Darryl Mott
@gamerstavernshow.com
Freelance writer on tabletop roleplaying games (credits: EN World, Ain't It Cool News, Zombie Orpheus), video producer/streamer (Gamer's Tavern Media), and podcast editor/producer (EN Live, Scary Basement, Gamer's Tavern). Opinions are my own.
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Darryl Mott
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it's a lot easier to understand the visceral hate for The Last Jedi when you understand the average adult star wars fan needs things like this when engaging with art
December 15, 2025 at 5:28 PM
it's a lot easier to understand the visceral hate for The Last Jedi when you understand the average adult star wars fan needs things like this when engaging with art
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there must be a name for using early investors' money to pay off newer investors
Ribbon Finance suffers $2.7 million exploit, plans to use "dormant" users' funds to repay active users
December 12, 2025
https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=ribbon-finance-exploit
December 12, 2025
https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=ribbon-finance-exploit
December 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
there must be a name for using early investors' money to pay off newer investors
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beyond the thin veneer of concern behind all of these opeds is the much simpler truth that their authors desperately want to describe something that is very obviously their problem (fewer people want to post in the venues they like more) as though it were our problem
June 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
beyond the thin veneer of concern behind all of these opeds is the much simpler truth that their authors desperately want to describe something that is very obviously their problem (fewer people want to post in the venues they like more) as though it were our problem
Sports gambling sites: Perfectly okay to advertise on everything!
Videos against lootboxes as exploitative, especially for those with gambling issues which is extra bad: This promotes gambling, banned!
Videos against lootboxes as exploitative, especially for those with gambling issues which is extra bad: This promotes gambling, banned!
Update: YouTube straight up removed another video about loot boxes. They’re just hitting anything that mentions gambling regardless of context.
What a ridiculous platform.
What a ridiculous platform.
YouTube restricted an old video about loot boxes being restricted by gambling laws under the “sale of regulated goods policy.”
Yes YouTube, my vids famously “depict or promote” gambling. Those years of anti-loot box videos were secretly pro-loot box the entire time, you ridiculous dumbfuck site 😂.
Yes YouTube, my vids famously “depict or promote” gambling. Those years of anti-loot box videos were secretly pro-loot box the entire time, you ridiculous dumbfuck site 😂.
December 15, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Sports gambling sites: Perfectly okay to advertise on everything!
Videos against lootboxes as exploitative, especially for those with gambling issues which is extra bad: This promotes gambling, banned!
Videos against lootboxes as exploitative, especially for those with gambling issues which is extra bad: This promotes gambling, banned!
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When your “exclusive” lasts all of 7 hours, because you publicly named a guy who was never charged with a crime, and who now is being hounded by trolls, and will have this show up in internet searches for the rest of his life.
December 15, 2025 at 4:40 AM
When your “exclusive” lasts all of 7 hours, because you publicly named a guy who was never charged with a crime, and who now is being hounded by trolls, and will have this show up in internet searches for the rest of his life.
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1) In what way does it facilitate "gay sex" specifically as opposed to "straight sex" or just "sex"?
2) How many times do you think they checked and rechecked and re-rechecked to make sure they were spelling "prostrate" properly in this entry?
2) How many times do you think they checked and rechecked and re-rechecked to make sure they were spelling "prostrate" properly in this entry?
December 15, 2025 at 8:26 AM
1) In what way does it facilitate "gay sex" specifically as opposed to "straight sex" or just "sex"?
2) How many times do you think they checked and rechecked and re-rechecked to make sure they were spelling "prostrate" properly in this entry?
2) How many times do you think they checked and rechecked and re-rechecked to make sure they were spelling "prostrate" properly in this entry?
I've talked before that the American Dream is a lie. The premise is that if you're smart and work hard, you'll be a success. Then they defined "success" as "rich" and inverted it, so anyone rich must be smart and worked hard.
Now the rich have started to believe their own bullshit.
Now the rich have started to believe their own bullshit.
I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury
December 15, 2025 at 7:17 AM
I've talked before that the American Dream is a lie. The premise is that if you're smart and work hard, you'll be a success. Then they defined "success" as "rich" and inverted it, so anyone rich must be smart and worked hard.
Now the rich have started to believe their own bullshit.
Now the rich have started to believe their own bullshit.
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this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
December 15, 2025 at 2:21 AM
this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
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Choosing to focus, on hearing the news of Rob Reiner's passing, to remember this moment where he was so overcome with joy and laughter that he - the director of the movie - was one of many people banished from the set in order to finish filming.
