JD Voyek
@jdvoyek.bsky.social
I'm a doctor, not a...doctor. #PhDone
Current Script Editor for SciShow. Former freelance science writer and consultant for the CW's Pandora.
Builder of fictional worlds...when I find the time.
Current Script Editor for SciShow. Former freelance science writer and consultant for the CW's Pandora.
Builder of fictional worlds...when I find the time.
Celebrating my completion of DOS2 with some Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.
Thank god I hard saved at the "choose your fate" moment because What do you mean you hid the share-the-source option behind accepting divinity i did not want the *bad* ending???
Thank god I hard saved at the "choose your fate" moment because What do you mean you hid the share-the-source option behind accepting divinity i did not want the *bad* ending???
December 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Celebrating my completion of DOS2 with some Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.
Thank god I hard saved at the "choose your fate" moment because What do you mean you hid the share-the-source option behind accepting divinity i did not want the *bad* ending???
Thank god I hard saved at the "choose your fate" moment because What do you mean you hid the share-the-source option behind accepting divinity i did not want the *bad* ending???
Through no fault but his own, the squirrel-riding-a-skeleton-cat is dead.
I have no idea what actually killed him, though. Just noticed the spirit version of him at one point on the nameless isle.
I hope this means he will finally stop "accidentally" setting off traps and exploding my entire party.
I have no idea what actually killed him, though. Just noticed the spirit version of him at one point on the nameless isle.
I hope this means he will finally stop "accidentally" setting off traps and exploding my entire party.
December 26, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Through no fault but his own, the squirrel-riding-a-skeleton-cat is dead.
I have no idea what actually killed him, though. Just noticed the spirit version of him at one point on the nameless isle.
I hope this means he will finally stop "accidentally" setting off traps and exploding my entire party.
I have no idea what actually killed him, though. Just noticed the spirit version of him at one point on the nameless isle.
I hope this means he will finally stop "accidentally" setting off traps and exploding my entire party.
As much as everyone complains about the Oskar Fevras side quest in BG3, at least it's not trying to save Gwydian from his own stupidity...
December 22, 2025 at 5:37 AM
As much as everyone complains about the Oskar Fevras side quest in BG3, at least it's not trying to save Gwydian from his own stupidity...
Went to the flea market, today. Ate a mediocre cinnamon roll. Failed to find coasters for my sister-in-law (whoops now the whole internet knows who my secret santa assignment is). Smelled an Hermes handbag that was going for $180. Waved back to a stranger in a Grinch costume. Did not pet the pugs.
December 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Went to the flea market, today. Ate a mediocre cinnamon roll. Failed to find coasters for my sister-in-law (whoops now the whole internet knows who my secret santa assignment is). Smelled an Hermes handbag that was going for $180. Waved back to a stranger in a Grinch costume. Did not pet the pugs.
Was curious to see, amidst the RAM pricing madness, what my sticks are going for
Looks like...$430! That's 4 times what they cost last year, and only ten bucks shy of my graphics card (which is also now double what i paid for it...)
My BG3 machine had better not break anytime soon.
Looks like...$430! That's 4 times what they cost last year, and only ten bucks shy of my graphics card (which is also now double what i paid for it...)
My BG3 machine had better not break anytime soon.
December 20, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Was curious to see, amidst the RAM pricing madness, what my sticks are going for
Looks like...$430! That's 4 times what they cost last year, and only ten bucks shy of my graphics card (which is also now double what i paid for it...)
My BG3 machine had better not break anytime soon.
Looks like...$430! That's 4 times what they cost last year, and only ten bucks shy of my graphics card (which is also now double what i paid for it...)
My BG3 machine had better not break anytime soon.
Very upset that tonight's shower did not feature any moments of inspiration for the contents of my new screenplay (This is not a subtle hint for my brain to start having them, because is it almost midnight please let me sleep)
November 6, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Very upset that tonight's shower did not feature any moments of inspiration for the contents of my new screenplay (This is not a subtle hint for my brain to start having them, because is it almost midnight please let me sleep)
This year's NaScWriMo is off to a great start, by which I mean 90-odd minutes looking at baby names instead of hashing out the central theme, overall plot, or major character arcs of the premise that popped into my head earlier this week.
November 2, 2025 at 6:02 AM
This year's NaScWriMo is off to a great start, by which I mean 90-odd minutes looking at baby names instead of hashing out the central theme, overall plot, or major character arcs of the premise that popped into my head earlier this week.
Another week of Hades 2 managed to dull my reaction to the narrative path the writers chose...but then I triggered the proper epilogue scenes with the Fates and Hecate.
