Ben Paddon | Jump Leads season 2!
@benpaddon.net
Writer, podcaster, comedian, former world-record speedrunner, unofficial Worms historian. Jump Leads, Good Chaotic, The Game of Rassilon, Out On Her Fanny, Hot Quest, PortsCenter. Non-binary, they/them. https://linktr.ee/BenPaddon
My Patreon backers are called "SUpporters" now. You might think that was a typo, but no! It was a very clever reference and/or in-jokes that you have to pay $5 a month to understand. I definitely don't have a recurring habit of holding down shift keys for slightly too long.
SUpporters of @benpaddon.net's Patreon can now get a behind-the-scenes look at how "Broadswords & Buddies" was made, and there are fully two versions of the script available to download!
Behind the Jump: Broadswords & Buddies #47: The Finale - Part 3 | Ben Paddon
Get more from Ben Paddon on Patreon
www.patreon.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 AM
My Patreon backers are called "SUpporters" now. You might think that was a typo, but no! It was a very clever reference and/or in-jokes that you have to pay $5 a month to understand. I definitely don't have a recurring habit of holding down shift keys for slightly too long.
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Reposted by Ben Paddon | Jump Leads season 2!
SUpporters of @benpaddon.net's Patreon can now get a behind-the-scenes look at how "Broadswords & Buddies" was made, and there are fully two versions of the script available to download!
Behind the Jump: Broadswords & Buddies #47: The Finale - Part 3 | Ben Paddon
Get more from Ben Paddon on Patreon
www.patreon.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:42 AM
SUpporters of @benpaddon.net's Patreon can now get a behind-the-scenes look at how "Broadswords & Buddies" was made, and there are fully two versions of the script available to download!
Every now and then I'm reminded that EA owns Codemasters, and it's such a depressing thing.
November 26, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Every now and then I'm reminded that EA owns Codemasters, and it's such a depressing thing.
Love posting new additions to this thread and finding people liking posts about games they either also enjoyed or what to bookmark for future reference.
Taking a leaf from @kyleor.land, who has been posting about a game a day since January 1st. I'm a little late to start, but hey. Let's see if I can keep this thing going.
So, yeah. Big thread, a game a day for 365 days, what it means to me. Let's go!
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So, yeah. Big thread, a game a day for 365 days, what it means to me. Let's go!
🧵
November 25, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Love posting new additions to this thread and finding people liking posts about games they either also enjoyed or what to bookmark for future reference.
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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Hello network. This is real shit. I’m looking for transgender, nonbinary, or gender nonconforming front and back end web designers for a project to help trans people get housing in NJ. This is a paid opportunity.
Please share this if you see it, and my DMs are open for more information. Tysm 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
Please share this if you see it, and my DMs are open for more information. Tysm 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
November 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Hello network. This is real shit. I’m looking for transgender, nonbinary, or gender nonconforming front and back end web designers for a project to help trans people get housing in NJ. This is a paid opportunity.
Please share this if you see it, and my DMs are open for more information. Tysm 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
Please share this if you see it, and my DMs are open for more information. Tysm 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
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Have you listened to the latest episode yet?
The latest Jump Leads episode is a hit with our listeners! Find out what all the fuss is about in your podcast app! #audiodrama
November 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Have you listened to the latest episode yet?
I'm glad listeners have enjoyed it. Finally getting to release this episode was like a dream.
The latest Jump Leads episode is a hit with our listeners! Find out what all the fuss is about in your podcast app! #audiodrama
November 24, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I'm glad listeners have enjoyed it. Finally getting to release this episode was like a dream.
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The latest Jump Leads episode is a hit with our listeners! Find out what all the fuss is about in your podcast app! #audiodrama
November 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The latest Jump Leads episode is a hit with our listeners! Find out what all the fuss is about in your podcast app! #audiodrama
I think 2026 is the year I finally switch to Linux on my desktop. If I can figure out how to get @adobe.com and @scrivenerapp.bsky.social running, and figure out Windows games (though it seems like that should be a lot simpler than it was in 2015), I don't see any reason to stick with Windows 11.
November 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I think 2026 is the year I finally switch to Linux on my desktop. If I can figure out how to get @adobe.com and @scrivenerapp.bsky.social running, and figure out Windows games (though it seems like that should be a lot simpler than it was in 2015), I don't see any reason to stick with Windows 11.
I'm really, really proud of this one. If you like #actualplay podcasts, this is the episode for you. Fully standalone, doesn't require you to have listened to any other episodes of Jump Leads.
Meaney and Llewellyn have never been more lost...! Listen to episode 2.4, out now in your podcast feeds! audio.jumpleads.zone #audiodrama
November 23, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I'm really, really proud of this one. If you like #actualplay podcasts, this is the episode for you. Fully standalone, doesn't require you to have listened to any other episodes of Jump Leads.
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If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
November 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
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It's our longest episode ever, but it's also the weirdest one we've ever made. Listen to "Broadswords & Buddies #57: The Finale - Part 3" in your podcasting app!
Meaney and Llewellyn have never been more lost...! Listen to episode 2.4, out now in your podcast feeds! audio.jumpleads.zone #audiodrama
November 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
It's our longest episode ever, but it's also the weirdest one we've ever made. Listen to "Broadswords & Buddies #57: The Finale - Part 3" in your podcasting app!
The A1200 - a full-size, fully functional replica of the Amiga A1200 - is finally available to preorder in the US and comes preloaded with some great games.
Amazon.com: THEA1200 : Video Games
Amazon.com: THEA1200 : Video Games
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November 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The A1200 - a full-size, fully functional replica of the Amiga A1200 - is finally available to preorder in the US and comes preloaded with some great games.
