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I wrote the IF title Mask of the Plague Doctor, published by Choice of Games. Now I'm writing Hexfinder.
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Play an eleven chapter demo of Hexfinder, my alt-history interactive fiction game: cogdemos.ink/play/pparris...
"1650. Queen Charlotte I holds the English throne. But the summer solstice approaches, and whispers of treachery hang in the sweltering air..."
Coming... 2026(🤞) from Choice of Games.
"1650. Queen Charlotte I holds the English throne. But the summer solstice approaches, and whispers of treachery hang in the sweltering air..."
Coming... 2026(🤞) from Choice of Games.
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And just like that, SFWA capitulates. Keep fighting. It works.
December 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
And just like that, SFWA capitulates. Keep fighting. It works.
The highly respected Council of Thirteen, some of the most successful clan lords from all parts of the Under-Empire, have just voted unanimously to rename the Hell Pit to the Thanquol-Boneripper-Hell Pit, because of the unbelievable work Grey Seer Thanquol has done over the last year.
December 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The highly respected Council of Thirteen, some of the most successful clan lords from all parts of the Under-Empire, have just voted unanimously to rename the Hell Pit to the Thanquol-Boneripper-Hell Pit, because of the unbelievable work Grey Seer Thanquol has done over the last year.
(and then it did)
This is a paragraph written by a guy who was absolutely freaking out that his photo would show up in the tranches of Epstein material being released by the House Oversight Committee.
December 18, 2025 at 6:20 PM
(and then it did)
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I know most people tune this stuff out but there are 4 different people who I know personally (who do not know each other) who are seriously ill and/or hospitalized right now due to COVID or Long COVID related issues. Protect your health. Protect your family. Mask up this holiday season.
December 16, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I know most people tune this stuff out but there are 4 different people who I know personally (who do not know each other) who are seriously ill and/or hospitalized right now due to COVID or Long COVID related issues. Protect your health. Protect your family. Mask up this holiday season.
there are three companies who produce RAM (Samsung, SK hynix, Micron) and they are all dedicating 100% of their capacity to AI with no plans to increase production (they know/suspect AI is short-ish term)
consumer electronics are going to have a very bad time (already happened to PCs)
consumer electronics are going to have a very bad time (already happened to PCs)
"No stock": Samsung raises DDR5 contract price by over 100%
Samsung has reportedly increased the contract price of DDR5 memory by over 100%. Claiming that there is no stock, the Korean Giant has pushed the contract price of DDR5 DRAM near $20. OEMs are likely ...
www.notebookcheck.net
December 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
there are three companies who produce RAM (Samsung, SK hynix, Micron) and they are all dedicating 100% of their capacity to AI with no plans to increase production (they know/suspect AI is short-ish term)
consumer electronics are going to have a very bad time (already happened to PCs)
consumer electronics are going to have a very bad time (already happened to PCs)
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The run that Rob Reiner went on between 1984 and 1992 is one of the most amazing hot streaks any director has ever had. Legendary stuff
December 15, 2025 at 3:31 AM
The run that Rob Reiner went on between 1984 and 1992 is one of the most amazing hot streaks any director has ever had. Legendary stuff
material conditions appear to be winning (still undefeated)
December 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
material conditions appear to be winning (still undefeated)
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the material conditions of every voter in north america VS one melty brain president
May 4, 2025 at 6:19 PM
the material conditions of every voter in north america VS one melty brain president
writers on The Diplomat having some feelings right now
I don't think even the wonkiest high seas policy wonks I work with are ready to grasp the absolute global chaos that will be unleashed if major powers start deciding that they no longer need to defer to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.
December 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
writers on The Diplomat having some feelings right now
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
FIFA trying really hard to give Scotland the exact same World Cup group as 1998 (until Norway spoiled it)
December 5, 2025 at 7:04 PM
FIFA trying really hard to give Scotland the exact same World Cup group as 1998 (until Norway spoiled it)
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Yep, the Supreme Court really is just a House of Lords—a purely political branch with bizarre veto power, wielded capriciously and without accountability. Time for massive reform.
