Happy 85th birthday to Hayao Miyazaki ♡

@intothecast.bsky.social Vita means life!

Played Hansa Teutonica: Big Box w/ 5 players boardgamegeek.com/boardgame… #bggplay

Played Wordatro I was hoping for a game more like wordle than Scrabble. I’m not great at figuring out anagrams in my head so I didn’t enjoy the game as much as I hoped. Minute cryptic is my current word game of choice!

Played Blood on the Clocktower 4 times boardgamegeek.com/boardgame… #bggplay

Played Beyond the Sun on Board Game Arena

Q-Con: https://www.machinefolly.com/2025/11/24/qcon/ Q-Con, a queer comic con, featured various creators like a new podcast from transmasc media folks and comic book illustrators, but access to digital comics was primarily limited to Amazon.

Played 7 Wonders #bggplay

Played Dialect with kids table backdrop for Thanksgiving. Surprisingly fun!

Played Hey Yo #bggplay

Played Fury of Dracula #bggplay

Played Monopoly: Neopets 25th Anniversary Celebration Edition today #bggplay

Played Abandon Planet boardgamegeek.com/boardgame…

Played Escape the Room: Mystery at the Stargazer’s Manor boardgamegeek.com/boardgame…

Played Abandon Planet boardgamegeek.com/boardgame…

Played Muffin Time today boardgamegeek.com/boardgame…

Played: Viva la QueerBar 🃏 with @storygamesla.bsky.social

My steam deck keeps turning on I think it’s from turning my xbox controller on but I’m not using the controller with it. Does the steam deck turn on for reasons other than pressing the power button or charging for anyone else?

If there's one way to get fucking excited about a new edition of Apocalypse World, it's this article. It dispels any assumptions about Burned Over just being a more accessible translation of the 2016 edition. It's definitely its own game.

Spindlewheel: https://www.machinefolly.com/2025/10/22/spindlewheel.html

Played Hot Streak today boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/44...

Played Alhambra today boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/6249

AI Audiobooks are not accessible, Sightless Scribbles: https://www.machinefolly.com/2025/07/30/ai-audiobooks-are-not-accessible.html

The Guardian had a good article on what parents should do for their kids online safety: www.theguardian.com/lifeandst…

Request: solar time wristwatch: https://www.machinefolly.com/2025/07/06/request-solar-time-wristwatch.html Seeking a wristwatch that accurately tells time like a sundial, beyond using an app on a smartwatch.

Grandma’s Drinking Game: https://www.machinefolly.com/2025/07/03/grandmas-drinking-game.html Grandma’s Drinking Game is an improvisational game where players create a continually evolving narrative through scenes and a family drinking song, emphasizing character development and emotional shifts.

Website colors updated to match profile icon. Very Ubuntu color scheme.

Return to Monkey Island Completed on Windows PC I really enjoyed the game and the puzzles are pretty dumb friendly I only struggled with a couple at the end. I love the audio and visual style, smooth animations, super playable on controller. A great model for updating old point and click adventures.

Mind of Margret: https://micro.machinefolly.com/2025/06/23/mind-of-margret.html “Mind of Margaret” is a collaborative emotional role-playing game where players navigate dilemmas and storylines through the protagonist’s emotions.

Played Escape the Dark Castle today boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/22... #bggplay via @boardgamegeek.com

I saw a nice hard copy version of Lumberjills was released www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/Lum… I got to play this low-key historical LARP at Pinecon last year and it was a highlight!

Stewpot Impressions: https://micro.machinefolly.com/2025/03/22/stewpot-impressions.html Stewpot is based on Firebrands / The King is Dead. In most games you play adventurers this one you play people who were adventures. Here they are all adventured out and ready to settle down into community.

I started going through upcoming game releases (first steam next fest of the year) and “Your House” looks like it’ll be a free choose your own adventure game coming out next week youtu.be/dF08smKVS…

Politically correct versions of forbidden math terms! Inequality=Strict total order Inclusion=Subset Monomorphism Bias=Estimation error expectation Equality=Subset isomorphism Representation Theory=gtfo you’re Linear Algebra now

Played Sorcerer City today boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/23... #bggplay via @boardgamegeek.com

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Today is the only day you can legally share this. Happy Almost Christmas

My top podcasts of this year! #antennapodecho I definitely see the move away from advertising supported podcast over to more premium ones this year. Sitcom D&D - Supported by a premium Patreon feed The Vergecast / Decoder - The Verge ... https://micro.machinefolly.com/2024/12/11/my-top-podcast.html

So much new music now sounds like elevator/waiting room music it’s a weird trend.

90 days ago Bluesky had 6.18M users 30 days ago Bluesky had 10.85M users Tomorrow Bluesky will have 15M users This is absolutely wild, thanks for believing in us y'all

I’m open to new opportunities in computer security! 🔐 What I bring to the table: 5+ years in information and content security Experience at Warner Bros. Discovery GWAPT and GEVA certifications Expertise in penetration testing, risk asses... https://micro.machinefolly.com/2024/09/10/im-open-to.html

A kpop love song about chapstick: The Boyz “Lip Gloss” youtu.be/w1YuAJFlV… (I’ve been trying to find this song for months so putting it out on the Internet for future explorers)

Currently reading: Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki 📚

Animal well seems like a really fun game. I really like the integration of PS5’s controller haptic feedback. The platforming was too frustrating for me to get far so unfortunately this is another DNF. www.backloggd.com/u/Machine…

My top podcasts of 2023: https://micro.machinefolly.com/2024/06/03/my-top-podcasts.html

This month I plan to play Dredge and Red Dead Redemption 2 since they’re now on PS+.

I got a Playstation 5 late last year and essentially burnt myself out on (Square Enix) RPGs. This week I played through Wytchwood and it felt like a breath of fresh air. Highly recommended for folks who need a breather between giant AAA games. #indiegames

Last night I got to try Fish in the Percolator, a map making #storygame by Greg Hellings. It’s still in development but I really liked how starting with a transit system made the map feel more continuous and less like a point crawl. #ttrpgs

I accidentally deleted most of my podcast subscriptions so I’m looking for new ones if anyone has suggestions!

Currently reading: A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin 📚 Inspired by the Shelved by Genre podcast I’m reading through Le Guin’s Earthsea cycle.