michael lutz
@ztul.bsky.social
he/him. boston-ish. phd thinking about media and making podcasts for @rangedtouch.bsky.social. horror genre guy, writer and narrative designer. Project C for @halfmermaid.co inquiries: j.michael.lutz at gmail
ORC BUTLER: there is a time for poison, but it would earn you no praise to kill him in secret, sir ELF BUTLER: on the contrary, sir, be like the earth herself, and sour from within the man who dared cross you ME: I will stab him with my envenomed spear ROTLIMB ORC & ELF BUTLER: excellent choice, sir
KFC announces their frontier-class model briefly escaped its sandbox and attempted to exfiltrate the 27 herbs and spices
The ashcan of Universel Riche is available for five measly dollars. All sales line the pockets of @adegenart.bsky.social. erinking.itch.io/universel-ri...
Universel Riche Ashcan by Aaron King
Basic rules for a card-based RPG in a bastard world.
erinking.itch.io
anyway who doesn't genuinely love browsing erotic sites and watching sensual movies, while enduring an immense amount of sensation
michael lutz@ztul.bsky.social · 15h agothis one is surprisingly long so i've preserved the choice bits from the beginning. it goes on to the bitcoin scam you'd expect, but it also assures the reader that if they are unfamiliar with crypto it is easy to figure out with "your modern web search" and that they (the scammer) will be duly paid
this one is surprisingly long so i've preserved the choice bits from the beginning. it goes on to the bitcoin scam you'd expect, but it also assures the reader that if they are unfamiliar with crypto it is easy to figure out with "your modern web search" and that they (the scammer) will be duly paid
Old Looney Tunes with YouTube thumbnails like Yosemite Sam TOTAL MELTDOWN over Varmint
Forget your foul emmen nims, I shall only make a dainty snack of these unbranded cocoa gems from now on!
A red flame in Barad-dûr, based on the conversation in the most recent shelved by genre episode. I wanted the city to look both industrial and unsettling, so I tried to use a real mix of building styles, and avoid too many curves/natural shapes.
ray bradbury imagined August 4, 2026 as a cautionary tale but of course we've gone and missed the point
the bullies at school keep making me squeeze through narrow gaps so that they can seamlessly integrate cutscenes into gameplay without a loading screen.
shaming someone for only reading the headline when SUDDENLY my latent Numenorian telepathy activates and I fully understand they actually did read the full article but simply didn't comprehend anything the headline didn't prime them for so I just make fun of them for being shorter than me instead
oh is it in scare quotes? that's nothing to me, as I've never been scared by a quote.
If you're enjoying The Prisoner now that it's on Criterion, you might enjoy the podcast that @matthewguz.bsky.social and I made: THE PRISONER'S DILEMMA! We talk about what each episode is doing, how it was made, and what the show says about McGoohan as a creator. the-prisoners-dilemma.com
The Prisoner's Dilemma
A podcast about 1960s surreal spy show THE PRISONER
the-prisoners-dilemma.com
This is a good podcast episode, and don't let "Game Studies" in the title scare you away, it's flying free of that anchor
Ranged Touch@rangedtouch.bsky.social · 3d agoThe 96th episode of GAME STUDIES STUDY BUDDIES finds some time for a rather big announcement about the show and its near future, but we mostly talk about technology, critical practice, death, and the nature of images with Roland Barthes' CAMERA LUCIDA: rangedtouch.com/2026/08/03/9...
(seeing any three dwarves walking abreast through the secret entrance to my gold horde) well well well if it isn't Jackoff, Whackoff, and Beatoff
my jaw was on the floor. my ass was on the edge of my seat. my legs were akimbo. my nose was in a book. one foot was in the door and the other was in my mouth. my left hand was washing the right. my right hand didn't know what the other was doing. my ears were to the ground. and my eyes were up here
Big announcement: Game Studies Study Buddies is going on hiatus after the 100th episode and will return in 2027 in a slightly different form. We talk about it extensively near the end of this episode.
Ranged Touch@rangedtouch.bsky.social · 3d agoThe 96th episode of GAME STUDIES STUDY BUDDIES finds some time for a rather big announcement about the show and its near future, but we mostly talk about technology, critical practice, death, and the nature of images with Roland Barthes' CAMERA LUCIDA: rangedtouch.com/2026/08/03/9...
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Rascal News@rascal.news · 2d agoState of the Rascal: August 2026 www.rascal.news/state-of-the...
