Reposted by Joshsam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensen @samsorensen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026[rings bell] theoryslop! theoryslop! come get yer theoryslop while it's still hot! 4531386
Josh @aosher.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Big Walk was very special. Thank you to Hogg, Marie, Rianna, Ricky, Terry, and V for playing with me, what a really lovely time it was with you all 170
Josh @aosher.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Kier Starmer resigned this week because he thinks Labour is currently at its popularity high water mark for the best couple of years, and therefore now is its best chance of retaining the seat. He's probably right. 110
Reposted by JoshFT @fucktheory.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Imagine being talented and beautiful and rich and famous and still the most noteworthy thing about you is how good a person you are. 99268146332
Josh @aosher.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Polling station was rammed this morning. Looks like a surprisingly high turnout for a vanity election with no stakes. Be interesting to see if Reform can turn people out in the same way at the next one. #clacton 141
Josh @aosher.bsky.social · 30/07/2026To everyone's staggered surprise, the next General Election is going to be a two-horse race between Labour and the Conservatives. 100
Reposted by JoshAtlas Shvitzed @therafischwartz.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Unfortunately, a stunned Paris is how they all got into this whole mess to begin with 360159483256
Reposted by JoshChloe Mashiter @chloemashiter.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Hey, on the lookout for a new TTRPG to play? With minimal prep and a schlocky vibe? Well let me tell you about the games in my Schlock Sale on itch! itch.io/s/192035/sch...itch.ioSchlock Sale by roll / flip / drawA bundle by roll / flip / draw, $20.00 for 4 games 135
Reposted by JoshHeather Anne Campbell @heathercampbell.bsky.social · 24/06/2026can’t believe a narcissist is being so publicly humiliated by a reflecting pool 502243405590
Josh @aosher.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Reading the 'Controversies' section of Melvil Dewey's Wikipedia page and reflecting on how the nerd who invented a system for organising libraries would, in 2026, be probably a toxic manosphere podcaster 010
Reposted by JoshJackson O'Lantern-Brien @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 31/05/2026GREG DAVIES: seems like a kind of a shit task. Everyone just seems like they're going home normally. ALEX HORNE: well before you say that let's have a look at how Odysseus did. cut to panel of AJAX, MENELAUS, AGAMEMNON, and DIOMEDES who are all staring at ODYSSEUS with his head in his hands 4360712055
Josh @aosher.bsky.social · 30/05/2026It's a start. Better than literally any other party has managed. Would still like to see some votes getting floored. But it's a start. 090
Reposted by JoshAnimation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 19/05/2026The Soviet Winnie-the-Pooh is a wonderful thing. And its version of Pooh himself is one of the great animated characters. The artists didn't take from Disney's version. They aimed for an "absolutely new bear" -- and they pulled it off. We explore: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-absolu... 241737486
Josh @aosher.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Streeting, Burnham, who cares? They're equally useless. Raynor has a pulse if she can get out of the tax mess. Weird that a party with a majority of 170 has so little talent 000
Josh @aosher.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Here's a fun game we can all play: I was a (paper) candidate for the Lib Dems in Essex. My dad was a (paper) candidate for the Tories in Norwich. Who do you think did worse? 100
Josh @aosher.bsky.social · 30/04/2026The Raspberry Bomped Myself On The Noggin With A Cart And Got A Big Lump 010
Reposted by JoshHolly Gramazio @hollygramazio.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Casting announcement for some of the husbands in “The Husbands” is out, woooooop deadline.com/2026/04/appl...deadline.comApple TV Unveils Cast Of Spouses For A24's Juno Temple Series HusbandsJoe Alwyn, Richard Gadd, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Joel Kinnaman, Daniel Ings, Bob Morley & Fehinti Balogun to star in Juno Temple's Apple TV show Husbands. 13674
Josh @aosher.bsky.social · 27/03/2026I made the mistake of reading a column in the guardian and now I'm fizzing with anger, and I have no way of dispelling that energy so I just have to sit in it. 000
Reposted by JoshMeredith Gran @meredithgran.com · 15/03/2026I'm home and I've written a bit on my blog about post-GDC feelings: meredithgran.com/gdc-thoughts...meredithgran.comGDC Thoughts and Prayers - Meredith GranI’m home! Let’s see if I can zero in on the stuff I really wanna say. I was up for an award I was sure I wouldn’t win. I did not write an acceptance 271046235
Reposted by JoshLuke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social · 08/03/2026🧵Speculation about Tory reshuffle means its worth looking at whether there has been any Badenoch bounce? The data I think unambiguously shows there has, the fact it is not translating into change in party ratings is arguably a worse sign for Tories than if there hadn't been one 5366
Josh @aosher.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Can't help but feel like the Labour NEC were actually probably right to block Andy Burnham from running in G&D, for the ostensible reason they gave as well: he might have won the byelection but Reform would probably have won the Greater Manchester Mayoralty, which is much higher stakes. 010
