The old, dark Christmas. Rich and folkloric. Mood album for holiday season 2020. $10 on iTunes, BandCamp or Amazon.
Civ VI: Gathering Storm
Ugh. I wasn’t going to buy this smart mega-expansion. But then I did. At this point productivity is purely a memory.
Civilization VI
I miss productivity, I hate the unskippable logos, I’m not a big fan of Steam, and it runs my laptop red hot, but wow is this game something.
Lunar: Silver Star Story
iPhone port of the classic SegaCD RPG. Still a wonderfully fun game.
EpithetADay on Twitter
Twitter users! Did you know I twit? Follow @EpithetADay for your daily epithet, courtesy of Matt Rasmussen.
MonsterTalk
The science podcast about monsters–delving deep into folklore, history, sociology, skepticism and more.
Robert Aickman
1914-1981. Struggling to understand Robert Aickman’s third-way psychological horror. Three used books on their way.
Briefly Noted
The blog is back online. Older posts will return as soon as I find a way to rescue them from my broken copy of Blosxom…
Retired Addiction
Daft Punk’s TRON: Legacy soundtrack
Cinematic synths. Remember when the future was cool? My new working music.
Retired Addiction
Redubbed, shortened, edited episodes of “Sailor Moon,” exaggerating the characters and lampshading the absurdity of the show. Somewhat funnier than watching a cat fall off something on YouTube, in aggregate. On closer inspection, it’s one good voice actress doing the leads and production chores, with some friends tagging along. Remix-happy fun.