So unfair how the people on here don’t treat me the same way they treat beloved content creators just because I’ve never created anything.
Apr 5, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Please take a moment to read this amazing story about NBA player Joel Embiid playing video games with some young fans:
This comes from a great article about Embiid just published in The Athletic, via Kotaku: theathletic.com/3207423/2022/0…
Dec 14, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
My monkey's paw scenario: I just realized that my day job (marketing director for a decent-sized corporation) might be notable enough that I could possibly get verified at last. But to get it all I'd have to do is reveal my IRL identity and turn this account into a LinkedIn blog.
Marxist teenagers in my mentions: "there is no 'decent-sized corporation' because corporations deserve no decency!"
Dec 14, 2021 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
It's only one minute long, but this CCTV footage has a better narrative and more compelling character arcs than most of the arthouse films I've seen:
I mapped the character development of the bad boyfriend to the Hero's Journey monomyth:
Aug 13, 2020 • 15 tweets • 5 min read
Common is just a #DnD handwave that lets everyone communicate, like Star Trek’s universal translator.
But I want a campaign about how Common is maintained, from the Académie Française-like academics who keep it unified to the adventurers who help spread it around the world.
I feel like a campaign detailing how a truly global universal language was created using medieval technology would be a lot of fun for fans of Terry Pratchett.
Mar 20, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
CRIMELORD: Here’s the plan to take the city-
HENCHMAN: Whoa, is that a little model of the entire city!?
CL: Let’s focus on-
HM: Damn, that is next level. Where’d you even get it?
CL: It’s 3D-printed. Back to-
HM: You made this yourself!? It’s awesome!
CL: ………thank you🥰
HM: Are you into model trains?
CL: Do I look like someone into train sets!?
HM: I’m just sayin’, the textures are off the hook. Where’d you learn to paint like this?
CL: [mumbles]
HM: What?
CL: [mumbles louder]
HM: I still can’t-
CL: Warhammer, okay? It was Warhammer.
Mar 13, 2019 • 38 tweets • 7 min read
Hex And The City, a reboot of SATC about a game group of four women who, despite their different tastes in games and ever-changing lives, remain inseparable. (thread)
CARRIE BRADSHAW is the narrator and main character, and each episode is structured around her train of thought while writing her popular weekly column for Board Game Geek, also called Hex And The City.
Feb 14, 2019 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
You've probably heard about how Opportunity's last words to NASA were “my battery is low and it's getting dark.”
What you may not have heard is NASA's last words TO Opportunity: as a final transmission to the rover, they played Billie Holiday's "I'll Be Seeing You."
Tumblr user stickmanbrandon elaborates on just why this is so touching: