John Curtin 🔜 PAX Unplugged!
@curtinwrites.bsky.social
Ennie-nominated game and culture writer
Words @Paizo.com and sundry
Projects:
@starfinderfacts2e.bsky.social
https://www.patreon.com/BearlyFactual
https://ko-fi.com/bearlyfactualproduction
Occasional musician.
Built a robot once.
Words @Paizo.com and sundry
Projects:
@starfinderfacts2e.bsky.social
https://www.patreon.com/BearlyFactual
https://ko-fi.com/bearlyfactualproduction
Occasional musician.
Built a robot once.
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Hey, y’all. I hate to ask favors but times are a little tight. We’re covering bills, but due to a change in jobs and missing work, our finances are tight and we could use help buying some groceries. Anything helps 🩷 www.paypal.com/paypalme/vic...
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February 4, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Hey, y’all. I hate to ask favors but times are a little tight. We’re covering bills, but due to a change in jobs and missing work, our finances are tight and we could use help buying some groceries. Anything helps 🩷 www.paypal.com/paypalme/vic...
Remember, 2025 is never really over, just as 2020 isn't over, 2016 isn't over, 320 BC isn't really over - it's all just segments of time marked for our own comfort and mutual understanding
...so really, who's to say that this Best Games of 2025 list is "late"
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...so really, who's to say that this Best Games of 2025 list is "late"
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If I Call It A Retrospective, Then My Top 10 Games of 2025 List Isn't Late, Right? | Bearly Factual Productions, By John Curtin
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January 31, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Remember, 2025 is never really over, just as 2020 isn't over, 2016 isn't over, 320 BC isn't really over - it's all just segments of time marked for our own comfort and mutual understanding
...so really, who's to say that this Best Games of 2025 list is "late"
www.patreon.com/posts/149346...
...so really, who's to say that this Best Games of 2025 list is "late"
www.patreon.com/posts/149346...
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Day two of cooking: snow day edition
January 26, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Day two of cooking: snow day edition
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It’s because we don’t actually have “news orgs,” we have privately owned media that publishes editorial aligned with private ownership’s aims.
hard not to notice that as trump's polls crater and gop gets crushed in election after election, news orgs are not racing around hiring progressive commenters and boasting about how they're reaching out to real americans by following the will of the volk.
January 18, 2026 at 1:21 PM
It’s because we don’t actually have “news orgs,” we have privately owned media that publishes editorial aligned with private ownership’s aims.
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There are about 100 protesters outside Schumer’s building in the middle of the blizzard urging him to whip Dem votes against any more ICE/CBP funding.
January 25, 2026 at 6:00 PM
There are about 100 protesters outside Schumer’s building in the middle of the blizzard urging him to whip Dem votes against any more ICE/CBP funding.
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Who wants to play a game?
January 23, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Who wants to play a game?
New bill for damage accountability in AI theft of copyrighted works, lawyer friend says to call reps in Congress:
H.R. 7209: Transparency and Responsibility for Artificial Intelligence Networks Act (119th Congress) Bill Summary | Quiver Quantitative share.google/uGRp51rCe5ay...
H.R. 7209: Transparency and Responsibility for Artificial Intelligence Networks Act (119th Congress) Bill Summary | Quiver Quantitative share.google/uGRp51rCe5ay...
H.R. 7209: Transparency and Responsibility for Artificial Intelligence Networks Act (119th Congress) Bill Summary | Quiver Quantitative
See a summary of the HR.7209 (119th Congress) bill, including bill actions, sponsors, corporate lobbying, and more.
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January 23, 2026 at 5:32 PM
New bill for damage accountability in AI theft of copyrighted works, lawyer friend says to call reps in Congress:
H.R. 7209: Transparency and Responsibility for Artificial Intelligence Networks Act (119th Congress) Bill Summary | Quiver Quantitative share.google/uGRp51rCe5ay...
H.R. 7209: Transparency and Responsibility for Artificial Intelligence Networks Act (119th Congress) Bill Summary | Quiver Quantitative share.google/uGRp51rCe5ay...
Thoughts in Minnesota today ✊
Solidarity forever; our union makes us strong.
Solidarity forever; our union makes us strong.
January 23, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Thoughts in Minnesota today ✊
Solidarity forever; our union makes us strong.
Solidarity forever; our union makes us strong.
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Gary Larson: In my cartoon I invented Cow Tools as a cautionary tale
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
January 19, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Gary Larson: In my cartoon I invented Cow Tools as a cautionary tale
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
This week's Bearly Factual Productions review is of Duskpunk, a game that brings a gritty steampunk vibe to a Disco Elysium / Sorcery!-style RPG. Check out our free review!
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Revolutionary RPG Duskpunk Is A Solid Sedition Simulation [Review] | Bearly Factual Productions, By John Curtin
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January 13, 2026 at 5:02 PM
This week's Bearly Factual Productions review is of Duskpunk, a game that brings a gritty steampunk vibe to a Disco Elysium / Sorcery!-style RPG. Check out our free review!
www.patreon.com/posts/145997...
www.patreon.com/posts/145997...
Sometimes I think about AI and the best case scenario I can think of is "there will be a non-significant portion of the population who does not understand what the fuck is real" and I feel better about my greatest cultural impact being as a shitposter
January 11, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Sometimes I think about AI and the best case scenario I can think of is "there will be a non-significant portion of the population who does not understand what the fuck is real" and I feel better about my greatest cultural impact being as a shitposter
I have mental health please tell me why to get/not to get a bicep tattoo
January 11, 2026 at 12:02 AM
I have mental health please tell me why to get/not to get a bicep tattoo
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Hold onto your butts, data nerds. I've been looking Evil Hat's distro performance — solely based on our distro invoicing that we do through Freshbooks; we don't invoice IPR there so they aren't represented in these data.
The TLDR:
2025 was the worst year for EH's distribution in the past 10 years.
The TLDR:
2025 was the worst year for EH's distribution in the past 10 years.
January 9, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Hold onto your butts, data nerds. I've been looking Evil Hat's distro performance — solely based on our distro invoicing that we do through Freshbooks; we don't invoice IPR there so they aren't represented in these data.
The TLDR:
2025 was the worst year for EH's distribution in the past 10 years.
The TLDR:
2025 was the worst year for EH's distribution in the past 10 years.
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when it's definitely going the way you thought it would
January 10, 2026 at 6:06 PM
when it's definitely going the way you thought it would
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Discord is trying to add new AI features to their platform. They're asking people to fill out a survey on how they feel about AI and what "value" it would add to their platform. Please take a few minutes to fill it out and tell them to fuck off with AI.
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January 10, 2026 at 5:11 AM
Discord is trying to add new AI features to their platform. They're asking people to fill out a survey on how they feel about AI and what "value" it would add to their platform. Please take a few minutes to fill it out and tell them to fuck off with AI.
discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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there's a line in hadestown where orpheus raises his glass and says "to the world we dream about! and the one we live in now" and i think of it often
January 8, 2026 at 3:26 PM
there's a line in hadestown where orpheus raises his glass and says "to the world we dream about! and the one we live in now" and i think of it often
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Here's our latest jubensha, just launched today, if you're interested in playing another one? :P
www.kickstarter.com/projects/chr...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/chr...
Seven Strikes
A Play-At-Home English Language Jubensha Thriller About Truth, Power, and the Stories We Choose to Believe
www.kickstarter.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Here's our latest jubensha, just launched today, if you're interested in playing another one? :P
www.kickstarter.com/projects/chr...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/chr...
If you missed the @epictellers.bsky.social Starfinder: Afterlight gameplay demo from the New Game+ Showcase today, we got you over at Bearly Factual Productions! www.patreon.com/posts/watch-...
Watch The Starfinder: Afterlight Gameplay Trailer From The New Game+ Showcase | Bearly Factual Productions, By John Curtin
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January 9, 2026 at 3:14 AM
If you missed the @epictellers.bsky.social Starfinder: Afterlight gameplay demo from the New Game+ Showcase today, we got you over at Bearly Factual Productions! www.patreon.com/posts/watch-...
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BIG NEWS: for its second year, AVENGERS ACADEMY has again been nominated for the GLAAD award for OUTSTANDING COMIC BOOK!
I am so proud of our entire creative team and of this book for its hard work in making people feel seen and celebrated.
Thank you all so much. 💖 glaad.org/mediaawards/...
I am so proud of our entire creative team and of this book for its hard work in making people feel seen and celebrated.
Thank you all so much. 💖 glaad.org/mediaawards/...
January 7, 2026 at 10:18 PM
BIG NEWS: for its second year, AVENGERS ACADEMY has again been nominated for the GLAAD award for OUTSTANDING COMIC BOOK!
I am so proud of our entire creative team and of this book for its hard work in making people feel seen and celebrated.
Thank you all so much. 💖 glaad.org/mediaawards/...
I am so proud of our entire creative team and of this book for its hard work in making people feel seen and celebrated.
Thank you all so much. 💖 glaad.org/mediaawards/...
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Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
January 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
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Very hard living in such a corrupt, lawless, and stupid time.
January 4, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Very hard living in such a corrupt, lawless, and stupid time.
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Captain America in an August 1990 in issue, after the last time the US violated international law to invade a Latin American nation and kidnap a head of state to stand trial on drug charges
January 3, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Captain America in an August 1990 in issue, after the last time the US violated international law to invade a Latin American nation and kidnap a head of state to stand trial on drug charges
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Well Atrus, I made it to Myst island, despite your directions.
January 3, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Well Atrus, I made it to Myst island, despite your directions.