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Ben Burns @benburnz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Just because I'm in Vegas, it doesn't mean I have to cancel Wednesday night Football Manager league with the boys. The Steam Deck provides for all eventualities!

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Ben Burns @benburnz.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Woke up in the middle of the night to find myself face-to-face with this evil fucking painting in my hotel room. If I disappear from my locked room, tell the priests to burn it with holy fire.

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Ben Burns @benburnz.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Is this not the best album cover you've seen in years?

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Ben Burns @benburnz.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

What a terrible time to be alive if you have a basic level of education and can feel empathy.

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Ben Burns @benburnz.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Anyone want an AI generated picture of a highland cow sitting in a chair? It's only a tenner!

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Ben Burns @benburnz.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

First stop on the honeymoon. Need a bit of iron in me to tackle Edinburgh's hills and stairs.

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Ben Burns @benburnz.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

My buddy Kurt, and his crew of German Clocktower players, just set a world record for consecutive games of in-person Clocktower. 24 hours, non-stop. youtu.be/5NJgEyuhwQ4

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Weltrekord: 24 Stunden Blood on the Clocktower live

YouTube video by Kurt Huwig

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Ben Burns @benburnz.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Throughout the whole of the World Cup, I was thinking about launching some sort of Change.Org petition or something, calling for UEFA to break away from FIFA, due to the insultingly transparent corruption during the tournament. I'm so proud of those guys for doing it before I even had a chance to.

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Ben Burns @benburnz.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Most songs, when converted to a minor key, just sound a bit melancholic. But YMCA sounds comically aggressive. It's like they've stopped you in the street and demanded you battle their Pokémon or something. youtu.be/rGflu3TbREo?...

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"YMCA" reworked to Minor key

YouTube video by Oleg Berg

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Ben Burns @benburnz.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

The World Cup has provided some top tier commentary moments, but I feel like this guy's cat going feral and moving to live in Preston is the winner. RIP Bob the Cat.

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Ben Burns @benburnz.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

In Derby we have an art installation that's a bunch of metal chairs of various heights. One night, when we were really drunk, we gave our mate a phone and got them to climb the tallest one and take a snap of us. Now I feel like we need to form a band so that we can use this on our debut album sleeve

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Ben Burns @benburnz.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

If you have ever enjoyed my work and want to continue watching/supporting me. I am about to permanently resign from The Pandemonium Institute and exclusively stream (and upload videos) to my new channel, The Adventure Emporium! www.youtube.com/@Adventure_E... www.twitch.tv/adventureemp...

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The Adventure Emporium

Ben Burns, Edd Gabriel, and Kyra, playing Blood on the Clocktower (and other games) with their friends!

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Ben Burns @benburnz.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

My local pub is putting on a Shrek-themed music festival called 'Ogrepalooza'. Absolute geniuses.

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Ben Burns @benburnz.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Just looking for a restaurant nearby and noticed some joker has set up a fake one at their mate's house.

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Ben Burns @benburnz.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Hey @yahtzeecroshaw.bsky.social. This is a bit of a long shot, but do you happen to know which issue of PC Gamer Magazine (UK) featured 5 Days a Stranger on the cover disk? I'm working on a retrospective and archiving of these has been sporadic at best.

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Ben Burns @benburnz.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

I am very much looking forward to the next season of Welcome to Wrexham, which will inevitably involve Ryan and Rob attempting to pronounce my home city of 'Derby'. My money is on "derrr-bee".

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Ben Burns @benburnz.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

I will never get used to watching TV and just randomly seeing my own face staring back at me.

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Ben Burns @benburnz.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Super excited to showcase something a little bit different on the YouTube channel today. I played with some of the Aussie Survivor Alumni! It'll be live in a few hours.

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Ben Burns @benburnz.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

I pretty much always get the free games on Epic each week, so now I've got months of this creepy, dead-eyed, potted plant woman staring at me every day.

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Ben Burns @benburnz.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Anybody else think up imaginary scenarios in their head, whilst taking a shower, and then get annoyed when those scenarios don't play out how you want them to, despite them being completely imaginary? I sometimes get out of the shower being like "I can't believe the Queen of Pluto said that to me."

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Ben Burns @benburnz.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

When I die, I'd like to be cremated and have my ashes put inside an hourglass, and be used to time Boomdandy nominations.

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Ben Burns @benburnz.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

You know what? If somebody invented a device where you just put your spectacles into it and it just cleans them, kinda like a carwash but for glasses, I'd buy that device in a heartbeat!

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Ben Burns @benburnz.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

I need to try and convince my cat to be this enthusiastic about seeing me. For real though, can't wait for Demons Wake. 11/10 convention. Get your arses down there!

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Ben Burns @benburnz.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

It is the brave new year of 2026 and I have to use a VPN in order to access my inbox on bsky.

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Ben Burns @benburnz.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

I just learned that White Wolf, publishers of World of Darkness games like Vampire: the Masquerade and Mage: the Ascension, produce a card battler called 'Pimp: the Backhanding'. What the actual fuck? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pimp:_T...

en.wikipedia.org

Pimp: The Backhanding - Wikipedia

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Ben Burns @benburnz.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

I really need to spend more time following interesting people on here, so that I can get the kick out of BSky that I used to get out of other socials. Twitter is a dumpster fire and Facebook is just a bunch of boomers competing with a bunch of bots for who can say the meanest, most awful shit.

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Ben Burns @benburnz.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

When folks ask what I do for a living.

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Ben Burns @benburnz.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Here's something you don't experience every day. My local pub has closed down because someone shared a picture of it on social media. www.bbc.com/news/article...

bbc.com

Locals shocked by pub's sudden closure

A handwritten note on The Abbey's entrance says the closure was due to photos being posted online.

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Ben Burns @benburnz.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Alright folks. The weather is slightly better, which means it's time for all true Brits pretend we're in California and hit the beach. To that end, I'll be in Worthing this weekend running Clocktower with Patters and Ivan from the Traitors. Come join us! paradice.uk?page_id=42

paradice.uk

Tickets – Paradice

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Ben Burns @benburnz.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Just a reminder to all of you fine folks that I'll be at @demonswake.bsky.social, the biggest social deduction convention in Europe, this summer. Tickets go on sale to the early access list at midday this Friday! Come play some Clocktower! linktr.ee/demonswake