James Howard
@manuscribe.bsky.social
I teach writing, play games, and read medieval.
But shall this crazed old man be tamely suffered to drag a whole ship’s company down to doom with him?
I've been following the story of Cookie's Bustle since about 2022, when Classics of Game videos featuring the quirky adventure game were taken down. It's gratifying to see the Video Game History Foundation take on the copyright troll who took down that content. gamehistory.org/cookies-bust...
We've freed Cookie's Bustle from copyright hell. Here's how. | Video Game History Foundation
We've stopped a persistent copyright troll who was trying to impede our work. Here's everything we learned—and how we beat them.
gamehistory.org
If you told me this was close footage of a gas planet called Stewed Cabbage, I might believe it.
Iron Chef Bot@ironchefbot.bsky.social · 6mo ago
1. Computing for Math Majors 2. Medieval Women Writers 3. Revolutionary War 4. Jewish Civilization I 5. Greek Mythology
Roopika Risam@roopikarisam.bsky.social · 6mo agoNever mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college: 1. British Comedy 2. Sociology of Pop Culture 3. History of the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict 4. The Devil’s Pact 5. Documentary Writing
One take from a former Larian artist, following my interview with Swen Vincke this morning:
anoxicart 🍤@anoxicart.bsky.social · 8mo agoconsider my feedback: i loved working at @larianstudios.com until AI. reconsider and change your direction, like, yesterday. show your employees some respect. they are world-class & do not need AI assistance to come up with amazing ideas.
There is a post circulating on Bluesky encouraging the moving of a frozen turkey straight into a pot of hot oil. We are combating this misinformation the best way we know how - through the power of dance music.
If a professional chef does it, it's solid, strategic flavor combination. If you ever hear me say this, I don't know what I'm doing and I've undoubtedly spilled mint leaves into whatever I'm sauteeing.
Iron Chef Bot@ironchefbot.bsky.social · 9mo ago
I love anime girls with magical orbs in video games. They used to be really prevalent in the late 80s to mid 90s. You know, those solid, spherical objects, often floating in the air. Here's just a small collection of such girls (I'll leave out obvious fortune tellers):
In some versions of Arthuriana, it goes like this: Lancelot: And me, who is Guinevere's favorite! King Arthur: Yes, that's right! You are the queen's knight! Lancelot: Guinevere: Mordred: Kay: And me, who is Arthur's favorite! King Arthur:
Baby Boy Monaghan@babyboymonaghan.bsky.social · 9mo agoKing Arthur: It is a round table, because we are all equals. Lancelot: Except you, who are king! King Arthur: Well, yes. Lancelot: And me, who is Guinevere's favorite! King Arthur: What? Lancelot: King Arthur: Lancelot: Indeed, we are all equals here, each like the other!
The movies don't really get into it, but it's worth remembering that Denethor went crazy because he spent too much time doomscrolling on the Palantír and it cooked his brain
Beyond the Forbidden Forest. The game is basically walking amid scraggly trees with foreboding music. Then a monster comes and kills you. Yes, you're supposed to shoot it with an arrow, but it usually ate me first. I was six.
Chris Plante@plante.bsky.social · 12mo agoWhat was the first video game that scared you? It doesn't have to be a horror game. Maybe you didn't even play it -- plenty of ads freaked me out as a kid.
Chakan The Forever Man always felt like a fever dream. I only played it on my parents' friends' oldest son's Sega, and only for long enough that it didn't matter I was no good at it. Lanky gothic sword man in dark environment would saturate my imagination.
Gretchen Leigh 🇨🇦@gretchenleigh.zone · last yr.*whispering to date* that’s Chakan: The Forever Man
(From Serpent's Reach, C. J. Cherryh, cover art by Ken Barr)
Tobias Wilson-Bates@phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · last yr.Kind of wish academic papers could come with 1980s style sword and sorcery cover images.
One wonder of the original Iron Chef was how I experienced foods in multiply defamiliarized ways. This is from the jumbo mushroom episode. (They're huge!) Here, the smoked mushrooms rest on red snapper-wrapped stuffing, which is in turn wrapped in fat netting and then fried (picture) and roasted.
Iron Chef Bot@ironchefbot.bsky.social · last yr.
It's hard to understate how important Representative & former Speaker Hortman was to Minnesota politics - she was probably the most prominent woman politician & integral to the recent budget deal. She was also incredibly kind and a real person - Kiernan sold her girl scout cookies. It's horrifying.
