Horrifying.

I always try to keep ticket price low - I am coming to Falmouth in February - tickets £12 of £10 concs #cornwall #comedy #poetry thepoly.savoysystems.co.uk/ThePoly.dll/...

Jack in the Green, Tom Bombadill, Jack Hargreaves. Who is the avatar of the green spaces now, @hookland.bsky.social ?

All 12 issues of The Expanse: Dragon Tooth collected in a single deluxe hardcover! On sale March 2026...

I do love the continuing effort Americans make to understand panto: and not quite making it.

Inbetwixtmus suppers have been getting later and later #leftovers

that well-known species, the Big Whale.

Another triumphant #Wera advent calendar

The Shattering Peace by John Scalzi: Review by Adam Roberts locusmag.com/review/...

Smol Paul wants a hug

2025 was my first year doing freelance work full-time. I traveled across the US and Europe. I wrote more than 80 stories for The Guardian, Aftermath, Kotaku, Rolling Stone, Gamespot, & more. I worked my ass off to make ends meet. Most importantly, I did work I'm really proud of. Here are my faves:

2025 just keeps giving and giving, doesn't it? www.gamesindustry.biz/vince-zampel...

FYI, across Christmas, the BBC is showing brilliant Hitchcock and Billy Wilder classics in the daytime, as well as screwball delights like What’s Up, Doc? and Bringing Up Baby Also, Paddington 1 & 2, and Spiderverse 2 So many cinematic masterpieces to enjoy with your turkey

In Sommarøy, a small Norwegian village north of the Arctic Circle, residents have an exceptionally lax approach to timekeeping. Shayla Love traveled there to find out whether modern life really can break free from the clock.

Interesting graphic novels (do we still call them that?) www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...

Hey that's strange, the kitten is making her little chirping and trilling "I'm hunting" noises How cute! But it's winter, there's nothing to -- *distant thud* *wailing* FRANCA DON'T HUNT YOUR BROTHER, SWEETIE

Ich thynke but litel of a Mondaye bleake Tuesdaye grey and Wednesdaye eke Thursdaye Ich care nat for thee Yet Fridaye Ich do love Mondaye thou kanst fall awaye Tuesdaye, Wednesdaye, myne herte slaye No mirthe ys founde upon Thursdaye Yet Fridaye Ich do love

Oh, what CALAMITIES may come -- in August, 2026.

Interesting piece from @gibiz.bsky.social about women in the games industry www.gamesindustry.biz/a-decade-on-...

As long as they don't make the mistake the film made, might be interesting. www.eurogamer.net/netflix-assa...

NEW: I spoke to Larian boss Swen Vincke about their ambitions for their new RPG Divinity, cutting down development time, pressures from Baldur's Gate 3, why BG3 wouldn't have happened without Tencent, how Larian uses generative AI, and much more www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Here's the link, and also, SUBSCRIBE TO AFTERMATH: aftermath.site/the-alters-a...

Filth invariably gives a good quote www.loudersound.com/music/albums...

I've cooked this receipe three times now (no wine, no lemon for domestic reasons) and it is honestly excellent. I suspect the sauce would do well with turkey, should you be facing leftovers soon. www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes...

One for the connoisseurs out there vm.tiktok.com/ZNRN8EDKV/

Feeling exhausted and burned out by the news? You’re not alone — this great new podcast Can We Have Your Attention? by my mega smart friends Claire Coady & @jameswickham.bsky.social looks at the ‘Attention Economy’, advertising, journalism, social media, and the rest youtu.be/al4g2YdIoKQ?...

"In the UK, 94 per cent of people say they have encountered misinformation online, while only 3 per cent have taken a media literacy course, to help them spot falsehoods and develop critical thinking." newhumanist.org.uk/articles/648... Why not try my course or gift it for a loved one?

I found this today (from Peter Kellner/YouGov) which answers part of your query.

I dont think I've ever been in the top 3% of anything before @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social www.spotify.com/wrapped-shar...

Looking Back at Virtual GROGmeet 2025 https://wp.me/p4dlMq-64M #BoxcarNation #VirtualConvention #GrognardFiles #GROGmeet #GranMeccanismo #BlackSwordHack @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social @blythygrog.bsky.social @ospreygames.bsky.social @themerrymushmen.bsky.social

A reminder there’s about a day left of @drivethrurpg.com’s site wide sale & you can pick up our new issue for just over £2 or get all 7 issues for roughly a third of the price I just paid for a burger at a Christmas market that I suspect I may see again soon 😑 www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...

Crivens.

Not enough people have seen this- youtu.be/C_rMlm6o47o?...

Our gorgeous #WakeUpDeadMan end credit portraits, painted from life by Isabella Watling. We’re still in theaters, see my pinned post for a theater finder!

A cupboard clearout. (The unused jackfruit adds a certain *horror*)

Lies all lies www.spotify.com/wrapped-shar...

Horses is a Very Bad Time and I highly recommend it. Here’s me on Valve and Epic deciding that a critique of how the powerful use conservative moralism to oppress others is too morally objectionable for their platforms www.inverse.com/gaming/horse...

Oh hey, we're doing another one of these and it's a banger. Thrilled to work with @vixx.bsky.social on the booklet for this: expect a barnstorming essay and a cracking Q+A. And that slipcase art/poster! 🤤

BOUNDLESS SPACE: After feedback from players and more solo playtesting, the spaceship sheet is about ready to go! In game, you'll be filling in those empty space on the Components with new abilities, placing playing cards on the bottom for cargo, and running silent past enemies, Human and Machine.

I made a tiny game for PicoSteveMo with @dicey.bsky.social ! ➡️ It's called King Stephen ➡️ You play as King Stephen (King of England 1135-1154) ➡️ It's a Reigns-like decision-making game ➡️ I did the writing + portraits ➡️ Made for a Stephen King game jam ➡️ It's very silly dicey.itch.io/king-stephen

Can there be any TTRPG fans on my timeline who don't already follow the Grognard Files podcast? Surely not, but just in case ... their latest episode sees the dulcet duo dissecting Mutant Year Zero, and interviews Magnus Seter about his book about Swedish RPGs, which sounds fascinating.

You’re feeling jaded, and then you see a driving instructor’s car emblazoned with sombreros and the name L-PASSO. And it feels like the world telling you there’s always something amazing you haven’t seen

He was on a panel months ago where Wittes asked him and Ruth Marcus how bad the destruction at DOJ and FBI was. Marcus painted a pretty dire picture and then Goldsmith said it was even worse. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

Mini Of The Month - November Deep One Herald. Ok so this is a special one. For November we’ve partnered with @fenrisgames.com for a single mini competition. Your mission this month is to paint this, the Deep One Herald. It’s an awesome mini with loads of potential for shenanigans. 1/

Bloody hell

Important update

Just noticed I must have ticked a box as our new issue is currently discounted on DriveThruRPG & only around £2 there RPGs vs the Cold War! Rick Priestley talks esoteric christianity & Warhammer! Triangle Agency gets weird! Castle Rat unleash the beasts! Undaunted's war stories! & lots more!

As of today, the retail edition of How a Game Lives is available in bookstores, libraries, and online platforms. Ask for it locally! Get it from your favorite bookseller! bookshop.org/p/books/how-...

Viola Ford Fletcher, who as one of the last survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in Oklahoma spent her later years seeking justice for the deadly attack by a white mob on the thriving Black community where she lived as a child, has died.