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A very normal amount of game components on our table the last few days.
January 19, 2026 at 7:47 AM
A very normal amount of game components on our table the last few days.
I saw this in a thread about Pluribus, and I was really taken aback. I guess I want a little bit of a check in: is this last post a common way of thinking about stories? It seems incredibly shallow and egocentric to me, and so limiting in terms of what kinds of stories you'd be able to engage with.
December 29, 2025 at 7:22 AM
I saw this in a thread about Pluribus, and I was really taken aback. I guess I want a little bit of a check in: is this last post a common way of thinking about stories? It seems incredibly shallow and egocentric to me, and so limiting in terms of what kinds of stories you'd be able to engage with.
And here's a very normal game of Scholars of the South Tigris (with the excellent Body of Books expansion):
December 11, 2025 at 7:31 AM
And here's a very normal game of Scholars of the South Tigris (with the excellent Body of Books expansion):
To be clear, this is me being forgetful, not a complaint about alt text. But it's certainly a real effect, in any case.
So here's a few other board game pictures I've taken recently. First off, we have played an awful lot of GWT: New Zealand here. Amabel really likes it.
So here's a few other board game pictures I've taken recently. First off, we have played an awful lot of GWT: New Zealand here. Amabel really likes it.
December 11, 2025 at 7:31 AM
To be clear, this is me being forgetful, not a complaint about alt text. But it's certainly a real effect, in any case.
So here's a few other board game pictures I've taken recently. First off, we have played an awful lot of GWT: New Zealand here. Amabel really likes it.
So here's a few other board game pictures I've taken recently. First off, we have played an awful lot of GWT: New Zealand here. Amabel really likes it.
Patisserie Rococo maintains the things I enjoyed about Rococo, and I really enjoy the way the card management works. I don't love the artwork, although I can't quite put my finger on the problem; it's just kind of... mundane, I guess? Overall though I'm quite happy to add it to the collection.
December 11, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Patisserie Rococo maintains the things I enjoyed about Rococo, and I really enjoy the way the card management works. I don't love the artwork, although I can't quite put my finger on the problem; it's just kind of... mundane, I guess? Overall though I'm quite happy to add it to the collection.
He was this kind of goose:
December 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
He was this kind of goose:
"Here are some times you hyperfixated"
December 5, 2025 at 6:08 AM
"Here are some times you hyperfixated"
When you're really serious about game reviews
December 5, 2025 at 6:08 AM
When you're really serious about game reviews
"What kind of music are you into?"
"Oh, you know, mostly albums."
"Oh, you know, mostly albums."
December 5, 2025 at 6:08 AM
"What kind of music are you into?"
"Oh, you know, mostly albums."
"Oh, you know, mostly albums."
Again, I wouldn't treat it as bulletproof, but a cursory search suggests that such movies are not my bag:
November 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Again, I wouldn't treat it as bulletproof, but a cursory search suggests that such movies are not my bag:
I eventually came to the same conclusion Chris did about the reason for the effect.
It's not bulletproof, but it has helped me find a lot of good stuff! For one, this is responsible for me watching We're All Going To The World's Fair when all I knew about it was the title:
It's not bulletproof, but it has helped me find a lot of good stuff! For one, this is responsible for me watching We're All Going To The World's Fair when all I knew about it was the title:
November 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I eventually came to the same conclusion Chris did about the reason for the effect.
It's not bulletproof, but it has helped me find a lot of good stuff! For one, this is responsible for me watching We're All Going To The World's Fair when all I knew about it was the title:
It's not bulletproof, but it has helped me find a lot of good stuff! For one, this is responsible for me watching We're All Going To The World's Fair when all I knew about it was the title:
November 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
27) The Guest
Arguably not horror? Look, it takes place around Halloween and stars Maika Monroe. That's horror enough for me!
Dan Stevens turns in a killer performance as a young man returning from Iraq and staying briefly with the family of a fellow soldier. This one takes some TURNS. Super fun.
Arguably not horror? Look, it takes place around Halloween and stars Maika Monroe. That's horror enough for me!
Dan Stevens turns in a killer performance as a young man returning from Iraq and staying briefly with the family of a fellow soldier. This one takes some TURNS. Super fun.
October 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM
27) The Guest
Arguably not horror? Look, it takes place around Halloween and stars Maika Monroe. That's horror enough for me!
Dan Stevens turns in a killer performance as a young man returning from Iraq and staying briefly with the family of a fellow soldier. This one takes some TURNS. Super fun.
Arguably not horror? Look, it takes place around Halloween and stars Maika Monroe. That's horror enough for me!
Dan Stevens turns in a killer performance as a young man returning from Iraq and staying briefly with the family of a fellow soldier. This one takes some TURNS. Super fun.
