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Ben Burns @benburnz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Gotta get that new album from famed Nottingham singer/songwriter Jake Insect.

Ben Burns @benburnz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

These fake LPs in IKEA are hilarious.

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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!

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?

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

Ben Burns @benburnz.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

This is me on day 4 of Gen Con, when the jetlag still hasn't gone away.

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

Football isn't always a clean and pretty sport, but when it comes to egalitarianism, the fact that its fans have remained this committed to fairness, despite it being so insanely profitable, is quite amazing. We must never, ever allow it to become like American sports, played solely for profit.

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

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.

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.

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".

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

Wait, this is fucking genius! I get a lot of suggestions and it's rare I find one this compelling. 100% doing this!

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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 · 07/01/2026

I think you misunderstand me. UK law prohibits me from accessing my inbox without providing bsky with photo ID.

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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 · 14/10/2025

If a Golem nominates a second time, you have to just run the nomination. They are cheating, and you should talk to them about it. It's possible they just messed up. But the alternative is to not allow it, thus rewarding the cheating by confirming they are the Golem. Usually they end up looking shady

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...

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Pimp: The Backhanding - Wikipedia

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 · 15/06/2025

That was my already-opened copy of it. The outer packaging had been removed.

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...

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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.

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

I think perhaps you've misunderstood how the character or the game works. You don't kill the Atheist to win the game, you kill the Storyteller. The Atheist is telling everyone in town that God (The Storyteller) isn't real, and that you should kill your belief in them in order to be free.

Ben Burns @benburnz.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Matlock Bath is a town, almost in the exact centre of England, that is absolutely convinced it is by the seaside.

Ben Burns @benburnz.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

How did you enjoy your 15 seconds in our fair city?

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

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