Josh @aosher.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Can't wait to see Starmer respond to this by moving really emphatically to the right. 030
Josh @aosher.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Gorton and Denton is very triggering, for me specifically. Some very vivid, unprocessed Chingford 2024 feelings. 010
Josh @aosher.bsky.social · 03/02/2026I viewed my Mariner's toxic masculinity through the lens of: he thinks he's a good guy, he wants to be an ally, but his version of that is all attacking, all 'leadership', all identifying enemies and then 'taking on the burden' of destroying them. Something odiously Linehan about him 141
Josh @aosher.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Some pals are on their way to my house to spend the weekend playing @jdragsky.bsky.social's Seven-Part Pact. I only just found this www.patreon.com/posts/lazy-p... and am reflecting on how underprepared I feel. Oh well! Clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose.patreon.comThe Lazy Professor's Guide to Organizing a Seven Part Pact | Dr. Em FriedmanGet more from Dr. Em Friedman on Patreon 010
Josh @aosher.bsky.social · 08/01/2026enclose.horse Day 10 🥇 Excellent! 🥇 95% Yeah greatenclose.horseenclose.horseA puzzle game about enclosing horses. 100
Josh @aosher.bsky.social · 01/01/2026I am also doing this! So far I have: The Hol by Hiroko Oyamada, Senselessness by Horacio Castellanos Moya, and A Room Of One's Own lined up for Jan 020
Josh @aosher.bsky.social · 09/12/2025Found this, by @laurenleek.eu, really useful for crystalising some of my intuitions about the economic performance of the AI speculation rush. laurenleek.substack.com/p/ai-boom-or...laurenleek.substack.comAI Boom or Bubble? Introducing the Hype-to-Investment RatioA data-driven verdict on whether we’re living through a genuine AI boom or an over-inflated bubble - from capex and chips to markets, adoption, and a new metric that tracks the gap. 000
Josh @aosher.bsky.social · 04/12/2025I just solved this puzzle to get access to Thinky Dailies! Try it out! thinkygames.com/dailies/thinkygames.comThinky Dailies, a daily puzzle adventure!Join our thinky friend on an adventure through handcrafted daily puzzles - every day, a new puzzle, new rules, new surprises. 010
Josh @aosher.bsky.social · 18/11/2025If there is an AI bubble collapse coming, it is much more likely to resemble dot-com in 2000 than subprime in 08. Subprime was a liquidity crisis driven by contagion when banks were insufficiently capitalised to cover to loses on bad investments. But AI is being largely funded by cash transactions! 110
Reposted by JoshNele Van de Mosselaer @nelevdm.bsky.social · 03/11/2025When Elden Ring had been announced but not yet released, its subreddit started collectively pretending the game was already out. I spent far too many hours reading strategies to defeat the (completely made-up) Glaive Master Hodir. For research. This is the result: doi.org/10.1093/aest...doi.orgFictional Game Spectatorship: On Pretend-Play and Collective Imagination in Gaming CommunitiesAbstract. Fictional games are games that do not actually exist, but that are presented within works of fiction. They are thus not appreciated through play, 1239
Josh @aosher.bsky.social · 09/11/2025My #over/under ended a few weeks ago, really, but my Internal Affairs team just commissioned a team portrait. Ours was a small story in the overall scheme of things, but it's a very nice reminder of a bit of the game that I really liked, and it's nice to have it commemorated in this way. 0253
Josh @aosher.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Congratulations to the Netherlands for having the new hottest currently serving head of government. 000
Reposted by JoshTerry Cavanagh @terrycavanaghgames.com · 29/10/2025New Game: Egg terrycavanagh.itch.io/eggterrycavanagh.itch.ioEgg by Terry Cavanaghwhy not be an egg 37503186
Josh @aosher.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Hitting a motivation slump in #over/under this morning, and reflecting on why. A lot of the players approach the games as an RP experience. A small subset of the players get to engage with it as a wargame. I like an RPG, but I approach *this* game as a gamer. I came to strategise and to try to win. 191
Reposted by JoshDoomedIdeas @doomedideas.bsky.social · 21/10/2025ending all my conversations from here on out with "GOODNIGHT SOCIALISTS" (tagline maintains his gainful employment for yet another day in #over/under !! sorry to millie, angel, and joyce for his dodging of any and all major character growth :P) 282
Josh @aosher.bsky.social · 21/10/2025#over/under is: * Very good * Taking up a lot of my time * More TTRPG than I expected, and less wargame * A bit reminiscent of MUDs, and a bit reminiscent of very early blognomic * Extremely ready to be adapted into a LARP * Maybe the best game I've played this year so far 2363
Josh @aosher.bsky.social · 20/10/2025Seeing the after-action reports of the big Bratva ball in #over/under is making me temporarily sad that I joined the widely-reviled Stratemeyer! But then I remember that I'm rich and it's all okay. 0172
Josh @aosher.bsky.social · 11/09/2025In my lifetime, there has only been one Labour Prime Minister who did not at some point have to sack Peter Mandelson. 000
Josh @aosher.bsky.social · 02/09/2025If one were being slightly snippy one might observe that a turnout of 38% is very low for a leadership election. Labour 2020: 63% Tories 2024: 73% Lib Dems 2020: 57% And all of those were sharply down, by 10-15%, from their immediate precursors. 110
