Tito J Davis
@titojdavis.bsky.social
Fiction and poetry, footy and... oy vey
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at least we've made the perfect argument for the rest of the world to Balkanize the US
January 4, 2026 at 10:11 PM
at least we've made the perfect argument for the rest of the world to Balkanize the US
Patreon has a feature where you can display how much you make per month on it. This seems like an appropriate thing for a "power to the creators" platform. I do find it interesting who does not opt to be open with it on their page
January 4, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Patreon has a feature where you can display how much you make per month on it. This seems like an appropriate thing for a "power to the creators" platform. I do find it interesting who does not opt to be open with it on their page
gotta love how often I've heard today something along the lines of "make a telephone call to the unplugged answering machine of your representative, tell them you wont cast your vote for them in the future! get real aggressive and scare em!" and the people posting "impeach now" you got it guys
January 3, 2026 at 4:36 PM
gotta love how often I've heard today something along the lines of "make a telephone call to the unplugged answering machine of your representative, tell them you wont cast your vote for them in the future! get real aggressive and scare em!" and the people posting "impeach now" you got it guys
first foray into games writing.
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Dragon Age: Origins - looking back post-crpg revival
My favorite video game of all time is Neverwinter Nights 2.
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January 3, 2026 at 3:53 PM
first foray into games writing.
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i have written so much in the past two weeks, grown as a writer, attempted new styles, non-fiction, poetry, and done some of my best ever fiction; unfortunately I go back to work Monday and that'll all be over
January 3, 2026 at 8:16 AM
i have written so much in the past two weeks, grown as a writer, attempted new styles, non-fiction, poetry, and done some of my best ever fiction; unfortunately I go back to work Monday and that'll all be over
was just cast as Mordecai in this years purim spiel and my first thought was "oy vey" and then when I texted zoii about it she laughed at me and pointed out how fitting it was since every Jewish hero in the entire canon is like "oy vey" at needing to be the hero
January 2, 2026 at 5:25 PM
was just cast as Mordecai in this years purim spiel and my first thought was "oy vey" and then when I texted zoii about it she laughed at me and pointed out how fitting it was since every Jewish hero in the entire canon is like "oy vey" at needing to be the hero
this is an incredible artifact for a lot of different reasons but its funny how smoothly it mixes good ideas with bad ones "make women characters less insulting so women feel more welcome" and "design patents and exclusive sports licenses are bad" vs "no more save points, no more loading screens"
Finally found one of my history white whales: A Gamer's Manifesto, an unhinged multi-page rant from c2005 that was passed around message boards like Martin Luther's theses. Ground zero for the internet era of angry gamers who hate everything
web.archive.org/web/20100129...
web.archive.org/web/20100129...
January 2, 2026 at 5:19 PM
this is an incredible artifact for a lot of different reasons but its funny how smoothly it mixes good ideas with bad ones "make women characters less insulting so women feel more welcome" and "design patents and exclusive sports licenses are bad" vs "no more save points, no more loading screens"
having grok apologize for causing a suicide or for generating csam is like finding out that while you're at work your boss beats your wife with a hammer, and when he needs to apologize he puts googly eyes on the hammer and talks out the side of his mouth in his hammer voice "im sowy i hit your wife"
January 2, 2026 at 4:10 PM
having grok apologize for causing a suicide or for generating csam is like finding out that while you're at work your boss beats your wife with a hammer, and when he needs to apologize he puts googly eyes on the hammer and talks out the side of his mouth in his hammer voice "im sowy i hit your wife"
if you were going to list the Evilest players of recent times, Sergio Ramos obvious #1, Bernardo Silva #2... help me out. Pepe was on track for 3 but he is reformed in his old age
January 1, 2026 at 8:49 PM
if you were going to list the Evilest players of recent times, Sergio Ramos obvious #1, Bernardo Silva #2... help me out. Pepe was on track for 3 but he is reformed in his old age
Last one of the wrap-ups for the year. This was a fun project.
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Things I Read in 2025
Short Stories
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January 1, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Last one of the wrap-ups for the year. This was a fun project.
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Next one. I only have the things I read left, and I haven't even started it because I ended up doing a full writeup on Dragon Age: Origins that's like 7500 words (will probably drop after the things I read post. Needs editing)
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The Video Games I Played in 2025
Like Movies, I slacked in playing new games (to me) this year.
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December 31, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Next one. I only have the things I read left, and I haven't even started it because I ended up doing a full writeup on Dragon Age: Origins that's like 7500 words (will probably drop after the things I read post. Needs editing)
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people are being too harsh. he's a guy who occupies every moment thinking about his biology, this is as sweet and romantic as it gets in that route, i see the vision, i get what he means, it even kind of works if you stop trying to be weirded out...
gotta pick her up from the airport though bro cmon
gotta pick her up from the airport though bro cmon
I am begging everyone on here to read this new post by Bryan Johnson — the super rich tech guy who is now doing the “never die” protocol.
I need to talk about it with you all.
I need to talk about it with you all.
December 30, 2025 at 6:29 PM
people are being too harsh. he's a guy who occupies every moment thinking about his biology, this is as sweet and romantic as it gets in that route, i see the vision, i get what he means, it even kind of works if you stop trying to be weirded out...
gotta pick her up from the airport though bro cmon
gotta pick her up from the airport though bro cmon
finally finished Dragon Age: Origins
Time to Beat: 50hrs
and now... to go watch the @noahgervais.bsky.social video on the series
Time to Beat: 50hrs
and now... to go watch the @noahgervais.bsky.social video on the series
December 29, 2025 at 11:06 PM
finally finished Dragon Age: Origins
Time to Beat: 50hrs
and now... to go watch the @noahgervais.bsky.social video on the series
Time to Beat: 50hrs
and now... to go watch the @noahgervais.bsky.social video on the series
its probably time for a golem
December 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
its probably time for a golem
if anyone is curious why I haven't played Planescape Torment this explains it. i tried more than once, i just bounced off it real hard for these reasons
New article time!
