Story time

Kind of wild that for all the medieval RPGs we have, Mount and Blade is literally the only one to have jousting.

Needed something I could play with one hand and pause now that the baby is here, so starting my second Baldur’s Gate 3 playthrough. Dragonborn Resist Durge Paladin of Selûne: Sir Pentine

Comparing Trump to Hitler does not align to the values of the New Chinese Century. I would kindly encourage my comrades to instead reframe Trump with comparisons to second century warlord Dong Zhuo

Four days into having a child, what I’m most impressed by in Lone Wolf and Cub now is not Ogami Ittō’s impressive swordsmanship or taking care of a child alone but having time to do literally anything other than meet the basic needs of a baby

On Monday morning, at the height of the worst snowstorm in a decade, Cadien Fox Miles was born. I already love him with all my heart. He’s absolutely adorable and sweet and we spent last night cuddling on the couch watching shows.

Minnesotans are showing the soul of the United States to the world.

For those who haven’t seen it yet, a heartbreaking statement from the victim’s parents.

Best part of wearing a suit to work is getting a reason to wear my favorite tie

I’m sorry, I can’t stop thinking about this: imagine you’re from the actual Jefferson Territory delegation and you show up at Congress and they’re like “yeah, we already decided on this, Idaho”

Co-worker said they liked piña coladas. I got halfway through the rest of the questions from the song "Escape" before I realized my confused co-worker was talking about a cocktail on the lunch show and had never heard the song before - we were like one line away from moving into "call HR" territory

There are people who work in journalism whose greatest honor is more noble and lofty than being recognized at the local grocery store… and I am not one of them.

Anchor: Now Vernon, how long do we think this Banfield case will continue? Me at the end of week 2:

I hate to say this as the descendant of Huguenots but Cardinal Richelieu in the Siege of La Rochelle painting goes hard

I love in George RR Martin’s stuff that people and events from before the books still cast big shadows, like Rhaegar in ASoIAF or the Blackfyre Rebellion in the Hedge Knight. It makes the world feel more real and lived in. People mention stuff off-hand the way we’d talk about the Cold War

“All the negativity around our radium watch dials has done a lot of damage to the Radium Dial Company”

WUSA9 spoke with the teen's family this week. They said he is currently on life support and in a medically induced coma after being resuscitated by doctors. A GoFundMe for the family created by his cousin has raised $19K out of a $24K goal. www.wusa9.com/article/traf...

Is the Washington Post just PragerU now? Democracy dies in darkness indeed.

I don’t know if I’ll ever make it as a TV host — I was on a show where the anchor was impassive when the guest before me was saying “not believing in god is a sign of mental illness” while I was chomping and fuming off-camera like a chained dog seeing a mailman

Watergate isn't even in like the Top 5 most evil things from Nixon. Sabotaging the 1968 peace talks to better his chances at getting elected, drawing out the Vietnam War another seven years, should have ended with Nixon and everyone in his upper echelon getting lined up against the wall and shot.

The mark of a true friend is someone who will laugh react at the same meme in multiple shared Discord servers or group chats

TIL Idaho's name came from a guy lying about being a delegate from the territory and bullshitting about it being a Shoshone word

Tony Goldwyn came by my newsroom today and from the reaction of every woman in the building you’d have thought Adonis himself had come down from the heavens. Tony I apologize I was not familiar with your game.

One of the hardest parts about staying non-biased as a reporter is knowing when there’s an elected official who is absolutely great at their job and not being able to come out and say that. Been particularly hard in Alexandria.

George RR Martin said they expanded Lyonel Baratheon’s role in the show because they all just liked Daniel Ings so much and wanted more of him on screen, and that’s 1000% the correct decision

Alexandria will now build TWO Orbs right at the base of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial!

Been waiting for this show for years and it starts in five minutes. I’m so hyped.

"Vernon, can you come over here and explain this AP alert"

S1 of House of the Dragon is phenomenal but it's still a remarkable level of cowardice to reuse the theme from Game of Thrones

“Will you come on the show and talk to Nancy Grace about the Banfield murder trial”

Screaming at the TV to ask about this guy’s Cyberpunk: Edgerunners shirt

Newsroom convo: "The woman who shot someone is being financially supported by major media companies paying for her story, which really highlights the gross commercialism of true crime that benefits from acts that hurt real people... anyway we'll have more with our podcast at 5..."

I’m helping to lead our coverage of the Banfield murder trial, mostly by showing up in a suit and refusing to leave the booth where they do interviews. Here’s our daily recap, I’ll be doing these every day. open.spotify.com/episode/5BuV...

It's CRAZY how GOOD Paddy Considine is as Viserys in this show. One of the best performances out of either show.

Watching “Yes Minister” and rewatching “House of the Dragon” at the same time has led me to realize: Otto Hightower and Sir Humphrey are the same character. Both underestimated bureaucrats that are masters of using doublespeak to stall what they don’t like and disgust advancing what they want.

“no rapping tonight” why? “you rap about the Air and Space Museum’s facility out in Chantilly and it’s embarrassing” ok [after one beer) uh oh y’all it’s getting kinda Udvar-Hazy

Not to keep harping on this but the country is falling apart at the seams and this is the best the Washington Post opinion section can muster

Me: As you approach this castle… Players: hold up… you said this castle doesn’t appear on the maps. Me: Right. Players: is it a giant mimic? Me: … Players: …I attack the castle. Me: okay, so the giant mimic…

I'm getting mixed messages here

I love names that once were super common and have -- for no apparent reason like Adolf -- just slipped out of usage. I really like the name Tancred and you can't shake a stick in a medieval history without hitting one, but it's basically extinct.

"Based just outside Washington DC, this new Warhammer World will be a flagship venue that celebrates Warhammer" OOOOHHHH SSSHHIIIIIIII- www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articl...

One that always stands out to me is in the pretty forgotten 2006 game Prey. LOVED it as a kid (talked about it before). You and your friends are abducted by aliens and the first six chapters of the game are all tight corridors and DOOM-esque fights. Then this happens: youtu.be/0Rlm3Tn8F80?...

One of my friends is getting into fantasy (yay) and decided to start, for some reason, with Rings of Power (oof). Started rewatching it and... jesus I forgot how bad this show is.

Just noticed this byline on ARLnow and realized I'd missed this. Great hire. In covering Alexandria for years when we got scooped it was a 50/50 shot on being Emily from Patch or the Washington Business Journal. One of the hardest working journalists in the area. www.arlnow.com/2026/01/05/e...

Anybody have a good DASH contact? I was ranting (positive) about the Alexandria bus service and now they want to do a story

Hugo has developed a taste for books, he absolutely devours them, so I set up some decoys on the bottom shelf before I put together a more permanent solution. You fool. You rube. That’s THIRD edition.

The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.

It's a shame the Prince Valiant comics aren't available digitally and the first collection is out of print because these look great

Anytime I’m playing/watching/reading something fantasy and it’s revealed to just be a dream or some other meta-fictional construct. Immediately snaps my suspension of disbelief and kills my investment. It’s why I never loved Wizard of Oz, Alice in Wonderland or any other isekai

It's kind of funny seeing anybody taking anything the administration says about Venezuela at face value when you have decades of declassified information, from PBSuccess to the Contras, showing the CIA actively involved in and covering up some of the most heinous shit imaginable.