Jay
@bookgolem.bsky.social
Still wandering the Earth looking for things to read.
For simplicity let's go with They/Them.
For simplicity let's go with They/Them.
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The complete and repeated failure of CEOs everywhere to simply Not Say Words in Public
December 16, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The complete and repeated failure of CEOs everywhere to simply Not Say Words in Public
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Don’t use AI for Placeholder assets (or at all). The point is to make them obvious they need replacing
Textures should be hot pink
Text should be BOLD ALL CAPS
Animations should be the Macarena
When they say “we only used AI for placeholder” what they really mean is they hoped you wouldn’t notice
Textures should be hot pink
Text should be BOLD ALL CAPS
Animations should be the Macarena
When they say “we only used AI for placeholder” what they really mean is they hoped you wouldn’t notice
December 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Don’t use AI for Placeholder assets (or at all). The point is to make them obvious they need replacing
Textures should be hot pink
Text should be BOLD ALL CAPS
Animations should be the Macarena
When they say “we only used AI for placeholder” what they really mean is they hoped you wouldn’t notice
Textures should be hot pink
Text should be BOLD ALL CAPS
Animations should be the Macarena
When they say “we only used AI for placeholder” what they really mean is they hoped you wouldn’t notice
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Happy holidays to those who celebrate
December 15, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Happy holidays to those who celebrate
I beat Hollow Knight's Radiance ending, finally. From my first clear at 18hrs and 1 minute with 75% completion, this last 33% took me more than the same amount of time again!
(I am aware there's another 4% to find, but that is Boss Rush Mode and I do not have the patience.)
(I am aware there's another 4% to find, but that is Boss Rush Mode and I do not have the patience.)
November 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I beat Hollow Knight's Radiance ending, finally. From my first clear at 18hrs and 1 minute with 75% completion, this last 33% took me more than the same amount of time again!
(I am aware there's another 4% to find, but that is Boss Rush Mode and I do not have the patience.)
(I am aware there's another 4% to find, but that is Boss Rush Mode and I do not have the patience.)
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Our Call of Cthulhu finale was last night, with the team performing a ritual to banish a horrible monster. They endured more Bouts of Madness than there were party members, but in the end they succeeded and survived without even a Major Wound between them!
Elephant gun times fired: 1 (both barrels)
Elephant gun times fired: 1 (both barrels)
October 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Our Call of Cthulhu finale was last night, with the team performing a ritual to banish a horrible monster. They endured more Bouts of Madness than there were party members, but in the end they succeeded and survived without even a Major Wound between them!
Elephant gun times fired: 1 (both barrels)
Elephant gun times fired: 1 (both barrels)
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Nobody warned me adulthood was just Googling how to do things forever.
October 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Nobody warned me adulthood was just Googling how to do things forever.
Game three of Call of Cthulhu last night. A nice day out for the team enjoying a nice spring afternoon, culminating with a barbeque, the professor comprehending unspeakable horrors, and the explorer almost getting his face torn off by a horrible monster.
Elephant Gun times fired: 0 (again)
Elephant Gun times fired: 0 (again)
October 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Game three of Call of Cthulhu last night. A nice day out for the team enjoying a nice spring afternoon, culminating with a barbeque, the professor comprehending unspeakable horrors, and the explorer almost getting his face torn off by a horrible monster.
Elephant Gun times fired: 0 (again)
Elephant Gun times fired: 0 (again)
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This is my favorite Games Night video yet. You have to check it out!
Which Arnolds will survive vs The Predator in the Slasher Horror miniatures game 'Don't Look Back'?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5mB...
Which Arnolds will survive vs The Predator in the Slasher Horror miniatures game 'Don't Look Back'?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5mB...
October 17, 2025 at 12:40 PM
This is my favorite Games Night video yet. You have to check it out!
Which Arnolds will survive vs The Predator in the Slasher Horror miniatures game 'Don't Look Back'?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5mB...
Which Arnolds will survive vs The Predator in the Slasher Horror miniatures game 'Don't Look Back'?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5mB...
After a brief pause, ran the second session of our Call of Cthulhu investigation tonight. Still great. The team enacted a heist in order to take a book out of a library; surely they have left no evidence that it was them, and certainly not a full paper trail.
Elephant Gun times fired: 0 (still)
Elephant Gun times fired: 0 (still)
October 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
After a brief pause, ran the second session of our Call of Cthulhu investigation tonight. Still great. The team enacted a heist in order to take a book out of a library; surely they have left no evidence that it was them, and certainly not a full paper trail.
Elephant Gun times fired: 0 (still)
Elephant Gun times fired: 0 (still)
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🎂 It's my special cake and candles day you all have to be nice to me because it's been QUITE the year 🎂
So share some of my paintings??
So share some of my paintings??
