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Let's get some advice in part eleven of my fanfic based on my 18th playthrough of Baldur's Gate 3. argothald.com/2026/10/03/b... #BG3

A screenshot from the video game Baldur's Gate 3. In the foreground, a castle or fortress rests atop a rocky spire. In the background, a reddish light highlights distant mountains.

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William Seligman @acorn.garden · 30/09/2026

Part ten of my fanfic based on my 18th playthrough of Baldur's Gate 3 is the intersection of stories I've written for the past ten months. #BG3

A screenshot from the video game Baldur's Gate 3. A burly man (actually a Dwarf in the game) with a beard is looking up. His clothes and hair are glowing.

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William Seligman @acorn.garden · 27/09/2026

In part nine of my fanfic based on my 18th playthrough of Baldur's Gate 3, we learn that a little ambition never hurt anyone. argothald.com/2026/09/27/b... #BG3

A screenshot from the video game Baldur's Gate 3. A woman in an elaborate green brocade outfit is smiling, her arms crossed. In the background are bushes and trees, with a torch illuminating an outcrop of rocks at night.

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William Seligman @acorn.garden · 24/09/2026

Perhaps there's a deal to be made in my eighth post in fanfic based on my 18th playthrough of Baldur's Gate 3. argothald.com/2026/09/24/b... #BG3

A screenshot from the video game Baldur's Gate 3. Three people are sitting around a round wooden table that has a couple of goblets on it. The woman to the left (a githyanki) is ewearing red, has olive skin and pointed ears. The woman in the middle (a halfling) is wearing yellow and is shorter than the other two. The woman on the right (and elf) is wearing blue, and also has pointed ears.

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William Seligman @acorn.garden · 21/09/2026

In the seventh post in my fanfic based on my 18th playthrough of Baldur's Gate 3, we learn what's been going on. argothald.com/2026/09/21/b... #BG3

A screenshot from the video game Baldur's Gate 3. In the foreground is a wood woad, a tree in roughly human shape. In the background is an outdoor scene with trees, rocks, and a distant sky.

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William Seligman @acorn.garden · 18/09/2026

We come to my sixth post in my fanfic based on my 18th playthrough of Baldur's Gate 3, in which someone accepts an invitation. argothald.com/2026/09/18/b... #BG3

A screenshot from the video game Baldur's Gate 3. To the left, a candlebra illuminates the face of the woman standing to the right. She has black hair tinged with gray, and is wearing a dress of a smooth gray fabric. There's a fancy silver necklace with a large blue crystal around her neck.

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William Seligman @acorn.garden · 15/09/2026

In the fifth post in my fanfic based on my 18th Baldur's Gate 3 playthrough, a dryad asks a question. argothald.com/2026/09/15/b... #BG3

A screenshot from the video game Baldur's Gate 3. A dryad, with glowing green lines on her skin, is wearing a outfit that consists of skimpy vines. In the background is a vine-covered trellis.

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William Seligman @acorn.garden · 12/09/2026

In the fourth post in my fanfic based on my 18th playthrough of Baldur's Gate 3, the hirelings talk to other hirelings. argothald.com/2026/09/12/b...

A screenshot from the video game Baldur's Gate 3. A dark-skinned elf, with pointed ears and a shock of light brown hair, wearing leather armor, stands against a background of a lake, grasses, and hills.

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William Seligman @acorn.garden · 12/09/2026

Last night we played Jump Master and Solani. argothald.com/2026/09/12/l...

The box cover for the board game Solani. The name "Solani" is shown in the upper middle against a starry sky surmounted by a full moon. The lower part of the art depicts a stone wheel with Native American symbols on it, with desert mesas rising in the background.

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William Seligman @acorn.garden · 11/09/2026

A work-related gripe: There are three things a physicist will never do: Go faster than the speed of light. Make two electrons occupy the same quantum state. Put something back where they found it. There’s substantial experimental evidence for all three of these statements.

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William Seligman @acorn.garden · 09/09/2026

In the third post in my fanfic based on my 18th playthrough of Baldur's Gate 3, a couple of folks chat by a campfire. argothald.com/2026/09/09/b... #BG3

A screenshot from the video game Baldur's Gate 3. In a scene set at night, two women site cross-legged and stare at a campfire. The one on the left has dark hair and is wearing yellow. The one on the right also has dark hair, and is wearing purple.

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William Seligman @acorn.garden · 06/09/2026

The second post in my fanfic based on my eighteenth playthrough of Baldur's Gate 3. argothald.com/2026/09/06/b... #BG3

A screenshot from the video game Baldur's Gate 3. A woman wearing golden armor with red trim addresses three other women, wearing yellow, blue, and red clothing.

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William Seligman @acorn.garden · 03/09/2026

I'm starting a series of fanfic posts based on my eighteenth playthrough of Baldur's Gate 3. argothald.com/2026/09/03/b... #bg3

A screenshot from the video game Baldur's Gate 3. A wizened skeletal figure dressed in bandages and rags looks through an old book.

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William Seligman @acorn.garden · 23/08/2026

Last night we played Ark Nova. argothald.com/2026/08/23/l...