I just don't think the story came together in the end, like, at all. It's a big letdown for an otherwise great gaming experience.
I just don't think the story came together in the end, like, at all. It's a big letdown for an otherwise great gaming experience.
October 20, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Another week of Hades 2 managed to dull my reaction to the narrative path the writers chose...but then I triggered the proper epilogue scenes with the Fates and Hecate.
I just don't think the story came together in the end, like, at all. It's a big letdown for an otherwise great gaming experience.
I just don't think the story came together in the end, like, at all. It's a big letdown for an otherwise great gaming experience.
what do you mean i didn't take a single point of damage from typhon!!!???
October 18, 2025 at 4:26 AM
what do you mean i didn't take a single point of damage from typhon!!!???
Unfortunately, I am just not vibing with the post-credits plot.
More unfortunately, the internet spoiled something from what I assume is the epilogue that—assuming it's true—makes me want to quote Adam Savage:
"I reject your reality, and substitute my own."
More unfortunately, the internet spoiled something from what I assume is the epilogue that—assuming it's true—makes me want to quote Adam Savage:
"I reject your reality, and substitute my own."
October 12, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Unfortunately, I am just not vibing with the post-credits plot.
More unfortunately, the internet spoiled something from what I assume is the epilogue that—assuming it's true—makes me want to quote Adam Savage:
"I reject your reality, and substitute my own."
More unfortunately, the internet spoiled something from what I assume is the epilogue that—assuming it's true—makes me want to quote Adam Savage:
"I reject your reality, and substitute my own."
Rolled credits on Hades 2 in less than 74 hours of gameplay.
The game came out 2 weeks ago.
I accidentally turned Hades 2 into a second full-time job...you know, minus the fact that I didn't get paid for any of it.
The game came out 2 weeks ago.
I accidentally turned Hades 2 into a second full-time job...you know, minus the fact that I didn't get paid for any of it.
October 11, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Rolled credits on Hades 2 in less than 74 hours of gameplay.
The game came out 2 weeks ago.
I accidentally turned Hades 2 into a second full-time job...you know, minus the fact that I didn't get paid for any of it.
The game came out 2 weeks ago.
I accidentally turned Hades 2 into a second full-time job...you know, minus the fact that I didn't get paid for any of it.
Yes I am also playing Hades II completely sub-optimally (aka picking whatever rewards are going to help me complete Steam achievements asap, not make my build good), and yet I somehow lucked into my first Chronos victory in ~24 hrs of gameplay.
(Remember it took me 75 runs to do the same for Hades)
(Remember it took me 75 runs to do the same for Hades)
September 30, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Yes I am also playing Hades II completely sub-optimally (aka picking whatever rewards are going to help me complete Steam achievements asap, not make my build good), and yet I somehow lucked into my first Chronos victory in ~24 hrs of gameplay.
(Remember it took me 75 runs to do the same for Hades)
(Remember it took me 75 runs to do the same for Hades)
Happy Hades II release day to those who celebrate.
(I keep telling myself I'm not allowed to buy it until I finish my BG3 Honor Mode run; let's see how long I can hold out.)
(I keep telling myself I'm not allowed to buy it until I finish my BG3 Honor Mode run; let's see how long I can hold out.)
September 25, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Happy Hades II release day to those who celebrate.
(I keep telling myself I'm not allowed to buy it until I finish my BG3 Honor Mode run; let's see how long I can hold out.)
(I keep telling myself I'm not allowed to buy it until I finish my BG3 Honor Mode run; let's see how long I can hold out.)
Tonight, after a great many years, I tried eating a chocolate chip cookie to test whether or not I do still in fact not like chocolate chip cookies.
Yes, I still do not like chocolate chip cookies.
Yes, I still do not like chocolate chip cookies.
September 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Tonight, after a great many years, I tried eating a chocolate chip cookie to test whether or not I do still in fact not like chocolate chip cookies.
Yes, I still do not like chocolate chip cookies.
Yes, I still do not like chocolate chip cookies.
Happy birthday to myself*
August 31, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Happy birthday to myself*
Me, to self: That sewing machine is $2500 you are NOT going to get your money's worth.
Self, to me: But it's PURPLE!
Self, to me: But it's PURPLE!
August 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Me, to self: That sewing machine is $2500 you are NOT going to get your money's worth.
Self, to me: But it's PURPLE!
Self, to me: But it's PURPLE!
Starting a new barf draft for a novel (I have not even attempted to write a novel in...I want to say...10 years?) with 633 words about a snail having both the best and worst day of its life.
