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Brent Black

@brentalfloss.bsky.social

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I do a bunch of things. I made the party game "Use Your Words" (the sequel's finally out!), wrote the Star Trek parody "Khan!!! The Musical!" and made/am "Brentalfloss". Hi.

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Brent Black @brentalfloss.bsky.social · Dec 23

My Jackbox-style party game USE YOUR WORDS 2 is FINALLY OUT! Grab it on Steam today! store.steampowered.com/app/3188960/...

Use Your Words 2 on Steam

WARNING: This game might make you pee your pants! The cult hit Use Your Words is back with all-new prompts and 2x as many mini-games where you compete to write the funniest punchline. You can customiz...

store.steampowered.com

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Brent Black @brentalfloss.bsky.social · 1h

I've been reading a 2017 listicle-type book called "On Tyranny" today and sighing a lot

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Brent Black @brentalfloss.bsky.social · 19h

Interesting, the version I got translates it’s title to “Big Deal”

Brent Black @brentalfloss.bsky.social · 20h

This 1977 Polish movie has an amazing American hippie character

My kinda guy tbh

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Brent Black @brentalfloss.bsky.social · 20h

I auctioned them off in a moving sale because I needed the money. Wish I hadn't, TBH!

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Khan!!! The Musical! A Parody Trek-tacular @khanthemusical.bsky.social · 23h

That's right, we're planning a physical CD of the full 22-track album for collectors (and those who still practice the arcane arts of the "compact disc")

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Brent Black @brentalfloss.bsky.social · 1d

For the first time, at long last, after having a mobile phone with the same number for 24 years...

I finally texted "start" to opt back in.

And I imagine every 24 years will be the average recurrence period for this, to the chagrin of hundreds of Democratic politicians I've never heard of

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john patneaude 🟡 @jpatneaude.bsky.social · 3d

just gonna put this here

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Brent Black @brentalfloss.bsky.social · 2d

Perhaps!

Brent Black @brentalfloss.bsky.social · 2d

If you use Bandcamp, you can pre-order the full 22-track album of my Star Trek musical "Khan!!!" today! 🖖🎵

LINK: brentalfloss.bandcamp.com

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Brent Black @brentalfloss.bsky.social · 2d

Truth be told, I've owned two sound booths (one handmade and the other professionally fabricated) and they both get very stuffy in a hurry. I guess air conditioned sound isolation is the holy grail of home recording.