October 11, 2025 at 10:37 AM
🎂 It's my special cake and candles day you all have to be nice to me because it's been QUITE the year 🎂
So share some of my paintings??
So share some of my paintings??
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A warrior ceremony in ancient Crete
We know so little about religious rituals in Minoan culture that I can't tell you what is happening here. But we can assume that war also played a role in them. Here my task was to imagine what it could've looked like if you were there.
Client: Board & Dice
We know so little about religious rituals in Minoan culture that I can't tell you what is happening here. But we can assume that war also played a role in them. Here my task was to imagine what it could've looked like if you were there.
Client: Board & Dice
October 3, 2025 at 1:50 PM
A warrior ceremony in ancient Crete
We know so little about religious rituals in Minoan culture that I can't tell you what is happening here. But we can assume that war also played a role in them. Here my task was to imagine what it could've looked like if you were there.
Client: Board & Dice
We know so little about religious rituals in Minoan culture that I can't tell you what is happening here. But we can assume that war also played a role in them. Here my task was to imagine what it could've looked like if you were there.
Client: Board & Dice
Introducing a new tool for literary analysis: the Béchamel Test.
A work passes the test if it contains at least one scene where two named characters have a conversation about traditional French cuisine.
A work passes the test if it contains at least one scene where two named characters have a conversation about traditional French cuisine.
September 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Introducing a new tool for literary analysis: the Béchamel Test.
A work passes the test if it contains at least one scene where two named characters have a conversation about traditional French cuisine.
A work passes the test if it contains at least one scene where two named characters have a conversation about traditional French cuisine.
Ran the first session of Call of Cthulhu I've done in quite some time today. I had a great time with the party's heavily armed maniacs trying this thing called "Library Use" while their professor tried his very hardest to get expelled from the university. Good times.
Elephant Gun times fired: 0
Elephant Gun times fired: 0
September 20, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Ran the first session of Call of Cthulhu I've done in quite some time today. I had a great time with the party's heavily armed maniacs trying this thing called "Library Use" while their professor tried his very hardest to get expelled from the university. Good times.
Elephant Gun times fired: 0
Elephant Gun times fired: 0
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The End of a Dream
September 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The End of a Dream
Thought of the day: If you're writing TTRPG rules and you give something non-magical a "once-per-day" limitation, you had better have a darn good reason for it in-universe.
August 26, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Thought of the day: If you're writing TTRPG rules and you give something non-magical a "once-per-day" limitation, you had better have a darn good reason for it in-universe.
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Earlier this year, I did something very silly and reconstructed a full hour of Elden Ring gameplay audio using sounds from N64 Zelda games. By hand.
It took a long time
Here's a behind-the-scenes breakdown of the process:
It took a long time
Here's a behind-the-scenes breakdown of the process:
How I made Elden Ring sound like a Zelda game
YouTube video by PlayFrame
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August 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Earlier this year, I did something very silly and reconstructed a full hour of Elden Ring gameplay audio using sounds from N64 Zelda games. By hand.
It took a long time
Here's a behind-the-scenes breakdown of the process:
It took a long time
Here's a behind-the-scenes breakdown of the process:
I oft wonder how many little biases I'm missing in the news, as there are some phrases that jump out at me as obviously forcing a perspective only because I know a little bit about the story or subject in question.
This thread prompted by the following article: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This thread prompted by the following article: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
July 25, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I oft wonder how many little biases I'm missing in the news, as there are some phrases that jump out at me as obviously forcing a perspective only because I know a little bit about the story or subject in question.
This thread prompted by the following article: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This thread prompted by the following article: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I do feel the solution to this quandary is "do not eat the tiny but very poisonous crab."
This crab is called Subesube Manju-gani, which literally means “smooth steamed bun crab” in Japanese.🦀
However, it carries toxins similar to those found in pufferfish, so eating it can be dangerous — a hidden trap behind its cute appearance. 🦀🦀
A crab that’s adorable yet deadly𓂃🫧
However, it carries toxins similar to those found in pufferfish, so eating it can be dangerous — a hidden trap behind its cute appearance. 🦀🦀
A crab that’s adorable yet deadly𓂃🫧
July 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I do feel the solution to this quandary is "do not eat the tiny but very poisonous crab."
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Looking for a UK-based user of screen reader assistive technology on Windows (eg JAWS or NVDA) for a short paid user study. No required tech knowledge or location, just that you're comfortable regularly using a screen reader for web browsing and have an existing set-up for it.
Drop me an @!
Drop me an @!
July 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Looking for a UK-based user of screen reader assistive technology on Windows (eg JAWS or NVDA) for a short paid user study. No required tech knowledge or location, just that you're comfortable regularly using a screen reader for web browsing and have an existing set-up for it.
Drop me an @!
Drop me an @!