iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Episode 470 of The Spiel is now available! thespiel.net/node/1404 This show features everything from soup cans to scented dice. We explore Pop Art with Bruce Voge and then discuss our experiences at GenCon with @runningboardgamer.bsky.social @james-engelhardt.bsky.social & Gubbins

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Bruce Voge @bruceandsquirrel.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Don’t forget all their games are available for free on YouTube.

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Ned Hartley @nedhartley.com · 07/08/2026

Look, Death Stars exist now, a Death Star is just a tool that people use. If we don't use it to blow up a planet then someone else will. It doesn't matter if you have ethical concerns about Death Stars, it's too late, they exist, you just have to use them now.

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Bruce Voge @bruceandsquirrel.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I see myself in this picture, and I don’t appreciate it.

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Bruce Voge @bruceandsquirrel.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

A tin foil “kids to gambling pipeline” thought. Last year Topps baseball cards had an insert that allowed the holder to guess a date the person on the card would hit a HR to win a prize. You could also “double down” & guess a long HR for a rarer prize. This is just teaching kids prop bets.

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Bruce Voge @bruceandsquirrel.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I am also hoping that expansions make it feel more thematic. But I agree, it’s a good game, it’s a fine IP, now if they can just work together.

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Bruce Voge @bruceandsquirrel.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Oh my goodness @tableflipsyou.bsky.social it has AN INTERACTIVE PHONE! The world just might be healing.

A red and black square game box with the title “Murder Phone” pictured on the box is a pile of Polaroid style pictures covered in blood with a 1990’s style phone phone on top. Additionally the words “a killer party game of mystery and betrayal” and “included an interactive phone” appear on the box.

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Bruce Voge @bruceandsquirrel.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Is it wrong I wanted it more integrated?

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Bruce Voge @bruceandsquirrel.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Well, I can’t really blame it on the sunshine…..nor the moonlight.

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Bruce Voge @bruceandsquirrel.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Yes, it’s in the priciest part of the mall.

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Bruce Voge @bruceandsquirrel.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Normally things like the playlist for the fireworks for the US 250 are the kinda job where a nerd agonizes over it for months, if not years. I do not feel that was true tonight. This was a fine playlist for a middle hour of a wedding, or drinking hour of a corporate event, but there was no “craft”.

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Bruce Voge @bruceandsquirrel.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Why “September”? Of all the tracks, and I LOVE Earth, Wind and Fire, and I even love that song, but if you have 10 tracks to celebrate 250, what is it doing there?

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Bruce Voge @bruceandsquirrel.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

It’s weird to see a group of folks that think you should “Talk English or get out” open their “America’s 250th birthday hootananny, rally and blast-o-thon” in not English.

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Bruce Voge @bruceandsquirrel.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I think the fx folks made it with Black and White as the intended way to view it.

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Bruce Voge @bruceandsquirrel.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Also for me Killer Bunnies can be a LONG game, this is usually 30 minutes or so, which is the right amount of time for this ending.

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Bruce Voge @bruceandsquirrel.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I constantly praise this game as one of a few high water marks in the recent past of branded mass market games. It’s so good.

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camillapanda 🏳️‍🌈 @camillapanda.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

If you think gaming is a male hobby, then you need to read up on gaming history. We wouldn't have modern video games if it wasn't for the women developers of the 70's and the girl games push of the 80's/90's. Gaming is for everyone.

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Bruce Voge @bruceandsquirrel.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I am going to next week to get one, and a stuffed shark.

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Bruce Voge @bruceandsquirrel.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

The most physical belt is seen in airports and at shows, but being carried by unrelated wrestlers because “Terry asked them too, and you don’t really say No to Terry”.

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Bruce Voge @bruceandsquirrel.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

I had to do the same thing when I first got it. I know the video.

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Bruce Voge @bruceandsquirrel.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Intro urself w/ 10 bands/musicians you’ve seen live Weird Al The Roots Michael Jackson The Funk Brothers (Motown’s backing band) Jack White Chromeo Mac Sabbath The Black Keys Girl Talk Blondie

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Bruce Voge @bruceandsquirrel.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

I like binho, but the rules are unclear, and the idea of removing a pin is not at all intuitive.

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Bruce Voge @bruceandsquirrel.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Tonight I got to see cosmic baseball AND get an Ironpigs @ianriccaboni.com hat.

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Bruce Voge @bruceandsquirrel.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I learned at Nats stadium you can have a personalized Topps “card” made for $15. This is the lone high point of an entirely mid stadium. Additionally the merch is so bad I only left with this card.

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Bruce Voge @bruceandsquirrel.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Same reason Monopoly and Jenga now have expansions.

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Bruce Voge @bruceandsquirrel.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Even the smallest amount ruined a whole mouthful of ice cream.

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Bruce Voge @bruceandsquirrel.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Did yall get to the ice cream place across from the amusement park?

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Bruce Voge @bruceandsquirrel.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Another picture from my professional stuff. This time right before I called a horse race for an event for Louisville and MPI Potomac.

Bruce dressed in a bright baby blue sport coat, dark blue pants and straw boater hat giving a thumbs up in front of a gold curtain. The pictures frame notes MPI’s 15th annual Derby Day sponsored by Louisville.

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Bruce Voge @bruceandsquirrel.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

I need to get better about this, good note.

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Bruce Voge @bruceandsquirrel.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Even the curtains are looking at this askance.

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Bruce Voge @bruceandsquirrel.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Also tangential to this topic, when I started going through the PS2 catalog I played the Capcom “Phoenix Wright but it’s Harvey Birdman” game, which if you get a chance is amusing.

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Bruce Voge @bruceandsquirrel.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Even the mainstream AS stuff started to feel bonkers when you tried to explain it anyone outside. “So like they’re a talking happy meal, but they sorta have powers, but it’s kinda just Seinfeld if this was normal in the world. Also the burger is just a meatball that like baby talks.”

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Bruce Voge @bruceandsquirrel.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

To be fair, I also missed him in AEW when he worked for AEW.

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Bruce Voge @bruceandsquirrel.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Oh NO! Not Dolly! What did they do to the patron Saint of Tennessee?

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Bruce Voge @bruceandsquirrel.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

I feel like everything I need to know is - Danhausen got his blimp. Past that all I need are a few highlights.

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Bruce Voge @bruceandsquirrel.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Oh then you need to check out the Stockton Ports, asparagus but also like a “let’s all go to the movies” hot dog.

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Bruce Voge @bruceandsquirrel.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

If you need tunes, you know a guy.

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