iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Eric Haddock @abashima.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Do you like period piece whodunnits with a good premise and a complex plot? Then may I recommend The Final Problem, on Netflix, a Spanish 4-ep series dubbed in English that keeps a good pace throughout and does not end when you think it’s about to.

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Eric Haddock @abashima.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Do you enjoy fun, silly, almost goofy action comedies? Then may I recommend Matchbox: The Movie, which is exactly as you’d expect from a John Cena action film that forces a weird IP into an action film that isn’t car focused. Doesnt matter, its as light as cotton candy but with good one liners.

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Eric Haddock @abashima.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Aw, after years and years, the Hello Kitty I peeled off a greeting card and stuck onto my iPad mini’s case has finally popped off of that. No choice but to get a new iPad mini, really. 🤷‍♂️ But srsly I’m going to because the teeny tiny storage on this ancient model is a constant frustration. 😅

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Eric Haddock @abashima.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

More pix from today’s corporate team building event: make knives out of rebar! Pictured is the forge, my anvil with work in progress leaning against it, and finished product! It turned out OK considering my skill is literally zero. Good instruction!

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Eric Haddock @abashima.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

At a corporate team building event. We’re going to make knives! 🔪

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Eric Haddock @abashima.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Do you enjoy really great pitch-perfect horror that’s technically based on an extant IP but really it’s just like two names? Then may I recommend the wonderfully scripted, directed, & choreographed Resident Evil (2026) which uses great cinematography to help convey near constant tension. Fab.

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Eric Haddock @abashima.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Do you enjoy movies that are trash but then maybe you think it’s trash on purpose working toward an actual trashy goal that makes a kind of weird sense? Then may I recommend Verity, which is the height of pulpy, twisty, shocking, schlocky nonsense that exists for reveals—and it reveals a _lot_.

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Eric Haddock @abashima.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Decoration on a column at the restaurant we’re at. We’re unsure how it ties in with, well, anything. 😄 Feel utterly #random

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Eric Haddock @abashima.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Listen, do you enjoy crime thrillers that’re a combination of well written, acted, directed, and fresh? Then may I recommend Tuner, a movie that just clicks. The plot moves. The characters feel. The stakes are simultaneously high and low and sharp. It’s new from old pieces. Give it a whirl.

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Eric Haddock @abashima.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Yes yes, spooky szn—BUT DID YOU KNOW!

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Eric Haddock @abashima.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

My main beta character is 18/20 and I was just thinking about throttling back on my #Forever hours and gently getting to 20. Ha! Not any more! The spookiest zone requires level 30 characters last I looked so spooky season is on the menu let’s gooo! 🥳

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Eric Haddock @abashima.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Watched this Hallmark where people row pumpkins in a race. I thought it was beyond silly and was going to make a joke that this was in an alternate universe of tiny people. Color me orange when I discovered that this is a real thing with actual real-life giant pumpkins grown for the purpose. 🎃

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Eric Haddock @abashima.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I have a free Top Pot donut and you do not!

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Eric Haddock @abashima.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Do you enjoy wildly inaccurate stories that take weird wild tangents—that are nevertheless engaging? Then may I recommend Monsters: The Lizzie Borden Story, which spells “Lizzie” correctly and that’s almost the only thing. But forget that. It’s well executed. (Get it?) Great acting/direction.

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Eric Haddock @abashima.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Goodness, haven’t seen this in awhile on the #Forever beta. Must still be trying to work things out. And please do so, #Blizzard. I’d rather wait now than later. I’m already assuming the queue on launch day will be launch *day* but this gives me weird kind of hope, in a way, eh?

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Eric Haddock @abashima.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Do you enjoy light wahoo Star Wars action? Then may I recommend The Mandalorian and Grogu, which felt like a couple episodes smushed together—which is fine because those would’ve been good episodes. It’s fun, lightly plotted, actiony with some great fights, cute, and yeah, relax and have fun.

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Eric Haddock @abashima.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

From 3 sep. sources I’ve heard “I want to play WoW—but I don’t know what to do.” This. For me, it’s part choice paralysis, part I’ve already done what I’ve needed, part knowing what I do will be erased next expansion. But when I log on to the #Forever beta, I know 💯. Big different. Big appeal.

Screenshot of World of Warcraft Forever video game featuring a standing female elf with sky blue skin dressed in a white and gold robe looking into the distance, with fantasy structures of unclear purpose in the background.
Image courtesy Blizzard.

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Eric Haddock @abashima.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I’ve played a fair amount of hours in the #Forever beta test and it’s likely it’ll be my new #Warcraft from here on out when it launches in November. It’s that good. It’s that different in feel than Retail and I’m surprised at how much I like it. A month ago, I’d have scoffed. But today? Goodness.

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Eric Haddock @abashima.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Currently playing #Minecraft with Marsha. We’re employing these fine villagers in enchanting our armor and tools before we set out looking for the new biome that just dropped. We want our fall colors, yo!

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Eric Haddock @abashima.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Do you enjoy good period piece action films where Nazis die by the basket full? Then may I recommend The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, which is a classic WWII desperate mission caper based on a true story. Except this time is cheekily British with some dry wit and tense action. Good show.

