𝐆𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐀𝐖𝐀𝐘 Win a free copy of 𝘝𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘱𝘴: 𝘚𝘕𝘌𝘚 - 𝘝𝘰𝘭 2. To enter: 1️⃣ Follow 2️⃣ Repost We just gave away a copy of volume 3 and we are keeping the good times rolling with a free copy of volume 2. Winner to be announced March 2nd, 2026. retrogamebooks.com/products/vid... #retrogaming #giveaway

I’ve sworn off mainline Pkmn games for years. Sword broke me. Didn’t even finish it. The world lost its magic. I don’t like what it has become. But this Wind/Waves trailer? We’re out in nature? Cute starters that might not suck? Okay, you’ve got my attention, Game Freak 🧐

Tbf getting full enjoyment from a high luck & high skill game requires almost a cognitive dissonance... You must try super hard to win, exercising your skill, but also not care much about the final outcome, which may be dashed by luck. (This is also the personality type I most want to play with.)

Record number of missing pets and children shortly after the fire and subsequent closure of the government-run research and development facility located outside of the Nevada desert

This looks really cool! youtu.be/VzklQpBMblc?...

I am totally Qudpilled, it is the ultimate expression of the Ultima-style RPG, specifically the Ultima VI/VII and Ultima Underworld era. It is absolutely a game for sickos and the learning curve is a sheer vertical cliff face, but it's the first game in years to make me feel things again

These cakes our family sent us are works of art! 😲

This is going to be huge! youtu.be/tKGhxMi50y8?...

Finally, the bug is back with a round of the Guinness.

Love at first sight 🐸 💚

Ah, finally finding the good stuff in Caves of Qud…ancient smut! Hard to believe this one is randomly generated. Like it forms a dick emoji and it’s “unabridged”? For real?! 😂 I feel so blessed

From @brendashaughnessy.bsky.social's book, Our Andromeda. #poem #booksky #writing

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Pretty good game

I mean this is the most church counselor way of putting it, but intelligence by itself is nearly worthless. wisdom and prudence and discernment are necessary qualities for intelligence to be useful. innumerable religious scriptures have tried to explain this but yr tech bros aren't big on books

I wrote about the gray zone in running and in gaming, and why I think we should stop praising games that mechanically engage but do not mentally excite.

Doing a puzzle with my daughter. She was very satisfied to find the last piece of “Toad’s diaper” 😂

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“I’m a worm in the loam of the cosmic wood, perched on a cosmic gulf, swathed in the god-manifold.” Boy do I LOVE the writing in Caves of Qud!

Barnes & Noble Employee: You said you’re looking for Wuthering Heights? Me: No no no, I’m looking for Esper Chime’s Qud classic

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A late winter snow fell over the area this morning. The sun burrowed frantically through the cloud layer to get to it, to sear it off, to lap it up like a golden retriever. Redwing blackbirds egged her on from the cattails as she came closer and closer to breaking through and reclaiming the valley.

Yesss, one of the all time greats 🙌

I am quite excited to try out the Citizen Sleeper extraction shooter (Marathon). Ryan Lott (of Son Lux fame) has made a really unique soundtrack! 🎶 🪐🔫 youtu.be/uk4K91aeixU?...

The new book in the MFBM series def wasn’t as good as I - III. Mysterious figure doesn’t even begin murdering until halfway? lol. Can’t top the original trilogy. Heard Lionsgate is in talks for the movie rights to Vol. I?! 👀

When I was born the doctor said she’d never seen a

This was an intense battle that I did NOT think I was going to win, but I somehow managed to survive! Been replaying it in my mind since I did it. QUD is so magical it legit makes me emotional 🥹

Distant cousins! 😄🩵❤️

Greetings from within the fog, where sun has yet to draw her blade. but soon she’ll end this monologue, and the stubborn murk will be unmade.

Late night listening~ youtu.be/GP7Fk04b1is?...

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I just finished the last book in Lev Grossman’s Magicians trilogy. What a great series! I found it funny, enchanting and moving. Highly recommend!

Good morning from the frozen fields Where grasses glow, by sunlight kissed Praise She who swift and righteous wields Her solar blade to banish mist!

Anyone or anything could be in that barn. There's no way to tell. This is the essence of barn. Wolfen NC400 Nikon n80 #filmphotography

I feel like social media mostly incentivises the opposite, but recommending things you've enjoyed that people have put hard work into is good for the soul IMO

4 more days!

So, I started the new year with a new blog idea: to write about running and gaming, because I like both. (And, honestly, because the url onemorerun.blog was entirely too good to pass up lol.) The more I write, though, the more I realize that I think games share more with athletics than we think.

We worked on this quietly for 3 years with our heads down. Now you can play it for free. Our goal is monthly updates going forward. store.steampowered.com/app/1397790/...

Bees 🐝

Scraping melted color-changing Barbie hair off the glass panel of our gas stove with a razor blade. How is YOUR evening going? 😇

Me at 10pm: I think I’ll play Caves of Qud for a little while tonight… Me at 1:30am:

Look, I'm not saying it's really fun to take stock photos of people playing the Switch and adding Caves of Qud events to them BUUTTT....

Watch the wind caress Odessa wheat, See it strum the fields like harps of gold. Feel it’s fingers find your calm retreat, Hear it call you back to the mountains cold.

This is neat!

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I finally met this dude. His whole vibe is so cool. I want to hang with him in his study. I’ve got you, Barry! I’ll find that guy for you! I’ll try to make you proud!!! 🥹

I had to stop and wait for a train on my lunch break. Normally this would annoy me a bit but today the majority of train cars had some absolutely awesome graffiti on them. I was witness to a mobile art exhibit. Thank you, mysterious artists!

Me to myself whenever I watch an episode of Frieren:

I am eating a blueberry bagel with extra cream cheese because sometimes that is exactly what I need on a Friday to shake free of all the anxieties that stick to my soul like cheatgrass to socks 🥯😌☕️