Staff writer for The A.V. Club, co-host of Everything To Guppy on the Duckfeed podcast network, creator of the idea "What if John Wick fought Dracula?"https://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mubcdmm5wc2eStreaming tonight at 8! It's been a long week, so I think we're just gonna do some comfort food and stream some doomed Spelunky 2 runs.30 Aug 2026 02:02 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mubcdmm5wc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mu6v5g675c26Live now at twitch.tv/Plumberduck, taking s break from Big Walk to play around with some Arkham Horror deckbuilding! https://twitch.tv/Plumberduck29 Aug 2026 03:00 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu6v5g675c26https://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mu6epuf4yc26Lil' bastard too photogenic, must be stopped28 Aug 2026 22:06 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu6epuf4yc26https://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mu6eejd4mk2gI'm streaming solo tonight, if anyone has good suggestions for a good PC game to dip into, hit me up.28 Aug 2026 22:00 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu6eejd4mk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mu5xzki2v226Instead of just ranting about it on here I tried to get some actual thoughts down om why GTA seems so uniquely potent at cooking people's brains https://www.avclub.com/game-theory-grand-theft-auto-vi28 Aug 2026 18:19 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5xzki2v226https://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mu3hqkyca22mCurrent theory is that paid assassins have spent the week clearing the board for an invasion by an alien race with only one weakness: Octogenarians With Very Good Voices. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Aug 2026 18:23 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3hqkyca22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mtz75dc7qs2pSomeone already snagged Clue so I decided to give the master his proper [five seconds of barely restrained laughter] SPAACE!! https://www.avclub.com/tim-curry-best-roles-rocky-horror-picture-show-muppet-treasure-island-clue26 Aug 2026 20:43 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtz75dc7qs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mtrgi4aglc2lGenuinely in a bit of a brain hole today because the final section of Big Walk underlined to me that I'm pretty good at working up an idea for myself and translating it to others, and DOGSHIT at receiving ideas from other people.23 Aug 2026 18:33 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtrgi4aglc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mtpinuvsbk2vStreaming at 8! We're getting close to... something... in Big Walk? Come watch me yell at friends and stream viewers alike in my effort to impose cooperation from above!23 Aug 2026 00:07 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtpinuvsbk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mtp33h67ek2zI try not to be Old too often, but I was watching Game Changer recently and they had a "Never Have I Ever" bit where the prompt was "Has had a supernatural experience." Don't put your finger down at that, by definition you goddamn have not.22 Aug 2026 20:04 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtp33h67ek2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mtn5kuegpc2zStreaming tonight at 8 p.m. If you thought reading me write about Big Walk was exciting [unconfirmed] then boy howdy, wait until you watch me play it!!! https://www.avclub.com/game-theory-big-walk-best-game-202622 Aug 2026 01:43 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtn5kuegpc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mtmywnlsys2zBroke the news to my cat Gandalf today that the elves would actually know him as Mithrandir, while the dwarves would call him Tharkûn.22 Aug 2026 00:20 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtmywnlsys2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mtmpayv7es2zPeople were talking about bufotoxin because of the very effed-up Reggie Watts stuff and I had a sudden flashback to writing this. What a world.21 Aug 2026 21:27 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtmpayv7es2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mtmhvnh24c2zHey, I wrote about Big Walk! https://www.avclub.com/game-theory-big-walk-best-game-202621 Aug 2026 19:15 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtmhvnh24c2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mtkiglbzj22zI played the Slay The Spire board game with my wife this week and it works exactly as well as you'd expect. Several dozen times of going "Well, I imagine it works like - oh, yep, that's smart." Does a crazy good job of using dice rolls to capture the "You know what the enemy's going to do" aspect.21 Aug 2026 00:20 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtkiglbzj22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mthhlivc7c2tI was trying to think what the dumbest thing I regularly say is, and while the field is competitive I have a fondness for "I am not Andy Richter, I do not control the universe," which is both too-cute and pointlessly obscure.19 Aug 2026 19:26 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthhlivc7c2thttps://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mtfmbz4ldc2tThis fucking guy19 Aug 2026 01:45 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtfmbz4ldc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mtdeqaqm722wFuck yeah, time for a lil' Teenage Sex And Death18 Aug 2026 04:25 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtdeqaqm722whttps://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mtcl3y7m422wPretty into Ron Howard's Kissing Chair That Kills You [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Aug 2026 20:46 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtcl3y7m422whttps://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mtaajzsjqk25Last known photograph before abduction, August 202616 Aug 2026 22:32 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtaajzsjqk25https://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mt64bycl2s2dStreaming at 8 p.m. tonight, more Big Walk!16 Aug 2026 02:10 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt64bycl2s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mt5pywptsc2dI own less Nerd Crap than you might expect but I love my lil' key Mimic.15 Aug 2026 22:30 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt5pywptsc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mt5bw5rn7s2mPeople got mad at me last night on stream for talking about the Taika Waititi Willy Wonka revisionist history movie but I am not Andy Richter, I do not Control The Universe. I just live in it. https://www.avclub.com/netflix-taika-waititi-willy-wonka-movie-full-theatrical-run15 Aug 2026 18:18 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt5bw5rn7s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mt5a2w6y322mBig Walk has me thinking about an EXTREMELY under-discussed game, @terrycavanaghgames.com's At A Distance, an experimental two-person puzzler from 2011. I played it "wrong" (you're supposed to be able to see the other player's screen), but it's still fascinating. https://distractionware.com/atadistance/index.html15 Aug 2026 17:45 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt5a2w6y322mhttps://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mt56xxtul22mI think you might be surprised to learn that my answer to this question is very... Nice. https://www.avclub.com/2006-pop-culture-devil-wears-prada-borat-greys-anatomy-wii-sports15 Aug 2026 17:26 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt56xxtul22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mt54gokfz22mRe: that Luigi quote that's being passed around: If you don't have a gut revulsion to people trying to talk reality into a fake shape at this point—and I say this as someone who LOVES to lie for comedy purposes—then you're living on a very different internet from me.15 Aug 2026 16:40 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt54gokfz22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mt4zmypzss2mCurrent theory is that there must be a group chat where MCU directors challenge each other to see what they can make unsexy. "Oh yeah? Well I'll strip him to his underwear and let an attractive naked female spy tease him, and it still won't have an ounce of tension!"15 Aug 2026 15:50 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt4zmypzss2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mt4xntlnbs2fI watched Good Luck Have Fun Don't Die last night. Reminded me a lot of Southland Tales: An obvious attempt to channel the angry and miserable Vibe Of Living Through A Time through some cool visuals and good ideas for individual scenes - and ultimately totally incoherent.15 Aug 2026 15:15 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt4xntlnbs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/plumberduck.bsky.social/post/3mt3inmqbic2kStreaming tonight at 8 p.m., Big Walk is turning out to be one of my favorite games of 2026, so come watch! Possibly participate, if you're not a murderer!15 Aug 2026 01:14 +0000at://did:plc:gpyfxtwxiadm3jolqqzbui4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt3inmqbic2k