TIL nearly all of the "Miracle Max" scene from Princess Bride was improvised by Billy Crystal, and it took three ten hour days to shoot, because they couldn't get through his improv without everyone (cast and crew) laughing so hard it ruined the audio.
Mandy Patinkin bruised a rib holding it in.
Mandy Patinkin bruised a rib holding it in.
a man and a woman are standing next to each other and laughing .
Alt: Miracle Max and his wife waving goodbye from the Princess Bride.
media.tenor.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Choosing to focus, on hearing the news of Rob Reiner's passing, to remember this moment where he was so overcome with joy and laughter that he - the director of the movie - was one of many people banished from the set in order to finish filming.
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For the second year in a row, the wealth gains for the 100 richest Americans exceeded what ALL American households spent on groceries combined.
~$995B for billionaires vs ~$775B in total grocery spending.
We have an oligarchy and inequality problem masquerading as an affordability crisis.
~$995B for billionaires vs ~$775B in total grocery spending.
We have an oligarchy and inequality problem masquerading as an affordability crisis.
December 14, 2025 at 11:28 PM
For the second year in a row, the wealth gains for the 100 richest Americans exceeded what ALL American households spent on groceries combined.
~$995B for billionaires vs ~$775B in total grocery spending.
We have an oligarchy and inequality problem masquerading as an affordability crisis.
~$995B for billionaires vs ~$775B in total grocery spending.
We have an oligarchy and inequality problem masquerading as an affordability crisis.
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The moment when AI news summaries accidentally create the murder mystery we deserve
December 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The moment when AI news summaries accidentally create the murder mystery we deserve
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the surveillance state is like “have u seen this man”
December 15, 2025 at 6:11 AM
the surveillance state is like “have u seen this man”
If you don't know who Ricky Jay was, he was the stage magician everyone went to in order to learn to be a stage magician. Not just the big names in magic, but anytime Hollywood needed a sleight of hand consultant, they got him. Because he was the best.
I don’t think we as a society have thanked @papapishu.bsky.social for obtaining, ripping, and uploading a master copy of the essential Ricky Jay And His 52 Assistants, Jay’s 1997 HBO special and the best distillation of his one of a kind talent archive.org/details/rick...
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December 15, 2025 at 2:58 AM
If you don't know who Ricky Jay was, he was the stage magician everyone went to in order to learn to be a stage magician. Not just the big names in magic, but anytime Hollywood needed a sleight of hand consultant, they got him. Because he was the best.
Listen. Target. Let me help you.
You need to understand. You cannot market your way out of this. You openly caved to the demands of right-wing hate groups and fascists at the expense of marginalized groups.
Until you fix that, you will remain fucked. You can't slap a bandaid on a festering wound.
You need to understand. You cannot market your way out of this. You openly caved to the demands of right-wing hate groups and fascists at the expense of marginalized groups.
Until you fix that, you will remain fucked. You can't slap a bandaid on a festering wound.
The FB comments did not disappoint.
“Who do you think coined “Tar-zhay?”
Everyone up and down the threads going “Bring back DEI & Pride.” You know what you have to do, you just don’t want to.
“Who do you think coined “Tar-zhay?”
Everyone up and down the threads going “Bring back DEI & Pride.” You know what you have to do, you just don’t want to.
December 15, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Listen. Target. Let me help you.
You need to understand. You cannot market your way out of this. You openly caved to the demands of right-wing hate groups and fascists at the expense of marginalized groups.
Until you fix that, you will remain fucked. You can't slap a bandaid on a festering wound.
You need to understand. You cannot market your way out of this. You openly caved to the demands of right-wing hate groups and fascists at the expense of marginalized groups.
Until you fix that, you will remain fucked. You can't slap a bandaid on a festering wound.
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Elon's little serfs are quite literally begging journalists to come back because every publicly available source of data shows people have fled the platform and young people won't use it.
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
December 15, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Elon's little serfs are quite literally begging journalists to come back because every publicly available source of data shows people have fled the platform and young people won't use it.
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
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With this piece of bread on the ground in Ottawa, Canada and the one below in Perth, Australia, @drstip.bsky.social and I have successfully created an Earth sandwich.
The hot dog vs sandwich debate is concluded.
If the Earth is sandwiched, everything is a sandwich.
HAPPY EARTH SANDWICH DAY!
The hot dog vs sandwich debate is concluded.
If the Earth is sandwiched, everything is a sandwich.
