"I can give you no money, but I can give you advice for a lifetime: Your thumb on the blade, and strike upwards."https://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mz24wqm7ys2zI will always remember the level of commitment he brought to voicing the Star Trek: the Next Generation pinball machine. "All hands, prepare for multiball!" https://youtu.be/ZtclT0W5QE8?si=6XlRjgTEq1G3u3cy&t=22029 Oct 2026 20:42 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz24wqm7ys2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mywtjfyaas2u@unclearpod.bsky.social has a solid episode on Ronin but come on, Mamet must have had a substantive role on the screenplay. Think of Glengarry Glen Ross; you can't not see his fingerprints on this one.28 Oct 2026 13:16 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mywtjfyaas2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3myis6z5c5k25A packed house for Warren Spector’s talk at @nyugamecenter.bsky.social22 Oct 2026 23:15 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3myis6z5c5k25https://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3myd5k2kslk25"Did you find that picture of the man who only wrote one book?" "Sure did, boss..."20 Oct 2026 17:22 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3myd5k2kslk25https://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mycyq22zak2oBeast Mode has a pub date! And some text that attempts to explain what it is I'm doing! https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Beast-Mode/Austin-Grossman/978166822480920 Oct 2026 15:56 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mycyq22zak2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mxypaivsmc27Feast on them. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Oct 2026 13:39 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxypaivsmc27https://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mwtd5l32ac26I submitted the final manuscript for Beast Mode: Adventures in the Heart of the Gaming Industry. Writing nonfiction is *terrifying*.01 Oct 2026 16:55 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwtd5l32ac26https://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mwo2nfrrlc2wGoing through final comments on my manuscript. Rocking back and forth like a child in a movie who will later turn out to have psychic powers.29 Sep 2026 14:39 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwo2nfrrlc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mw2ghl3ge227The elevator in my therapist’s building looks like I dreamed it.21 Sep 2026 19:17 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw2ghl3ge227https://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mvo3ulbvas2lIt took me this long to find out that Duke Nukem isn't a duke. He's just a guy whose first name is Duke.16 Sep 2026 21:36 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvo3ulbvas2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mv5y7pz6ik2mUsed bookstore haul. Dogtown Bookstore, Gloucester MA.10 Sep 2026 11:48 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv5y7pz6ik2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3muplkyqbbc2u04 Sep 2026 18:24 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3muplkyqbbc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mtgu7o4tes2bI can't believe somebody in this film won Best Supporting Actress and it wasn't Elaine Stewart. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFjS9v5c_SI19 Aug 2026 13:40 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgu7o4tes2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3msdrecte6k27I'm reposting this because Ezra Pound and his wife didn't feel like having a daughter so they gave the baby to Tyrolean peasants, and she lived a hundred years and died owning a castle in Italy. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/books/mary-de-rachewiltz-dead.htm05 Aug 2026 14:46 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdrecte6k27https://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mrxunwqkuc2hmaybe the wrong people are doing the Neuromancer adaptation31 Jul 2026 21:13 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxunwqkuc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mrxpwsrdsc2dQ: Is J. D. Vance the first person in the White House since Nixon to face the supernatural threat to our nation's security? A: No. The Clintons were far too curious about what Nixon had buried beneath the Oval Office. The situation quickly got out of control. SOMEBODY PLEASE PAY ME TO WRITE THIS [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Jul 2026 19:48 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxpwsrdsc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mqf672ozqk2mSubway tale: As I read the latest @lrb.co.uk, I observe the man seated across from me is reading the very same issue. Neither of us acknowledges the other. Fin.11 Jul 2026 17:18 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqf672ozqk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mpn46sr4ac2jhow it is sometimes [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Jul 2026 03:38 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpn46sr4ac2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3moiwng3qbk2t@nixonfoundation.bsky.social finally catching up www.austingrossman.com/crooked [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Jun 2026 18:23 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3moiwng3qbk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mois2n2ric2cI stumbled on Heather O’Neill’s novel Lullabies for a little criminals and it’s stunningly good. I tried The Lonely Hearts Hotel but it’s so drenched in whimsy I can’t deal. But it still has great sentences.17 Jun 2026 17:01 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mois2n2ric2c