This is an essay on the relationship between my Baldur's Gate 3 playthroughs and the fanfic I write about them. argothald.com/2026/05/05/b... #BG3

Last night we played Cháng’ān and In Front of the Elevators. argothald.com/2026/05/02/l...

Last night we played Inkwell and Guillotine. argothald.com/2026/04/25/l...

Randall Munroe understands us gamers. xkcd.com/3235/ #xkcd

Last night we played Mystic Vale Harmony, Race for the Galaxy, and Dice Forge. argothald.com/2026/04/12/l...

I'm probably way late to the party on this one, but what the heck: This is how I reconfigure my PS5 controller on my Mac to take screenshots the same way I do on my PS5 console. argothald.com/2026/04/09/m...

I've written up my 17th Baldur's Gate playthrough. I took a different approach it: It's all pictorial fanfic. You'll find it easier to read with a desktop browser rather than a phone. I hope you enjoy it. argothald.com/2026/04/04/b... #BG3

Last night we played Trickadee and Martian Fluxx. argothald.com/2026/04/04/l...

Project Hail Mary: I’d be interested in the perspective of someone who hadn’t read the book. I could follow it because my memory of the book’s plot allowed me to fill in the gaps. Perhaps this wouldn’t be a problem for someone who could watch it at face value.

Last night we played Sea Dragons and Roll for the Galaxy. argothald.com/2026/03/28/l...

If you're pagan, you may be interested to know that I'm now the maintainer of neopagan.net argothald.com/2026/03/16/n...

Last night we played Origin Story. argothald.com/2026/03/14/l...

As I work in the kitchen, Jiku often jumps to the top of the refrigerator, just in case I do something suspicious like spill cat food. This morning, I open the freezer door to get stuff out for breakfast. I look up to see…

Last night we played Mutagen. argothald.com/2026/03/07/l...

I have some issues with how Columbia University handled its interactions with the Trump administration. But I have to praise them for not allowing ICE or DHS into any University buildings without a _judicial_ subpoena.

If I get a Follow request from you, and I don't remember you, I'm not likely to accept. Please send me a DM that either reminds me who you are (my memory is notoriously bad) or explains why you wish to be exposed to my deathless prose.

Some thoughts on No Man's Sky. argothald.com/2026/02/22/n... #NoMansSky #NMS

A recording of the latest #ScienceOnHudson talk, "Collision Course: Charting the Next Century of Particle-Smashing Science", is now available on YouTube. youtu.be/cN8QPZHbTMc

As one who played those games in the 70s and 80s, I can confirm this comic. The Mage Knight rules can have the same effect. www.dorktower.com/2026/02/19/1...

I finally reached Eissentam. I forgot take the screenshot, so you'll have to settle for Elteinsleen. #NoMansSky

For a fresh take on immigration policy, how about William Shakespeare? youtube.com/shorts/O7fAx...

Last night we played Take A Seat and La Habana. argothald.com/2026/02/07/l...

My Wiccan friends will appreciate this one. xkcd.com/3203/

My take on building a dedicated Alchemy brewer in Baldur's Gate 3. argothald.com/2026/01/29/b... #BG3

Last night we played Gnome Hollow. argothald.com/2026/01/24/l...

I've written a long essay on dice checks in Baldur's Gate 3. If you're new to the game, it might help explain things. If you're a D&D expert, it might provide a few chuckles. argothald.com/2026/01/19/b... #BG3

Last night we had another board-game session. We played both Leaf and L'Oaf. argothald.com/2026/01/17/l...

Last night resumed our regular game night with The Magnificent: argothald.com/2026/01/10/l...

Hello, I'm a loose-fitting sneaker on the side of an interstate highway.

One of these is far more dangerous than it looks, and you should resist the urge to pet it no matter how cute it looks. The other is a buffalo.

Sole surviving crewmember on a ship sent to save humanity?

I am legally required to point out that Gamara is a kaiju space turtle who, for legal reasons, has never fought Godzilla.

Evidently you've never played poker with pizza.

For my friend Sabrina, I prepared a collection of my writings on the Baldur's Gate 3 system. argothald.com/2025/12/15/m... #BG3. Given my background in D&D, it might have as relevant to Gygaxian systems as a sex manual written by a celibate priest. If you're an expert, you might have a good laugh.

Last night (well, yesterday afternoon) we played more Soul Raiders. argothald.com/2025/12/14/l...

By all means, report it. I suspect that it's not as innocent as it may appear. In fact, among the living creatures in your home, it might be a plant!

I'm very much into ritual myself. Unfortunately, for both medical reasons and lack of local-area interest, I think that may be behind me now.

CW: Partial nudity. Though I'm in the middle of my 15th playthrough of Baldur's Gate 3, I go back to my 3rd. Why? Trophies. Also: more fanfic, more Druid Angela. argothald.com/2025/12/04/b... #BG3

The physics experiment MicroBooNE will present significant results at 4:30PM ET: microboone.fnal.gov/microboone-2... These results are going to be published in the science journal Nature. The collaboration (including me) is embargoed from discussing this result until after the presentation.

CW: Partial nudity. My seventh essay on building an Arctic Druid in Baldur's Gate 3. It includes my most ambitious pictorial fanfic yet! argothald.com/2025/11/30/b... #BG3

Uhh... A couple of Peter Schickele performances (as PDQ Bach) Claude Bolling performance at Fermilab A french quartet I saw as part of a music class I took in 1981 or so... That's it, I'm not one for concerts. Do performances as part of pagan festivals count? How about filksinging?

My sixth essay on building an effective Arctic Druid in Baldur's Gate 3. argothald.com/2025/11/24/b... #BG3

I have a fifth essay on the subject of building an Arctic Druid in Baldur's Gate 3. argothald.com/2025/11/19/b... #BG3

Last night, we played Castles of Mad King Ludwig. argothald.com/2025/11/15/l...

My semi-review of the video game Dispatch: argothald.com/2025/11/14/d...

THAC0! Voices! Lore! Screenshots! Fanfic! A Baldur's Gate 3 player looks at the original Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate II games from 25 years ago. argothald.com/2025/11/09/b...

Last night in our gaming session, we played Perch and Lanterns. argothald.com/2025/11/08/l...

Unexpectedly, there's a fourth post in the sequence on how to build Druid Angela for your own Baldur's Gate 3 game. argothald.com/2025/11/03/b... #BG3

A story told through screenshots taken from Baldur's Gate 3: argothald.com/2025/10/31/b... #BG3