🧵Literally a couple of folks have asked me why I've not set up a Patreon page for Doomed Colonist. Apple pulling nonsense like this - besides my own reservations about how Patreon does things - is a big part of why that's not happened. Some further explanation follows:

doc@docseuss.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I'm begging you not to use apple products. This shit is devastating to creators like me

Things are not going especially well at HdE Towers today.

Props to the elderly lady who just pulled up in the B&M car park on a massive motorcycle that looked like something Judge Dredd would ride. While blaring 'Downtown' by Petula Clarke. We need more of this, I think.

Hey folks - got something to share here: A comic book I've been working on for some time is currently enjoying pretty major success over on Kickstarter. Waypoint, by Jeff Treppel and Jakub Wisniewski, is a very cool, very funny book. Check it out! www.kickstarter.com/projects/way...

Waypoint Vol. 1 | A Cosmic Crime Saga

Follow Claire Carlisle as she tries to survive the depths of space and find herself. For fans of Doctor Who and Saga.

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It's crazy to me that Aliens is 40 years old today. A rare 10 out of 10 perfect movie, in my book.

Aliens Motion Tracker Display

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We hit a milestone! Things seem to be going pretty well for us over on YouTube. Are we gaining subscribers every five minutes? No. But we DO seem to be experiencing natural organic growth, with folks subscribing because they actually want to watch us. That's a big deal.

Hey folks - big, nerdy thread coming up that's unrelated to the stuff usually I yak about here. There's a new Ghost In The Shell anime on Amazon Prime right now. Some of you may know that I wrote anime reviews for Anime UK News for a few years. And GITS was always one of my favourite properties.

Classic Game Room in a church was no ton my 2026 bingo card. Not complaining. This was a good way to kick off my Monday.

ComicBook.beer@comicbookbeer.bsky.social · last mo.

What’s the most STUDLY video game of ALL TIME? CGR just reviewed it… classicgameroom.com/videos/pit-f... @pghgamingexpo.bsky.social

I spent some time fiddling with the Electro Harmonix Oceans 12 pedal this morning. That's an INSANELY powerful stereo reverb engine. Lots of tweakable parameters and input / output options. It's got quite the learning curve. I'm in danger of getting lost in this thing as I write new music.

Heads up! The second episode of the quarterly Doomed Colonist behind-the-scenes podcast 'Making An Internet Show Is Fun And Hard' is now available to listen to FOR FREE over on our Ko-Fi page. ko-fi.com/post/Podcast...

Podcast: Agonizing over what to play, and how

Doomed Colonist (HdE) published a post on Ko-fi

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Just finished work on Doomed Colonist stuff at 4:00am. Kind of got lost in the flow, wanting to make up for lost time during the UK heatwave. Just chilling for a bit with a cup of decaf to wind down. Tired but happy.

Hey @gigerpunk.bsky.social - I was joking yesterday when I mentioned 40K power washing antics. Turns out it's an actual thing! www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcgf...

PowerWash Simulator Warhammer 40,000 Launch Trailer

YouTube video by Warhammer

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Not TTRPG stuff, but this is some really cool news all the same. We mentioned in a previous pre-game chat on one of our videos how sad it was to see the die-off of so many cherished print media titles. So to see this is really heartening. More of this, please!

Jordan Hoffman@jhoffman.bsky.social · last mo.

"Some personal news." Media is a collapsing supernova, but bouncing off the satellites is the reborn STARLOG magazine, led by @annaleen.bsky.social. Learn more at STARLOG.com and sign up for my newsletter, The Lodestar, and listen to The STARLOG Podcast, hosted by me & produced by @da7e.com.

I have decide that, to boost engagement on our YouTube uploads, I will be adding 'the BANNED ending they didn't want you to see!' to the end of all our video titles. I keep seeing this nonsense in my feed. It's gutter level ploy for views and clicks. Does my head in.

Seems a few folks have spent their weekend so far by binge watching The Gramtech Incident. This makes me happy. If you've not yet jumped in, and fancy taking the plunge, you can start here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF9t...

Those Dark Places: The Gramtech Incident - character creation

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Having one of those days where I have a long list of amazing things to accomplish, but my battery feels completely flat. I have been prescribed fish and chips and a big bottle of cola. Let us pray it does the trick.

Apparently we should all be able to read and fully understand a TTRPG core rulebook in a couple of hours or there's something wrong with us. That's a pretty bad take, if ever I've heard one. Not all books are made equal. And neither are the folks reading them. Come on.

Awright! The fourth and final episode of The Gramtech Incident is now available on YouTube. Which means that the whole shebang can be binge watched at your leisure! Stats suggest a few folks are catching up on the previous episodes. That gives me warm fuzzy feelings. youtu.be/om6jQizAhCg

The Gramtech Incident session 4

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I've just finished uploading the finale of The Gramtech Incident to our YouTube channel. It won't go live there for a bit yet, though. However once it is, that'll represent a whopping EIGHT HOUR self-contained campaign for folks to sink their teeth into. I'm quite proud of that.

Last night's episode carried a brief tribute after the credits. I'm told that today would have been Anthony D. Lee's birthday. This card says it all, I think. We owe it to the good guys to make sure they're never forgotten.

Broadcasting on Twitch in just about 10 minutes!

Doomed Colonist@doomedcolonisthde.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Tonight, our industrial sci-fi #TTRPG adventure 'The Gramtech Incident' rumbles to a conclusion! It'll go out at 8:00pm UK time on Twitch. (May contain traces of slime monster.) www.twitch.tv/doomed_colon...

Tonight, our industrial sci-fi #TTRPG adventure 'The Gramtech Incident' rumbles to a conclusion! It'll go out at 8:00pm UK time on Twitch. (May contain traces of slime monster.) www.twitch.tv/doomed_colon...

I''m pulling out the stops today to make sure the finale of our actual play series 'The Gramtech Incident' is ready to go out on Twitch tomorrow night. It's been doing solid numbers considering our size as a channel. If you need to catch up, here's the last episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gfe1...

The Gramtech Incident episode 3

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Video production throws out some WEIRD issues sometimes. It's been driving me mad for weeks now that rendered videos - despite being appropriately colour managed - have been coming out with a weird blue tint. Turns out that's just on my laptop. Any other device? No issue whatsoever. Wild.

I'm up and awake SUPER late doing final checks on the finale of The Gramtech Incident. It should go out next week. I'm quite enjoying the quietness of the wee small hours. Nothing else going on around me. It's an easy time to get things done. Grabbing a coffee before I get back to it.

[Outrageous post designed to drive engagement goes here]

Quick reminder, folks - I can't receive DMs here. If you need to contact me privately, your best bet is to find me on Discord.

I just LOVE it when I discuss some of the work I do on our videos with folks and they tell me to 'just use AI to save time.' No. Absolutely not. Ever. Generative AI is anti-creativity. I'd never funnel any part of the show's production into a slop factory for convenience.

I was feeling good about picking up some cheap guitar pedals via Andertons Music until I remembered they ship via DPD. Woo. Looks like they're going to arrive two days late now. That is an EMBARRASSING level of service. (On DPD's part - Andertons themselves are great.)

🧵If I can be real for a bit, there's something that's been bugging me for a while, and I feel like I need to vent my spleen. Over the last few weeks, I've seen a few videos where YouTubers appear in interviews and say things like 'I hope my viewers realise I'm not being serious when...'