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169: Everything to play for

October 7, 2020

Hullo. D14WordsLinksColoursZoeByyyyeeee!!! **** DIE 14 drops. Penultimate issue of the most WicDiv-y arc of DIE, and does what a penultimate issue tends to....

168: our dumb, bulging soup-sack

September 30, 2020

Hullo. HumblebagLudo-no-moreLivia Didn’t Do ItByyyyeeee!!! **** This is fun. Humble Bundle have just launched a bundle highlighting Jamie McKelvie and my own...

167: Do not use this as the basis of your historical essays.

September 23, 2020

Hullo. DiceThe Galaxy’s Greatest Warrior, Defo.DiecemberLudofutureByyyyeeee!!! **** I have watched from 1-3 episodes of Come Dine With Me, every day since...

166: this lovely vampire ambulance

September 16, 2020

Hullo. Future 11 OutEternals 2Wait, am I doing serious descriptions of the sections now?LinksThat’s a real abandonment of the brand.Byyyyeeee!!! **** Issue...

165: This Is A Lot Of Plot

September 2, 2020

Hullo. D13LinksBooksByyyyeeee!!! **** DIE 13 is out. I woke up and tweeted “Good morning DIE 13 day. It’s one of the Kieron Read Some Books one, but also the...

164: capsule thoughts are piling up

August 26, 2020

Hullo. EternalsNext NovemberNext WeekLinksByyyyeeee!!! **** Yes, this will be a pretty book. More images here.The first press about Eternals happened this...

163: Cowboy

August 19, 2020

Hullo. EternalsOnceLudoFutureSkottieBooksLinksByyyyeeee!!! **** And lo! My return to the Marvel Universe proper, with Esad for company.Go watch the video...

162: you'll never walk alone

August 5, 2020

Hullo. SebShower CurtainLudoreadUltramarLinksEd&SeanBye **** Photo by Dan Griliopoulos. Seb on far left, at the WicDiv launch party.Seb Patrick died without...

161: squeeze in the Ents

July 22, 2020

Hullo. D12EMirkaGone Til LongformLinksOtto&GrattyByyyyeeee!!! **** DIE 12 is out, picking up from DIE 11 and setting the stage for DIE 13. We are such...

160: So Many

July 15, 2020

Hullo. So ManySchedule **** This site went live on Monday.It’s been constructed by over sixty people who set themselves a hugely difficult task, and created...

159: Don’t be murdered by your artist.

July 8, 2020

Hullo. DIE11Mrk2Ludo3LinksAgrippaByyyyeeee!!! **** DIE 11 sold out, and there was a bunch of orders, so we decided to take it back to print with a tweaked...

159: A Brighter Shade Of Blue

July 1, 2020

Hullo. BlueTed and Rosy and JamieSeptemberNot Just A David Bowie AlbumLinksByyyyeeee!!! **** Warhammer 40,000: Marneus Calgar was announced last week by...

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...