Thom Lawrence 🍋👀
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It’s happening again.
December 2, 2025 at 8:04 AM
It’s happening again.
Drafted a standard deck.
November 30, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Drafted a standard deck.
Christmas number one if someone puts the words to Debaser over Troika.
November 22, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Christmas number one if someone puts the words to Debaser over Troika.
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How Gamefaqs changed RPG consumption: an history of RPG walkthroughs, from clue books and hearsay to the digital age
#rpg #wrpg #jrpg #crpg #gamefaqs #walkthrough #nintendopower #videogamehistory #gaming #gamedev #rpghistory
open.substack.com/pub/magnvsrp...
#rpg #wrpg #jrpg #crpg #gamefaqs #walkthrough #nintendopower #videogamehistory #gaming #gamedev #rpghistory
open.substack.com/pub/magnvsrp...
How Gamefaqs changed RPG consumption - an history of RPG walkthroughs, from clue books and hearsay to the digital age
Writing about the history of videogame RPGs doesn’t just mean discussing titles, franchise, developers and game design trends, but also their audience and how the way it engaged with this genre change...
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
How Gamefaqs changed RPG consumption: an history of RPG walkthroughs, from clue books and hearsay to the digital age
#rpg #wrpg #jrpg #crpg #gamefaqs #walkthrough #nintendopower #videogamehistory #gaming #gamedev #rpghistory
open.substack.com/pub/magnvsrp...
#rpg #wrpg #jrpg #crpg #gamefaqs #walkthrough #nintendopower #videogamehistory #gaming #gamedev #rpghistory
open.substack.com/pub/magnvsrp...
November 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Every time I walk past this headstone in the graveyard I think to myself “yeah… we know”
November 13, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Every time I walk past this headstone in the graveyard I think to myself “yeah… we know”
I call this First-Picked-a-Lotus-but-Had-to-Keep-Answering-the-Door-to-Trick-or-Treaters-Storm". Other than mising with Minsc & Boo, my theory was I could Underworld Breach and use Wheel of Fortune and Endurance to deck them out. But the trick or treaters kept coming and Arena clock is unforgiving.
October 31, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I call this First-Picked-a-Lotus-but-Had-to-Keep-Answering-the-Door-to-Trick-or-Treaters-Storm". Other than mising with Minsc & Boo, my theory was I could Underworld Breach and use Wheel of Fortune and Endurance to deck them out. But the trick or treaters kept coming and Arena clock is unforgiving.
Had to use Tishana's Tidebinder twice in the same turn to counter my awful plays. Drew my whole deck with Displacer Kitten and Coveted Jewel. Cast Upheaval & for some reason blinked Jewel so had to counter its ability to not draw from an empty deck, then afterwards misclicked Mightstone & Weakstone.
October 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Had to use Tishana's Tidebinder twice in the same turn to counter my awful plays. Drew my whole deck with Displacer Kitten and Coveted Jewel. Cast Upheaval & for some reason blinked Jewel so had to counter its ability to not draw from an empty deck, then afterwards misclicked Mightstone & Weakstone.
Cube on Arena appears to be 99% Boros fun police. Ended up going back to Magic Online to actually have some interesting games.
October 29, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Cube on Arena appears to be 99% Boros fun police. Ended up going back to Magic Online to actually have some interesting games.
Reposted by Thom Lawrence 🍋👀
I used to work at a small shop that made little plastic vampires.
There were only 2 of us working there, so I had to make every second count.
There were only 2 of us working there, so I had to make every second count.
October 28, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I used to work at a small shop that made little plastic vampires.
There were only 2 of us working there, so I had to make every second count.
There were only 2 of us working there, so I had to make every second count.
It's half term, so FM26 is getting until the release of Powered Cube on Arena on Tuesday to prove itself. So far: almost everything is worse, but it lets you start as an even more wretched, unemployed loser than previous games which is all that matters.
October 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
It's half term, so FM26 is getting until the release of Powered Cube on Arena on Tuesday to prove itself. So far: almost everything is worse, but it lets you start as an even more wretched, unemployed loser than previous games which is all that matters.
Forums with reputation points are like savings accounts you occasionally dip into to call someone a cunt.
October 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Forums with reputation points are like savings accounts you occasionally dip into to call someone a cunt.
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For the first time ever, behold the soaring elegance of ‘Fly of the Valkyries’ – a new operatic automaton from Modern Toss, making its debut at our Sheffield exhibition. OPEN NOW! Got your ticket yet? Sort yourself out on bio, cheers...
October 25, 2025 at 10:19 AM
For the first time ever, behold the soaring elegance of ‘Fly of the Valkyries’ – a new operatic automaton from Modern Toss, making its debut at our Sheffield exhibition. OPEN NOW! Got your ticket yet? Sort yourself out on bio, cheers...
