Refurbished our character profile for Atlas #Comics Dr. Kevin Scott, the "Blind Science Wizard". A 1950s Science TV Dad type. If you need a pre-Silver Age science hero, he could work really well. Pictures, #TTRPG stats, mad skillz, biography... - our unwavering scientific usual.

Refurbished the character profile for my favourite version of Marvel #Comics' White Tiger - Angela del Toro. Low-powered urban/thriller New York City super-heroine with experience and connections. Pictures, #TTRPG stats, biography, skills, characterisation, quotes, etc. - our Nueva York usual.

One of the few MMOs were I never considered doing a conservation-through-writeup effort. And I'm saying that as the guy who did take the time to present a sample Lost Ark protag !

Finished the research and draft for the first Saga of the Demonspawn 1980s gamebook. Somehow, this'll mean a pair of 3,000-ish words articles. Even though it was supposed to be but a brief change of pace. Research for the 1970s Wolverine article can start tomorrow... ain't gonna be easy.

"How bad can the drop rate for felblight whilst herbing in Tanaan be, after all ?", he exclaimed with typical cluelessness and presumably too much World of Warcraft jargon.

Refurbished our character profile for the #Borderlands 2 #videogame 's Gaige, the Mechromancer. Girl genius. Has a cyber-arm, and a killer robot. Awkward nerd. Sounds like a mouse on cocaine. Pictures, #TTRPG stats, biography, inventions, quotes, characterisation, etc. - our digistructed usual.

Slight stealth adjustment to the Action Wheel Mk2 template. To have a more legible blue hue.

Added a folding, somewhat-credit-card-sized pistol to our Speciality Handguns article for the #DCHeroes #TTRPG (and #MutantsAndMasterminds too as well also). Also remembered that I was supposed to alternate statting path for the Colt SCAMP, so that's done too as well also.

Added to our character profile for Marvel #Comics' Cat (Greer Nelson) a shot of Mighty Marie Severin's design sketch for Greer Nelson. This is lightly adapted from the image @jjakala.bsky.social took from the comics history book "Super Visible" by Stohl et al.

Refurbished the intro document for our .pdf archive of the Knight of Shadow website. It was one of the notable #DCHeroes #TTRPG personal websites on the Auld Internete. That is, it was on Geocities, in the days when the nights were young.

Added a character profile for Malak the Thief, from the 1984 #Conan the Destroyer #fantasy #movie. He was mostly there for comic relief, but he does have skills. Photos, #TTRPG stats, known biography, capabilities, quotes, characterisation, etc. - our sneaky usual.

A reminder that bringing shitty posts over from That Fascist Site to be performatively angry about them here is a choice you don't have to make! You can just leave them there! There is so much else to be legitimately angry about! You will not lack for content!

Added a character profile for Marvel #Comics' Nightcrawler of the #XMen. It covers him as published from 1975 to 1980, with a minimum of retcons. Like the rest of our X-Men 75-80 arc, it's thorough Pictures, #TTRPG stats, biography, powers, quotes, characterization, etc. - our indigo-furred usual.

Refurbished the character profile for Aelik Swiftthorn, who was created during a #DCHeroes #TTRPG character generation contest. Flashy fairy who get strongarmed into being a kind of infiltrator cop on Earth.

Refurbished our character profile for Eddie Mora, the protagonist of the Limitless movie adaptation starring Bradley Cooper. User of a super-enhancer drug, to Nancy Reagan's dismay. Photos, #TTRPG stats, biography, capabilities, quotes, characterisation, etc. - our smart usual.

As I'm refurbishing writeups from the mid-2010s, I need to be more attentive with external hyperlinks. Many of the sites that existed back then are gone. Best case it's a 404. More commonly, they've been taken over by slop and/or toxic sludge after the domain lapsed.

Added a character profile for Storm of Marvel #Comics' #XMen. It describes her as published from 1975 to 1980, with a minimum of retcons. Like the rest of our 1970s X-Men series, it's a thorough treatment of the character as she existed back then, including her #TTRPG stats, powers, etc..

Added an article where our contributor Bob P presents an improved version of the Action Wheel accessory for the #DCHeroes #TTRPG. Comes with a printable template so you can make your own, printable instructions for the players, and design notes.

Refurbished our character profile for #Barney the dinosaur, from that TV show for tiny children. We take it as a given that having #TTRPG stats for Barney improves the world. All part of the job, ma'am. Pictures, stats, powers, quotes, origin, etc. - our all-singing, all-playing usual.

Belatedly realised that the Radio Communications (Booster) packed Limitation wasn't in our New Powers for the DC Heroes #TTRPG repository. It was only used for Mass Effect stuff, so it was hidden in a ME mechanics article. But now it's been added to our favourite repository on the Citadel.

Refurbished the profile for DC Heroes #TTRPG character Geist. Geist appeared during randomly-rolled character creation events. The results were contradictory, but contributor Zaxophus went "y'know, if this guy were a dog with psychic powers, these stats would make sense". Blades in the bark.

Yes Open Office, "halberdiers" and "gambeson" are words, I swear.

Finally had a second look about unlocking dark iron dwarves in WoW. Turns out, when the quest tells you to do the Motherlode dungeons, they mean the Motherlode dungeon rather than the Motherlode dungeon. And you don't actually have to do it. Meanwhile, racist chat on main.

Refurbished our profile for DC #Comics' second Electrocutioner. Hitman with an electrified costume and a burning whip. Fought #Batman once. Useful if you need flashy Gotham muscle for a story. Pictures, #TTRPG stats, gear, characterisation, etc. - our deep-fried usual.