25/26) There Existed An Addiction To Blood
and
Visions of Bodies Being Burned
These brutal albums from rap group clipping are masterpieces of horrorcore. Metallic, heavy, percussive production and Daveed Diggs' usual lyrical skill turned to dark focus push the genre forward in extraordinary ways.
and
Visions of Bodies Being Burned
These brutal albums from rap group clipping are masterpieces of horrorcore. Metallic, heavy, percussive production and Daveed Diggs' usual lyrical skill turned to dark focus push the genre forward in extraordinary ways.
October 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
25/26) There Existed An Addiction To Blood
and
Visions of Bodies Being Burned
These brutal albums from rap group clipping are masterpieces of horrorcore. Metallic, heavy, percussive production and Daveed Diggs' usual lyrical skill turned to dark focus push the genre forward in extraordinary ways.
and
Visions of Bodies Being Burned
These brutal albums from rap group clipping are masterpieces of horrorcore. Metallic, heavy, percussive production and Daveed Diggs' usual lyrical skill turned to dark focus push the genre forward in extraordinary ways.
24) The Sexy Brutale
A murder mystery set in a casino-mansion nightmare staffed by bloodthirsty masked goons. You and the other victims are stuck in a time loop endlessly reliving your deaths, until a woman made entirely of blood (?) jostles you free and allows you to begin interfering with events.
A murder mystery set in a casino-mansion nightmare staffed by bloodthirsty masked goons. You and the other victims are stuck in a time loop endlessly reliving your deaths, until a woman made entirely of blood (?) jostles you free and allows you to begin interfering with events.
October 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM
24) The Sexy Brutale
A murder mystery set in a casino-mansion nightmare staffed by bloodthirsty masked goons. You and the other victims are stuck in a time loop endlessly reliving your deaths, until a woman made entirely of blood (?) jostles you free and allows you to begin interfering with events.
A murder mystery set in a casino-mansion nightmare staffed by bloodthirsty masked goons. You and the other victims are stuck in a time loop endlessly reliving your deaths, until a woman made entirely of blood (?) jostles you free and allows you to begin interfering with events.
23) Anything For Jackson
I'm generally not into exorcism movies, but this works for me by being a total inversion of the genre while getting a ton of mileage out of its tropes. Sheila McCarthy and Julian Richings are excellent, managing to bring pathos to characters doing a truly monstrous thing.
I'm generally not into exorcism movies, but this works for me by being a total inversion of the genre while getting a ton of mileage out of its tropes. Sheila McCarthy and Julian Richings are excellent, managing to bring pathos to characters doing a truly monstrous thing.
October 30, 2025 at 4:29 PM
23) Anything For Jackson
I'm generally not into exorcism movies, but this works for me by being a total inversion of the genre while getting a ton of mileage out of its tropes. Sheila McCarthy and Julian Richings are excellent, managing to bring pathos to characters doing a truly monstrous thing.
I'm generally not into exorcism movies, but this works for me by being a total inversion of the genre while getting a ton of mileage out of its tropes. Sheila McCarthy and Julian Richings are excellent, managing to bring pathos to characters doing a truly monstrous thing.
22) They Look Like People
Two old friends struggle with their perceptions of what it means to be a man in the modern day, one somewhat more than the other. This is the film that brought me back to horror movies after many encounters with jump scare garbage convinced me that they weren't for me.
Two old friends struggle with their perceptions of what it means to be a man in the modern day, one somewhat more than the other. This is the film that brought me back to horror movies after many encounters with jump scare garbage convinced me that they weren't for me.
October 30, 2025 at 4:29 PM
22) They Look Like People
Two old friends struggle with their perceptions of what it means to be a man in the modern day, one somewhat more than the other. This is the film that brought me back to horror movies after many encounters with jump scare garbage convinced me that they weren't for me.
Two old friends struggle with their perceptions of what it means to be a man in the modern day, one somewhat more than the other. This is the film that brought me back to horror movies after many encounters with jump scare garbage convinced me that they weren't for me.
19) The Old Dark House
A pre-Code classic that's definitely not just on here because I'm self-conscious about how many of my recommendations are from the past ten years. I don't always gel with older horror movies for a number of reasons, but this one earns every bit of its reputation and status.
A pre-Code classic that's definitely not just on here because I'm self-conscious about how many of my recommendations are from the past ten years. I don't always gel with older horror movies for a number of reasons, but this one earns every bit of its reputation and status.
October 30, 2025 at 3:06 PM
19) The Old Dark House
A pre-Code classic that's definitely not just on here because I'm self-conscious about how many of my recommendations are from the past ten years. I don't always gel with older horror movies for a number of reasons, but this one earns every bit of its reputation and status.
A pre-Code classic that's definitely not just on here because I'm self-conscious about how many of my recommendations are from the past ten years. I don't always gel with older horror movies for a number of reasons, but this one earns every bit of its reputation and status.
I've never quite been able to put into words what it is that I love so much about Hellboy and his strange almost-adventure-serial universe, but it has always struck deep into my heart. I'm just a sucker for things like pulp hero Lobster Johnson shouting "HERE IS THE CLAW!" as he machineguns Nazis.
