Brandon Bales
@bales.bsky.social
BOARD GAMES and SCHMACTING, et cetera
when your gf is a gourd
October 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
when your gf is a gourd
One Battle After Another (2025, Dir: Paul Thomas Anderson)
October 12, 2025 at 1:05 AM
One Battle After Another (2025, Dir: Paul Thomas Anderson)
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Checking the news every morning like
September 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Checking the news every morning like
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I have regularly used DC parks and walked alone in DC at night for the last 30 years.
The real explanation is that they are testing the waters for how to impose martial law, and no one will convince me otherwise.
The real explanation is that they are testing the waters for how to impose martial law, and no one will convince me otherwise.
Stephen Miller on DC residents: "For the first time in their lives, they can use the parks, they can walk on the streets. You have people who can walk freely at night without having to worry about being robbed or mugged. They are wearing their watches again."
August 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I have regularly used DC parks and walked alone in DC at night for the last 30 years.
The real explanation is that they are testing the waters for how to impose martial law, and no one will convince me otherwise.
The real explanation is that they are testing the waters for how to impose martial law, and no one will convince me otherwise.
Time for Zelenskyy to drop a diss track
March 2, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Time for Zelenskyy to drop a diss track
Great news after our presidon'ts "great chat with Putin"
jfc these assholes
“I’m here today to directly and unambiguously express that stark strategic realities prevent the United States from being the primary guarantor of security in Europe.”
US Secretary of Defence, February 12, 2025.
Everything changed today.
US Secretary of Defence, February 12, 2025.
Everything changed today.
February 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Great news after our presidon'ts "great chat with Putin"
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Just paid my taxes via X, the everything app, but it said my payment went to something called $GOVCOIN. I emailed the IRS for help but they replied with just a poop emoji
February 12, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Just paid my taxes via X, the everything app, but it said my payment went to something called $GOVCOIN. I emailed the IRS for help but they replied with just a poop emoji
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Dan continues to be the example we should all be learning from.
Also the game sounds like a stupendous piece of emergent theme.
Also the game sounds like a stupendous piece of emergent theme.
Molly House is a strange and meaningful beast, at once a celebration of queer love, a critique of imperial power, and a call to solidarity. More than that, it is a game that can't help but be personally meaningful to the lonesome and tired. My review: spacebiff.com/2025/02/12/m...
Love and Heartbreak in Georgian London
As a second-grader, I despised recess. Not because I enjoyed class — it was boring and tedious, hemmed in by schedules and busywork — but rather because I was lonely. Some people don’t unders…
spacebiff.com
February 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Dan continues to be the example we should all be learning from.
Also the game sounds like a stupendous piece of emergent theme.
Also the game sounds like a stupendous piece of emergent theme.
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well son, you have to understand that a lot of people really wanted to say slurs without repercussions
January 16, 2025 at 10:34 PM
well son, you have to understand that a lot of people really wanted to say slurs without repercussions
Gottdamn...
Biden in his final foreign policy speech declares "America...is no longer at war." A week ago he notified Congress of an $8 billion arms package for Israel
January 14, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Gottdamn...
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Undercover FBI informant encouraging Jeff Tiedrich as he purchases hundreds of pounds of chemical fertilizer
January 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Undercover FBI informant encouraging Jeff Tiedrich as he purchases hundreds of pounds of chemical fertilizer
Altadena, CA is essentially gone, y'all.
Devastating.
Devastating.
January 9, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Altadena, CA is essentially gone, y'all.
Devastating.
Devastating.
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I was in a store yesterday and a woman collapsed and hit her head on a shelf, cutting her head open. We stopped the bleeding while the clerk called 911. When the ambulance showed up, the woman didn’t want to go to the hospital at first bc she was worried about the cost. Picture unrelated.
December 23, 2024 at 2:12 PM
I was in a store yesterday and a woman collapsed and hit her head on a shelf, cutting her head open. We stopped the bleeding while the clerk called 911. When the ambulance showed up, the woman didn’t want to go to the hospital at first bc she was worried about the cost. Picture unrelated.
Pretty great game day yesterday!
Kicked it off with RES ARCANA fully loaded,
followed by another hair-raising, skin-o'the-teeth win against a (new) Old One in DEATH MAY DIE,
and topped it off with basic-ass 7 WONDERS... which was actually more fun than I remembered!
BOAR GÊMS!!!
Kicked it off with RES ARCANA fully loaded,
followed by another hair-raising, skin-o'the-teeth win against a (new) Old One in DEATH MAY DIE,
and topped it off with basic-ass 7 WONDERS... which was actually more fun than I remembered!
BOAR GÊMS!!!
December 24, 2024 at 4:20 AM
Pretty great game day yesterday!