The box cover for the board game Ark Nova. In the upper center are a number of zoo animals, with an elephant's picture the largest. The name of the game is towards the bottom, underneath a upraised palm outlined as a constellation.

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William Seligman @acorn.garden · 17/08/2026

About five months ago, my friend Angela wrote an article on the location of stuffed toys in Baldur's Gate 3: argothald.com/2026/03/21/a.... Here's my supplement to that article: argothald.com/2026/08/16/m...

A screenshot from the video game Baldur's Gate 3. To the left is a character (Karlach) with red mottled skin, pointed ears, braided black hair, and wearing leather armor composed mostly of straps. She kneels over three stuffed bear toys.

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William Seligman @acorn.garden · 09/08/2026

Last night we played Chapter 3 of Soul Raiders and Wingspan. argothald.com/2026/08/09/l...

The box cover for the board game Wingspan. The artwork depicts a bird in flight against a cloudy sky background.

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William Seligman @acorn.garden · 07/08/2026

If you watched Strange New Worlds on Thursday night, you may understand the context of this blog post: argothald.com/2026/08/06/k...

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William Seligman @acorn.garden · 01/08/2026

I'm lucky to have independent verification that the laundry I just washed is clean.

A black-and-white tuxedo cat is laying curled on top of a basked of as-yet-unfolded laundry.

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William Seligman @acorn.garden · 25/07/2026

Last night we played Vestige... or tried to. argothald.com/2026/07/25/l...

The box cover for the "swanky edition" of the board game Vestige. In the center of the image, a young women with blue-tinted hair and in a blue clothing holds a gun in the air. On the left is a smaller image of a man in a spiky vest.

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William Seligman @acorn.garden · 24/07/2026

My semi-review of Hades II: argothald.com/2026/07/24/h...

The opening screen of the video games Hades II. Against a dark green background, the light green words "HADES II" stand out.

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William Seligman @acorn.garden · 20/07/2026

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William Seligman @acorn.garden · 11/07/2026

Last night we played Rocket Ranchers and bit of Vestige.https://argothald.com/2026/07/11/last-nights-game-rocket-ranchers-and-a-little-vestige/ Shuba helped.

A black-and-white tuxedo cat is sprawled on top of the board game mat and cards for Rocket Ranchers. His belly is exposed, in an attempt to get an off-screen human to pet it... and then claw at the human in retaliation.

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William Seligman @acorn.garden · 07/07/2026

Of all the posts I’ve written that fall into the “This matters only to Bill” category, this one is the most “This matters only to Bill”-est: a guide to my BG3 fanfic. argothald.com/2026/07/07/b...

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BG3 – A guide to my fanfic – The Argothald Journal

Of all the posts I’ve written that fall into the “This matters only to Bill” category, this one is the most “This matters only to Bill”-est.

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William Seligman @acorn.garden · 05/07/2026

Learn what happens when a Windows-hater buys a Windows machine. argothald.com/2026/07/03/a...

A black cat crouches next a miniPC, to show how small it is. Or how big he is. It's hard to tell the motives of cats.

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William Seligman @acorn.garden · 01/07/2026

In my previous post, I linked to a blog post I wrote in which I claimed I repaired my PS5. I lied. My PS5 broke down three days after the post was published. I've amended the post, and purchased a PS5 Pro.

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William Seligman @acorn.garden · 28/06/2026

I take my Playstation 5 apart and put it back together. argothald.com/2026/06/28/u... (The cats proudly proclaim they had nothing to do with it.)

A picture of the two cats who continue to insist they had nothing to do with dust in the PS5. On the left is a black-and-white tuxedo cat. On the right is a solid black cat. They are both lying on a wool-covered cat tree.

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William Seligman @acorn.garden · 27/06/2026

Last night we played Friendly Fishing, Twinkle Twinkle, and Torchlit. argothald.com/2026/06/27/l...

A black-and-white tuxedo cat looks at the drafting board from the game Twinkle Twinkle. A human hand reaches in to draw the cat's attention away from game's pieces.

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William Seligman @acorn.garden · 19/06/2026

It's the fifth anniversary of the day when a couple of dudes entered my life and announced they were adopted. argothald.com/2026/06/19/a...

A black-and-white tuxedo cat is lying in a cardboard box. He looks with wide-open eyes at the one who's taking the picture.

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William Seligman @acorn.garden · 14/06/2026

I've written an essay on my approach to Virtual Photography in Baldur's Gate 3. argothald.com/2026/06/14/b... #BG3

A screenshot of using Pixelmator Pro within Apple Photos to add a caption to an image from the video game Baldur's Gate 3.

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William Seligman @acorn.garden · 06/06/2026

Last night we made another attempt at Chapter 2 of Soul Raiders. argothald.com/2025/08/16/l...

A black-and-white tuxedo cat stands on a gaming table that's covered with materials from the board game Soul Raiders.

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William Seligman @acorn.garden · 04/06/2026

My semi-review of 007 First Light. argothald.com/2026/06/04/0...

