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The Ugly Monster (Oscar) @theuglymonster.bsky.social · 2d
"DIE is basically isekai D&D, and the gamemaster is a psychopath."

#comics

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‘DIE’ Maps the Madness of Roleplaying Games
A comic about the unhinged nature of TTRPGs
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Cardboard Crack @cardboard-crack.bsky.social · 2h
Secret Lair #MTG
NEW SECRET LAIR! NICE TRY WOTC! YOU'RE NOT TRICKING ME AGAIN! HORRIBLE WEBSITE! RIDICULOUS QUEUES! PREYING ON MY FOMO! IT'LL BE BETTER THIS TIME. MAYBE IT WILL BE BETTER. SURELY WOTC WILL FIX SECRET LAIRS SOMEDAY. MAYBE TODAY'S THAT DAY! YES! I'M GOING TO GET THIS SECRET LAIR! DON'T WORRY, THERE'LL BE A NEW SECRET LAIR NEXT WEEK. APOLOGIES TO CHARLES SCHULZ CARDBOARD-CRACK.COM
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The Ugly Monster (Oscar) @theuglymonster.bsky.social · 3h
"I absolutely love everything about this show."

#television #NoPaywall

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Derry Girls: Humor in the Mundane and Political Unrest
‘Derry Girls’ is a British sitcom about five teenagers living in Northern Ireland during the Troubles
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The Ugly Monster (Oscar) @theuglymonster.bsky.social · 7h
"If being “woke” is fighting against injustice, championing the truth, and supporting the Geneva Conventions… then yeah, Superman is super “woke.”"

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Yeah, ‘Superman’ is about Palestine (among other things)
On the importance of a “woke,” punk rock Superman
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The Ugly Monster (Oscar) @theuglymonster.bsky.social · 16h
"In the heist sequences, the lean qualities of the action are just propulsive enough to never feel understated, while still underscoring the gritty realism that makes these scenes shine."

#movies

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‘The Town’ Melds Gritty Action with Surface-Level Characterisation
One-note stereotyping and clichés weigh down Ben Affleck’s sophomore effort as director
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The Ugly Monster (Oscar) @theuglymonster.bsky.social · 23h
"It’s an intriguing premise that hooks you from the get-go, elevated further by a non-linear narrative following multiple characters as the pieces of the strange puzzle slowly fall into place."

#horror

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Weapons — Captivating Mystery, Disappointing Horror
Zack Cregger’s second spooky outing enthralls with a sublime production and a rousing plot, but it fizzles out on the scares
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The Ugly Monster (Oscar) @theuglymonster.bsky.social · 1d
"Fingleton’s approach to this subject matter is bleak at almost every turn, even if the film does well not to lose sight of any sign of humanity amidst this moral and spiritual darkness."

#postapocalyptic #movies

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The Survivalist — grim attempts at survival in a post-apocalyptic world
Worldbuilding is eschewed for an intimate and gritty — if not wholly absorbing — assessment of humanity’s post-apocalyptic regression
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1d
57% of all ad spending by Republicans in the Virginia governors race was on anti trans ads. Just an incredibly mismanaged campaign. Anti-trans politics are a losing issue.
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The Ugly Monster (Oscar) @theuglymonster.bsky.social · 1d
"The amount of detail put into character relationships and interactions is bewildering. I think the majority of my hours in the game aren’t even in real gameplay; they are spent talking to characters."

#gaming #Hades2

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‘Hades II’ Evolves the Roguelike
How this genre-defining sequel shatters all the expectations for roguelike games
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The Ugly Monster (Oscar) @theuglymonster.bsky.social · 1d
"There seems to be this undercurrent among audiences that argue that Ernest actually loved Mollie all along. They argue that Ernest’s love for Mollie makes the story all the more tragic."

#movies

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‘Killers of the Flower Moon’: The Osage are Dead
Can you find the wolves in this picture? Can you find the wolves in your real world?
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The Ugly Monster (Oscar) @theuglymonster.bsky.social · 1d
"[Collin] Farrell’s pompous English accent is its own kind of Hell, so unnatural and obviously affected that it becomes a joke in need of a punchline."

#movies

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‘Ballad of a Small Player’ — Visually Sublime Yet Emotionally Hollow
Edward Berger’s latest film pulls no punches with its visual style, but fails to make its weightless story resonate
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The Ugly Monster (Oscar) @theuglymonster.bsky.social · 2d
"What started as Eric Kripke’s rugged monster-of-the-week CW show evolved into a story that blurred the lines between urban legend and Biblical canon."

#Supernatural

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The Folk Religion Built Around a ‘Supernatural’ Ship
The Star and the Catfish, The Riverlands Hymnal, and Two Unnamed Prophets
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The Ugly Monster (Oscar) @theuglymonster.bsky.social · 2d
"[Ben] Burtt essentially created a Hollywood in-joke. He included the scream throughout both the Star Wars films and the Indiana Jones series."