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Eric Haddock @abashima.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Spent about four hours playing the #Forever beta tonight. Hoo boy, it’s super good. Super good. I can easily see this becoming my main #Warcraft outlet. I tried the new race, #Skyborne, and they’re fun and interesting. It’s beta, so not everything is 💯. The whole realmless scheme seems to work.

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Eric Haddock @abashima.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

#Flex And almost all of it World of #Warcraft. And a little bit of various Diablos here and there.

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Eric Haddock @abashima.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I am completely in love with Holly’s costume for #BlizzCon. I’ve never seen an executive as much into it and I adore that. 💖😃

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Eric Haddock @abashima.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Star Trek Strange New Worlds S4E8 “Orders of Magnitude” was very much a good old fashioned classic Star Trek story and it was fab. A couple episodes lately have definitely not been old fashioned and they were fab too. This whole series has been fab. Btw, S4E6 “Off-Hour” prolly most tense of any ep.

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Eric Haddock @abashima.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Do you enjoy dumb movies—I mean _bad_ silly dumb? Then may I recommend The Runner (2026), a film that is supposed to be about the frenetic pace but is instead a jogger versus the cliche of a wizard computer hacker assassin with godlike powers. 97.5% of movie is Gal Gadot running. That’s it.

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Eric Haddock @abashima.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Do you enjoy haunted camera movies (🙄) with a simple plot—but with a couple good jump scares and, fittingly, great cinematography? Then may I recommend Capture (2026) which kept me going despite its super thin plot. It’s all ‘n’ all executed well enough, what there is to do. Creepy in places.

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Eric Haddock @abashima.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Not going to get an #iPhoneDuo. The dealbreaker is TouchID. I can’t conceive of having to do that every 10,000 times I look at my iPhone every day and being happy about it. Instead, I’m very excited about the new camera in the #iPhone18ProMax. I’ll likely get that, pending photog reviews.

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Eric Haddock @abashima.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Do you enjoy maddeningly frustrating scripts in found footage horror films? Then may I recommend Its Name Was Mormo, a movie as bad as its title. A family knows their house is haunted—but does nothing about it. They just wallow “oh well” style in jump scares and clip art monster growl sound effects.

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Eric Haddock @abashima.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Do you enjoy good buddy action films? Then may I recommend Mayday (2026) which has everything you’re looking for in a buddy action film: action, comedy, and…well that’s it really because that’s pretty much it for the genre. Well executed and all. You’ll enjoy it. 😃

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Eric Haddock @abashima.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Tonight, on an all-new #BrindlewoodBay, part 3 of the series finale, “Exit Stage Death!” The Murder Mavens have gathered lots of clues but tonight’s dinner party is where it all comes together. There will be accusations and probably some pasta too! #TTRPG

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Eric Haddock @abashima.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Since I can’t complete a particular quest (see previous post) Jimothy and I have decided to drown our sorrows at the #Arcantina. I like how the goblet matches my outfit (though Jimothy doesn’t seem to care (but to be fair I put him in extreme danger earlier this same evening)). #Warcraft

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Eric Haddock @abashima.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Speaking of #Seattle, #Jimothy is now in #Warcraft and he is now my favorite and I must protec.

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Eric Haddock @abashima.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Tonight, on an all-new Brindlewood Bay, part 2 of the season finale! The Murder Mavens visit the scene of the crime in historic Boston! #TTRPG

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Eric Haddock @abashima.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Do you enjoy great acting in a period piece? Then may I recommend Dead Man’s Wire, set in 1977. Come for the mildly interesting story but stay for Bill Skarsgard’s performance.

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Eric Haddock @abashima.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I got one of the Hello Kitty/Godzilla crossover toys at McDonald’s on the way home and I am delighted! #HelloKitty #Godzilla

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Eric Haddock @abashima.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I just happened to randomly pause on this frame. 😄

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Eric Haddock @abashima.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Tonight, on an all-new Brindlewood Bay, the season finale episode “Exit Stage Death!” The Murder Mavens go to a play in Boston—will it be their last?! #TTRPG

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Eric Haddock @abashima.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Do you enjoy westerns set in a remote village in 1974 Ireland during the Troubles? Then may I recommend a really very good, engaging, and tense Liam Neeson film billed as action—and it is—but it’s really a western. It’s all there. All the things, all the characters. Familiar but fresh. Good acting.

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Eric Haddock @abashima.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

The smoke has well and truly retreated—for now. #Seattle #wildfires #smoke

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Eric Haddock @abashima.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Do you enjoy suspending your disbelief so hard that it’s intellectually taxing to force such dumb into your brain? Then may I recommend The Last House, which makes no sense whatever even in-universe. It’s executed well enough…but that script. Why? Just…why does it exist in this universe?

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Eric Haddock @abashima.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Technically better this morning (yesterday morning was 153). #Seattle #wildfire #smoke

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Eric Haddock @abashima.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

When did E.T. get a huge dick? #LEGO

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Eric Haddock @abashima.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Much worse than yesterday morning. 🙁 I should mask up in the car. #Seattle #wildfire

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Eric Haddock @abashima.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

We’re right on the edge of the #wildfire smoke, as of this morning. #Seattle

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Eric Haddock @abashima.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Tonight, on an all-new Brindlewood Bay, a surprise part 3 to episode “A Murder Most Mucky.” Who is the murderer? And importantly—was there even a murder at all?!

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