A screenshot from the video game 007 First Light. It shows James Bond in the style of the opening credit from the movies: The viewer is staring down the length of a rifle barrel with Bond at the center. Bond has just shot the viewer, and stylized blood is dripping from the top of the screen.

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William Seligman @acorn.garden · 31/05/2026

Last night we played Shinjuku and Trickster Gods. argothald.com/2026/05/31/l...

The box cover for the board game Shinjuku. The scene is set in a train station, with a long train stretching into the distance on the left side. In the middle and right, people walk across the platform. The name of the game, in English and Japanese, is on the upper right.

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William Seligman @acorn.garden · 06/05/2026

This is an essay on the relationship between my Baldur's Gate 3 playthroughs and the fanfic I write about them. argothald.com/2026/05/05/b... #BG3

A screenshot from the video game Baldur's Gate 3. A balding man stands facing the viewer, his arms outstretched. He's wearing a leather doublet covered in equal-armed crosses. The caption reads "The Chronicler: Hello!"

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William Seligman @acorn.garden · 02/05/2026

Last night we played Cháng’ān and In Front of the Elevators. argothald.com/2026/05/02/l...

The box cover for the board game Cháng’ān. The name of the game is displayed against a white sky in the upper half of the game. In the lower half are various buildings in the architectural style of ancient China.

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William Seligman @acorn.garden · 25/04/2026

Last night we played Inkwell and Guillotine. argothald.com/2026/04/25/l...

The box cover for the board game Inkwell. The artwork shows fragments of images that might be found as parts of illuminated medieval manuscripts. The word "Inkwell" is shown in the middle, using a medieval-style handwritten font.

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William Seligman @acorn.garden · 22/04/2026

Randall Munroe understands us gamers. xkcd.com/3235/ #xkcd

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Types of Board Game

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William Seligman @acorn.garden · 12/04/2026

Last night we played Mystic Vale Harmony, Race for the Galaxy, and Dice Forge. argothald.com/2026/04/12/l...

The box cover art from the card-crafting game Mystic Vale Conclave.

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William Seligman @acorn.garden · 09/04/2026

I'm probably way late to the party on this one, but what the heck: This is how I reconfigure my PS5 controller on my Mac to take screenshots the same way I do on my PS5 console. argothald.com/2026/04/09/m...

A picture of the DualSense controller for a Playstation console. The SELECT button is circled in red.

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William Seligman @acorn.garden · 05/04/2026

I've written up my 17th Baldur's Gate playthrough. I took a different approach it: It's all pictorial fanfic. You'll find it easier to read with a desktop browser rather than a phone. I hope you enjoy it. argothald.com/2026/04/04/b... #BG3

A screenshot from the video game Baldur's Gate 3. A balding man with a beard, wearing a colorful shirt, addresses the viewer.

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William Seligman @acorn.garden · 04/04/2026

Last night we played Trickadee and Martian Fluxx. argothald.com/2026/04/04/l...

The box cover for the card game Trickadee. The name of the game is displayed in curving letters to towards the top. On the bottom, a foreground bird (a chickadee?) watches other birds of the same species eating at a bird feeder.

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William Seligman @acorn.garden · 02/04/2026

Project Hail Mary: I’d be interested in the perspective of someone who hadn’t read the book. I could follow it because my memory of the book’s plot allowed me to fill in the gaps. Perhaps this wouldn’t be a problem for someone who could watch it at face value.

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William Seligman @acorn.garden · 29/03/2026

Last night we played Sea Dragons and Roll for the Galaxy. argothald.com/2026/03/28/l...

The box cover for the board game Sea Dragons. The game's name is written in large letters in the upper part of the image. The main artwork shows a sea dragon swimming in rough seas, destroying a pirate ship, against a red key background.

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William Seligman @acorn.garden · 14/03/2026

Last night we played Origin Story. argothald.com/2026/03/14/l...

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William Seligman @acorn.garden · 08/03/2026

As I work in the kitchen, Jiku often jumps to the top of the refrigerator, just in case I do something suspicious like spill cat food. This morning, I open the freezer door to get stuff out for breakfast. I look up to see…

A black cat is crouched on top of an open freezer door.

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William Seligman @acorn.garden · 07/03/2026

Last night we played Mutagen. argothald.com/2026/03/07/l...

The box cover for the board game Mutagen. The upper center of the image is the word MUTAGEN within an art-deco frame. Above the title a stern-faced captain faces to the left, framed by writhing tentacles in the background. Under the title are grasping claws, tendrils, and mouths. In the lower left are the credits: "Art by The Micro", "Designed by Alexandras Kapidakas." In the lower right is the icon for the publisher, Dranda Games.

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William Seligman @acorn.garden · 27/02/2026

I have some issues with how Columbia University handled its interactions with the Trump administration. But I have to praise them for not allowing ICE or DHS into any University buildings without a _judicial_ subpoena.

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William Seligman @acorn.garden · 24/02/2026

If I get a Follow request from you, and I don't remember you, I'm not likely to accept. Please send me a DM that either reminds me who you are (my memory is notoriously bad) or explains why you wish to be exposed to my deathless prose.

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