Nerd-style word hero. Bylines: GeekWire, Hard Drive, Kotaku, IGN, elsewhere. Subscribe to my newsletter: https://cheating-at-solitaire.ghost.io Comics | TTRPGs | Horror | B-movies | Occasional Politics | Infrequent Postinghttps://bsky.app/profile/stolisomancer.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/stolisomancer.bsky.social/post/3muxi5oen422qFirst thought for a hallucinogenic game (hallucinogame) is MOUTHWASHING. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Sep 2026 21:44 +0000at://did:plc:f4sntc6i5pubb7sm2sgq3vbx/app.bsky.feed.post/3muxi5oen422qhttps://bsky.app/profile/stolisomancer.bsky.social/post/3muvgmxufpk25Chillin' next to the beast of hell, as men do07 Sep 2026 02:12 +0000at://did:plc:f4sntc6i5pubb7sm2sgq3vbx/app.bsky.feed.post/3muvgmxufpk25https://bsky.app/profile/stolisomancer.bsky.social/post/3muqksfeuxc2qDay 1 of PAX West on the books and I've successfully fulfilled my two personal traditions: * grab pen from DigiPen booth * hurt myself on a Lime e-scooter Should be all uphill from here, knock on wood.05 Sep 2026 03:43 +0000at://did:plc:f4sntc6i5pubb7sm2sgq3vbx/app.bsky.feed.post/3muqksfeuxc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/stolisomancer.bsky.social/post/3muno7lu7qc2lOne part reporter, one part the Pope, It's the inevitable return of the great white dope04 Sep 2026 00:06 +0000at://did:plc:f4sntc6i5pubb7sm2sgq3vbx/app.bsky.feed.post/3muno7lu7qc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/stolisomancer.bsky.social/post/3muiznh7bts27My big games-industry conspiracy theory is that, around 2005, some dark cadre of game publishers (not developers) realized they had an opportunity to jump headfirst into a media environment that had not yet evolved a functional critical apparatus and they went straight in up to the elbows. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Sep 2026 03:48 +0000at://did:plc:f4sntc6i5pubb7sm2sgq3vbx/app.bsky.feed.post/3muiznh7bts27https://bsky.app/profile/stolisomancer.bsky.social/post/3muf7pmgzok2jWoke up this morning to a press release from a PR agency triumphantly announcing a showcase of 100+ upcoming video games, and it's got me unusually spun out. Maybe we should wrestle these floodgates shut for a while, huh? Let's put out fewer games. Just hold fast 'til 2028. There's no time.31 Aug 2026 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:f4sntc6i5pubb7sm2sgq3vbx/app.bsky.feed.post/3muf7pmgzok2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/stolisomancer.bsky.social/post/3mtwmtskrgk2t@thewyzard.bsky.social - They're playing your song. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Aug 2026 20:10 +0000at://did:plc:f4sntc6i5pubb7sm2sgq3vbx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwmtskrgk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/stolisomancer.bsky.social/post/3mtdbtzdwpc25#PAXWest gang - While I had to skip last year's show due to illness, I will once again be on hand to cover the PNW gaming scene for @geekwire.com and whoever else is up for hiring me. Local Seattle/Portland/Vancouver devs: reach out via DMs at games@geekwire dot cahm. No GenAI, of course.18 Aug 2026 03:33 +0000at://did:plc:f4sntc6i5pubb7sm2sgq3vbx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtdbtzdwpc25https://bsky.app/profile/stolisomancer.bsky.social/post/3mttoxflk2k2w"Drive-In Reviews" on WLUP in the '90s (and then Comedy Central for all of 5 episodes) was a huge part of my cinematic upbringing, and is responsible for the phrase "quality kill" being part of my vocabulary. I didn't know Tony Fitzpatrick had died until today. Good dude. https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/11/tony-fitzpatrick-obituary/24 Aug 2026 16:10 +0000at://did:plc:f4sntc6i5pubb7sm2sgq3vbx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttoxflk2k2whttps://bsky.app/profile/stolisomancer.bsky.social/post/3mtpjmkj3fs2mA comics article I've pitched a couple of places but never gotten approved: Back in 1988-1990, Chris Claremont kept planting all these hints in the X-books about some forthcoming apocalyptic war between superhumans that could destroy Earth and/or cause a mutant dystopia. It never happened, natch.23 Aug 2026 00:24 +0000at://did:plc:f4sntc6i5pubb7sm2sgq3vbx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtpjmkj3fs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/stolisomancer.bsky.social/post/3mtkfdnutoc2bI first covered DESKTOP EXPLORER for @geekwire.com 3 years ago when it was had a table at the Seattle Indies Expo. Now that it's out, I took another look. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Aug 2026 23:24 +0000at://did:plc:f4sntc6i5pubb7sm2sgq3vbx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtkfdnutoc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/stolisomancer.bsky.social/post/3mthalghkoc2lEvery once in a while I glance at ASMR YouTube and I wonder about these people who tour a country or continent getting expensive spa packages. What happens to your body when you have some Vietnamese massage ninja work you over every three days? What Brian Yuzna relaxation creature do you become?19 Aug 2026 17:21 +0000at://did:plc:f4sntc6i5pubb7sm2sgq3vbx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthalghkoc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/stolisomancer.bsky.social/post/3mter72b4sk23This is kinda funny: the discourse over LANTERNS reminded me of an old running gag in the comics community, and it turns out that gag had its 20th anniversary a few weeks ago. Inexplicably preserved for the modern age, I present you with the Hal Jordan Head Injury Project. https://www.flickr.com/photos/dlanod/albums/72157594208628528/18 Aug 2026 17:40 +0000at://did:plc:f4sntc6i5pubb7sm2sgq3vbx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mter72b4sk23https://bsky.app/profile/stolisomancer.bsky.social/post/3mtdbtzdwpc25#PAXWest gang - While I had to skip last year's show due to illness, I will once again be on hand to cover the PNW gaming scene for @geekwire.com and whoever else is up for hiring me. Local Seattle/Portland/Vancouver devs: reach out via DMs at games@geekwire dot cahm. No GenAI, of course.18 Aug 2026 03:33 +0000at://did:plc:f4sntc6i5pubb7sm2sgq3vbx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtdbtzdwpc25https://bsky.app/profile/stolisomancer.bsky.social/post/3mtdbcm6thc23One of the primary drivers of modern streaming video is a 14-year-old movie-making program that comes free with Steam and which, by now, could run on a particularly big potato clock. GenAI dudes never understand their own argument. Their arms are too short to box with children, let alone God. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Aug 2026 03:23 +0000at://did:plc:f4sntc6i5pubb7sm2sgq3vbx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtdbcm6thc23https://bsky.app/profile/stolisomancer.bsky.social/post/3mtcmhkaao22gIRON MAN #319 AVENGERS #390 AVENGERS: THE CROSSING #1 AVENGERS #391 FORCE WORKS #16 AVENGERS #392 IRON MAN #320 IRON MAN #321 WAR MACHINE #20 IRON MAN #322 FORCE WORKS #18 WAR MACHINE #21 IRON MAN #323 AVENGERS #393 FORCE WORKS #19 WAR MACHINE #22 then... [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Aug 2026 21:10 +0000at://did:plc:f4sntc6i5pubb7sm2sgq3vbx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtcmhkaao22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/stolisomancer.bsky.social/post/3msy7v4nlt22sJean Grey is significantly more interesting without Scott and they shouldn't have immediately gotten back together after her big resurrection in 2017. Tom Taylor's utopian take on Jean was a genuinely good direction for the character and Krakoa derailed it. Now she's Phoenix again. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Aug 2026 17:59 +0000at://did:plc:f4sntc6i5pubb7sm2sgq3vbx/app.bsky.feed.post/3msy7v4nlt22shttps://bsky.app/profile/stolisomancer.bsky.social/post/3msy7lenyac2sClaremont's X-Men is a useful example of the old truism that in order to write good comics, you need be broadly well-read outside of the medium. Claremont wears many of his non-comics influences on his sleeve, particularly Heinlein, and his books are significantly better for it. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Aug 2026 17:53 +0000at://did:plc:f4sntc6i5pubb7sm2sgq3vbx/app.bsky.feed.post/3msy7lenyac2shttps://bsky.app/profile/stolisomancer.bsky.social/post/3msrcl7um5226Fellow Bluesky elders, I must submit to the culture that we do not have to repost and share screenshots of dipshit AI-generated political "memes" from Facebook, much as we do not have to share bad tweets. We are free here. These plains are clear of blight. Resist the urge to spread infohazards.10 Aug 2026 23:58 +0000at://did:plc:f4sntc6i5pubb7sm2sgq3vbx/app.bsky.feed.post/3msrcl7um5226