Winter on a Pembrokeshire Farm. Winter is a slow burn for me. I have to remember to light the candles;find the beauty in the bare branches against the grey skies, revel in the giant orange sun sinking early into dusk. It’s nature taking a rest. She needs to, as do we all.

ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴇʀᴍɪɴᴀʟ ᴇɴɢɪɴᴇ

Sometimes I write something hard into a script, for fun. Am I having fun here? It's not clear

powers of authority

The BBC has three kinds of documentary: 1. Historian in a borrowed leather jacket: "I'm going on a journey..." 2. Slow motion shots of samurai and swooping CG vistas. Cuts to someone with a Hairstyle. "Like? Woah." Enormous music sting. 3. Attenborough

I’m steadily forming a unifying theory that ultimately, this is what LLMs are accelerating: everyone has access to sycophantic virtual yes men at minimal (for now) cost and that’s having exactly the same effect on the 99% as it always has had on the 1%

Hard to think of *any* issue in my life on which the public have been so uniformly opposed to the govt's agenda. The unanimity exceeds any anti-war movement, even. What could the govt even propose that would less popular? Excited to see Starmer try!!

Sometimes people ask me how to get better at improvising in TTRPGs and I shrug helplessly, saying "...uhhhhh.... Ummmm," and things like that. To improve this response I rolled on a spark table and followed the prompt "write a blog post about it".

It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.

extremely realistic basilosaurus reconstruction

Typical "centrism" from The Times, I see.

Relatable

Not only is this one of the funniest shows ever made, but it also has a perfect ending.

If you are still looking for a "stocking filler" please bear in mind that "The Anechoic Chamber" is a slimline A-format paperback, so it fits snugly in a standard men's sock or the pocket of a winter coat. This also means savings on wrapping paper, postage, etc. and it's only £9.99.

going through old work for a thing here's an evergreen fav of mine from 2017

winter evening sketch

Don't want to make a fuss about things, but if an update to my phone halves its battery life, Tim Cook should buy me a new phone and/or go to jail.

@dougjohnmiller.bsky.social Hey! Just wanted to say I really enjoyed your castle illustrations in the latest English Heritage mag. Terrific stuff!

Re-reading Lord of the Rings at the moment, and I'd forgotten how relentlessly Gandalf drags Hobbits. "Of course, The Enemy has overlooked one thing: dipshits such as yourself, Frodo. Buffoons with fat feet and shithole burrows. Yes, perhaps your painful loser energy may surprise Sauron yet!"

Malcolm Gladwell once said that he'd always pick being interesting over being right. Matt Yglesias is neither.

A new detective game worth keeping an eye on - releases next year

I see iOS has moved on from its last great UI innovation of "let's make it harder to tell icons apart" to "let's make the time harder to read".

This is a great thread full of answers which show the absurd breadth of experiences we lump under TTRPG.

worrying about how we'll come to see the AI era like the good ol days

Continuing my series of bird neighbour portraits - is there a more overlooked bird than the dunnock?

Great insight into what it takes to ship an indie videogame in the current funding/publishing environment. It's tough out there, even for people as multitalented as Tom!

I know this art was picked cuz its GTA but boy howdy does it look like its suggesting a solution

"And you make a living from that? Wait, why are you crying? Oh god, he's gone foetal."

quake brutalism jam update. starting playtests now (grab it in the discord if you want to help) and then gonna squeeze in a final polish / set dressing pass before the deadline

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.

#72 Spacegirl - Ink and gouache on 13 x 19 bristol #Spacegirl

While we are doing stoicism in the face of horrendous wartime dismemberment, I was struck by this line from Aristide du Petit-Thouars's wiki page.

At first you're like, why does this have a wiki page Then you find out it might be the best wiki page ever

In recognition of this season of festive consumerism, and, aptly enough, to cover my unexpected dental care costs, please consider this 50%-off sale of our TEETH zines. BUY BUY BUY for Santa and/or my wretched mouth. itch.io/s/167336/tee...

OVER/UNDER sounds like one of the most fascinating experiments in roleplaying to date - I'm gutted I missed it! Fab write-up from @markwallace.bsky.social here.

The latest TEETH newsletter features a guest essay on OVER/UNDER by prolific journalist and role-player @markwallace.bsky.social It's really good. Have a read!

This book is one of my most cherished possessions. I'm too stupid to solve any of it, but the art was a keystone of my childhood imagination.

Me: whats up man ever since you succumbed to the forest youve had this undeescribable vibe My boy Trevor: *the sound of 1000 enraptured wasps vibrating a hive* Me: yeah i guess

I wrote this! I do hope you Fallen Londoners enjoy it.

Goodnight. Reapers near the waterfall André Gamet, 1946

There should be more games inspired by avant-garde stage design.

New @draknek.bsky.social game looks pretty cool.

Julius Klinger (1876–1942)

i hope websites feel like im shooting them with a gun when i turn off their ai features. im deselecting checkboxes and muttering die. die. die. under my breath and i hope they can tell

Looking forward to representing @maverick-games.com this Saturday with @davefoxcomposer.bsky.social at @mcmcomc.bsky.social in Birmingham! Do pop along to hear us chat about getting into games from other industries! www.mcmcomiccon.com/birmingham/e...

PASSAGE: THE AVATAR (1988) Acrylic on Canvas - 48" x 48" Initially inspired by a few notes from a Pink Floyd instrumental track, this came to me while floating in a sensory deprivation tank. 1/4

"Wretched Escapees From Gisang's Forsaken Comedies" This illustration thematically previews my next theatre adventure, which I've just sent to print. Yasss.