Added a character profile for Zafina from Tekken video games. Presumably Egyptian mystic, fighter, wizard and tomb guardian. With a demon hand. Pictures, #TTRPG stats, biography, capabilities, quotes, etc. - walk like our usual.

Refurbished another White Tiger's profile. This time it's Marvel #Comics' Kevin "Kasper" Cole. Hardboiled, hard luck New York cop who once impersonated the #BlackPanther. He's now working as an agent of Wakanda. Pictures, #TTRPG stats, biography, powers, quotes, personality... - our pale usual.

Refurbished our mini-writeup for Phineas Bogg and little Jeffrey Jones, from the 1982 children's time travel educational TV series Voyagers! It's small because it's niche. Mostly it's #TTRPG stats for old people who want to have these guys cameo (word up!) in a story. Or some such old people thing.

one problem with learning is it will make you so angry at how stupid everything is

Added a profile for the last of our "here are 3 super-henchmen of Marvel #Comics' #MODOK during the 1970s" characters arc. Stryke was only seen once. He fought #IronMan toe to toe in a remote Franciscan monastery in the Mojave. Good times. Pictures, #TTRPG stats, powers... - our tonsured usual.

Refurbished our character profile for DC #Comics' OMAC, the One-Man Army Corps. This specifically covers the Jack Kirby version, though the Starlin material is also described for completeness. Pictures, #TTRPG stats, powers, biography, setting, characterisation, bio... - our Usual That Is Coming.

Added a character profile for Conan foe Thoth-Amon. It's a continuation of our 1980s Schwarzenegger-as- #Conan movies arc, and so it's the cinematic version. Pulpish metamorphic evil wizard-illusionist. Your mum warned you about those, she did. Photos, #TTRPG stats, biography, magic, quotes, etc..

I had forgotten the big twiiiiist in the 1980s Fire*Wolf gamebook. Because I last played it 40 years ago, and can't remember what I had for lunch. Gonna take longer than I expected. It always does. But it 'll be more interesting than expected, too.

Refurbished the character profile for Reverend Dawson. He's a home-made DC Heroes #TTRPG with a Christian Syncretic Mystic Horror theme, from New Orleans. There are curses and hoodoo, it's a whole thing. I have a bunch of these character creation event/contest guys, but I'm spacing them out... 1/2

With my 2010 monitor finally dead, I have an affordable but modern replacement. I was a bit worried since I tend to crank up the vibrance (and sometimes contrast and saturation) on the site's pictures. Since most people have pretty shitty screens - usually smartphones in meh conditions. 1/2

So, where were we... ah, yes. Refurbished the character profile for Star Trek TNG S3 super-soldier Roga Danar. Enhanced stealth, speed, strength, etc. Short-ish profile since he was in just one episode. But still - photos, #TTRPG stats, capabilities, biography, etc. - our Argosian usual.

I was surprised to see our traffic for December was almost at pre-"Google sinks the free Internet" levels, which seems unlikely. As it turns out, there's 32K visitors from China who seem to have come to the site directly. While we do have Chinese readers, obviously (hi guys !),...

I've fixed a typo that resulted in a gravely wounded character having spent three weeks "in a comma". It should, of course, have been an em-dash.

Another case where doing #MutantsAndMasterminds #TTRPG stats for a character originally statted up in #DCHeroes leads to improvements in DCH stats. By forcing to consider the modelling from a different angle. Using several languages tends to be good.

Disappointed by the writing style of my White Tiger (Angela del Toro) entry. Which I'm currently editing to be much... leaner. And then I noticed that it's stuff I wrote in 2011.

Nvidia 2.25x DL DSR, .tiff capture via ShareX, and some post. A short pipeline but it spits out a sufficient image quality.

Using Playnite to look at video games on my priority list which I could credibly cram into my schedule. Since the World of Warcraft research will last for ages. The value of primary interest is the pine green one, reporting time for a completionist playthrough.

On one hand, my fresh scan of that Alex Ross painting of Nightcrawler has a tonne of moiré. On the other hand, we have been blessed by Carl Friedrich Gauss.

Soundtrack pick for the upcoming Nightcawler writeup, to evoke Kurt's childhood. youtu.be/GF6hyVgvSwg

Finished the main Anthem storyline and all pre-end-of-storyline quests. Which is good, since Zombie Bioware will turn the servers off on the 2nd of January. I'll check the post-ending missions to see whether there's more material that should go in a profile, or if it's narrative-light.

Anthem research is progressing nicely, lotsa notes and photography piling up. I'm pissed that it'll soon be all lost though. The game is hindered by high-level decisions, sure. But it still contains a shitload of worldbuilding, acting, environment design, graphical assets, etc.. Lots of good work.

Stuck at the point in Anthem where I need to repair the power armour of one last PC or NPC. Which at this point in the game means cruising around and hoping for a mission to trigger where there are NPCs that can get downed. Not great.

Regular reminder that the majority of the people who dreamed up the stories you love are, like, BROKE broke, and that most of the money spent on their work was given to Some Guy™️ instead.

Ack, misunderstood a challenge I need to advance the Anthem storyline. Looks like I'll be spending a fair bit of time tomorrow chasing light infantry around with a siege canon. I'll try not to hum Yackety Sax in so doing, but I need quick kills.

Ran into one of these folks who can't conceive of somebody having an ethical stance without a venal ulterior motive. And now I again want to exterminate humanity. But I can't do that ! Who would feed the house cats ? Human corpses eventually despawn !

Anthem footage done and published. The YouTube channel is a sparse side note. But it's where I upload video footage in those few cases I need it for an article. Usually it's video game footage to show what a game world looks like. Since videos by other people might quietly disappear.