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Sean Murray @seanmurray683.bsky.social · 1d

I love editing interviews. I feel so vindicated knowing that everyone's mouth will immediately start reciting eight different responses to a single question before their mind has a chance to actually pick one.

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Sean Murray @seanmurray683.bsky.social · 3d

I miss the story and slick gunplay, but I don't miss how much that game demanded of my time.

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Mistress Matisse @mistressmatisse.bsky.social · 6d

It’s disturbing to me, when I say to otherwise kind, intelligent, aware people, “wow, bad shit is happening”, and they reply to me, “Oh you have to not watch the news. Don’t read the papers! Just don’t think about it.”

And NO that is a TERRIBLE answer. That’s exactly how we got here to begin with.

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Art of Battletech & Mechwarrior @artofbattletech.bsky.social · 7d

Mechwarrior 5 Clans and Mercs are on sale on Steam right now! store.steampowered.com/app/2000890/...

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Sean Murray @seanmurray683.bsky.social · 9d

I caught a cold. Also, it's time for BattleTech news. *sneezes*

Yes, I censored the feature art, but that's just because Google gets upset with you otherwise.

#BattleTech #MechWarrior

www.sarna.net/news/battlet...

Your BattleTech News Round-Up For September, 2025 |Sarna.net

We're dancing in September with all the BattleTech news you can handle. New books, new minis, new events, and new rules are all found within!

www.sarna.net

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Sean Murray @seanmurray683.bsky.social · 9d

I caught a cold. Also, it's time for BattleTech news. *sneezes*

Yes, I censored the feature art, but that's just because Google gets upset with you otherwise.

#BattleTech #MechWarrior

www.sarna.net/news/battlet...

Your BattleTech News Round-Up For September, 2025 |Sarna.net

We're dancing in September with all the BattleTech news you can handle. New books, new minis, new events, and new rules are all found within!

www.sarna.net

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Sean Murray @seanmurray683.bsky.social · 11d

Also, whoever Todd Cox is, they wrote the best depiction of BattleTech aerospace combat I've ever read. Atmosphere is for high-G turns, Fox-3s, and terrain masking, but space combat is all just fuckin' math.

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MzBehavn™ @mzbehavn.bsky.social · 11d

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Catalyst Game Labs @catalystgamelabs.bsky.social · 15d

Recently, Herbert A. Beas II sat down with Sean of Sarna.net to talk about the vision behind BattleTech Gothic!

This is a great interview! Check it out and get hyped for the official launch of #BattleTech #Gothic on October 1st!

bit.ly/Sarna-BTG-Her...

#wargame #fiction #mecha #AU

Check out this Sarna interview to get more insight on BattleTech Gothic!

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Sean Murray @seanmurray683.bsky.social · 16d

My contribution to Pirate Point #2? A wholesome dick joke.

Battletech Queer Community @battletechcom.bsky.social · 16d

LADIES, THEYDIES, BITCHES AND BABES

PIRATE POINT ISSUE #2 IS LIVE!

A TRUE PUNK BATTLETECH FANZINE FOR THE QUEERS WITH NO FEARS

piratepoint.itch.io/pirate-point...

#battletech

PIRATE POINT: Issue #2 by Pirate Point

A Queer Punk Fanzine for Outlaw Mechwarriors, September 2025

piratepoint.itch.io

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Sean Murray @seanmurray683.bsky.social · 16d

You can also watch me stumble through our interview on YouTube! (Apologies for the sound decreasing about halfway through—still figuring out the new mic settings!)

youtu.be/KTroJWN3NCU?...

Bringing Back The Classics - Discussing TRO: 3025 Centennial Edition With Anthony Scroggins

YouTube video by Sarna BattleTech Wiki

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Sean Murray @seanmurray683.bsky.social · 16d

Everyone excited to see the return of aerospace to BattleTech? I know I am! Which is why I reached out to Anthony Scroggins to talk about how he redesigned the aerospace fighters for TRO: 3025 - Centennial Commemorative Edition.

www.sarna.net/news/battlet...

Discussing TRO: 3025 Centennial Edition w/ Anthony Scroggins

Anthony Scroggins talks to Sarna about the process for redesigning 'Mechs and aerospace fighters in the upcoming TRO: 3025 - Centennial Commemorative Edition.

www.sarna.net

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 20d

"Fascism is a temper tantrum disguised as an ideology" is a great line

Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 21d

Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.

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Sean Murray @seanmurray683.bsky.social · 21d

This feeling seems appropriate. I don't think the gay jews in Poland did well under German occupation, either.

