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It's been a while since I posted here!Anyway, I have a new job now. I'm a senior editor for TapTap. You can follow my work there if...

It's been a while since I posted here!

Anyway, I have a new job now. I'm a senior editor for TapTap.

You can follow my work there if you like!

https://www.taptap.io/user/538880504

Finally got around to watching Everything Everywhere All At Once, and gosh, it's like everyone said: a very special movie, visually and...

Finally got around to watching Everything Everywhere All At Once, and gosh, it's like everyone said: a very special movie, visually and emotionally dazzling.

We've been talking about Twitter dying for almost two months now, but this past week it's actually felt different. Palpably...

We've been talking about Twitter dying for almost two months now, but this past week it's actually felt different. Palpably diminished.

The reason there's no quote-boost here is because people would say "put you on blastodon" and that is unacceptable

The reason there's no quote-boost here is because people would say "put you on blastodon" and that is unacceptable

Content warning:Computer game violence and bloodTook some shots of Valkia this morning.

Content warning:Computer game violence and blood

Took some shots of Valkia this morning.

Twitter taking a nose-dive into the ground at the hands of an utterly feckless fool with zero impulse control or intellectual life is a...

Twitter taking a nose-dive into the ground at the hands of an utterly feckless fool with zero impulse control or intellectual life is a bummer, there's no way around that. No matter what happens, it's clear that it'll become unusable for countless people who have come to rely on it for promotion and opportunity. That relationship is already over.

But I have to say, it's exciting to imagine what its replacement looks like in a year, and in five years.

Checked out the Christmas village in Philly tonight. I bought a gnome. The rest of the evening was spent trying to leave Philadelphia, which...

Checked out the Christmas village in Philly tonight. I bought a gnome. The rest of the evening was spent trying to leave Philadelphia, which is not an easy task.

Gimme my check back ya goat bastad

Gimme my check back ya goat bastad

This year has left me feeling pretty gloomy about online media. Google's supremacy as the main traffic driver creates intense pressure...

This year has left me feeling pretty gloomy about online media. Google's supremacy as the main traffic driver creates intense pressure to put out boring, disposable content with mangled keyword-heavy titles that are obviously just dressed-up search queries. Don't bother using images of landscapes or gameplay, you need a face right in the center. Web3 is all scams, but Web 2.0 is a dismal gray hellscape.

Feels odd but nice to play the opening hours of The Witcher III again after so many years. It's not quite the game I remember, but I...

Feels odd but nice to play the opening hours of The Witcher III again after so many years. It's not quite the game I remember, but I guess I'm a very different person now too.

I can't wait until this massively overrated sweaty dunce is in our rearview

I can't wait until this massively overrated sweaty dunce is in our rearview

Well it seems like the Purge is happening over on Twitter.

Well it seems like the Purge is happening over on Twitter.

Making sausage rolls

Making sausage rolls

Workspace with lights on

Workspace with lights on

NSFW - Nudity

NSFW - Nudity

Played a few rounds of DMZ last night, and it's the most fun I've had with a Call of Duty game in recent memory. Generally, I think...

Played a few rounds of DMZ last night, and it's the most fun I've had with a Call of Duty game in recent memory. Generally, I think Modern Warfare 2 is a pretty terrible game, but the free-to-play zone extraction mode might redeem it.

I've always liked the idea of zone extraction games like Tarkov, Hunt: Showdown, and The Division's Dark Zones. But they typically demand a level of commitment that's impossible for me to devote to them.

Lighting makes a big difference. I used the same camera (Elgato Facecam) for both of these images, but the scene on the right is lit with a...

Lighting makes a big difference. I used the same camera (Elgato Facecam) for both of these images, but the scene on the right is lit with a pair of USB-powered LED desk lights I picked up at Walmart.

Things are kind of relentlessly grim

Things are kind of relentlessly grim

Saying "vox populi, vox dei" at the age of 51 is cringe beyond words

Saying "vox populi, vox dei" at the age of 51 is cringe beyond words

I suppose I should introduce Gil to Mastodon

I suppose I should introduce Gil to Mastodon