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Got a start at cleaning out the Promotions tab of my Gmail yesterday. The starting was the hardest part, because now that Im back to August 2023 its a whole lot easier to go "yeah, Im not actually coming back to that" and just select all delete.
Down from nearly all 15 gb of Google space to 11, thats a ton more space to back up my rpg books
@_hypocaust And now I'm imagining the late Dave Niehaus who was the radio announcer for the Seattle Mariners getting hyped over a six or someone approaching a century.
And yes. Getting some of that American baseball radio energy into the commentary would be fantastic.
@iveyline @grumpygamer Yeah, thinking about how many fingers Amazon has in web services, I think they're the hardest to actually shift from their most profitable stuff.
Just finished #DnD night. Ended a chapter of the campaign when my players fell under the influence of an imprisoned rage demon and assassinated an Archbishop triggering a prophecy that shattered one of the shards of the demon's prison.
So, uh, nice knowing you Thaliost.
Reading through my new copy of #Daggerheart and first thing I'm thinking as I hit domains is "huh, if I toss the idea of the domain circle out, that's a lot of room for new and interesting classes. I want a Codex and Blade class. Or a Bone and Grace."
@audreygwinter Yes on "the rules get out of the way" when like "the rules were right there for me to use and understand easily" is appropriate
So, the way the whole world is has me looking at ways I can run overtly anti-authoritarian RPGs.
Specifically, I pulled out my PDFs of #Shadowrun Missions season 4 and the fight for recognition by the Ork Underground and how a bunch of authority figures absolutely do not like that and are willing to kill for the status quo. So, uh, reading this now I gotta find time to run it.
Especially after actually prepping to start the storyline off *well* (for one by actually reading ahead of game time)
@Beachbum They were honestly my second favorite to watch growing up, despite how they always seemed to be right there to end great seasons during that late 90s stretch of good Mariners seasons before the playoff drought that got old enough to drink.
I mean, Jeter was a hard player to hate.
@Beachbum We've watched some. I'm also hoping that maybe the WPF and AFP merge and grow some more.
One of the NFP teams was literally a half hour away from us before getting killed by Covid when she was like 2.
Watching Yankees-Dodgers with my daughter, having fun asking her where the plays are.
(She loves playing softball so she's having a good time with it. If only she liked my Mariners, but I guess the Yankees are okay...)
I have an ARC of The Two Lies of Faven Sythe by Megan E O'Keefe through #NetGalley
This book is so good so far (just shy of halfway through) characters bouncing off each other, banter, surprises that are inevitable in hindsight, the conspiracies and dread for when things will unravel is just excellent.
@yora Also, even a lot of vanilla stuff isn't flavorless, it's just that we put vanilla in a lot of other flavors too to the point we've basically trained our palates to "vanilla = plain sweets"
@SJohnRoss This is reminding me to break out the DVDs because I need to watch Orphan Black again
@scribblemacher Would Metroid 4 be fusion in this case?
(Thinking Metroid, Metroid 2, Super Metroid, Fusion in this line)
@georgepenney I have a Royal and an Underwood myself. But I really do enjoy the looks of Olympias and Olivettis
@ghost Whole game worth of extra hockey there.
@nixCraft Let them amonst us who has not made the big oopsie throw the first stone
Earlier today I talked about attempts to take a look at some of the foundations of sci fi and urban fantasy literature.
The Onion Girl is the first of Charles de Lint's stories that I've read. There's a lot of milieu and found family here. I enjoyed it but it might not be for those looking for faster paced works.
CW on the Book for sexual assault, family abuse, drug use, and 1990s depictions of sex work
Since the beginning of 2025, I’ve been interested in revisisting some of the classic works in the genres I enjoy. Originally the revisit was brought on by an interest in the Traveller Roleplaying Game and a list of influential science fiction works. From there, I got an interest in some of the classical urban fantasy works. Especially after reading the list of personal recommendations from Seanan McGuire. Neither this book, nor this author appears on McGuire’s list, but Newford and Charles de Lint come up often enough in urban fantasy recommendations that when The Onion Girl went on sale in ebook form, I decided to take a look.
Alex Keane (alexanderkeane.com)
I've been making a concerted effort to read some classics of my favorite genres and it's interesting to note how "of their time" each is in different ways.
From science fiction that will examine any social structure BUT sexism, to early urban fantasy that is very much of the 90s-00s "happy endings are for babies" camp. All have definite reflections of their time.