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James Wallis

@jameswallis.bsky.social

Game designer (co-created SE!ZE with Charles Leclerc), publisher, teacher, critic, writer, player. FRSA. For my games, books, podcast, journalism, game design workshops, lectures, trade bodies &c., check my linktree https://linktr.ee/james.wallis

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James Wallis@jameswallis.bsky.social · 2h ago

Your THX-1138 name is the numberplate of your parents' first car without the year letter. You may have to reverse things, and you're probably out of luck if you're not in the UK. In fact this whole thing may have been a mistake in the first place. Anyway I'm MDX-769.

Lisa Kadonaga@tapirtrouble.bsky.social · 2d ago

Soft Rains Day. "Today is August 4, 2026, in the city of Allendale, California. Today is Mr. Featherstone's birthday. Today is the anniversary of Tilita's marriage. Insurance is payable, as are the water, gas, and light bills." RIP Ray Bradbury, 1920-2012

There Will Come Soft Rains By: Ray Bradbury In the living room the voice-clock sang, Tick-tock, seven o'clock, time to get up, time to get up, seven o 'clock! as if it were afraid that nobody would. The morning house lay empty. The clock ticked on, repeating and repeating its sounds into the emptiness. Seven-nine, breakfast time, seven-nine! In the kitchen the breakfast stove gave a hissing sigh and ejected from its warm interior eight pieces of perfectly browned toast, eight eggs sunny side up, sixteen slices of bacon, two coffees, and two cool glasses of milk. "Today is August 4, 2026," said a second voice from the kitchen ceiling, "in the city of Allendale, California." It repeated the date three times for memory's sake. "Today is Mr. Featherstone's birthday. Today is the anniversary of Tilita's marriage. Insurance is payable, as are the water, gas, and light bills." Source: https://www.btboces.org/Downloads/7_There%20Will%20Come%20Soft%20Rains%20by%20Ray%20Bradbury.pdf
Nettlecake@nettlecake.bsky.social · 2d ago

Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.

BeijingPalmer@beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 2d ago

Rod Liddle was a piece of shit in both his private and public life, and it speaks to the state of British media that they're praising the man. He presaged the steep downward decline of British broadsheet print columnists into increasingly open racism, misogyny, and hatred of queer people.

shaun@shaunvids.bsky.social · 2d ago

i'd say "pay attention to who has kind things to say about rod liddle, the racist pedophile, following his death" but to no surprise it is the entirety of the mainstream british press

Nate O@nateo.bsky.social · 3d ago

You'd have to read to the thirteenth paragraph to discover the pull quote for the title was from Marcus Siding, a 23-year-old Swedish man living in Sweden that wanted to become a cop, but his ADHD diagnosis at the age of 12 barred him by law from becoming a Swedish cop Seems relevant

'“When my ADHD diagnosis was removed, it was a relief’ Rates of conditions such as ADHD and autism seem to be ever growing, but some adults diagnosed in childhood are happy to be free of their labels” Excerpt From “‘When my ADHD diagnosis was removed, it was a relief’” The Times and The Sunday Times https://apple.news/AdYlGGpX0SrG-Joy7OuhgMg This material may be protected by copyright.
Darryl Mott@gamerstavernshow.com · 4d ago

Charles Schulz drew a new Peanuts comic every single day for almost 50 years. That is 17,897 individual comic strips. I'm sure, somewhere in that vast archive, you can find an ACTUAL DRAWING that fits whatever you want to say and easily edit in your own speech bubbles instead of using "AI" slop.

An image of Charlie Brown and Linus from the Peanuts comic strip in color leaning on a brick wall. Linus is looking at Charlie Brown, who is looking slightly aside of the "camera" Charlie says: It's not very leftist of folks to use fascist corporate "AI" to make memes of me regardless what they say