iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Tom Murphy @bentaporst.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Me: "man, I wish I had something, anything to help me understand this character's struggle with addiction." UPS: Sir, we just delivered $300 of expansions for a boardgame you've owned for 2 years and never played. Me: "...if only I had SOME common ground, anything at all!"

080

Tom Murphy @bentaporst.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

When I want to be playing videogames but reading up on accelerationism

Tom Murphy @bentaporst.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

"But February made me shiver- Because with some fava beans and a nice chianti I ate his liver..."

Tom Murphy @bentaporst.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I want something else That pairs well with this Semi-soft kind of cheese Baby, baby I want something else I'm not listening as you pour Some wiiiiiiiine

131

Tom Murphy @bentaporst.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I really do work alongside the best people.

240

Tom Murphy @bentaporst.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I know there are people going through much worse than I am. But still today felt like it had big "Fuck you, Tom!" energy

160

Tom Murphy @bentaporst.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Zenimax Online Studios has lost most of a team today, having been cut too deeply for too long. I loved working with the content team on Elder Scrolls Online. We scrambled stories out the door with crusty tools and old technology. We made dumb jokes and characters dripping with fantasy pathos.

36810

Tom Murphy @bentaporst.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

I spent 45 minutes of a 4 hour road trip walking my kids through the arcs Digimon Adventure seasons 01-02, including all digivolutions (standard, armor, DNA and otherwise). LMy wife looked on with a mix of fascination and horror

Tom Murphy @bentaporst.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Inside of you are two wolves. Because you are a moose carcass.

Tom Murphy @bentaporst.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Bro loves seeds and suet almost as much as I do.

Tom Murphy @bentaporst.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Wheatus initially intended to release follow-ups to "Teenage Dirtbag" to chronicle the life and condition of the American Dirtbag over the course of their lifetime. A real shame the MacArthur Fellowship fell through.

Tom Murphy @bentaporst.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Sometimes you read a 80s cyberpunk novel and you just whisper "hell, yeah" at the bottom of each page.

Cover of the book "Voice of the Whirlwind" by Walter Jon Williams

230

Tom Murphy @bentaporst.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Zoe wondered if the plant bed she bought was too modern. It's avant-garden

040

Tom Murphy @bentaporst.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Some day I have to stop being depressed, or they need to invent self-folding laundry.

Tom Murphy @bentaporst.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Incredible performances. Loved it.

Tom Murphy @bentaporst.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Finished one, starting the other. Guessing my way through my project's Appendix N.

Two books: Chain-Gang All-Stars and The Power Broker

Tom Murphy @bentaporst.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Will 2026 be the year I run a tabletop campaign that isn't just a vehicle for goofy bits?

Tom Murphy @bentaporst.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Movie day: -Ratcatcher (my heart hurts) -The Warriors (am I too old to join a gang??) -Licorice Pizza (In progress) -One Battle After Another (on deck) Watching movies in one sitting is a luxury I rarely find time for. Time to make hay!

110

Tom Murphy @bentaporst.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

My Inner Monologue Wrapped, 2025:

Stewey from Succession saying Everyone Fucking Hates You

000

Tom Murphy @bentaporst.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

This year was full of great games. At the 11th hour I've discovered Dispatch is my personal GOAT (2025). Such a blast.

000

Tom Murphy @bentaporst.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Having folks over tomorrow to play Arkham Horror (2E, ow my nostalgia!). It is only fitting that my attempt at making macarons resulted in formless monstrosities.

Tom Murphy @bentaporst.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Regarding the amount of nickels I would have for each post a game writer made re: hating on stub dialogue: (Did something happen???)

Tom Murphy @bentaporst.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

I beat Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Super fun but as an old man my hands are now withered, fingerless stumps.

Tom Murphy @bentaporst.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Hath man's kiwi-ch exceeded his kiw-rasp?

Tom Murphy @bentaporst.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Normally I wait until I finish reading to post a bit about the book I'm reading but this moment was too fucking good. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller. Not exactly an undiscovered gem but amazing to read.

Tom Murphy @bentaporst.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

I am not a proud man by nature but sometimes I'm just really satisfied with a dumb joke I made weeks ago and I take time to revisit it.

170

Tom Murphy @bentaporst.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Sons: "Dad, what can we do on this 2-hour car ride?" Me: "TRY TO SURVIVE"

Tom Murphy @bentaporst.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Been derelict in my reading reports. -The Devils, Joe Abercrombie. I liked it well enough by the end, but I found the dialogue too quippy for my taste. -Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie. Man, it took me a while to get going but once I did I could not stop. -When Gravity Fails, George Effinger. Ehh.

When Gravity Fails, George Alec Effinger

040

Tom Murphy @bentaporst.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Me: I have seen wild turkeys every year for the majority of my life. Also me: OH FUCK, TURKEYS AT 9 O'CLOCK

Tom Murphy @bentaporst.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

wonderful art as always. Meln is a character I wish I could redo. On paper, he was supposed to be among the most powerful Telvanni driven to senile coot-ness by the forces he sought to control. In game, man he loves that ghost sight 😁

1143

Tom Murphy @bentaporst.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Genetic proof that I could have a rocking 'stache if I had a fraction of my dad's swagger

Tom Murphy @bentaporst.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

I love my birds but pretty stoked at the bee action on my goldenrods.

Tom Murphy @bentaporst.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

I tried shouting "be happier" at myself in the bathroom mirror for 15 minutes straight this morning. Hope it works!

Tom Murphy @bentaporst.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

How do you sustain an hour-long design/story debate where you simultaneously: 1) don't think you're wrong 2) don't feel like a huge asshole for not conceding Because I'll tell ya gang, I had 2 of these today and I am exhausted

Tom Murphy @bentaporst.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Finally ate a (previously frozen) durian. My family hates me and my wife says the house will never return to its original smell.

Tom Murphy @bentaporst.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Finally escaped library hold purgatory and got to finish this guy. A vampire story set in 1978 NYC, and I think it's a total gem.

Cover of the book "The Lesser Dead" by Christopher Buehlman

Tom Murphy @bentaporst.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Honestly am wondering if I will finish silksong. This is a disappointing state to be in.

Tom Murphy @bentaporst.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Andzrej is awesome -one of those people that seem to teach you something in every conversation

Tom Murphy @bentaporst.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

After a few years GMing pretty much anything BUT Dungeons and Dragons, I ran a oneshot (2024 rules). And it was actually a blast. Nowwww I have to resist the urge to buy a bunch of new books...

Tom Murphy @bentaporst.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

I have two work paradigms: "I have nothing to do." "I have more deliverables due this week than can fit in five lifetimes."