Menace Furia

Took the kiddos to early voting today. The kids ballot was stuff like “chips vs popcorn,” but I think to be more realistic it should be stuff like “aggressively smash all your toys” vs “piss on all your toys and maybe have a chance to clean them in a few years.”

Dune (2021): Paul Atreides experiences extremely loud droning noises for two and a half hours straight.

I’m so mad the success of ZCOM and GR has the suits planning… Battlefront 3. Really??? Players jump at focused, innovative games that completely eschew live-service bullshit, and their first impulse is to resurrect the microtransaction-addled slop that soured us on Star Wars games for a decade???

My conspiracy theory is that the documentary about the grifter who’s been exposed and punished is getting glazed to pull oxygen away from the documentary about the grifter who’s been exposed and NOT punished.

My closest experience with dementia was the man who previously owned our house. He showed back up unexpectedly one night and wanted to write his name on as much stuff as possible. I think about him all the time when i see shit like this…

Studies have confirmed there is no amount of THC that won’t make me ass at video games.

A kid at my table asked for a Beginner Box for his birthday so he can start GMing for other friends. Is this what being a drug dealer feels like?

It’s me, The Giggler! I follow The Riddler around and laugh at all his jokes, but it’s never clear if I actually get them or if I’m just awkward and desperate to participate!

Interstellar?!? I barely know her!!!

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Wait, Galactic Racer is a roguelike?

Tickled with my contribution to a discussion about life lessons learned from XCOM 2.

“OH! Right, the sushi place going in near us…” I say, hastily hiding the magazines behind my back. “Yeah, I was thinking about checking that out, too…”

Being giddy all week as a GM to run a super cool monster that your players then avoid or one-shot.

I refuse to use the “up next” feature in my podcast app. I will navigate to the show in my library and triple check that it’s the latest episode AS GOD INTENDED, thank you very much.

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To have even one real friend that will lovingly but firmly call you on your bullshit is an incredible blessing. To have several is more than anyone could hope for. To ignore all of them because your boss told you to heel is incomprehensible to me.

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I tried hand-scoring the Cubs/Reds game at Wrigley today, and I don’t know what the fuck I ever did at baseball games before this.

Ohio is generally a terrible place, but Cincinnati can be cool sometimes.

Looking for a 4X game to dabble in, and Stellaris is not doing a good job convincing me I’d be able to play casually…

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I should call her…

The irony of this being my longest word 😂😂😂

Viking face paint in a Goofy hoodie. I said he was putting the GWAR in gwarsh, but nobody in my family got it.

Amy Johnson was based AF to make all these pioneering flights with callsign “GAAAH!”

I’m beginning to think flamethrowers in video games are just universally frustrating and unfun. Are there any good counterpoints I’m missing?

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Hey fuck you Oklahoma

I can’t prove it, but I know in my bones that the Empire State couple workshopped that vagueposty message on their flag with AI.

Me an my favorite person

Chibi prequel about Ryu as a toddler and they call it Kindergaiden

What could be a more American way to celebrate our 250th than to overthrow a tyrant? Just sayin

We made popcorn tonight just cuz it sounded good, and my 5yo simply cannot process that you can have popcorn without watching a movie.

When you’re an evil wizard but you only have cantrips left

New video challenging the assumption that the bible says marriage was designed for straight couples only. Happy Pride!

When you swore off any more Diablo 4 hardcore runs, but then see there's an event giving everything +35% xp

I thought about putting an Indian twist on my sourdough bread, but the idea was a naan starter.