Alex Epstein
@alexmakesstuffup.bsky.social
Writer, narrative director, author, screenwriter. He/him. Fragpunk, South of Midnight, We Happy Few, Contrast, Biomorph, Crafty Screenwriting, Crafty TV Writing, Naked Josh, Bon Cop/Bad Cop.
Stories are a lever to move the world
Stories are a lever to move the world
I'm on line with Microsoft Support. Apparently their policy is that an organization can add me on Teams and I have to ask their administrator for permission to leave it. So for example, the KKK can add you to their organization on Teams and then refuse to let you leave. That seems nonoptimal.
November 22, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I'm on line with Microsoft Support. Apparently their policy is that an organization can add me on Teams and I have to ask their administrator for permission to leave it. So for example, the KKK can add you to their organization on Teams and then refuse to let you leave. That seems nonoptimal.
Windows really obstructs removing dead work accounts. I have a Comp Sci degree. I feel like it should take me less than an hour and ten helpful websites to figure out how to delete the accounts, reset apps and scrub the files. Gaaah.
November 21, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Windows really obstructs removing dead work accounts. I have a Comp Sci degree. I feel like it should take me less than an hour and ten helpful websites to figure out how to delete the accounts, reset apps and scrub the files. Gaaah.
Oddly, the word for "fox" is completely different in the major Romance languages:
French: reynard
Italian: volpe
Spanish: zorro
Portuguese: raposa
Even Catalan: guineu
You usually see more cognates.
Sly little fellers, huh.
(My maternal grandfather's name was Fuchs, so I feel an affinity.)
French: reynard
Italian: volpe
Spanish: zorro
Portuguese: raposa
Even Catalan: guineu
You usually see more cognates.
Sly little fellers, huh.
(My maternal grandfather's name was Fuchs, so I feel an affinity.)
November 18, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oddly, the word for "fox" is completely different in the major Romance languages:
French: reynard
Italian: volpe
Spanish: zorro
Portuguese: raposa
Even Catalan: guineu
You usually see more cognates.
Sly little fellers, huh.
(My maternal grandfather's name was Fuchs, so I feel an affinity.)
French: reynard
Italian: volpe
Spanish: zorro
Portuguese: raposa
Even Catalan: guineu
You usually see more cognates.
Sly little fellers, huh.
(My maternal grandfather's name was Fuchs, so I feel an affinity.)
I had forgotten that Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein when she and her friends were all cooped up indoors in Geneva during a lethally cold summer caused by a massive volcanic eruption. (1816 was "the year without a summer.")
November 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I had forgotten that Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein when she and her friends were all cooped up indoors in Geneva during a lethally cold summer caused by a massive volcanic eruption. (1816 was "the year without a summer.")
I live on a damn movie set.
November 10, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I live on a damn movie set.
If Schumer can't keep his Senate Dem colleagues united, then maybe someone else should lead them?
November 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
If Schumer can't keep his Senate Dem colleagues united, then maybe someone else should lead them?
If you are thinking of making your own indie game, get some who loves you to give you Crafty Game Writing for Christmas. It's focused on how to think about new i.p., because that's what I've done, almost entirely. $55 USD from Routledge: www.routledge.com/Crafty-Game-...
Crafty Game Writing: Secrets of Great Videogame Narrative
Every writer dreams of creating their own game world and telling their own stories. But creating a new game from scratch is different from working on an established franchise. If you’re writing for St...
www.routledge.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
If you are thinking of making your own indie game, get some who loves you to give you Crafty Game Writing for Christmas. It's focused on how to think about new i.p., because that's what I've done, almost entirely. $55 USD from Routledge: www.routledge.com/Crafty-Game-...
Folks like to diss Canadian health care, especially Americans who have never used it, but I cracked my ribs last night, made an appointment for this morning, saw a doctor AND got an X-ray in 1 hour and 24 minutes, and the only thing I had to pay was the parking meter.
November 7, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Folks like to diss Canadian health care, especially Americans who have never used it, but I cracked my ribs last night, made an appointment for this morning, saw a doctor AND got an X-ray in 1 hour and 24 minutes, and the only thing I had to pay was the parking meter.
Balzac used to say "there goes another novel" after making love. But I do look at some of these games I've played 400 hours of, and wondered what I could have written in 10 weeks.
November 6, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Balzac used to say "there goes another novel" after making love. But I do look at some of these games I've played 400 hours of, and wondered what I could have written in 10 weeks.
Watch, now they're going to indict Sandwich guy for littering.
November 6, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Watch, now they're going to indict Sandwich guy for littering.
One thing I like about the comics we are making for Fragpunk is that yes, we're having fun with unorthodox storytelling, but we get to it because the stories needed it, not because we thought it would be cool or we're trying to be clever for it's own sake.
November 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
One thing I like about the comics we are making for Fragpunk is that yes, we're having fun with unorthodox storytelling, but we get to it because the stories needed it, not because we thought it would be cool or we're trying to be clever for it's own sake.
I really want my Roomba (it's actually a Eufy) to intone "job done!" when it's done.
November 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I really want my Roomba (it's actually a Eufy) to intone "job done!" when it's done.
I guess Andrew Cuomo will be moving to Florida now?
November 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I guess Andrew Cuomo will be moving to Florida now?
Reposted by Alex Epstein
It’s a beautiful frickin’ day
November 5, 2025 at 12:39 PM
It’s a beautiful frickin’ day
Really wish #SaturdayNightLive would skip the Trump impersonation in the cold opens. It's the same joke over and over, every night. Saturday's mayoral debate cold open was hilarious until James Austin Johnson showed up.
November 5, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Really wish #SaturdayNightLive would skip the Trump impersonation in the cold opens. It's the same joke over and over, every night. Saturday's mayoral debate cold open was hilarious until James Austin Johnson showed up.
"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."
November 1, 2025 at 9:54 PM
"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."
Went to work dressed as an "indie developer."
October 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Went to work dressed as an "indie developer."
I CLEARLY wrote 18 FEET, why is this only 18 INCHES tall?
October 29, 2025 at 3:22 AM
I CLEARLY wrote 18 FEET, why is this only 18 INCHES tall?
You can actually catch a bunch of (fruit) flies with (cider) vinegar.
October 27, 2025 at 1:38 PM
You can actually catch a bunch of (fruit) flies with (cider) vinegar.
October 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Serves the Dodgers right for leaving Brooklyn
October 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Serves the Dodgers right for leaving Brooklyn
Very poor timing for the power to go out all day just when I am just sick enough to watch TV all day.
October 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Very poor timing for the power to go out all day just when I am just sick enough to watch TV all day.
How many of these goons were bullies in high school and really miss that
October 21, 2025 at 8:44 AM
How many of these goons were bullies in high school and really miss that
Yes I said Yes I will Yes
October 20, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Yes I said Yes I will Yes
The airline wouldn't let us check into our flight online, but there's an exploit: you can check in at the City Airport Train depot at the Wien Mitte railroad station in Vienna.
October 19, 2025 at 1:43 AM
The airline wouldn't let us check into our flight online, but there's an exploit: you can check in at the City Airport Train depot at the Wien Mitte railroad station in Vienna.