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This week while recording for YouTube:
1. Popped a BRAND NEW guitar string
2. Ring light fell off its stand and broke lmao
3. Microphone stand fell apart
4. One of my monitors started cutting in and out
5. Had to buy a new external hard drive
And this is where merch orders / Patreon helps!
1. Popped a BRAND NEW guitar string
2. Ring light fell off its stand and broke lmao
3. Microphone stand fell apart
4. One of my monitors started cutting in and out
5. Had to buy a new external hard drive
And this is where merch orders / Patreon helps!
November 21, 2025 at 11:45 PM
This week while recording for YouTube:
1. Popped a BRAND NEW guitar string
2. Ring light fell off its stand and broke lmao
3. Microphone stand fell apart
4. One of my monitors started cutting in and out
5. Had to buy a new external hard drive
And this is where merch orders / Patreon helps!
1. Popped a BRAND NEW guitar string
2. Ring light fell off its stand and broke lmao
3. Microphone stand fell apart
4. One of my monitors started cutting in and out
5. Had to buy a new external hard drive
And this is where merch orders / Patreon helps!
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Go show some love to a fun, si-fi podcast audio dramedy where the two main characters jump realities into a DnD game that I got the privilege to work on!
Shout-out to my TTRPG DMs. Y'all put up with SO many shenanigans 😅
Shout-out to my TTRPG DMs. Y'all put up with SO many shenanigans 😅
Meaney and Llewellyn have never been more lost...! Listen to episode 2.4, out now in your podcast feeds! audio.jumpleads.zone #audiodrama
November 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Go show some love to a fun, si-fi podcast audio dramedy where the two main characters jump realities into a DnD game that I got the privilege to work on!
Shout-out to my TTRPG DMs. Y'all put up with SO many shenanigans 😅
Shout-out to my TTRPG DMs. Y'all put up with SO many shenanigans 😅
You also lose the ability to "Hey Google" calendar items or set reminders for yourself. Things that, y'know, Google Assistant used to be able to do without this bullshit.
November 22, 2025 at 4:20 AM
You also lose the ability to "Hey Google" calendar items or set reminders for yourself. Things that, y'know, Google Assistant used to be able to do without this bullshit.
One thing you can do - and people don't believe me when I tell them this, but honest to God it helps - is leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts for… well, not just @jumpleads.zone, but ANY podcast you listen to. But especially Jump Leads. Because it helps. It really does.
November 22, 2025 at 4:18 AM
One thing you can do - and people don't believe me when I tell them this, but honest to God it helps - is leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts for… well, not just @jumpleads.zone, but ANY podcast you listen to. But especially Jump Leads. Because it helps. It really does.
I miss when anime had short, snappy, slightly weird titles. Cowboy Bebop. That's all.
November 22, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I miss when anime had short, snappy, slightly weird titles. Cowboy Bebop. That's all.
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After "film trilogy that dropped a critical plot point exclusively via timed Fortnite event" and "video game series whose story only makes sense if you're aware of the events of a canon pachinko machine", I feel like there are whole frontiers of user-hostile narrative design waiting to be explored.
November 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
After "film trilogy that dropped a critical plot point exclusively via timed Fortnite event" and "video game series whose story only makes sense if you're aware of the events of a canon pachinko machine", I feel like there are whole frontiers of user-hostile narrative design waiting to be explored.
We're four episodes into @jumpleads.zone season 2 - ten episodes and one minisode into the entire thing - and you KNOW you want me to appear on your podcast to talk about it. I'm a delight! Hit me up.
November 21, 2025 at 11:46 PM
We're four episodes into @jumpleads.zone season 2 - ten episodes and one minisode into the entire thing - and you KNOW you want me to appear on your podcast to talk about it. I'm a delight! Hit me up.
My prediction: The live-action Moana is going to break $1 billion at the box office. People will complain, but they'll go see it anyway.
November 21, 2025 at 11:20 PM
My prediction: The live-action Moana is going to break $1 billion at the box office. People will complain, but they'll go see it anyway.
DONALD TRUMP FIVE MINUTES AFTER MEETING ME: The Director's Cut! The Director's Cut, the best version of Worms, the very best, believe me. They only made 5,000 copies, if you can believe that. It's the 30th anniversary this year, 30 years, 30 Worms. Worm years."
DONALD TRUMP FIVE MINUTES AFTER MEETING ME: there's this pop star they call The Saddest Girl In Sweden, can you believe that? She's named *lips pursed* TOOOO-VEY LOO. They're saying she writes all the songs, they're very good songs, can you believe she hasn't won a grammy? those grammys are rigged
DONALD TRUMP FOVE MINUTES AFTER MEETING ME: There's this character, they're called heroes in the game, can you believe that? Not characters but heroes. I like that. Anyways there's this hero, H-E-R-O, named Kiriko and they're saying she's unfair. She's got a cleanse, can you believe that? Unbelie...
November 21, 2025 at 10:51 PM
DONALD TRUMP FIVE MINUTES AFTER MEETING ME: The Director's Cut! The Director's Cut, the best version of Worms, the very best, believe me. They only made 5,000 copies, if you can believe that. It's the 30th anniversary this year, 30 years, 30 Worms. Worm years."
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This was a big high-concept swing and I absolutely loved it. Really well-realised. You should be listening to this show!
Meaney and Llewellyn have never been more lost...! Listen to episode 2.4, out now in your podcast feeds! audio.jumpleads.zone #audiodrama
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
This was a big high-concept swing and I absolutely loved it. Really well-realised. You should be listening to this show!