#Filmmaking #movies

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The Lord of the Rings and the Wilhelm Scream
How the legendary sound effect became a Middle-Earth staple
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The Ugly Monster (Oscar) @theuglymonster.bsky.social · 2d
"Knife fighting in the game isn’t just some afterthought. It’s a love letter to Sicily’s very real old world tradition of paranza corta, a short-blade martial art carried out with stilettos..."

#gaming #NoPaywall

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Mafia: The Old Country — Blood on a Saints Card
Is Los Ondas the future of the franchise?
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Karl Olson 🎤 Ultraklystron @karlrolson.com · 5d
Jojo meme where they're stomping a guy out, but it's every major anime, manga and game company in japan joining hollywood studios and indie creatives in stomping out Open AI
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The Ugly Monster (Oscar) @theuglymonster.bsky.social · 2d
"...Witch Watch follows Nico and her growing entourage of retainers — an assortment of classic horror monsters and Japanese folk legends, reinterpreted for the modern day."

#anime #RomCom

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‘Witch Watch’ is a Monster Mashup of Shonen and Romantic Comedy
A wonderfully weird anime for absolutely everyone
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The Ugly Monster (Oscar) @theuglymonster.bsky.social · 2d
"DIE is basically isekai D&D, and the gamemaster is a psychopath."

#comics

medium.com/theuglymonst...
‘DIE’ Maps the Madness of Roleplaying Games
A comic about the unhinged nature of TTRPGs
medium.com
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The Ugly Monster (Oscar) @theuglymonster.bsky.social · 2d
Is there an official Gundam TTRPG? Or did you reskin another ruleset?
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The Ugly Monster (Oscar) @theuglymonster.bsky.social · 3d
"...most of Ethan’s actions throughout the ‘Mission: Impossible’ films are unsanctioned. He simply decides to do what he thinks is best at all times. And conveniently, Ethan is always right."

#movies #MissionImpossible

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‘Mission: Impossible’ — Is Ethan Hunt a Terrorist?
Why do we let this gambler-superhero saviour-of-humanity break all the rules?
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The Ugly Monster (Oscar) @theuglymonster.bsky.social · 3d
"His strength here is less about how hard he can hit and more about how much he can keep getting hit and get back up to protect the innocent (humans and animals)."

#Superman

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Superman (2025) — Gosh, it’s Great to Hope Again
James Gunn’s take on the Man of Steel is distinct, exciting, heartfelt, and brimming with optimism
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The Ugly Monster (Oscar) @theuglymonster.bsky.social · 3d
"Sorcerers are openly discriminated against, hunted or executed, with the Inquisition further dehumanizing them into obscurity from the general public."

#manga #anime #NoPaywall

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‘The Art of Radiant’ Celebrates A Decade of Memories
This artbook is an over-the-shoulder look at how Radiant came to be
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The Ugly Monster (Oscar) @theuglymonster.bsky.social · 4d
"The film’s brilliant opening sequence sets the stage for a depressingly cruel world these characters don’t merely inhabit, but bask in, like pigs in shit eager to dive back in to the murky territory they call home."

#gangster #movies

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‘Goodfellas’ Is a Blissfully Entertaining Mob Classic: 35-Year Retrospective
Martin Scorsese’s 1990 crime classic is a helter-skelter thrill ride that is equal parts cruel and charming
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The Ugly Monster (Oscar) @theuglymonster.bsky.social · 4d
"The two bricks go swinging, jumping, and flinging around the environment to activate various mechanisms that trigger parts of the environment to move or break off or put some process into motion."

#LEGO #gaming #GiftArticle

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Attachment and Letting Go in ‘LEGO Voyagers’
‘Voyagers’ builds an emotional tale about friendship and distance
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The Ugly Monster (Oscar) @theuglymonster.bsky.social · 5d
"I don’t believe anyone actually likes Dungeons & Dragons. D&D fans are just victims of the sunk-cost fallacy."

#TTRPG

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This Game Destroys Your D&D Books
‘Game Lamprey’ is about revenge
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VƎX Werewolf @vexwerewolf.bsky.social · 5d
It's been way too long since I made one of these. It helps me write other stuff. #LancerRPG
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Shayla is Not a Robot @shayshine.bsky.social · 5d
Not the most recent paint job, but it's hard to get more Halloween-y than robot skeletons with Freddy Krueger claws that wear their victims' skins. Happy Halloween! #miniaturepainting #wargaming #40k #necrons
shayshine.bsky.social Shayla is Not a Robot @shayshine.bsky.social · Aug 4
Also the necron painting continues on! Got the first couple flayed ones looking comfortable in someone else's skin #miniaturepainting #wargaming #40k #necron
2 flayed ones.
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