Ivan Brett
@ivanbrett.bsky.social
Bestselling author, Pointless Answer, was on The Traitors before it was cool. I do games.
He/him
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This week on But Why Vikings, me and @giantbrain.co.uk are chatting collections, selections and tiredness on Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/5boR... and Apple podcasts podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b... and other places as that stuff happens
People Can't Hear Faces
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November 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
This week on But Why Vikings, me and @giantbrain.co.uk are chatting collections, selections and tiredness on Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/5boR... and Apple podcasts podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b... and other places as that stuff happens
Thanks for the podcast shout-out, Joe xoxo
November 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Thanks for the podcast shout-out, Joe xoxo
It's time for our annual Jaggies! We debrief the end of the #CelebrityTraitors, crown the best traitor ever and decide on *prrp* our quote of the season.
IT'S JUST A GAME - find it in podcast land
IT'S JUST A GAME - find it in podcast land
November 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
It's time for our annual Jaggies! We debrief the end of the #CelebrityTraitors, crown the best traitor ever and decide on *prrp* our quote of the season.
IT'S JUST A GAME - find it in podcast land
IT'S JUST A GAME - find it in podcast land
November 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
THE SCREAM I SCROME!!!!
November 6, 2025 at 9:59 PM
THE SCREAM I SCROME!!!!
Beat this
I'd choose Don't Worry Be Happy by Bobby McFerrin then ask him to imagine the exact inverse
November 4, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Beat this
Had the interesting challenge of having to play just one song to communicate the overall concept of Radiohead to my Dad. What would you have chosen? Can it be done?
Subsidiary info: he was a professional (classical) musician who grew up through Beatlemania.
I'll tell you what I picked later...
Subsidiary info: he was a professional (classical) musician who grew up through Beatlemania.
I'll tell you what I picked later...
November 4, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Had the interesting challenge of having to play just one song to communicate the overall concept of Radiohead to my Dad. What would you have chosen? Can it be done?
Subsidiary info: he was a professional (classical) musician who grew up through Beatlemania.
I'll tell you what I picked later...
Subsidiary info: he was a professional (classical) musician who grew up through Beatlemania.
I'll tell you what I picked later...
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Do you like boardgames? Card games? Roleplaying games? Party games? Do you have *questions* about them? BUT WHY VIKINGS? is my, @ava.foxfort.net & @giantbrain.co.uk's new podcast where we answer listeners' questions, dilemmas & big stumpers about all things tabletop
open.spotify.com/show/02ctAw2...
open.spotify.com/show/02ctAw2...
Deranged in my Promiscuity
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October 31, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Do you like boardgames? Card games? Roleplaying games? Party games? Do you have *questions* about them? BUT WHY VIKINGS? is my, @ava.foxfort.net & @giantbrain.co.uk's new podcast where we answer listeners' questions, dilemmas & big stumpers about all things tabletop
open.spotify.com/show/02ctAw2...
open.spotify.com/show/02ctAw2...
Poddy's out! Catch up with the good good boys Rayan and Wilfred as we break down some more celebrity traitors thanks spotify.link/6i91nNZeLXb
The Celebrity Traitors (episodes 5-6) - roundtable fighting, tight chances, and Slovenian Traitors!
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October 25, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Poddy's out! Catch up with the good good boys Rayan and Wilfred as we break down some more celebrity traitors thanks spotify.link/6i91nNZeLXb
So wait. Joe Wilkinson suspects David because David suspects Joe Marler because Joe Marler suspects Mark because Mark slapped a table.
October 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
So wait. Joe Wilkinson suspects David because David suspects Joe Marler because Joe Marler suspects Mark because Mark slapped a table.
Nice, for all you Laitors fans, Alan was among the last to breakfast. #CelebrityTraitors
October 15, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Nice, for all you Laitors fans, Alan was among the last to breakfast. #CelebrityTraitors
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@ivanbrett.bsky.social Hi Ivan, if you're a crossword person as well as a quiz person you might enjoy my Independent cryptic today puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...
