Funny. This guy made some kind of algorithm to match you with a reviewer. I was curious. Made an account, synced my BGG ratings. This guy "Drive Thru Games" was my most matched reviewer. Shocker.

*Wilhelm scream*

I've had fun watching folks share their templates and lists with the 20 Games To Get To Know Me meme/trend that's going around. Of course, being the consummate YouTube-Bag that I am, I made... two... videos (one for board games and one for video games). www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axbt...

I can't say enough about the folks at Prester's. Before they were Prester's and before I started painting on my own, Ben did a ton of stuff for me (and for the channel). He also encouraged me in the early stages of my painting efforts. If you have a need, you can do a lot worse than these folks!

I meant to bring this up the other day. But the folks at Twin Tale restarted their campaign over on Kickstarter and funded! I have no stake or compensation in this. Just happy to see this game (created by good people in our hobby) funded. There's some great video content on the page for perusal.

"French Toast" This game is so good! It has no right to be this good! It's also basically "How an LLM works"... which is gross, and didn't mention it in the review. I don't want to spoil the fun. I'll just say this, "FRENCH TOAST!!!" www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ3O...

NASA failed to predict the real splashdown risk.

What a great photo just added on the NASA Johnson Flickr page www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2...

"Ultimate Warhammer Quest - Part 2" The sequel to the overview of some of the latest goodies from Littlemonk. More unfathomable detail. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJ6i...

The most American thing I've seen in almost 15 years.

There are more (link below), but these are definitely my favorite pictures from yesterday.

Moon flyby in ~10 minutes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-j1...

Lunar burn incoming... 10 minutes from time of this post www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3kR...

As if on queue re: the earlier discussion about the article from BoardGameWire on game design and AI, Hank Green (once again) illustrates the nuance around this stuff. Hank is always fantastic when it comes to media literacy. And in this case the attention economy of it. youtu.be/dT5IJExTUR4?...

We're going to get to the point where the majority of us are going to accidentally/carelessly use AI for every daily task. At my day job, it's completely taken over. It's in every app and process. However it's still the job of the expert to sift for quality. The good designers will still stand out.

Me this weekend watching a tie game late in the second half with a top 3 seed versus a low seed hoping for a big upset to finally happen (I mean a real upset. None of this “Oh a five seed lost to a ten seed. Pfft.”)

"Shin Megami Tensei IV" Last year, viewers sent me on a months‑long retro handheld journey thanks to Shin Megami Tensei IV. I’ve finally finished it and explore the game as a deck‑building, card‑crafting experience. One I think board gamers might find interesting. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLOr...

Recently, I've picked back up on the JRPG fun (completed DQ 1&2 HD-2D, Expedition 33, and soon to finish SMT IV). I will likely review SMT IV as there has been an above normal amount of user feedback on that one. This channel is a favorite of mine. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExsI...

Ranking of Oscar movies I’ve seen. Not that my opinion in this matters, but the top two on this list are just terrific. 1a) Sinners 1b) The Secret Agent 2) Bugonia 3) F1 4) One Battle After Another Still need to watch Frankenstein, Marty Supreme, and Train Dreams. The others don’t get me fired up.

Been sitting on this model since last year. Waiting for the right time to get it done. Took me the better part of a week. I did not bargain for this one. It’s the second MG grade I’ve done but easily twice as much “stuff” as the last one. Definitely worth it. “Life Size” Casval for scale 🤓

Sitting here watching the Lakers game tonight, I’ve had a change of heart about Bam’s 83 game. I think deep down I’m just sore KB’s not around to react to it in whatever way he would have. Wilt’s 100 game was full of just as many (if not more) late game shenanigans. It’s just part of sports.

There is one way the NBA redeems the atrocity of this 83 point game. Every team goes "90s era Pistons" on the Bam and the Heat for the rest of the season. Also, everyone who plays the Wizards just goes for 100 with their best player. Lost a lot of respect for Bam and Spo and company last night.

First crack at Battletech: Aces today. Jumped into a friend’s campaign. Lots of fun. Going to fire up my own campaign soon. There’s a whole ton of game between the Alpha Strike and Aces boxes. Hard to beat that value.

First time painting Lumineth. Enjoyed the change of pace from the other Darkwater minis.

Shame on GAMA for once again not including designers in their "Excellence in Game Design" award announcement. Last year they promised that this would be corrected in 2026, but again designers are not given the recognition they deserve. The omission is no longer an oversight. It is a GAMA policy.

My friends have been raving about the new Battletech: Aces system. Going to jump into the campaign with them in a couple of weeks. Prepped the models and read the rules to Alpha Strike. Still gotta read Aces. But, they have been very enthusiastic about it. Bounced off Classic. Hope this goes better.

Woof, this is potentially pretty huge: www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

"Nokosu Dice" This trick-taking gem from Japan is constantly going in and out of print. I saw some copies are floating around again so figured it was worth sharing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzhB...

DO 👏 NOT 👏 TRIGGER 👏 ENDGAME 👏 WHILE 👏 I’M 👏 STILL 👏 BUILDING 👏 MY 👏 ENGINE I’m so sick of the toxic players in this hobby. I only needed like eight more turns.

What other board games deserve to be in the Olympics? We really enjoy this when we can stay awake. Appreciate that they cut to scoring rounds during prime time coverage…. ala the Highlights series of games from Mike Fitzgerald and Eagle Gryphon. There’s gotta be a design in here somewhere.

I make games because I love every step of the process—the initial idea, the scrappy first prototype, the first playtest filled with glee and failure and hope. Here’s my scrappy first prototype of Tiny Towns. [1/6]

I have no affiliation or stake in this project, other than I'm a backer myself and the Sadler Bros. make great games... and (in my opinion) got royally screwed by the folks at Blacklist. I am over-the-moon excited for this project. Have a look. gamefound.com/en/projects/...

Eating a bit of crow here. This the most competitive all star Sunday in decades.

If he executed all of these dunks link this last night, he would have been the first person to get all 50s in the dunk contest. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8bC...

It's been 10 years since the greatest dunk contest in NBA history, and frankly, 10 years since there has been anything decent to watch during All-Star weekend. They need to get rid of whoever is in charge of figuring out the All-Star weekend events. www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3qJ...

"Ultimate Warhammer Quest" An overview of some of the latest goodies from Littlemonk. The level of detail and attention on display here is so unfathomable to me.

Been out of town and generally “real life” busy lately. Trying to finally carve time to dive into the newest goodies for the “Number One” solo game mentioned in my last video (link below). I’m just calling this Ultimate Warhammer Quest. It’s out of hand. Mistakes were made. The best kind of mistakes