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Mayfair Cynic @mayfaircynic.bsky.social · 43m

Dear lord.

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CJEggett @cjeggett.co.uk · 48m

They get it!

Lux Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 11h

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 2h

You thought it was good then I assume?

Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 11h

No idea how Jonathan does these, they're amazing

Jonathan H. Liu @jonathanhliu.bsky.social · 11h

#Etchtober Day 8

Today's prompt: "Meeple Terror Portland," requested by @mikevanderveen.bsky.social. A terrifying image of our war-ravaged city. And you thought the inflatable frog was bad.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/jhl...

Pocket Etch-a-Sketch drawing: A giant meeple steps over a building, while three cops in riot gear look up in horror at the bottom of its descending foot.

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 13h

Feel better soon, Dan.

I've been spending a lot of time on Reddit lately for various reasons but /r/boardgames still isn't a place I want to frequent

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 14h

We had this exact discussion after watching it in our house. Seemed to be a younger Vs older divide, with younger folk finding it too shallow.

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 16h

Unfortunately I am the friend with the large board game collection.

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 16h

I'd really like to play Return to Dark Tower someday. But not enough to drop anything like the asking price on it

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 16h

I'm now wondering what the use case would be for a collection class that didn't have a public insert method ....

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 21h

I have a YouTube tab open that says "Rick" and I keep thinking I've been RickRolled but thankfully it's just an interview with Rick Priestly.

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 21h

I'm at the point now of looking this stuff up on Ebay. Most of it seems fairly affordable.

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Phil Nobile Jr. @philnobilejr.bsky.social · 1d

You don’t need AI; AI is not “inevitable.” That’s a lie being fed to you by companies who are going to lose a fuckton of money if they don’t convince you that AI is something you can’t live without.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

NVIDIA and OpenAi:

Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“

@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 21h

UK politics has become entirely marketised: it's now wholly about what wins votes and grabs column inches rather than what works.

This phenomenon is at the root of very many of our problems as a nation.

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 22h

Yeah, that's what I meant by rigid thinking. I didn't realise it was a named phenomenon.

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 22h

To put it another way, I'm not convinved that senior business leaders in tech are any more frequent fascist sympathisers than senior business leaders in other sectors. They're just more in the public eye, because of social media, and worse at hiding it.

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 22h

I'm playing it on BGA boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?ga...

Play For Northwood! online from your browser

Play For Northwood! online from your browser with the whole world!

boardgamearena.com

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 22h

This is an interesting pontification but I lean hard towards Occam's razor:

- the tech sector is cutting edge capitalism, and cutting edge capitalists will lean as hard right as the Overton window allows.

- tech folk are notoriously rigid thinkers (as am I) which is easily co-opted by fascism

Iris Meredith @iris-meredith.bsky.social · 1d

This week's article! It's about our current uh... issues regarding moderation on this site, and aims to explain why this *keeps* happening in the tech industry:

Dewaffling the tech industry | deadSimpleTech

This raises so many questions. Does Bluesky have a communications team (apparently not)? Why do so many of the Bluesky staff treat their (very queer, very trans, very liberal) userbase with open conte...

deadsimpletech.com

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 22h

For Northwood is absolutely kicking my arse. It's shameful. boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/33...

For Northwood! A Solo Trick-Taking Game

Woodland rulers engage in debate in this tactical solo trick-taking game.

boardgamegeek.com

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 22h

This is fantastic to read. It's amazing how much you can learn from wargames!

GrahamS Games @grahamsgames.bsky.social · 23h

It’s a big ol’ #boardgame blog entry today. I take a look at some of the #wargames I’ve now played from the perspective of a former non wargamer.
It was harder than I thought to write about… but I got there and am pretty happy with this one. 🙂

boardgamegeek.com/blog/12040/b...

A Former Non-Wargamer’s Experience With Solo War Games. Part 1. | GrahamS Games

boardgamegeek.com

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 1d

Fantastic idea for a miniatures game. Kind of a shame it didn't work out!

Alex Connolly ▞ @alexconnolly.bsky.social · 1d

Does the Pirates Constructible Strategy Game count? Absolute banger. Cheap, ready in seconds, highly enjoyable. Sadly sank with Wizkids. Would love to see the concept of styrene minis delivered in trading card format return. Maybe it has?

Everything else was an exercise in collecting ornaments.

Three sailing ships assembled from styrene anchored around a small, flat island. From the Pirates Constructible Strategy Game.

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 1d

Just going in a little 1st edition WFB nostalgia trip and remembered that you used to get catalogues of miniatures with -drawings- of the figures rather than photos. Even when I was little I recall thinking that I'd never buy a figure on this basis!

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 1d

I certainly never played it with the *correct rules*. Don't think we ever got much beyond comparing WS and S/T and rolling the dice.

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Melissa Rogerson @melissainau.bsky.social · 1d

Do you teach boardgames? We have just launched a survey asking about your experience! It takes about ten minutes to complete - please share!
Survey link: go.unimelb.edu.au/45qp

Image text reads:
Do you teach board games?
We invite you to complete a short survey for academic research into people’s experiences of teaching boardgames, at home and elsewhere.
The survey takes about ten minutes to complete.

To find out more, please use the QR code,
visit go.unimelb.edu.au/45qp
or email hybrid-games@unimelb.edu.au

(University of Melbourne Human Research Ethics Approval 33778)

There is also a decorative image of game pawns and dice, with a magnifying glass on top, as well as a QR code which points to the given link.

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 1d

1st edition WFB.

Yes, I'm that old

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 1d

I've spent years curating a good one that has absolutely none of that shit on it open.spotify.com/playlist/1vj...

Halloween

open.spotify.com

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