October 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I've never quite been able to put into words what it is that I love so much about Hellboy and his strange almost-adventure-serial universe, but it has always struck deep into my heart. I'm just a sucker for things like pulp hero Lobster Johnson shouting "HERE IS THE CLAW!" as he machineguns Nazis.
18) Hellboy: The Chained Coffin and Others
Take this as a recommendation of all of Hellboy, really, but for the unfamiliar looking to get started this is the collection I always recommend first. It's got great grumping, hunting, and punching, and my favorite HB story (the Wolves of St. August).
Take this as a recommendation of all of Hellboy, really, but for the unfamiliar looking to get started this is the collection I always recommend first. It's got great grumping, hunting, and punching, and my favorite HB story (the Wolves of St. August).
October 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
18) Hellboy: The Chained Coffin and Others
Take this as a recommendation of all of Hellboy, really, but for the unfamiliar looking to get started this is the collection I always recommend first. It's got great grumping, hunting, and punching, and my favorite HB story (the Wolves of St. August).
Take this as a recommendation of all of Hellboy, really, but for the unfamiliar looking to get started this is the collection I always recommend first. It's got great grumping, hunting, and punching, and my favorite HB story (the Wolves of St. August).
17) Mom And Dad
A thrashy little horror-comedy about every parent suddenly being overwhelmed by the desire to murder their own offspring. Featuring excellent work from Selma Blair and Nic Cage (in one of his hugest performances) as the primary pair of parents, it's fast and brutal fun.
A thrashy little horror-comedy about every parent suddenly being overwhelmed by the desire to murder their own offspring. Featuring excellent work from Selma Blair and Nic Cage (in one of his hugest performances) as the primary pair of parents, it's fast and brutal fun.
October 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
17) Mom And Dad
A thrashy little horror-comedy about every parent suddenly being overwhelmed by the desire to murder their own offspring. Featuring excellent work from Selma Blair and Nic Cage (in one of his hugest performances) as the primary pair of parents, it's fast and brutal fun.
A thrashy little horror-comedy about every parent suddenly being overwhelmed by the desire to murder their own offspring. Featuring excellent work from Selma Blair and Nic Cage (in one of his hugest performances) as the primary pair of parents, it's fast and brutal fun.
My favorite moment of the stream, courtesy of Moonsigil Atlas:
(RIP The Moon, better luck next time)
(RIP The Moon, better luck next time)
October 19, 2025 at 6:12 AM
My favorite moment of the stream, courtesy of Moonsigil Atlas:
(RIP The Moon, better luck next time)
(RIP The Moon, better luck next time)
13) Lake Mungo
An absolute triumph of fake-documentary film-making. Lots of words have been said about this one, even here on this website already this month, so I'll just add that I think this one might be particularly effective on trans people. Quiet and slow and simply one of the best ever made.
An absolute triumph of fake-documentary film-making. Lots of words have been said about this one, even here on this website already this month, so I'll just add that I think this one might be particularly effective on trans people. Quiet and slow and simply one of the best ever made.
October 10, 2025 at 4:16 AM
13) Lake Mungo
An absolute triumph of fake-documentary film-making. Lots of words have been said about this one, even here on this website already this month, so I'll just add that I think this one might be particularly effective on trans people. Quiet and slow and simply one of the best ever made.
An absolute triumph of fake-documentary film-making. Lots of words have been said about this one, even here on this website already this month, so I'll just add that I think this one might be particularly effective on trans people. Quiet and slow and simply one of the best ever made.
12) The Invitation (2015)
My favorite dinner party thriller and, for my money, Karyn Kusama's best work. Friends with complicated, difficult relationships all come together for the first time in years and slowly feel out the ways they've all changed. This film does an extraordinary job placing...
My favorite dinner party thriller and, for my money, Karyn Kusama's best work. Friends with complicated, difficult relationships all come together for the first time in years and slowly feel out the ways they've all changed. This film does an extraordinary job placing...
October 10, 2025 at 4:16 AM
12) The Invitation (2015)
My favorite dinner party thriller and, for my money, Karyn Kusama's best work. Friends with complicated, difficult relationships all come together for the first time in years and slowly feel out the ways they've all changed. This film does an extraordinary job placing...
My favorite dinner party thriller and, for my money, Karyn Kusama's best work. Friends with complicated, difficult relationships all come together for the first time in years and slowly feel out the ways they've all changed. This film does an extraordinary job placing...
It's a brilliant time with/against friends: short frenzied matches full of monsters, traps, and stolen humanity backed up by extraordinary production values that give the action a real crash, thump, and splash. Who doesn't want to end an evening with their friends drenched in little red squares?
October 10, 2025 at 4:16 AM
It's a brilliant time with/against friends: short frenzied matches full of monsters, traps, and stolen humanity backed up by extraordinary production values that give the action a real crash, thump, and splash. Who doesn't want to end an evening with their friends drenched in little red squares?