Patrick "Pat_Bren" Brennan
@patbren.bsky.social
Writer for Project Zomboid. Pioneering aviatrix. Former Ireland's Own James Bond Correspondent. Tweets my own (they're still called tweets).👽👻🛸🥔
He/him/"that gobshite"
He/him/"that gobshite"
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I am Pat Bren ("Pat Bren"), a writer for cool indie game Project Zomboid. I used to be the Ireland's Own's James Bond correspondent. Thanks
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I guess this is about as close as it gets to good news these days (previous estimate was about 3.6C of heating)
Lot of people are already passing this around with the usual "WHY ISN'T ANYONE DOING ANYTHING" shrieks, while ignoring the fact that the article literally says that this is a *significant* decrease from the warming that we were on track for even a few years ago.
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I guess this is about as close as it gets to good news these days (previous estimate was about 3.6C of heating)
He's on a mission from God
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
He's on a mission from God
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Every office has an executive tier whose emails are like:
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Every office has an executive tier whose emails are like:
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
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Mere hours left to grab sweet #ProjectZomboid merch while also supporting Doctors Without Borders!
www.makeship.com/shop/creator...
www.makeship.com/shop/creator...
November 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Mere hours left to grab sweet #ProjectZomboid merch while also supporting Doctors Without Borders!
www.makeship.com/shop/creator...
www.makeship.com/shop/creator...
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All my followers are married to each other and live in the same big brutalist apartment complex
June 25, 2024 at 11:59 PM
All my followers are married to each other and live in the same big brutalist apartment complex
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You are stupid, so I'll make myself clear... you are stupid. Go away. I don't want your blood and puke all over me.
November 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
You are stupid, so I'll make myself clear... you are stupid. Go away. I don't want your blood and puke all over me.
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Horror in media is only effective when everything can be seen and is thoroughly explained.
November 13, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Horror in media is only effective when everything can be seen and is thoroughly explained.
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important reference material
nobody does more brutal fashion reviews than the irish
November 12, 2025 at 1:14 PM
important reference material
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Since Larry Summers is in the news for being a real son of a bitch I wanted to show my favorite piece of economic wisdom he had about the US coming out of COVID where he just lists all the possibilities and says they’re all equally likely
November 13, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Since Larry Summers is in the news for being a real son of a bitch I wanted to show my favorite piece of economic wisdom he had about the US coming out of COVID where he just lists all the possibilities and says they’re all equally likely
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"And James Bond, who did NOT die"
November 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
"And James Bond, who did NOT die"
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My trailer for a nostalgia-drenched, unfunny family-focused Austin Powers reboot, ala Ghostbusters: faint orchestral rendition of that bossa nova song. A kid wearing the glasses discovering a dusty Swedish penis pump in an attic. Liz Hurley in old lady makeup saying "Your grandpa..was very horny.."
November 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
My trailer for a nostalgia-drenched, unfunny family-focused Austin Powers reboot, ala Ghostbusters: faint orchestral rendition of that bossa nova song. A kid wearing the glasses discovering a dusty Swedish penis pump in an attic. Liz Hurley in old lady makeup saying "Your grandpa..was very horny.."
Cube is the Crab of games consoles
It's 1990. A tech company is launching a new computer shaped like a cube.
It's 2000. A tech company is launching a new computer shaped like a cube.
It's 2025. A tech company is launching a new computer shaped like a cube.
It's 2000. A tech company is launching a new computer shaped like a cube.
It's 2025. A tech company is launching a new computer shaped like a cube.
November 12, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Cube is the Crab of games consoles
Neil Breen was underplaying it
Again, to every videogame writer who wrote funny emails to read in an immersive sim/etc. where I rolled my eyes and said out loud, "lol like anyone would ever email something this on the nose", again, sorry, I was wrong, life sucks, you nailed it
November 12, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Neil Breen was underplaying it
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Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
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egyptian theater, ogden, utah, 1991
November 12, 2025 at 5:36 PM
egyptian theater, ogden, utah, 1991
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Electronic Gaming Monthly #95, June '97 - 'Crash Bandicoot 2' cover.
November 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Electronic Gaming Monthly #95, June '97 - 'Crash Bandicoot 2' cover.
Teardown is such an interesting case of a game's gameplay being in direct opposition to its most fun mechanic. It has an epic destruction system, but in many levels you get punished by alarms for destroying stuff, or have to annoyingly maneouvre some item using finicky physics. That isn't fun!
November 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Teardown is such an interesting case of a game's gameplay being in direct opposition to its most fun mechanic. It has an epic destruction system, but in many levels you get punished by alarms for destroying stuff, or have to annoyingly maneouvre some item using finicky physics. That isn't fun!
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Happy to be of service. I once got into a taxi in Dublin wearing a cool new outfit. I was nervous about deviating from the norm but did it anyway.
The taxi driver was on the phone when I got in. First thing he did was finish his phone call saying "I have to go, this fella's wearing dungarees"
The taxi driver was on the phone when I got in. First thing he did was finish his phone call saying "I have to go, this fella's wearing dungarees"
November 12, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Happy to be of service. I once got into a taxi in Dublin wearing a cool new outfit. I was nervous about deviating from the norm but did it anyway.
The taxi driver was on the phone when I got in. First thing he did was finish his phone call saying "I have to go, this fella's wearing dungarees"
The taxi driver was on the phone when I got in. First thing he did was finish his phone call saying "I have to go, this fella's wearing dungarees"
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Yesterday a man was spelling something using phonetic alphabet over the phone to me. He started to struggle at D:
”eh…Dick”
and when he came to a B
“[long silence]…I can only think of Balls because I said Dick”
”eh…Dick”
and when he came to a B
“[long silence]…I can only think of Balls because I said Dick”
November 12, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Yesterday a man was spelling something using phonetic alphabet over the phone to me. He started to struggle at D:
”eh…Dick”
and when he came to a B
“[long silence]…I can only think of Balls because I said Dick”
”eh…Dick”
and when he came to a B
“[long silence]…I can only think of Balls because I said Dick”
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Mountain Slide
'Side By Side Special'
PlayStation
'Side By Side Special'
PlayStation
November 12, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Mountain Slide
'Side By Side Special'
PlayStation
'Side By Side Special'
PlayStation
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If you evade suffering you also evade the chance of joy. Pleasure you may get, or pleasures, but you will not be fulfilled. You will not know what it is to come home.
November 12, 2025 at 12:15 AM
If you evade suffering you also evade the chance of joy. Pleasure you may get, or pleasures, but you will not be fulfilled. You will not know what it is to come home.
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Trying to get ahead of that Joyce Carol Oates dunk
Pope Leo has shared his four favorite movies of all time, as the Vatican prepares to host dozens of actors and directors in a “World of Cinema” gathering on Saturday at his official residence. See which films made the pope's list. nyti.ms/4p3exK9
Pope Leo Shares His Favorite Movies Ahead of Vatican Event
The list leans heavily on uplifting classics.
nyti.ms
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Trying to get ahead of that Joyce Carol Oates dunk