I'm not saying it's a *good* intro, but it's what I'm running with for now.
I'm not saying it's a *good* intro, but it's what I'm running with for now.
August 25, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Starting a new barf draft for a novel (I have not even attempted to write a novel in...I want to say...10 years?) with 633 words about a snail having both the best and worst day of its life.
I'm not saying it's a *good* intro, but it's what I'm running with for now.
I'm not saying it's a *good* intro, but it's what I'm running with for now.
Shout-out to the Alaska Airlines employee who was too impressed by my ability to guess the weight of my checked bag (By which I mean I said "It should be around 40-ish" and it was 40.0 on the dot.)
August 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Shout-out to the Alaska Airlines employee who was too impressed by my ability to guess the weight of my checked bag (By which I mean I said "It should be around 40-ish" and it was 40.0 on the dot.)
I'm going to assume that the average person who plays Hades does *not* take 75 escape attempts to actually meet mom for the first time.
(Why yes, I *did* make a purchase during the Steam Summer Sale. And I am definitely getting my money's worth.)
(Why yes, I *did* make a purchase during the Steam Summer Sale. And I am definitely getting my money's worth.)
July 7, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I'm going to assume that the average person who plays Hades does *not* take 75 escape attempts to actually meet mom for the first time.
(Why yes, I *did* make a purchase during the Steam Summer Sale. And I am definitely getting my money's worth.)
(Why yes, I *did* make a purchase during the Steam Summer Sale. And I am definitely getting my money's worth.)
Still spending over an hour in character creator, I see...
June 22, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Still spending over an hour in character creator, I see...
"Celebrating" the end of my evil!Durge run by eating a whole pickle.
Goodbye, Odorf Baggouts, the halfling spore druid. I will not miss you and your camp chest full of corpses I meant to turn into fungal zombies but never did.
Hono(u)r Mode starts tomorrow.
Goodbye, Odorf Baggouts, the halfling spore druid. I will not miss you and your camp chest full of corpses I meant to turn into fungal zombies but never did.
Hono(u)r Mode starts tomorrow.
June 22, 2025 at 4:35 AM
"Celebrating" the end of my evil!Durge run by eating a whole pickle.
Goodbye, Odorf Baggouts, the halfling spore druid. I will not miss you and your camp chest full of corpses I meant to turn into fungal zombies but never did.
Hono(u)r Mode starts tomorrow.
Goodbye, Odorf Baggouts, the halfling spore druid. I will not miss you and your camp chest full of corpses I meant to turn into fungal zombies but never did.
Hono(u)r Mode starts tomorrow.
Just finished an hour and a half long battle with my meatsuit-wearing niece.
I don't know how many times I hit F8 before finally giving up on killing her as the Slayer, or how many times I hit F8 after.
But I am officially now daddy's favorite. Time to kill a giant brain, and then everyone else.
I don't know how many times I hit F8 before finally giving up on killing her as the Slayer, or how many times I hit F8 after.
But I am officially now daddy's favorite. Time to kill a giant brain, and then everyone else.
June 21, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Just finished an hour and a half long battle with my meatsuit-wearing niece.
I don't know how many times I hit F8 before finally giving up on killing her as the Slayer, or how many times I hit F8 after.
But I am officially now daddy's favorite. Time to kill a giant brain, and then everyone else.
I don't know how many times I hit F8 before finally giving up on killing her as the Slayer, or how many times I hit F8 after.
But I am officially now daddy's favorite. Time to kill a giant brain, and then everyone else.
I forgot to turn Cazador into a sheep again.
Oh well.
Oh well.
June 18, 2025 at 4:03 AM
I forgot to turn Cazador into a sheep again.
Oh well.
Oh well.
When I was a pre-teen, I had a laughing fit in the middle of the Dillons video rental section, after picking up the Spaceballs VHS to read the back of the case.
It was because of the name "Pizza the Hutt".
It was because of the name "Pizza the Hutt".
June 12, 2025 at 6:57 PM
When I was a pre-teen, I had a laughing fit in the middle of the Dillons video rental section, after picking up the Spaceballs VHS to read the back of the case.
It was because of the name "Pizza the Hutt".
It was because of the name "Pizza the Hutt".
"I am not your enemy! The githyanki are!"
Sir, ***you're*** the one who levitated yourself right through my moonbeam.
Sir, ***you're*** the one who levitated yourself right through my moonbeam.
June 4, 2025 at 4:33 AM
"I am not your enemy! The githyanki are!"
Sir, ***you're*** the one who levitated yourself right through my moonbeam.
Sir, ***you're*** the one who levitated yourself right through my moonbeam.