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Sean Murray @seanmurray683.bsky.social · 23d

Here's how to make the best pilots using MW5: Mercs' new Pilot Traits and Academies system added in ...

Read more: https://longer.blue/posts/6UT9l39EF9

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Sean Murray @seanmurray683.bsky.social · 24d

This month's Bad 'Mech is the Rakshasa! Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but the Rakshasa isn't half the 'Mech it aspires to be.

With eternal gratitude to bsky.app/profile/eldo... for the art!

www.sarna.net/news/bad-mec...

Bad ‘Mechs – Rakshasa | Sarna.net

In a sea of Mad Cats, one 'Mech truly stands out. Mostly because the Rakshasa is so bad that few would confuse it for a Mad Cat.

www.sarna.net

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Sean Murray @seanmurray683.bsky.social · 24d

You can also check out this month's Bad 'Mech via Sarna's YouTube!

youtu.be/QqXG-xwxweI

Bad 'Mechs - Rakshasa

YouTube video by Sarna BattleTech Wiki

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Sean Murray @seanmurray683.bsky.social · 24d

This month's Bad 'Mech is the Rakshasa! Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but the Rakshasa isn't half the 'Mech it aspires to be.

With eternal gratitude to bsky.app/profile/eldo... for the art!

www.sarna.net/news/bad-mec...

Bad ‘Mechs – Rakshasa | Sarna.net

In a sea of Mad Cats, one 'Mech truly stands out. Mostly because the Rakshasa is so bad that few would confuse it for a Mad Cat.

www.sarna.net

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 24d

a photo of the Beaverton Weekly Report podcast, returning with new episodes September 17th

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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 26d

Pumpkin spice! Seasonal, yeah, butt not finger-lickin' good.

Themperor Kennedy🐸🏳️‍🌈 @kennedytcooper.bsky.social · 27d

honey, what's wrong, you've hardly touched your festive fall gendered butt wipes

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Sean Murray @seanmurray683.bsky.social · 28d

These suggestions seem very anti-elemental :P

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Bishop Steiner @bishopsteiner.bsky.social · 28d

home, resting, and.. $5000 USD upside down in medical bills, and counting. (Bank acct currently has.. oh.. $500)?

ko-fi.com/bishopsbeerf...

If you can help, bless you, and in this economic environment, if you can't, I also fully understand, and still bless you.

Proof of Life.
Discharged today.
Will avoid getting into the weeds for now, as I really do not have all the information myself, and don't want to be wildly inaccurate.
Was in the middle of a full blown 2 day migraine, on top of the effects from the Hypertensive Crisis* and Tachycardia rollercoaster, so my Spanish was not up to the full details. I already apparently misunderstood at least one thing.
Best I know, something triggered my BP to spike to over 200/120, 30ish minutes later at the Clinic was in tachycardia, with very stroke adjacent symptoms, they stabilized me enough to ship an hour and a half away, because Manzanillo apparently doesn't have an MRI that they could fit shoulders into. (Cue "the more you know")
Spent last 2 days there undergoing a full barrage of tests, and them trying to get my BP stable at "only" 130ish resting.
Home now, migraine medicine taken, resting. Will do a follow up with the local Doctor to hopefully actually find out the details, and the plan going forward, tomorrow.
So at least I'm flat on my ass, at home, with my kitty, instead of racking up more $2000 a night stays in Colima.
* Kevin Dub is there a better term for that? Doesn't even sound accurate how I stated it.
Anyhow, I'm down and out for several days to weeks, it appears, and I'm going to need help recovering from this more than ever before. (Sitting at $5000 approx in hospital bills already, let alone meds, follow up and cardiologist visit)

https://ko-fi.com/bishopsbeerfund/goal?g=1

If you can help, bless you, and in this economic environment, if you can't, I also fully understand.

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Sean Murray @seanmurray683.bsky.social · 28d

If you just started your career on this DLC, I'd recommend starting from an earlier point or even doing a completely fresh campaign. The Clans are no joke; you should build up a healthy pool of reserve cash and have a LOT of heavy hitters in your company.

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Sean Murray @seanmurray683.bsky.social · 29d

I have some thoughts on Shadow of Kerensky, the new MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries DLC, that I'd like to share with you all.

#Mechwarrior / #MW5Mercs / #Mechwarrior5SoK / #ShadowofKerensky

www.sarna.net/news/mw5-mer...

www.sarna.net

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Sean Murray @seanmurray683.bsky.social · 29d

Oh yeah, and there's one campaign mission where you have to get a bunch of data, and to do that you have to *checks notes* blow up buildings? I guess the devs forgot about the whole "scanning" function from the previous DLCs. Which is weird, since it's still in the random missions!

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