Mark Wallace, so-called
@markwallace.bsky.social
Writer, game designer, anguish flâneur. Words: NYTimes, Salon, LARB, Rumpus, GQ, etc. Blog: yrpgm.bearblog.dev/blog/ Games: markwallace.itch.io News: inlooking.substack.com Once wrote a book: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262513227/the-second-life-herald/
TIL the sewers in ancient Rome had their own god en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloacina
Cloacina - Wikipedia
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"There are no sex scenes, and all the food looks horrible."
Caleb Zane Huett@calebzane.bsky.social · last wk.banger. one of the best parts of this movie coming out is finding out how funny emily wilson is on top of everything else
If AI is so smart, why can't it figure out that I don't want to use it, and stop suggesting stupid shit to me?
Architecture, nature, alcohol, space travel, rock n roll. — Swervedriver, 99th Dream
Secret Drug Addict@scrtdrugaddict.bsky.social · 2w ago
After Tintin, the fictional character who most inspired me to become a journalist was probably Karl Kolchak: The Night Stalker. Happily getting reacquainted after a number of decades. So good.
The One-Page RPG Jam is back for 2026, with the optional theme of 'Fractured'! It runs 13th July to 16th August. Head over to the jam page to sign up itch.io/jam/one-page...
RPG folks: Sera is a voracious player and reader of games, with strong, smart opinions and a heroically open mind. I can’t imagine a better Ennies judge
Seraphina Garcia Ramirez@seraphimseraphina.bsky.social · 4w agoVoting for the 2026 ENNIE Awards is live! I’m one of the candidates to be a judge next year, and I’m asking for your vote! In this thread I’ll explain what that means, why you should vote for me, and where you can read more of my thoughts on tabletop games. vote.ennie-awards.com/vote/2026/ 1/
RIP Louise Lasser, a favorite. Mary Hartman was something weirdly special and all its own, thanks in large part to her.
You've certainly Swerved your last Driver
Aaron Lim 林家丰@ehronlime.bsky.social · last mo.You’ve Broken your last Social Scene
What a great question. Speaks to tradition, economics, precarity, sustainability, so much else. Me? Probably books and clothes 50+ years old. And I live in a 130yo house. Moving around a lot took its toll on my objets too.
Pookleblinky@pookleblinky.bsky.social · last mo.I always like thinking about: what is the oldest object you regularly use, the oldest thing you're using in your normal everyday life
Our charity bundle is finally live! itch.io/b/3605/indie... Its PWYW, supporting a braille dice/gen accessibility charity Please repost this or make a post of your own with the following hashtags! We need to come together as a community if we want to make this a success! #rpgbookclub #dotsrpg
Reading an old copy of @grantamag.bsky.social and I can't imagine what it must have been like for Paul Theroux to publish his first novel, a stupendous moment in any writer's life, and then receive a letter from his mother calling it "trash."
The last time the Knicks won it all, the president resigned the following year. Just saying.
Win or lose, I've rarely been prouder to be a New Yorker #knicks
Which social media is the next to get a film?
highly recommend
Tordotcom Publishing@tordotcompub.bsky.social · 2mo agoA magical detective dives into the affairs of Chicago's divine monsters to secure a future with the love of her life in Even Though I Knew the End by @clpolk.com ✨ This sapphic period piece will dazzle anyone looking for mystery, intrigue, romance, magic, or all of the above.
This looks awesome
T. K. Rex@tkrex.bsky.social · 2mo agoToday at 4 I’ll be doing a panel with @chucktingle.bsky.social @queenopirates.bsky.social & Susanna Kwan, at The Marsh Theater in Berkeley with Bay Area Book Festival. Pretty excited about this conversation, and there will be book signing after. See you there! www.baybookfest.org/session/post...
When we talk about Baby Boomers not getting off the stage: In 1997, the US president was born in 1946. In 2007, the US president was born in 1946. In 2017, the US president was born in 1946. And next year in 2027? The US president will have been born in 1946.
Hunter Walker@hunterw.bsky.social · 5mo agoI was just watching some of the Bill and Hillary deposition footage and its really striking/disturbing how much the Clintons clearly come off younger and in better shape than either of our two recent presidents.
Luke's entry in the write waiting without... oh never mind
Luke Gearing@lukegearing.bsky.social · 2mo agothe flat killing heat drove them to the old forgotten places where they had dug holes in the earth and wrapped them about with brick and paint. in those places they found those who had stayed behind and now coveted their cool wet air and would offer no respite to their erstwhile cousins.