My Monday morning jam this week:

My drag name would be Sigh Anne.

Your boy bought himself a new MTG Commander deck for Valentine's Day.

New episode of the CI Gamecast has me talking with @maxfrequency.net and @themichaeljruiz.bsky.social about PlayStation State of Play, Highguard, hype for Control Resonant, and why none of us have played Chrono Trigger in earnest.

Sorry I can’t this weekend man I have to wander around my home like a tormented ghost for a couple days

What a great State of Play. I will say, God of War: Sons of Sparta didn't look too great. Especially when Castlevania: Belmont's Curse and other 2D games impressed in the same presentation.

Normalize playing D&D one-shots at high school reunions

🧵Thread of Every Game I Finish In 2026🧵 #1) Peglin (Red Nexus Games)

PlayStation State of Play (2/12/26) predictions: 1) Marvel's Wolverine - Gameplay + release window 2) Mina the Hollower - Release date 3) Stranger Than Heaven - Release window 4) Bend Studio reveals its next game

Shoutout to fellow MTG sicko and nature nerd Leonard Williams on winning the Super Bowl! One of my favorite players in the NFL.

The only time I support consolidation is when I'm downsizing my MTG and Pokémon trading card collections.

I referred to Landman and Yellowstone as Boomertainment. My father did not, in fact, love me calling them that.

Jerrad coded characters

I'm teaching myself how to draw, so I tried redrawing @artmonkeymg.bsky.social's adventurer from this post: bsky.app/profile/artm...

No writer is a failure until they are dead. Full stop. A career in writing is built over decades. It's built like a house, brick by brick, book by book. Not published yet? Emphasis on YET. Book not selling? It's not selling YET. You're only done when you quit. And I don't think you're ready to quit

40% off. No excuses for not playing one of the best pieces of science fiction in video games. If you love well-written narratives and engaging/thought-provoking gameplay, please give it a shot. You won't regret it.

Here are three low-stakes goals I want to accomplish in 2026: - Find/Try Nigerian food - Play in a DND session/campaign (learn how to play DND) - Make new friends

Anyone else get jumpscared by the giant wild hog in that last episode of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms?

Started my Saturday with an incredible double feature.

Just had a conversation with my mom about how, as a kid, I was one of the only boys my age not obsessed with wanting to become a cop at any point growing up. A.C.A.B. since birth.

It's the year 2000, and little Jerrad gets home from school to find this all-time licensed classic (imo) sitting on his bed. Take me back.

First episode back, talking 2026 games I can't wait to get my hands on. Made sure to have an even mix of indie games and AAA titles. Please check it out on your preferred platform! What 2026 game is your most anticipated?

If I were casting the Split Fiction movie, I'd have Lili Reinhart as Zoe and Sasha Calle as Mio.

Can't wait to return to weekly podcasting! New Controlled Interests Gamecast drops tomorrow!

Yourself, but as a cartoon

I think a lot of us get hope wrong. Hope, I do not believe, is an emotion. In fact, hope makes space for lots of emotions to exist alongside it. You can DO hope scared, angry, sad etc... Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.

NO ICE IN OUR COMMUNITIES. Abolish these ghouls. Protect your neighbors.

A thought that hasn't left me in the last handful of years is the irrevocable truth that I will become a different version of myself the day my mother dies. It absolutely breaks my heart to think about.

My monthly Pokémon interview podcast is now live. I have the privilege of chatting with my friend @maxfrequency.net. We talk about the ugliest starters, bus drivers scaring us as kids, and why Onix is an underrated Pokémon. Please take a listen!

Making a thread of every book I read in 2026. I loved The Song of Achilles last year, so, of course, I started 2026 with Circe by Madeline Miller.

My favorite new joke name is Ilene Enfart.

The new Animal Crossing: New Horizons 3.0 update has me itching to dive back in, but I'll refrain so the release of the next one hits as hard as possible. Please celebrate my display of self-control.

I'd love if we got back to a place where people had an idea of how their story was going to end, instead of the multiple times we've seen beloved series end in a rushed and improvised manner.

Slightly diminish a band. Worry. At The Disco

I often think about Pokemon giving us an older baby Kangaskhan via its Mega Evolution. And yet, this pre-evolution still doesn't have its own official name. I wonder if we will finally see it in the Gen 10 games.

I genuinely think there's a sandwich and/or salad for everyone. It's just about finding the right mix/combo/recipe that speaks to you. It's not that you don't like sandwiches or salads, you just haven't found yours yet.

I've always personally dug the turn of the new year. It gives me a built-in excuse to reset, minimize, and clean up.

A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight. By using words well they strengthen their souls.

I would say I'm shocked this country is doing this again, but I'd be lying. The people of Venezuela don't deserve any of this.

♫ Demogorgon on the hunt, uh huh, I make these vocals ring. Turn the sound up to Eleven, I'm a Stranger Thing. ♫

The worst part about growing older is that you and your friends move further away from one another. And thus, you can't hang out often enough to really piss them off with your latest MTG commander deck build.

The most unrealistic part of Pluribus is that many people all wearing brand-less clothing.

Finally, I exterminated the worst person in my social circles from my life for good. Floating into 2026 ecstatically weightless.

What president did you have to research in elementary school? I had Ulysses S. Grant. What an enigma of a man.

2025 had its ups and downs, but here's what I'm most proud of accomplishing this past year: - Finished the first draft of my debut novel - Outlined and began writing (3/8) an 8-issue fantasy comic - Read 12+ books - Let those I care about know what they mean to me - Ate more chicken wings and sushi

Oops. Deleting that. How disappointing. I was a big fan of his go-kart racing, I didn’t know anything about his history of kidnapping princesses.

"My friends, you bow to fucking no one.” - Aragorn

It's 2006, and you just opened your Christmas gifts. Your mom got you NBA Live 07. You spend the rest of the day putting up buckets in the start menu with Tracy McGrady, Kick Push by Lupe Fiasco on repeat. Life is good.