HAPPY EARTH SANDWICH DAY!
December 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
With this piece of bread on the ground in Ottawa, Canada and the one below in Perth, Australia, @drstip.bsky.social and I have successfully created an Earth sandwich.
The hot dog vs sandwich debate is concluded.
If the Earth is sandwiched, everything is a sandwich.
HAPPY EARTH SANDWICH DAY!
The hot dog vs sandwich debate is concluded.
If the Earth is sandwiched, everything is a sandwich.
HAPPY EARTH SANDWICH DAY!
Ancient Rome: So long as we maintain the bread and circuses for the people, we can get away with any corruption we want!
Modern America: Bread is $5 a loaf and circuses are split between fifteen different streaming services that cost $14.99/mo each.
Modern America: Bread is $5 a loaf and circuses are split between fifteen different streaming services that cost $14.99/mo each.
December 15, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Ancient Rome: So long as we maintain the bread and circuses for the people, we can get away with any corruption we want!
Modern America: Bread is $5 a loaf and circuses are split between fifteen different streaming services that cost $14.99/mo each.
Modern America: Bread is $5 a loaf and circuses are split between fifteen different streaming services that cost $14.99/mo each.
Also fires. Historically, we really liked burning mansions, empty factories, and plantations to the ground.
December 15, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Also fires. Historically, we really liked burning mansions, empty factories, and plantations to the ground.
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Previous health problems could include: teenage acne, or an ex-husband who broke your jaw...
But it wasn't just that they could deny you the care. They could take your premiums for decades, and then when you needed treatment deny you the care.
But it wasn't just that they could deny you the care. They could take your premiums for decades, and then when you needed treatment deny you the care.
December 14, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Previous health problems could include: teenage acne, or an ex-husband who broke your jaw...
But it wasn't just that they could deny you the care. They could take your premiums for decades, and then when you needed treatment deny you the care.
But it wasn't just that they could deny you the care. They could take your premiums for decades, and then when you needed treatment deny you the care.
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The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
I'm dubious about Amazon's commitment to keeping pre-existing conditions a thing of the past.
December 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
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As I said, I typically don't like straight covers that just shift covers so much for this list...but I've got to make an exception for the virtuoso of ska covers, @skatunenetwork.bsky.social They do an amazing job on shifting the genre so seamlessly you'd think it was always a ska song.
You're A Mean One, Mr Grinch (SKA COVER)
YouTube video by Ska Tune Network
www.youtube.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:59 AM
As I said, I typically don't like straight covers that just shift covers so much for this list...but I've got to make an exception for the virtuoso of ska covers, @skatunenetwork.bsky.social They do an amazing job on shifting the genre so seamlessly you'd think it was always a ska song.
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Clear cut case of two people who are famous for getting yelled at on twitter thinking literally anyone normal knows who they are
Insanely pathetic numbers for something so highly touted
December 14, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Clear cut case of two people who are famous for getting yelled at on twitter thinking literally anyone normal knows who they are
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It is just very funny to me that my video game essay book sold better than john fetterman's memoir
December 14, 2025 at 10:58 PM
It is just very funny to me that my video game essay book sold better than john fetterman's memoir
Oh my god. I have a video on my channel with more views than this. Granted, it's me uploading a clip from DS9 to win an internet argument that I made public and a bunch of people watched...
But I have an ORIGINAL VIDEO with about a quarter of the views. A Shadowrun product review no less. WTF?
But I have an ORIGINAL VIDEO with about a quarter of the views. A Shadowrun product review no less. WTF?
Insanely pathetic numbers for something so highly touted
December 14, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Oh my god. I have a video on my channel with more views than this. Granted, it's me uploading a clip from DS9 to win an internet argument that I made public and a bunch of people watched...
But I have an ORIGINAL VIDEO with about a quarter of the views. A Shadowrun product review no less. WTF?
But I have an ORIGINAL VIDEO with about a quarter of the views. A Shadowrun product review no less. WTF?
So much Boomer and older Gen X complaining seems to be getting angry that younger Gen X, Millennials, Gen Z, and Gen Alpha all have more options OR the capitalist system they repeatedly voted into office and left in power created a worse world made of cheaper, shittier products.
December 14, 2025 at 10:58 PM
So much Boomer and older Gen X complaining seems to be getting angry that younger Gen X, Millennials, Gen Z, and Gen Alpha all have more options OR the capitalist system they repeatedly voted into office and left in power created a worse world made of cheaper, shittier products.