This one's about Planescape: Torment. I was commissioned to cover it, so I have. I was... disappointed to find I didn't really like the game. I tried not to be too mean, but I really, really disliked this game's treatment off women.
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This one's about Planescape: Torment. I was commissioned to cover it, so I have. I was... disappointed to find I didn't really like the game. I tried not to be too mean, but I really, really disliked this game's treatment off women.
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okay here’s the one about planescape
Over the years, I have taken some commissions to write about various video games. One of those was to write about Planescape: Torment, and…
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December 29, 2025 at 3:18 AM
if anyone is curious why I haven't played Planescape Torment this explains it. i tried more than once, i just bounced off it real hard for these reasons
wegmans has only had challah with raisins in it. raisins? this is antisemitism.
December 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
wegmans has only had challah with raisins in it. raisins? this is antisemitism.
I'm going to try and get in the habit of writing these sorts of things. It's good for my memory, and best of all it's growing my writing skills. Non-fiction is such a different beast, and I am finding I have room to grow in a new voice, skills to learn
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The Things I Watched in 2025
I try and keep track of all the things I read played and watched, and for books I log them by year.
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December 28, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I'm going to try and get in the habit of writing these sorts of things. It's good for my memory, and best of all it's growing my writing skills. Non-fiction is such a different beast, and I am finding I have room to grow in a new voice, skills to learn
open.substack.com/pub/titojdav...
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insane how good we had it in the end of the 20th century. for thousands of years weve had to make stories that asked "what if for once the bad guy didn't win" then finally for like 25 years we got "woah, what if the bad guy won?" anyway, thats over
December 27, 2025 at 8:58 PM
insane how good we had it in the end of the 20th century. for thousands of years weve had to make stories that asked "what if for once the bad guy didn't win" then finally for like 25 years we got "woah, what if the bad guy won?" anyway, thats over
despite all our innovations in gaming, and even despite crpgs having their resurgence, Dragon Age Origins has better pacing than any crpg that crests 30 hours made since. lost art
December 26, 2025 at 8:21 AM
despite all our innovations in gaming, and even despite crpgs having their resurgence, Dragon Age Origins has better pacing than any crpg that crests 30 hours made since. lost art
Nigerian I met in college and back country evangelical from my little hometown somehow ended up using the same random jesus quote graphic on their insta stories today. what a global world we live in
December 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Nigerian I met in college and back country evangelical from my little hometown somehow ended up using the same random jesus quote graphic on their insta stories today. what a global world we live in
Jews in the 40's: what if someone really did have the power to help everyone we wanted to help and could try to apply justice to the world
white people when superheroes got big: if people had godly power they would be evil, this is the realism of this genre, that people are inherently evil
white people when superheroes got big: if people had godly power they would be evil, this is the realism of this genre, that people are inherently evil
December 24, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Jews in the 40's: what if someone really did have the power to help everyone we wanted to help and could try to apply justice to the world
white people when superheroes got big: if people had godly power they would be evil, this is the realism of this genre, that people are inherently evil
white people when superheroes got big: if people had godly power they would be evil, this is the realism of this genre, that people are inherently evil
what the fuck why would I care to read your books if you're just posting bullshit NYT articles in the middle? if you're using a software that hallucinates information to "learn" about mars? "I hate writing these" then don't fucking put it in your book? the fuck?
Well, that's bullshit. Research IS writing.
Here's another use case:
Each chapter begins with an article. In the previous books, and the vast majority of this one, I use the NY Times archives to find a comparable article and tweak it.
I haaaaaate writing these.
Here's another use case:
Each chapter begins with an article. In the previous books, and the vast majority of this one, I use the NY Times archives to find a comparable article and tweak it.
I haaaaaate writing these.
December 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
what the fuck why would I care to read your books if you're just posting bullshit NYT articles in the middle? if you're using a software that hallucinates information to "learn" about mars? "I hate writing these" then don't fucking put it in your book? the fuck?
yo we need a chanukah strategy game about doing guerilla warface, directing troops against the greeks etc. 4x or rts would be dope
December 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
yo we need a chanukah strategy game about doing guerilla warface, directing troops against the greeks etc. 4x or rts would be dope
best thing about Hanukkah is that it's right next to Christmas which (in the US) is an all consuming thing begging everyone to just celebrate, just say merry Christmas, its fine it comes from pagan shit just put up a stocking... and Hanukkah is about not conforming
December 18, 2025 at 6:09 AM
best thing about Hanukkah is that it's right next to Christmas which (in the US) is an all consuming thing begging everyone to just celebrate, just say merry Christmas, its fine it comes from pagan shit just put up a stocking... and Hanukkah is about not conforming
saw someone mention a book on their top of the year that really intrigued me. About erasure of language & culture in a middle eastern setting, that sort of thing. Then saw it was from a christian woman from the midwest who is in the military and studied "middle eastern language" no fucking thanks
December 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM
saw someone mention a book on their top of the year that really intrigued me. About erasure of language & culture in a middle eastern setting, that sort of thing. Then saw it was from a christian woman from the midwest who is in the military and studied "middle eastern language" no fucking thanks