Am I the odd one out if I don't care about physical game media? It's not that I don't understand the desire to own things permanently, but for *games* the security provided is kind of an illusion. Without the infrastructure of updates, servers, and the console itself ->

witnessing the birth of a new all timer post is such a beautiful thing

My special Tea Princess Chronicles add-on (made by @fridaytea.com) from the recent @caseyblair.bsky.social kickstarter for her omnibus arrived and looks amazing! 🫶💚

Update: The Sears AI called me to confirm the appointment. It reads off my address: Robot: "... 5558 Place, is that correct?" Me: "No, it's 555th Place." Robot: "Got it, thanks for the update! 5558 Place." I *think* it has it correct, and the AI text-to-speech is *saying* it wrong? We'll see!

Another bad idea #thethirteenthgod www.royalroad.com/fiction/1472...

Every time I think AI has run out of ways to annoy me it finds a new one It never responded so now I have no idea when anyone is coming, thanks!

When you lucked into a win but everybody's getting all excited #thethirteenthgod www.royalroad.com/fiction/1472...

Me: *builds a toy house upside down* Z: You didn't do it RIGHT, Daddy. I'm CANCELLING your vaccination!

‘Say yes and never do it’ Mel Brooks knew how to deal with the studios

I definitely like that part of the 40k universe! There's a lot of stuff mixed in there, though Mad Max and Gurren Lagann are probably the most obvious.

"Putting the painting station right in front of the TV to save space is a great idea!" I said, picking drops of paint off the screen with my fingernails.

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Z, biking: I'm gonna go further than you can imagine!! Me: Aw, great ambition. Z, stopping halfway down the street: This is farther than you can imagine. Me: Okay now you're just selling me short.

Dark City is a great movie. More people should watch it.

“This game glamorizes life in Florida to such an outrageous extent that it’s easy to see how young minds could be fooled into thinking that relocating to the Sunshine State wouldn’t be the worst decision they ever made,” said activist Marcie Escobedo

Steam: 26 games on your wishlist are sale! Me, being force fed like the guy in Seven: Please...stop...

People sometimes accuses me of being an AI luddite. While their are a variety of ancillary issues, it remains the case that my main objection is that *these systems are not good enough* for many of the uses they have been proposed for or currently put to!

Love love love this book. Named our cats after it, they're great cats, five stars.

The greatest surprise in this world of strangers we call an internet!

As per mecha tradition, all pilots can mysteriously talk to one another #thethirteenthgod www.royalroad.com/fiction/1472...

The way I slowly crept up on Ari posing with my new ARC @orbitbooks.bsky.social @djangowexler.bsky.social

Excited to share THE SORCERESS TRANSCENDENT has a *stunning* new cover by @adriandsgns.bsky.social! 🤩 Signed paperbacks are available for one more week here: beventi.co/orderform/fj...

Me: "Man, I wish PC gaming was as affordable as console gaming!" Monkey's Paw: *finger curls*

IT HAS BEEN SO NICE TO GET EPISODIC CONTENT AGAIN! Man I had missed this. Gives me something to look forward to, easy to read during breaks / between parenting things. Love it, 10/10.

Mecha fight time #thethirteenthgod www.royalroad.com/fiction/1472...

My nine year old asked for a Rosetta Stone cake for his birthday

Watching this video 10 times has significantly improved my mood.

First kiss #thethirteenthgod www.royalroad.com/fiction/1472...

¡Traemos notición! @djangowexler.bsky.social, autor de "Cómo convertirse en el Señor Oscuro y morir en el intento" y "Todo el mundo quiere ser el Señor Oscuro menos yo", es uno de los invitados de lujo al #festival42bcn este año, que tendrá lugar del 4 al 8 de noviembre 🔥 #OzEditorial

Bah now I need a new audiobook

Just finished @mattdinniman.bsky.social 's PARADE OF HORRIBLES and it's great, as usual! I was looking, though, and how in the WORLD has Jeff Hays not ever been nominated for an audiobook award? He's so good in these productions that almost nothing else compares!

Today's spammer really enjoyed reading a book which I have not only not yet written but has actually been cancelled.

I've been getting back into painting so I should probably have a thread to show off the results, even if they're embarrassing. First up, finishing off Dungeons & Doggies! Here's Freya the German Shepherd Druid. Her rainbow vines came out only so so.

There are not a lot of times I'm nostalgic for more primitive technology, but trying to write and having to spend half an hour dealing with technological bullshit makes me long for a typewriter

The concept of a plan #thethirteenthgod www.royalroad.com/fiction/1472...

Uggggh because what I really needed this morning was "fighting with email settings"

Definitely one of the slept-on books by an amazing author.

My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Check out my awesome Geocities page and be sure to add me on MySpace!

My insurance company just sent me an email saying they stand ready to help with the winter storm headed my way, which honestly makes me doubt their models...

I went into the woods with a sword, and I got a little personal about why I wrote Kill All Wizards. I hope that jogger is doing OK.

I got to read this ages ago and it's SO good. Clever, funny, strange. Highly recommended and out today!

Oooh presents!

Introspection is hard #thethirteenthgod www.royalroad.com/fiction/1472...

Look faces are hard

The first Google result for Helvia, mother of Cicero, is from Gr*kipedia, which is problematic in and of itself, but after two paragraphs it confuses her with a kind of mantis. Didn’t know Cicero’s mother is hypothesized to have engaged in post-mating cannibalism to supplement her diet

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palette swap

*internal screaming intensifies* #thethirteenthgod www.royalroad.com/fiction/1472...

FINALLY getting back to mini painting which was derailed so long ago Here are a few of the guys from Shatterpoint I managed to get through

Just to get on record here: you're going to see a lot of positive stories about Elon Musk tomorrow, he's the first trillionaire etc etc. None of it means shit and the numbers are jacked up to soothe his ego.