Kicked it off with RES ARCANA fully loaded,
followed by another hair-raising, skin-o'the-teeth win against a (new) Old One in DEATH MAY DIE,
and topped it off with basic-ass 7 WONDERS... which was actually more fun than I remembered!
BOAR GÊMS!!!
Kicked it off with RES ARCANA fully loaded,
followed by another hair-raising, skin-o'the-teeth win against a (new) Old One in DEATH MAY DIE,
and topped it off with basic-ass 7 WONDERS... which was actually more fun than I remembered!
BOAR GÊMS!!!
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Fromage is a creamy delight, using what could have been a hollow gimmick to create a game of careful timing. My review: spacebiff.com/2024/12/16/f...
Finally, a Game for Turophiles
It’s hard to imagine talking about Fromage without a few cheesy puns or some choice selections from my personal cheese journey. Fortunately for you, I’m professional enough to know when…
spacebiff.com
December 16, 2024 at 11:53 PM
Fromage is a creamy delight, using what could have been a hollow gimmick to create a game of careful timing. My review: spacebiff.com/2024/12/16/f...
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Please tell me who first posted this so I can properly credit, bc it made me laugh hard this morning
December 13, 2024 at 4:31 PM
Please tell me who first posted this so I can properly credit, bc it made me laugh hard this morning
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hell yeah
According to the GoFundMe for Briana Boston, the mother of 3 who arrested for allegedly writing “Delay, deny, depose, you people are next” & slammed with a $100k bond has been released from custody with NO charges.
GFM raised over $50k, will refund all.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-br...
GFM raised over $50k, will refund all.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-br...
Donate to Support Briana Boston's Bond Release, organized by Iryna Lebedyeva
Hi everyone, it looks like the county released Briana with no charges, so I stopp… Iryna Lebedyeva needs your support for Support Briana Boston's Bond Release
www.gofundme.com
December 14, 2024 at 3:25 AM
hell yeah
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The NYPD is like, "Oh yeah we definitely know who the assassin is, but do you, the general public, know who it is? You guys say his name first. "
December 8, 2024 at 4:38 AM
The NYPD is like, "Oh yeah we definitely know who the assassin is, but do you, the general public, know who it is? You guys say his name first. "
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![A [FAKE] tweet from South Korea's soon-to-be-ex-President Yoon Su, reading "The haters said we couldn't do it. And they were correct. Honestly great call from the haters"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:aohq6g4pn4njqioimsxtvghu/bafkreihm76lxdvcctcmb4dcjrorqaqxrzujwztozstsk5hiodditj3vzoe@jpeg)
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The RPG-like campaign adventure game is such a crowded field, but it's one I continue to remain interested in. Tidal Blades 2 shoots for authenticity through world building, and it does manage to produce something interesting and well-polished. My review: playerelimination.com/2024/12/02/s...
Steadfast Vibrancy – A Tidal Blades 2: Rise of the Unfolders Review
Tidal Blades 2: Rise of the Unfolders is a grand campaign adventure game with the same genealogy as Kinfire Chronicles, Oathsworn, and Descent: Legends of the Dark. This type of game has really tak…
playerelimination.com
December 2, 2024 at 2:48 PM
The RPG-like campaign adventure game is such a crowded field, but it's one I continue to remain interested in. Tidal Blades 2 shoots for authenticity through world building, and it does manage to produce something interesting and well-polished. My review: playerelimination.com/2024/12/02/s...
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Descartes a Kant - After Destruction (Official Video)
YouTube video by Descartes a Kant
youtu.be
December 2, 2024 at 6:15 PM
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In 2019, Core Space clawed its way into my mind and never departed. Now, it's one of my absolute favorite games. Maladum is the third iteration of this system, and I have a lot to say about it. My review:
playerelimination.com/2024/11/11/t...
playerelimination.com/2024/11/11/t...
The Form of Dungeon Crawling – A Maladum: Dungeons of Enveron Review
Plato’s theory of forms posits that there are abstract and unchanging ideals that exist in another realm. These are the non-physical beatific essences of all things. Imagine conceptually the …
playerelimination.com
November 11, 2024 at 1:50 PM
In 2019, Core Space clawed its way into my mind and never departed. Now, it's one of my absolute favorite games. Maladum is the third iteration of this system, and I have a lot to say about it. My review:
playerelimination.com/2024/11/11/t...
playerelimination.com/2024/11/11/t...
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New video! Joyride is a lovely thing, and one of my new favourite racing games.
Is Joyride the Perfect Racing Game?
YouTube video by Shut Up & Sit Down
youtu.be
November 23, 2024 at 12:30 AM
New video! Joyride is a lovely thing, and one of my new favourite racing games.