The apotheosis of UW control in cube is winning every game with 5 cards in your library, 7 cards in your hand, and zero creatures on your opponent's side. (Lutri in the side, naturally)
October 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The apotheosis of UW control in cube is winning every game with 5 cards in your library, 7 cards in your hand, and zero creatures on your opponent's side. (Lutri in the side, naturally)
Reposted by Thom Lawrence 🍋👀
⚽️ Founders in football performance and fan experience solutions - Burnley FC has launched the Burnley FC Innovation Hub, a Premier League testbed for sports tech startups to pilot, prove, and scale in a 6-month programme. Applications close 31 October.
Burnley Launches Innovation Hub To Pilot Next Gen Sports Tech - fcbusiness
Burnley Football Club has announced the launch of the Burnley FC Innovation Hub – a new accelerator programme created to help the next generation of sports tech start-ups turn bold ideas into…
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October 7, 2025 at 11:16 AM
⚽️ Founders in football performance and fan experience solutions - Burnley FC has launched the Burnley FC Innovation Hub, a Premier League testbed for sports tech startups to pilot, prove, and scale in a 6-month programme. Applications close 31 October.
TiVo, New Labour before the mask came off, Xbox (Burnout and Burnout 2!), Windows XP, KDE 3, Simpsons on the BBC.
i am trying to come up with things one could ACTUALLY miss about 2002 because they're gone now and the best i can come up with is "serena and venus meeting in slam finals"
September 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
TiVo, New Labour before the mask came off, Xbox (Burnout and Burnout 2!), Windows XP, KDE 3, Simpsons on the BBC.
I can excuse war criminals backed by tech billionaires being granted unchecked power, but I draw the line at calling the Gaza International Transitional Authority "Gita", because it has somehow reminded me of this hauntingly bad line reading from An Evening With Gary Lineker (1994):
September 28, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I can excuse war criminals backed by tech billionaires being granted unchecked power, but I draw the line at calling the Gaza International Transitional Authority "Gita", because it has somehow reminded me of this hauntingly bad line reading from An Evening With Gary Lineker (1994):
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Dr. Chris Stride is a statistician at the University of Sheffield - he’s also behind the Baseball Statues Database. In this interview, we chat trends that popped up over the years, what kinds of players get statues and what kinds don't.
thefanfiles.com/articles/baseball-statues-history-database
thefanfiles.com/articles/baseball-statues-history-database
Sporting Statues
An interview about baseball statuary with statistician Dr. Chris Stride
thefanfiles.com
September 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Dr. Chris Stride is a statistician at the University of Sheffield - he’s also behind the Baseball Statues Database. In this interview, we chat trends that popped up over the years, what kinds of players get statues and what kinds don't.
thefanfiles.com/articles/baseball-statues-history-database
thefanfiles.com/articles/baseball-statues-history-database
The Catholic Church's birthday message to Jeffrey Epstein.
Was at the pub when a friend said "have you seen St John of the Cross' 'Ascent of Mount Carmel'? I've always found it to be quite... Phallic. But I've looked and nobody's written about it! I don't think they've noticed!"
And I looked it up like "how bad can it be if nobody's noticed?"
This is it:
And I looked it up like "how bad can it be if nobody's noticed?"
This is it:
September 22, 2025 at 9:54 AM
The Catholic Church's birthday message to Jeffrey Epstein.
RIP Zach Galifianakis
September 16, 2025 at 12:33 PM
RIP Zach Galifianakis
Happens all the time, a one-time Football Manager wonderkid retires and you feel infinitely old. But it hits different when they were a top prospect in one of your real-life defensive metrics a decade ago.
World Cup 🏆
La Liga 🏆🏆
Copa del Rey 🏆 🏆 🏆
Coupe de France 🏆
Samuel Umtiti has retired from football at the age of 31.
La Liga 🏆🏆
Copa del Rey 🏆 🏆 🏆
Coupe de France 🏆
Samuel Umtiti has retired from football at the age of 31.
September 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Happens all the time, a one-time Football Manager wonderkid retires and you feel infinitely old. But it hits different when they were a top prospect in one of your real-life defensive metrics a decade ago.
I'm 45 and still feel illicit glee when I stumble upon a treasure trove of conkers.
September 15, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I'm 45 and still feel illicit glee when I stumble upon a treasure trove of conkers.
Contact anxiety from helping my nephew with last minute maths homework. To this day I can’t see the actor John Nettles without having a mild panic attack because Bergerac used to be on Sunday nights as I ploughed through the accumulated pile of work.
September 14, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Contact anxiety from helping my nephew with last minute maths homework. To this day I can’t see the actor John Nettles without having a mild panic attack because Bergerac used to be on Sunday nights as I ploughed through the accumulated pile of work.