So far this year we've bombed a capital, kidnapped a head of state, and threatened to invade an ally. Now they're executing moms on the street. It's been one week.

I don't think I bang this drum enough - but Magic steadily get's more and more expensive and I hate it. To see price increases to MSRP alongside the REMOVAL of part of a product, giving you less? We should be annoyed, and we should say it.

You're not ready for the name of the energy transition specialist at Heat Pump Association UK

And the winner is... @daddycrashbang.bsky.social Congratulations, I will get @gamegenic.com to reach out to you in the next day or so, and we will get that out to you! Happy New Year!

Mail day.

When there is a tendency in nerd media to push every reference to a legacy character to some darker, more over the top place - it's actually quite neat to see a wholesome update - the Stoutarm family have learnt to throw their friends and livestock to give them momentum, without it being lethal.

Lorwyn Eclipsed was the first MtG set where I served as a lead art director. That meant getting to pitch what these special edition cards would look like, and bring on so many new artists from my picture book days! Some more of the cards I ADd got spoiled today:

They’re the same picture

I'm QUITE excited for Lorwyn Eclipsed - but I do think the minimal hype cycle, and the shoehorned nature of it into 2026's hype cycle is going to dampen some of it's success. Remember this video, when someone says "in-universe just doesn't sell as well" - accidental self sabotage, IMO.

Is Llorwyn as a setting a little... cottage-core?

The end goal of Grok sexual harassment is to make women afraid to be visible. It’s a punishment for daring to exist in a way the perpetrators can’t control. There’s no one solution to this, because the problem isn’t just technological. It’s cultural. It’s misogyny. This is just one expression of it.

So League of Legends is down. But if you put your Windows clock one day back, you can log in. Interesting.

this Magic shit is pretty neat

it me

Two untapped Islands. I am shook.

In an extremely sad start to the year, yesterday Dandar’s, a beloved local LGS here in Humboldt County burned to the ground yesterday along with several other businesses. Arcata is a small town and this is hitting the community hard. giveahand.com/fundraiser/d... if you are able to help.

I guess Magic The Gathering on Motorcycles actually kinda sucked.

i am thoroughly convinced, with 26,000+ individual game pieces, that we are still in some neolithic age of playing "magic"

They gentrified the tinfoil hat

Workout time

I asked the menswear guy what the ideal outfit for a magic tournament was. time for us all to step up our game

The greatest British culinary invention in history, with the best ones being made by a German supermarket chain operating here.

That last Mission Impossible movie wasn't very realistic.

Zuckerburg is paying only $190M to settle an $8B lawsuit by FB shareholders for the Cambridge Analytica crime. $8B would’ve been 3% of his net worth, and $190M is .08%. ~$75 for ordinary working people. “If the penalty for a crime is a fine, then that law only exists for the lower class.”

USA Today article just dropped! This is HUGE!!! www.usatoday.com/story/money/...

beavers always tell you they "need to" bite trees cause it keeps their teeth "under control" and it's like, bro listen to yourself. that's the teeth talking

sex

Is a Kryptonian Horse faster than The Flash?

Did you know: The 5 years between 2000 and 2005, were three times longer as the 5 years between 2015 and 2020?

Just gonna say this again for games sphere cus we get the same question: Networking doesn't mean schmoozing up to famous people, it means making friends with your peers. Then in 10 years, 20, one of you might be famous? And sure you're still helping each other cus well yeah friends. Make. Friends.

Video is an absolutely disaster views wise. Turns out people don't want to hear about me wrapping a ring in ham and fucking it. Weird.

Well

Is this a bad time to say I haven't seen Avatar?

This fucking rules.

Magic friends! I'll be streaming Vintage Cube for 12 hours on Christmas Day at twitch.tv/theauratog to raise money for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention in honor of Jonathan Brostoff. The big prize this year is a box of Avatar Collector Boosters to one lucky donor! Join me at 8am CST!

Played a few games of Paperback last night. It's not "new", but recently on my radar. It's a 'Deck Building' board game (my new hyper fixation) with similarities to Scrabble. First impression we're fantastic - there is depth, strategy and even elements of building to archetype. Recommend.

Fuck yeah, I cooked a ham.

i think donald trump might be a pedophile

Bit late to order presents, but still looking to treat yourself or a loved one this Christmas period? @magicmadhouse.bsky.social have a huge range - from TCGs, to Warhammer, to Board Games. Use code "PK-NAUGHTY" at Madhouse for 5% off your order! Merry Christmas, you filthy animals! #sponsored

Stewart Lee onto it here - I think the far right in the US and UK are in cahoots about this www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

We can do even more.

I fucking LOVE Twiglets.

Dissapointed to see @longleatofficial.bsky.social using generative AI as part of their Festival of Lights this year. You have a whole section championing the true greats of British Music, but then you walk round the corner to find you wouldn't even pay some aspiring British designer or artist.

I say this with zero irony: if you are even tangentially a part of a retro video game community, it is your civic duty to push back against this company and shun anyone who doesn't. This is fascism tapping gently at the door and as soon as you let it in, it's going to invite its friends.

Was very happy to contribute some thoughts to this excellent article 🙏

As of this morning 4,500 Starbucks workers are on strike. Don’t cross their picket line. No Starbucks. NO Starbucks gift cards!

Making my first foray into Upper Deck's Marvel Legendary, and I'm glad I've got @gamegenic.com on my side for keeping all of my board games in fantastic condition. 😍 #sponsored

So... is Santa Claus faster than the Flash?

May 31, 2015:

Everytime I see someone buying up booster boxes and then not making the big bank they think they would, I find a little joy.