I have two high-grade Rossignol articles in this, so it matters to me personally, but I really do believe we need the hobby to support a funny, insightful print magazine, and Wyrd Science is that. Please buy a copy of issue 8!

Vital analysis of our research.

I have two high-grade Rossignol articles in this, so it matters to me personally, but I really do believe we need the hobby to support a funny, insightful print magazine, and Wyrd Science is that. Please buy a copy of issue 8!

Not just a great magazine but a proven antidote to algorithmic slop It would be great to shift, let’s say, around 1000 more copies of this over the next 2 weeks so we can hire more people and make even better magazines in future (or just not lose money for once & be able to make any more at all 🤷‍♂️)

YES! HA HA HA… YES!

This article cruelly ignores Angine de Poitrine in favour of sexy metal bands.

God, if I could bite this it’d be like Proust and the madeleine.

‘Suburbia is ever a contest between the licence afforded by private property and the bristling propriety that crystallises at the edges of one’s plot; between possibility and repression.’ Will Wiles on the contradictions coursing through ‘Small Prophets’, Mackenzie Crook’s brilliant new BBC sitcom

"The Dead Man's Empire" is published today! An epic tale of faith, intrigued and dark magic, continuing the story begun in "The Last Blade Priest". Please do check it out! share.google/ReTStbCeqvx6...

This is a great conference for people interested in games writing. They're also looking for sponsorship still! They want to be able to pay their contributors and cover their very modest expenses. Narrative studios, you know what to do!

Check out me, writing about computer games!

“Fewer people are using the postal service so we have to increase the price.“ “Why are fewer people using the postal service?“ “Because the price is too high & the service too bad.“ Makes perfect sense.

TTRPG data perverts might be interested in this, Groupfinder just published the top ten games people are actively looking to play on their platform, no surprise at just how crushing DnDs dominance is but the make up of the top ten is kind of interesting (if generally still not too surprising)

A sparrowhawk has moved into the village, which is both 'Wow! A sparrowhawk!' and also 'Oh no, my precious birds!' I just did a mouth noise that started with joy and then pivoted to startled horror as it plucked an unfortunate lad out of the hedge outside my window.

One of the very best from Clickhole

I don't know. "Getting stupider with experience" seems to be a very post-modern, European, décadent story arc tbh

I do feel like the West has failed as s storytelling civilisation. 'Putting guy who only cares about himself in charge of everything turns out badly' is so basic, so obvious. We're way past that. We should be on something difficult and modern, something that's too European to understand.

I think about this all the time

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Eight years of Crytek's experimental cowboy, by @rossignol.bsky.social. www.jank.cool/hunt-showdow...

"Matthew Goodwin has been paid a salary of up to €10,000 a month [from Hungary's state-funded MCC], according to leaked documents obtained by Hungarian investigative journalists Direkt36 and reported by the Good Law Project" That could all end if Orbán loses... open.substack.com/pub/democrac...

I assume this is not also an April Fool, but it does seem like we're in for that Ref/Tory coalition government of actual fools.

I should not read internet in the morning. Sets me up with rage for the day. Gonna go sit by a lake and listen to birdsong.

Feels appropriate to show off our feature on Bunnies & Burrows on this, the most important day of the year for rabbits. Anyway @stuhorvath.com spoke to Scott Robinson, co-creator of the game as it celebrates its 50th anniversary Some lovely art to accompany it by Kaila Elders shop.wyrd.science

“Wrestling’s fake!” Oh yeah? Then explain this

Happy Easter to those celebrating! Here is my very favorite Easter painting: “Happy Easter” by Michel Sowa.

Planning a walk this Easter? Why not make it a #SlowWays hike!? The Slow Ways network includes over 10,000 routes that stretch for neatly 150,000km. Thanks to people across Britain, this map shows the 2,382 routes that have been triple-checked and verified. Plan a walk here beta.slowways.org

Happy Easter

UI which resizes as things load in, so that you misclick, is a curse. I hiss like a cat whenever i encounter it. Which is every single day.

The bit about adoption later in this thread is fascinating. If the trend continues how will Ai make money or farm information? It seems totally self-defeating.

We celebrate diversity round here, and if you don’t like it you are free to stay.

Listening in to the live Artemis II feed. I love the way they talk about everything (jargon, acronyms, plaing English) . Like a bit ago, an astronaut was talking emotionally about how beautiful the views were of the approaching moon, and Houston's CapCom person responded plainly “Copy. Moon joy.”

Jamie is doing a 24 hour Mythic Bastionland marathon to raise money for the Edinburgh Food Project. If you can, please spare him a donation!

It is the year 2026 AD. Super hackers have gained illicit backdoor access to the AI Claude through the Chipotle support chat.

Jank has been going for 2 months. In that time we’ve published over 100 articles. We are not fuckin around. Here's a rundown of our work so far. www.jank.cool

I enjoy a read that becomes more engaging as you progress, and oddly, this happened with Terminus @irny.bsky.social Started as a general read. Ended my read really wanting to run this system-neutral horror adventure for very specific reasons. Available from www.allrolledup.co.uk?s=terminus&p...

it’s Easter Saturday, traditionally the day when medieval peasants were given a day off from the burden of the plough to buy and read magazines Why not partake in this ancient rite & grab our new issue filled with folklore, fairies, fantasy, fungi & other stuff that doesn’t start with an F

Found the correctest bathroom sticker

Indie Retro News: Super combat 3 - An Amiga multiplayer game was lost and now recovered thanks to emulation. www.indieretronews.com/2026/04/supe... #retrogaming #games

😮 Awesome views from Day 2 of #Artemis II this morning. @exploration.esa.int @esaearth.esa.int

This is so, so well-articulated.

Look, I think Marathon is a miracle. I’m continually astounded by how taut the design is, how many nuances it has, and how almost every element of playing it has sharp, thematic edges. So I’m finding the broader response to it kind of baffling.

I’m making the argument now because I truly believe it: every single-player stealth fan owes it to themselves to try Marathon. www.rockpapershotgun.com/marathon-isn...

They've only gone and done it: the insane Jesus simulator, I Am Jesus Christ, releases just in time for Easter weekend. • Perform over 30 iconic miracles • Face Satan himself • Relive his life (and death!) store.steampowered.com/app/1198970/...

Buy this and enjoy TWO tremendous articles by me. I talk to @johnharper.bsky.social and @caesar-ink.bsky.social about their beautiful games! But also Wyrd Science is the magazine we need and deserve. Support it!

I don't need a summary of what's available online, in biographies, or even in my own notes. I need to comb through and find the great details, decide what interests ME. No, it's not efficient. It's slow and painstaking. But I don't believe in efficiency as an ultimate good, especially in writing. /

IT’S HERE! Nature sprites, magical blooms, holy and unholy trees, wild men of the woods, numinous forests, dying-and-reviving deities. 👉🏼 Pre-orders for The Green Issue are now open worldwide! helleborezine.com/products/the-green-issue

This week, Brexit finally killed our family business. We cleared out our warehouse, handed back the keys, paid the final bills and said goodbye to our last employee. What was once a thriving firm died a slow, sad death, all thanks to Farage, Johnson and the gullible idiots they conned. 1/18

Seriously it’s like there is a giant chunk of tech people who don’t understand that when you’ve learned how to write, you feel proud, you look forward to doing more of it, you cheerfully neglect your other work just so you can write more