A hundred yonks ago I promised someone I'd make them a song. Today I finally wrote it, which is a big step up from persistently delaying. On Wednesday, I shall record it! Hooray! (It might take more days to make complete, but this is good progress compared to no progress at all).

Months after playing it at AdventureX, I am still thinking about Trans Theft Horso. It is a gorgeous, charming, well-written game, and you should play it too.

I made an art-book for Trans Theft Horso. It can be found on Steam, and has a hundred colourful ebook pages full of animals, illustrations, facts and faces, with a lot of early/unused versions. store.steampowered.com/app/4393460/... - I mean to bring at least real-world looking-at copy to A MAZE.

Infrastructure isn't supposed to turn a profit. The sewers aren't supposed to be profitable. The parks aren't supposed to be profitable. The postal service isn't supposed to be profitable. The "profit" is in how it enables everyone in society to do more.

Have now seen *all* the Ernest movies! Jim Varney is magnificent, and all the movies had merit. Most of them were a great pleasure and only a couple were just a so-so pleasure. Ernest Goes to Jail and Ernest Rides Again are absolutely top tier ernest. (Camp and maybe Christmas, too, natch)

Ah! That’s the brilliant @benjamilian.bsky.social and the album is here swithen.bandcamp.com/album/the-da...

10/10 this game has my pronouns #transthefthorso It has also warned me that a horse might say "fuck" when I least expect it.

I have finally gotten round to playing Trans Theft Horso by the vaguely effable @benjamilian.bsky.social, and the main menu theme already tells me that I am in good company 👍🏾 Well, more specifically it told me to sing along, but honestly that's a close equivalent.

Honoured to have one of my songs featured at the end of this week's Missing Episodes podcast. It's a pleasure to be pudding. I'll be making a freshly rerecorded version of my 2008 Daleks' Master Plan album (of which this is track 5, The Ballad of Mavic Chen) back online on Easter Monday.

Sometimes being a trans ally means keeping an expression of enjoyment on your face while the most gorgeous woman you've ever seen does an eerily accurate Wario voice for far too long

In the spirit of trans visibility, lemme just plug my ongoing project to document as many pre-2010 games as possible that had a trans person on the dev team. You might be surprised by what's on there. There's games going right back to the sixties! dotmaetrix.neocities.org/classictranslist

A pinch and a punch on the first of the month! Poisson d'Avril!

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Ernest Saves Christmas has now overtaken Ernest Goes to Jail as the best film I've seen all month, and as the greatest Ernest film I've seen in my life.

Trans Theft Horso, nominated for some lively awards at @amazefest.bsky.social festival, is currently in a sale over at Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2268550/...

I wrote a piece on guilt, the impossibility of remaining ethics, and whether it's ok to play The Sims.

Good news, everybody! Two episodes of The Daleks' Master Plan have been discovered! It's my favourite DW story (despite 7/12 of it still being missing) and this is *big news* for fans of classic Who. Fun fact: I once made a Daleks' Master Plan concept album. I must revisit this!

Trans Theft Horso has been nominated for some exciting things at @amazefest.bsky.social so I will be going to Berlin this May to put the game about and relish in delight! This will be my first trip abroad in 25 years and I'm beyond excited for it!

It is sectarian to vote for the candidate who's obviously nice instead of the weird freak

got another "i wish i could draw" comment this week and i am yelling the same thing i am always yelling: drawing is a technical skill. it's teachable and learnable and it is never "too late" to start picking it up

A pinch and a punch on the first of the liturgical season!

Merry Pancake Day! If you have a copy of Trans Theft Horso this is the prime time to play the pancake minigame.

Ding Dang! An album I've wanted for years came out today: a full, expanded and astonishing version of my favourite Beach Boys Album, 'Love You' - including a proper release of 'Adult Child' and several more Big Ones.

I got the chance to preview Trans Theft Horso by @cowchildren.bsky.social at @adventurex.bsky.social - which I wrote up for @indiegamesplus.com! It's an adventure game about chasing hormones in the wild west. indiegamesplus.com/trans-theft-...

The Romans The Daleks' Master Plan The Gunfighters The Crusade The Keys of Marinus. Yes, really.

If death ever challenges me to a game, I'm picking the Monty Hall Problem and hoping he doesn't understand it. That gives me a 2/3 chance of going free. Worst case scenario, I win a goat.

What if Jeffrey Epstein is in the Mandelson files?

Concept for an upside-down Beach Boys band: The Snow boys only sing about snowboards, hot boys and being a cold-blooded American pedestrian.

🇺🇸 Love and solidarity to all friends in the U.S. on general strike today. Abolish ICE isn’t just the mainstream position, it is the only moral one ❤️

When I was a child/teen I only liked to listen to classical music (plus sixties stuff my parents enjoyed). I discovered almost all other genres at university because my housemates played good music with their doors open.

Are you filled with righteous anger about Donald Trump's fascism in the States? Good, but not enough. Now, make it your personal responsibility to ensure Nigel Farage never gets to introduce it here.

The Lovers

It's entirely possible your stuffed animals have never seen snow before, so make sure you position them by the window before it all melts.

Be sure to suck a soup or slather a balm on your witherèd lips.

I like both oats and milk, but rarely consume oat-milk. It's a crossover episode which was more fun in my fanfic than when Big Milkers made it canon.

New article: Six Ins and Six Outs for 2026. Time to get away from despair, and from renting software from billionaires. Time to get into community-ownership, community technoloft, DIY culture and taking action with gusto and resolve.

I was fortunate and had a good year. I have a good housemate, and thus better mental health. I released a game (Trans Theft Horso) and took it to AdventureX. I released a free EP about gender-affirming surgery called 'Happy New Loin!' I got a loft-bed! I performed stand-up and got my ears pierced.

Le jeu dure 15 minutes, la mécanique de jeu est vraiment sympa. Honnêtement c′est fun à jouer.

Trying to get to bed by midnight. I have the house to myself, but don't want to interrupt the nocturnal work of Father Christmas.

i had to drop what i was doing to make this

As a child I believed (if briefly) that the wise men's gifts were gold, cigarettes, and a cooking pot.

To anyone who takes #testosterone, today is the anniversary of a certain revolutionary event in Boston. Celebrate with hormones, and have your very own Boostin' T Party!

New ambassadors for The War between the Land and the Sea. #HomoAqua and #TransFish solidarity.

All years in recent memory have been grievous and alarming, but here's what we did to make 2025 better and build for 2026. A run-down of GFSC's projects, articles, and methods for making technology which can strengthen communities. gfsc.community/geeks-for-so...

this thursday! anyone working in or around games is very welcome. if you're a freelancer or solo dev sad at missing out on christmas social vibes, we're happy to pretend we're all the coworkers on zoom whose names you never learned.

good for her

Today at 2pm GMT! 🔜 #AdventureX Showcase Sunday! I've got 8 more demos from @adventurex.bsky.social to share with you on stream (and extras if we get time..) Twitch.tv/villainyvs ✨💜✨💜✨ @ratqueen.bsky.social @darktidesgame.bsky.social @dolos-inc.bsky.social @yawningdogstudios.bsky.social

One of the funniest trailers for the #AdventureX was Trans Theft Horso. Especially thanks to @benjamilian.bsky.social 's excellent rhyming. The melody is so catchy, the songs of the game will follow you around for days. Thanks. 🦨 www.youtube.com/watch?v=22mG...

I love the Geneva translation's use of 'shalbe' as one word (like 'maybe'), and I especially like Biblical acknowledgement of my bosome. It is a blessed thing indeed to give generously.