have never intentionally and purposefully hit Scroll Lock.

"Ah! Oh, right." -me every morning when I had beets the day before.

Just had an awful feeling as freelance writer. I highlighted a section that needs to be 1000 words. Word count: 704. Added a sentence, checked again: 696. Did I accidentally delete something? Highlight wrong one time? How much time that I could be writing do I need to spend investigating?

“One Homeland. One People. One Heritage. Remember who you are, American.“

The struggle of the modern TTRPG gamer. Two sessions scheduled for this week, both our first session in a month, both cancelled.

TTRPG Design typo of the day: Hip Points. FIGHTER: Did I look dumb when I fumbled my attack? CLERIC: No, you made it look cool. FIGHTER: Thanks for restoring my Hip Points.

Video games let me adjust the volume of dialogue, sound effects, and music, individually. Streaming services and TV do not. Why is this?

Netflix, if you have something you want to say to me, just say it!

If I ever went back in time with the instructions to confuse my younger self, I think I would explain the career trajectory of Kumail Nanjiani. And just when it looked like I could not surprise myself more, I'd bring up Welcome to Chippendales.

It's so weird that I have as much awareness of an Avatar movie coming out and setting ticket sale records has as one that comes out and bombs.

Ah, a tiny cut on the knuckle of my index finger. Whelp, I am operating at max 20% this week.

G.I. JOE The Movie packs the backgrounds with fun details. And while some of them add to the movie, others are head scratchers. For example, WHY IS TRIPWIRE SITTING LIKE THAT?!

Maybe not the greatest accessory, but Mr. Paradox getting Nova probed is definitely the most unique.

Sometimes, parenting is about amusing yourself. DAUGHTER: You're in my way. ME: No, I'm your way in! DAUGHTER: What? That doesn't make sense. ME: It would if I was an Insecticon and you drove over my head. DAUGHTER: ...WHAT?!

Pathfinder Society Developer Shay Snow and Organized Play Coordinator Alex Speidel discuss how Pathfinder Society is changing in January. youtu.be/wbj8tZW7kQ4

Where does the expression "laundry list" even come from? It means a long list, but even if I wrote a To Do list and itemized every step of doing the laundry, I'd end up with max 10 things on it. Now a grocery list, that's a long list with a bunch of stuff on it. Get lost, laundry list.

Made an #Essence20 PC of John Cena. Not his wrestling character. Not him as a real person. But the concept of John Cena as a meme.

I was so impressed with Classified Series Budo and all the different ways he could be equipped, I started sharing daily photos of Budo on my Instagram. Today I took it to another level and created a stop motion animation of Budo doing an Akira drift. www.instagram.com/p/DRh7n3RD1Zo/

A lot of builds for my blog make me want to run Essence20 campaigns in that character's setting, but this is the first one that makes me want to write fiction. Where is our 1987 The Running Man expanded universe of comics and spin off TV shows? I need to know Dynamo's origin!

When I finish editing a podcast, I'm somehow still surprised that now I need to make an eye-catching banner. I may not be a visual artists or even a particularly visual person, but I do feel like my banner game is improving.

Two more Essence20 sourcebooks I worked on arrived. Amazing experience on both of these books, with teams I really appreciated being a part of.

Ryan and Charles look at the only Ranger Role in #Essence20 that isn't Mighty or Morphin. The latest Upshift is available now on the #KnowDirectionNetwork. knowdirectionpodcast.com/2025/11/upsh...

November is a 3rd level Occult caster... #Pathfinder2e #PathfinderRPG #PathfinderArt #KnowDirectionNetwork

I didn't need to watch a half hour video essay arguing that the Godzilla 1998 novelization was better than the movie, but I'm glad I did. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALoN...

It was a delight to meet Joshua and talk monsters with him. Monster Core 2 might be Pathfinder's best second monster book!

Of the three segments in Know Directions new format since the relaunch, I've struggled the most with the editorial opener. It takes the most forethought and editing, meaning I'm frontloading my moth's work. That said, I feel like I'm getting the hang of them, and having fun in the process.

I'll always remember the temperature around the last eclipse thanks to the solar glasses I find in my spring jacket pocket twice a year.

*Tina laughs exasperated after I name all five Backstreet Boys* ME: I'm sorry my brain doesn't remember good facts...

Growing up in the 80s, when you turned on your afternoon cartoons, you never knew if you were going to get a formulaic and forgettable fun way to spend 30 minutes or haunting imagery that stays with you for the rest of your life.

Typo of the day: Workshippers. "Do you see the way Tim in accounting looked at Bobby the secretary?" "You're such a workshipper.