The Independent's Cryptic Crossword | Play Online for Free | Independent
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puzzles.independent.co.uk
October 8, 2025 at 6:57 AM
@ivanbrett.bsky.social Hi Ivan, if you're a crossword person as well as a quiz person you might enjoy my Independent cryptic today puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...
Happy Hades 2 Day to all who celebrate. See you in a month!
September 25, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Happy Hades 2 Day to all who celebrate. See you in a month!
Omg they heard!
As the single listener who was waiting for Genius Game Part 2 on IJAG podcast thank you so much for the shoutout @ivanbrett.bsky.social
September 16, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Omg they heard!
AXS tickets website stop being a wanker challenge 2025
September 12, 2025 at 9:38 AM
AXS tickets website stop being a wanker challenge 2025
Radiohead tickets queue kicking me out for being a bot is such an insult. One window open, no VPN, no refreshes, nearly at the front of the queue. I'm so unreasonably upset!
September 12, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Radiohead tickets queue kicking me out for being a bot is such an insult. One window open, no VPN, no refreshes, nearly at the front of the queue. I'm so unreasonably upset!
I think this happens because while most words are made of one or two tokens, an emoji is four unicode characters and each one is a single token. So the model will get 3/4 of the way through spelling the seahorse emoji and then realise it can't finish? Can a nerd confirm? Either way, hilarious.
Never ask a man his age, a woman her salary, or GPT-5 whether a seahorse emoji exists
September 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I think this happens because while most words are made of one or two tokens, an emoji is four unicode characters and each one is a single token. So the model will get 3/4 of the way through spelling the seahorse emoji and then realise it can't finish? Can a nerd confirm? Either way, hilarious.
Last night, I went to sleep. Wait, let me rephrase that. Last night, I went to Sleep. Specifically, an eight-hour, overnight performance of Sleep by Max Richter. One of the strangest and best bits of performance I've ever seen. A thread?
September 6, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Last night, I went to sleep. Wait, let me rephrase that. Last night, I went to Sleep. Specifically, an eight-hour, overnight performance of Sleep by Max Richter. One of the strangest and best bits of performance I've ever seen. A thread?
Adrian,
Re: the giant cous cous,
How big are we talking?
All best,
Simon
Re: the giant cous cous,
How big are we talking?
All best,
Simon
September 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Adrian,
Re: the giant cous cous,
How big are we talking?
All best,
Simon
Re: the giant cous cous,
How big are we talking?
All best,
Simon
Love this thread from the inimitable Benwell
Hmmm. Which lovely editor can I convince to commission me to write about how board games generally, social deduction games in particular, and #bloodontheclocktower specifically - um, completely saved / saves my mental health in the aftermath of having a child… (a thread).
August 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Love this thread from the inimitable Benwell
oH no
For the first time since 2015, the EBU has redesigned the generic Eurovision logo.
What do you think about the new logo?
#Eurovision
What do you think about the new logo?
#Eurovision
New Eurovision logo
For the first time since 2015, the EBU has redesigned the generic Eurovision logo. The new design will be used from the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 and at future contests
eurovisionworld.com
August 18, 2025 at 11:46 AM
oH no
I fear #DestinationX is reverting to type. Clues have returned to being obvious but also on the theme of 'is it one place or the other place'. All set dressing and no real context. Cheap cliffhanger feels desperate. Ugh, I'm frustrated
August 14, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I fear #DestinationX is reverting to type. Clues have returned to being obvious but also on the theme of 'is it one place or the other place'. All set dressing and no real context. Cheap cliffhanger feels desperate. Ugh, I'm frustrated
No neéd to scratch your screen again, that's just an acute accent. Sorry for worrying you.
August 4, 2025 at 9:58 PM
No neéd to scratch your screen again, that's just an acute accent. Sorry for worrying you.