KNICKS BABY!

Experienced this at a couple Pearl Jam shows way up in the nosebleeds. Very cool. MSG was absolutely cooking last night.

New York Knicks

Someone should invent a USB-C cable that stays plugged in.

I wish more things happened in the world that made me say, "I'm glad I'm alive to see this."

Got my Lands of Amazement expansion collection (game by @scottalmes.bsky.social) in the mail today. After much fiddling, I finally pulled off a perfect ultrapark. I love the tension of blowing up a pretty good solution because you think you can do better. A top-tier @buttonshy.bsky.social game.

Slightly increase a band They're Probably Giants

Occasional

Donald Trump opening up ChatGPT at 2:00 AM:

I just can't shake the feeling that maybe, if I scroll hard enough, It Will Finally Happen.

And people are out here talking about the next console generation. A next-gen console for, what, $1200?

If baseball games are going to have those blue screen ads behind the batter, they need to disable them when half the field is in shadow, because every at bat looks like the rancor fight from Return of the Jedi.

I love when there's something going on that everyone but me is watching and my feed is just full of posts like, "Wow! I can't believe it!"

Pulled out Under Falling Skies for the first time in over two years. I forgot how much fun this game is. Tense, puzzly, quick to set up and play, and very modular – all hallmarks of a great solo game. Haven't tried the campaign yet, but hope to get to it soon.

Played my first game of Draft & Write Records. Out together a weird band with two bass players and no drummer, although they do apparently own three drum sets. Fun game, although I do question the decision to involve yellow colored pencils in a ____ & write.

With how much tech bros misunderstand sci-fi and are inspired by it to implement their AI-powered vision of a future that they didn't realize was a cautionary tale, I wonder if we're about to be inundated with biotech bros who have completely missed the point of shows like Pluribus and Severance.

What a goal!

First (solo) play of Men-Nefer is in the books. I snuck past the automa 78-67 despite contributing almost nothing to the great pyramid. Really fun game with a slightly tedious setup. Some good combos, but doesn't get out of hand. Can't wait to try this one with some human opponents!

Pelvis Wrestley.

I love how much of curling is just someone going, "whoa whoa whoa!"

Very on-brand of the Trump administration to hire a convicted rapist to lecture us about being fat.

I wonder if Garphill Games has ever had a sale called Discounts of the West Kingdom.

The plural of butt is buttoxen.

Took my first stab at ranking my games on Pub Meeple. Here's my top nine. Seems accurate.

Another year of board gaming in the books.

New Costco combo just dropped.

Remember when you'd watch a season of a TV show and then, the next year, you'd watch next season?

They should add Santa's sleigh to Microsoft Flight Simulator.

How to Drain Your Flagon

First game of Lands of Amazement from @scottalmes.bsky.social and @buttonshy.bsky.social in the books. I can already tell this is probably going to be in my top tier of Button Shy games. I love a good spatial puzzle.

First time completely filling the board in Planet Unknown. Solo game using only green and orange events, but still. Love this game.

The hardest part of any Metroid game is convincing my brain that I don't have the double jump yet.

Quentin Tarantino is the Billy Corgan of cinema.

No lies detected.

Out here dodging Stranger Things spoilers like

A retronym is a new name for an old thing whose old name has become ambiguous because of new things. Examples include conventional oven, acoustic guitar, and analog clock.

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

Asking an NFT of your dead mother to invent a story from your childhood to tell your kid who doesn't know she's dead is a truly psychotic thing to do.

Every week, the Giants go out and play well for just long enough to trick me into watching the game, and then they go and blow it in a new, creative way.

Congratulations, Dodgers fans. Condolences, Blue Jays fans. What a game, what a series!

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Got a great deal on a used copy of Boonlake at @millenniumgames.bsky.social the other day. Made a few tactical errors, but still had a blast against the automa. I wonder how different it feels at other player counts. Hope I can get it back to the table soon.

Really enjoy Distilled. Can't wait to try out this expansion!

Garbage plate

Finally got a copy of Arboria and got it to the table recently for a solo play. Lovely game. Feels very satisfying when a big combo comes together. Can't wait to play it with more people and see how a crowded board pushes those tracks around. And can't wait to play more from Dani Garcia.

“Anti-trans harassment and violence is all the rage. Trans people are afraid to leave the country, let alone leave their houses. The right-wing ecosystem has gladly spent years creating these conditions, while Democrats have by turns avoided saying anything about them at all” 😞 👉🏻 archive.ph/ewBhT

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Hell yeah. Keep ICE the hell out of my city.

Facebook saw a problem/business opportunity – billions of people, who have given the company tons of information about their personal interests, want more real-life friends – and the solution they came up with was: let's make a robot that catfishes people.

Played on the easiest possible difficulty, but won my first game of Adventurous, the new game from Button Shy. I can already tell this one is going to be a top-tier Button Shy game for me.