J. M. Johnson

I just came home from work ant took at four hour nap. Surely this won't disrupt my sleep cycle... (those three periods should be read as "duh duh duuuuuuh")

Earlily voted before two vaccinations. Look at me being all civic today.

OK. The fact that Widow's Bay won more Emmys in a year than anyone ever makes me feel justified in starting all my conversations with "Have you seen Widow's Bay yet?" for the last few month.

Is it weird that I have a crush on Patricia from Widow's Bay?

If you haven't watched Widow's Bay, there is still time to correct this horrendous personality defect.

Ugh. Silo season 3 is off to a terrible start. You don't get to start this badly unless you drop a whole season at once. Will I have the will to come back weekly until in two months it pays off? No.

Gotta love those autogenerated subtitles

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms was good. And it just goes to show that if you want to do something good in an established world, you have to do it in the window of time before (or after) some ham-fisted moron screwed up the universe. Or else you have to jump WAAAY back of forward.

A friendly reminder that Double Fine's Psychodyssey is one of the finest pieces of media ever created, and a must-watch for anyone who cares about video games, yet somehow it's also completely free www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

A vampire that’s not Dracula

Here's an easter egg in the new Lego Batman that I think all of you will REALLY appreciate. It's so good, I had to make a video.

The Comedy Mothership's vibe is sooooo fucked. Having 10 muscle douches wanding me and patting me down before I can go listen to jokes? $12 for a beer? I've been to The Creek and The Cave numerous times and it's sooo much better. This place fucking sucks.

I'm well on my way to being a solitary weirdo now. There was a mosquito in the bathroom with me, so I shut the door and yelled, "You think I'm locked in here with you? YOU'RE LOCKED IN HERE WITH ME!"

So, I got tenure. I'm a tenured professor. I also got a summer research grant and I have a sabbatical coming up!

To the gods of Vlambeer, I just want to let you know that your update to make Nuclear Throne playable on Mac again was not in vain. I have been playing it for the past few days once again.

I loved this story about Richard: hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com

Here's an obscure(ish) Final Fantasy 6 Meme that made me laugh:

Flechette would be a good name for an assassin sex robot.

Okta Verify has two modes for me: 1) Put your thumb on this twice! So safe! 2) The company has decided that if your phone ever dies you will defacto be taking the rest of the day off

It has been a wild ride for the last six months or so. Holy shit. I only roll 1s or 20s.

I went to HONK!TX today. If inly I could go back in time 150 years and plant two live oaks on the slope of that hill…

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Book excerpt: The Game Narrative Kaleidoscope

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My core self is the average of the Angry Beavers

Age verification? You guys sold me lawn darts when I was 10.

I finally got around to leaving that 1 Star review of Chef Ryan's in Uvalde, TX. If more people had eaten there, THAT would be the tragedy the place is known for.

My thumb is almost totally healed after the break, but I have a weird hypersensitivity in it now. I can quite clearly feel my fingerprints with it.

FYI: Wolverine’s name is James.

I have owned Tak for a while and not played it. I played it last night for the first time and HOLY SHIT it was great. James Ernest has done it again. Wow.

Nobody wants anything to do with your game until it turns out to be cool, and then they won’t leave you alone… I assume

My wife and I spent the frozen weekend watching a combination of Tommy Lee Jones movies and Legal Drama movies. There is a large overlap between those two as well.

I want a second opinion from a different condiment

Ugh. Glad to finally be home. My brother reached out from beyond the grave to have me spend a half hour in a border patrol holding area in the middle of a 15 hour drive

Americans: It's comorbin' time!

If I see AI use in an ad, I just assume that they put an equivalent amount of care into the thing they’re selling

Is it just me or…

I don't know who needs to hear this but "funny" negative Steam reviews hurt developers. "I haven't seen my wife and kids in 6 days after starting to play this game" - Negative review It's not good y'all.

This was such a special video to make, and I really appreciate the Consume Me team being so generous with their time and ARTIFACTS! www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfaM...