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158: That’s all I’ve got.

June 24, 2020

Hullo. Stephanie is celebrating her birthday today, so send her your wishes. ComicsLinksByyyyeeee!!! **** Out this week is the return of my two big comics....

157: I recall walking Bath graveyards

June 17, 2020

Hullo. This will be relatively brief. Ludo2s Links D&Dy Sparta Byyyyeeee!!! **** Ludocrats 2 is out, in shops both temporal and digital. First reviews are...

156: making tea in mugs that I would never normally use

June 10, 2020

Hullo. Three weeks. That’s a big break, and likely says something. #comicwriterschallengeEisnersLudoIIFutureLinksLudoIVFurtherFutureByyyyeeee!!! **** Gail...

155: proud of its fractal dumbness

May 20, 2020

Hullo. My present aim is to try and channel Animal Crossing positive NPC energy in my every interaction. I am mainly offering to buy turnips. I don’t even...

154: I had trouble with mouselook

May 13, 2020

Hullo In Duolingo news, this week, person in first place had 3000XP on the first day. With four and a half days left, they have just shy of 9500XP. I’ve just...

153: namecheck poptimism

May 6, 2020

Hullo. I am now a member of the Obsidian League. In Duolingo. I admit that the motivation to get there was in hope it would offer me a place in a...

152: #releasethegentleeyescut

April 29, 2020

Hullo. As a working critic, one of my standard pieces of advice was to just start writing and then inevitably cut the extraneous opening. It’s good advice,...

151: Words were always proof that I existed

April 15, 2020

Hullo. I’m listening to Ultravox’s Vienna, due to it appearing in Tom Ewing’s ongoing Twitter World Cup of #2 UK songs, and now am thinking about the...

150: I won’t be Donald-ducking

April 8, 2020

Hullo. Easter week, and I’m still thinking Jesus has to be a little bit miffed it’s called Good Friday. “Yeah, I’ve had better, to be honest” Our go Future...

149: Comewithmecomewithmewelltravel

April 1, 2020

Hullo. A friend of mine was mocked at school because everyone said that he thought spam came from an animal called “a spamial”. He didn’t. Bullies are just...

148: the Escape of the Prisoner

March 25, 2020

Hullo. Since I last wrote I have learned how to make similes in Italian, so can now can be pretentious in two languages. Pre-Abstractly Abstractly Links...

147: a ball of inertia with a collection of offal

March 11, 2020

Hullo. I have a minor cold, but don’t worry, I strong suspect it really is just a cold, and I have been self-isolating my entire life....

146: Nod, nod, noddity nod

March 4, 2020

Hullo. A short one this week, as I want to get it to you as soon as possible, but it also includes Fresh Exclusive New Content, so I hope you’ll forgive me....

145: the medium of a tiny owl judging me

February 26, 2020

Hullo. I had a couple of weeks off the newsletter due to nothing happening. Stasis field accident. You know how it is. MayLudomeetLinksGerman for “why did...

144: momentarily Manichean

February 6, 2020

Hullo. I think I’m having today off. The way I’m having today off is to write this especially long newsletter. There is something fundamentally wrong with...

143: Imagine the Neverending Story for adults, if not grown-ups

January 29, 2020

Hullo. I have the basis of the Tracks of the Year done, but don’t quite have enough time today to write it up. In which case, I’ll knock it to next week, and...

142: Diamanda Galas said that mortality is insulting

January 22, 2020

Hullo. I’m about to go and meet up with a bunch of Old Games Journalists for a meal, so it’s appropriate that I’m hurriedly assembling a bunch of links and...

141: “Some”

January 8, 2020

Hullo. Someone asked me if I could do regular tracks of the week in the newsletter, but thanks to Tom Ewing I’ve been mainly listening to Enola Gay by...

140: Jaded regular readers

January 2, 2020

Hullo. I meant to do this yesterday, but I decided to start my 2020 schedule with a full day of wrestling with a difficult hangover. Arcana Art Once...

139: I’ve been the Queen’s Spaceship.

December 18, 2019

Hullo. This week I learned that due to an understandable fear and loathing of songs in books, Jamie skips anything he sees written in italics. Jamie is a...