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Orcusdorkus - Prepping Impossible Landscapes @orcusdorkus.bsky.social · 3h

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Dirk the Dice @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social · 6h

New strap line: “the GROGNARD files, big in Albuquerque.”

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Dirk the Dice @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social · 7h

New GROGPOD review. Good to know that our Bolton bobbins has reached Rob in Albuquerque!

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Dirk the Dice @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social · 8h

My favourite is the Yorkshire town of Slaithwaite - locals refer to it as Slou-Wit and the automatic train announcements had to be changed to reflect it www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023...

‘Slou-wit’, not ‘Slaithwaite’: Northern Trains to re-record mispronounced station names

Network enlists locals for new onboard announcements to reflect local accents and restore full placenames

www.theguardian.com

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Dirk the Dice @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social · 8h

The only answer to this, “you cannot be serious!”

a man wearing a headband stands on a tennis court and says you cannot be serious

ALT: a man wearing a headband stands on a tennis court and says you cannot be serious

media.tenor.com

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Dirk the Dice @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social · 21h

Yes. As the youngsters would say, it has given me the “ick”

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Dirk the Dice @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social · 21h

I saw it when I was 7/8 too. A woman leaped into my dad’s lap when that happened and it has been a family story ever since.

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Dirk the Dice @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social · 21h

He revised his opinion by the 25th anniversary edition, which is reprinted here. He summarises that in the end, it was a net “good” as it had a more positive legacy.

Dirk the Dice @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social · 22h

The gangster sub plot would have been a distraction

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Dirk the Dice @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social · 23h

Yes - it’s a real pot-boiler, but there are some nice stylistic flourishes here and there - particularly the shark scenes.

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Dirk the Dice @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social · 23h

Well, it’s 50 years since the release of Jaws AND Born to Run

Jaws Log and Tonight in Jungleland - The Making of Born to Run

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Dirk the Dice @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social · 1d

How much Jaws is too much Jaws?

Not read this for over 40 years.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Dirk the Dice @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social · 1d

youtu.be/Yu3ZYXNalbc?...

Tony Harrison V (Richard Eyre)

YouTube video by Pablo Rodri

youtu.be

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Adam Buxton (not that one) @adambuxton.bsky.social · 1d

Being similar to @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social in losing my GM'ing mojo, I have 'paused' my huge campaign games and instead i'm running a series of small interconnected dungeon delves (Indiana Jones meets D&D), loving the 'back to basics' vibe

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Dirk the Dice @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social · 1d

Dusted off my cap for winter.

The Numbskull in the brain department suggests “put a funny hat on an cheer yourself up!”

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Dirk the Dice @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social · 3d

Currently setting up the Arena for tomorrow's conflict ... the balcony Council have arranged for a spectacle for the crowd's edification as well as their lust for violence @dracowie.bsky.social @orlanth.bsky.social @icooper.bsky.social ... Prepare for a reenactment of The Sacred Tree of the Narsi!

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Dirk the Dice @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social · 3d

Ahhh … currently composing a contribution to your Substack!

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Dirk the Dice @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social · 3d

Is that a FABRIANO shorty, clutch pencil? You can’t get that design easily any more.

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Gaz @evilgaz.bsky.social · 4d

🔊 New podcast alert! 200th* Episode special

Me and my good friend Ben reflect on many years of gaming and podcasting. What have we learned along the way? (Opinions vary.)

* More then 200 episodes are available. All those bonus eps, we're too good to you!

200th Celebratory Show

open.spotify.com

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Phil The Sheep @asheepie.bsky.social · 5d

@aptshadow.bsky.social really enjoyed your @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social episode. I created an Ars Magica character a couple of decades ago, but sadly we never got the game going. One of my RPG lamentations. I got the recent bundle so it's in the queue of stuff to hopefully (hahaha/sob) run