December 4, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Yep, the Supreme Court really is just a House of Lords—a purely political branch with bizarre veto power, wielded capriciously and without accountability. Time for massive reform.
it's the sort of behaviour which ends an institution's (threadbare) legitimacy, really
As Justice Kagan begins her dissent by pointing out, what is even the point of trial, of fact-finding, of clear error, of standards of review, when the Supreme Court simply ignores every single part of that and decides everything purely on the papers without any real consideration of the facts?
December 5, 2025 at 12:15 AM
it's the sort of behaviour which ends an institution's (threadbare) legitimacy, really
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Cannot stress how bad shit is about to get if you want to build any kind of PC.
Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead. It’s already getting hard to build an affordable PC, and the exit of the longstanding provider of consumer memory is going to make that even more challenging www.theverge.com/news/837594/...
Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead
Another blow to PC gaming.
www.theverge.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Cannot stress how bad shit is about to get if you want to build any kind of PC.
Play an eleven chapter demo of Hexfinder, my alt-history interactive fiction game: cogdemos.ink/play/pparris...
"1650. Queen Charlotte I holds the English throne. But the summer solstice approaches, and whispers of treachery hang in the sweltering air..."
Coming... 2026(🤞) from Choice of Games.
"1650. Queen Charlotte I holds the English throne. But the summer solstice approaches, and whispers of treachery hang in the sweltering air..."
Coming... 2026(🤞) from Choice of Games.
CoGDemos
cogdemos.ink
December 2, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Play an eleven chapter demo of Hexfinder, my alt-history interactive fiction game: cogdemos.ink/play/pparris...
"1650. Queen Charlotte I holds the English throne. But the summer solstice approaches, and whispers of treachery hang in the sweltering air..."
Coming... 2026(🤞) from Choice of Games.
"1650. Queen Charlotte I holds the English throne. But the summer solstice approaches, and whispers of treachery hang in the sweltering air..."
Coming... 2026(🤞) from Choice of Games.
this does seem very much like the answer, but unfortunately there are a lot of people with vested interests in lined pockets and sex predators staying free and they didn't just pay for one party - so we need to sort that out
The president is a political cartoon of corruption come to life, a gaudy grifter who is selling off pardons and lining his pockets, building a golden ballroom and protecting his fellow sex predator elites, all the while regular Americans are suffering and struggling to make ends meet.
Run on *that*
Run on *that*
December 1, 2025 at 12:13 AM
this does seem very much like the answer, but unfortunately there are a lot of people with vested interests in lined pockets and sex predators staying free and they didn't just pay for one party - so we need to sort that out
Netflix/Henson would be digging all the muppets out of storage for more Dark Crystal
And I'm using my despotic powers for a full season
And I'm using my despotic powers for a full season
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Netflix/Henson would be digging all the muppets out of storage for more Dark Crystal
And I'm using my despotic powers for a full season
And I'm using my despotic powers for a full season
we already tried that in the UK and this happened
November 25, 2025 at 12:24 AM
we already tried that in the UK and this happened
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THEY ADDED NEW GARBAGE reblog to save a life
November 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
THEY ADDED NEW GARBAGE reblog to save a life
right, are there any good browsers left, or do I have to just hope for a working off switch on whatever this shit turns out to be?
November 21, 2025 at 12:46 AM
right, are there any good browsers left, or do I have to just hope for a working off switch on whatever this shit turns out to be?
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studies have also not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines maintain the function of gravity, or that they preserve a pathway to the final and transcendent apotheosis of humankind, so I reckon we should keep doing it
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 5:07 AM
studies have also not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines maintain the function of gravity, or that they preserve a pathway to the final and transcendent apotheosis of humankind, so I reckon we should keep doing it
i'm glad we're finally promoting people on merit again
Chat, is this good
November 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
i'm glad we're finally promoting people on merit again
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Rebecca was one of the founders of Interplay and programmed & designed for some of the most influential games of my youth, notably Bard's Tale I & III and Wasteland. She will be missed.
My trailblazing game industry bad-ass friend Rebecca Heineman has passed away.
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Rebecca Heineman - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Rebecca was one of the founders of Interplay and programmed & designed for some of the most influential games of my youth, notably Bard's Tale I & III and Wasteland. She will be missed.
Act 3 is really Silksong for sickos, huh
November 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Act 3 is really Silksong for sickos, huh