Matthew Gravelyn

Matthew Gravelyn

@mrmatthew.bsky.social

Once-upon-a-time writer and game designer, knitting & crochet 🧶 aspiring tarot, outdoorsy PNW, wife guy and dad. Games: https://mr-matthew.itch.io Knitting: https://ravelry.com/people/mrmatthew

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Matthew Gravelyn
@mrmatthew.bsky.social

New introduction post! I'm Matthew, a seasonal crafter, coffee enthusiast, PNW outdoor boy, and once-upon-a-time game writer. I love chatting about hobbies (mine or yours) and connecting with folks.

Matthew Gravelyn
@mrmatthew.bsky.social

Wife and kids are out of town for a couple weeks doing family stuff, which means I am once again considering streaming video games. If you would like to see me play Overwatch Stadium with a bunch of arguably unnecessary commentary, let me know!

Matthew Gravelyn
@mrmatthew.bsky.social

That adhd moment where you brain simultaneously says go to the bathroom, switch the laundry, find your daughter’s Halloween costume, and tell your wife about the video game you started playing while she was out of town all at once and very loudly.

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Matthew Gravelyn
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Speaking of Horror, I do like SOME, but not the Horror you're thinking of. :P My horror is Signs, Nope, VVitch, not a gore or body horror fan. Honestly, probably safe to not do horror, but if you want to take the challenge, go for it!

Matthew Gravelyn
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Clever Girl can be found on this amazing list, in case solo/duet dinosaur survival games are your jam.

SoloRPGList@solorpglist.com

Looking for an amazing solo or duet #TTRPG? We have over 400 titles listed in our index over at solorpglist.com #SoloRPG #DuetRPG #TTRPGfolks #GMless #Worldbuilding #Journaling #DungeonCrawl #TabletopRPG

solorpglist.comSolo RPG List - Find Solo and Duet TTRPGsDiscover amazing solo and duet tabletop role-playing games that can be played with—or without—dice, tarot cards, playing cards, pen and paper, etc.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D.
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I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.

Matthew Gravelyn
@mrmatthew.bsky.social

This is where you'd put me if you ever want to torture me for information.

The Other Happy Place@theotherhappyplace.bsky.social

There is an artist named Mr Doodle and he coveres his house in doodles and its kind od impressive but it also fills me with extreme anxiety. There is no where for your eyes to rest. Its so overstimulating to me. Its like the visual equivilant of loud music you can never turn off.

Matthew Gravelyn
@mrmatthew.bsky.social

There will always be heroes in Overwatch that simply rely on mechanical aiming, which I will always be bad at, and there is no way for me to play let alone enjoy them. This realization has helped contextualize video gaming for me:

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Matthew Gravelyn
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There will always be heroes in Overwatch that simply rely on mechanical aiming, which I will always be bad at, and there is no way for me to play let alone enjoy them. This realization has helped contextualize video gaming for me:

Matthew Gravelyn
@mrmatthew.bsky.social

If "good" is a product of understanding systems and optimizing approaches, I can do well and enjoy it. If "good" is a physical performance like aiming, button timing, etc., I will almost always perform poorly and not enjoy it.

Matthew Gravelyn
@mrmatthew.bsky.social

Enjoyment in the latter bucket may or may not be linked to doing well; I think even if I did well I wouldn't find a lot of fun or depth or replayability in those games. I wish there was a ttrpg correlation here for the followers, but this might just be a video game thing.

Matthew Gravelyn
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In my mind, Salute Your Shorts was on TV forever, but in reality there was like 18 total episodes. I think about that show almost everyday.

Kevin Smokler@weegee.bsky.social

Everyone has a 1-2 season TV show they sorely miss and not enough people knew about that you are always praising the heavens about. What's yours?

Matthew Gravelyn
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Here's an important moment: Your initial reaction is probably "republicans are dumb". Which is funny. But they are not dumb, they are absolutely weaponizing their narrow-minded supporters. It's not funny, this is harmful anti-trans rhetoric. Don't focus on the dumb, focus on the bigotry.

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Matthew Gravelyn
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Me not being shocked or upset that a rancid, hateful bigot finally pushed someone too far is not the same as me wishing harm on others. Also: this guy literally said, on multiple occasions, that gun violence is an acceptable price for 2nd amendment freedoms, so actually he should be fine with this.

Matthew Gravelyn
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This post goes out to all the folks who are just fully leaning on the "all violence is bad" like YEAH, that's what we're saying, this guy has been causing harm for YEARS!!!! Why is some violence bad and some violence is acceptable to you????

Matthew Gravelyn
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I have no faith in Republicans and Conservatives, because they absolutely operate in bad faith, but I am curious to see if/how the conversation on mass shootings and gun violence changes after today's events. The media and political response is already far and above what we get for school kids.