There are few deeper betrayals than checking out a video game on the strength of its story trailer and learning the cool alt girl is an NPC and the actual MC is some dude who's such a nonentity that he does not appear in the promotional material for the game of which he is the nominal protagonist.
Kink scene rescheduled because halfway through me explaining the scenario my dom asked a clarifying question that uncovered a howling logical inconsistency and we ended up spending the next three hours workshopping the worldbuilding.
yu deng, the winner of the 2026 Fields Medal, the "nobel prize for mathematics", cites yuri manga in particular as helping ground and comfort him during his work
This movie is rated PG-13 for violence. This movie is Rated R for nudity and drug use. This movie makes more sense if you speak a little German and know a lot about cars. This movie only really hits if you've been cheated on by the person you thought was the first good thing to ever happen to you.
One of my favourite descriptions in older literature is "a person of strange fascinations". Depending on context, it means they're either a weird sex pervert or a colossal nerd, and it's handy to have a phrase that can mean both of those things because in my experience they're often found together!
The real hidden tragedy of all these gacha games that no one talks about is the truly staggering amount of time and energy being siphoned away from people drawing porn of characters I actually give a shit about.
as many of you know i did consult on Daggerheart, i feel strongly now that i need to now peel back the curtain and share some of the feedback on this otherwise excellent game that darrington press unfortunately completely ignored
ngl, I think Better Call Saul was a much better platform for Rhea Seehorn performances than Pluribus is imo
Pluribus is a good show, but BCS was understated in a way that let the top-shelf actors command the screen
I don't know what it says about me that I suspect I might be predisposed against a book arguing that You Shouldn't Suicide, but god damn so far this book is really fitting the stereotype of book that David Brooks would blurb the cover of
@beijingpalmer.bsky.social didn't you at one time have an excellent thread somewhere about how Dungeons & Dragons shifted from something primarily played by grognards over to theater kids?
It's been on my mind recently but I can't find it anywhere
I’m really bad at responding to texts. Trying to decide if I can handwave this away as “executive dysfunction” or if it’s like a serious personality flaw that needs to be addressed
One of my favorite daydreams is an anime about a highschool made up entirely of student councils. The Student Council, The Auxiliary Student Council, The True Student Council, The Shadow Student Council, The Reserve Student Council, The Dark Student Council, The Student Council in Exile,