iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Nick Frangie @nicholasfrangie.com · 25/03/2026

It’s important to set yourself up for success! Thats why I recommend the essentials for your workspace: - A drink to hydrate 🧃 - A drink to caffeinate ☕️ - Ergonomic mouse pad 🖱️ - Little guy 🐭 - Little guy 🦊 - Little guy 🐶 - Little guy 🐸 - Little

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Nick Frangie @nicholasfrangie.com · 23/11/2025

Big fan of Coup, by the same company that made The Resistance. Very fast paced and quick rounds :)

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Nick Frangie @nicholasfrangie.com · 31/08/2025

August 30th: we making ice cream. …starting the process at least. Lots of freezing involved, so I prepared the bases today and I’ll post results as they finish. • Vanilla, honey, pecan, & cinnamon • Mixed berry & almond • Chocolate, walnut, & heathbar • Habanero strawberry lemonade

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Nick Frangie @nicholasfrangie.com · 29/08/2025

August 28th Adventure: I have learned that all gyms should also have arcades. I’ve been working in this building for a year and keep meaning to make use of this! Very nice space, and happy to use today’s random experience to explore it while literally no one else was there 👀

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Nick Frangie @nicholasfrangie.com · 28/08/2025

For the 27th day of an August full of new experiences, I tried a Paint By Numbers Kit! I think I underestimated the amount of time needed to finish one of these… by several hours 😅 Still cool to see some progress being made!

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Nick Frangie @nicholasfrangie.com · 27/08/2025

For anyone else in the 1st Congressional District of MA, meet Richard Neal. The email I sent was about the ongoing issues with payment processors censoring the sale of adult and LGBTQ games, urging him to back the Fair Access to Banking Acts introduced to the House (H.R.987) and Senate (S.401).

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Nick Frangie @nicholasfrangie.com · 26/08/2025

For August 25th of my month of random new experiences: Hike & Write! I hiked up to a meadow the next town over and did some writing for game ideas. Very peaceful ✌️

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Nick Frangie @nicholasfrangie.com · 25/08/2025

For August 24th, I played PEAK for the first time. Haven't played much "friendslop" and whether or not the genre name is demeaning, it sure is fun to say. Very enjoyable!

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Nick Frangie @nicholasfrangie.com · 24/08/2025

August Adventures, the 23rd. A coworker of mine owns a barcade in Connecticut, so we went to go visit! Featuring more Mario Kart World, Guitar Hero, and plenty of awesome arcade games. If you’re in the area, check out Gamecraft Arcade in Southington!

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Nick Frangie @nicholasfrangie.com · 23/08/2025

Day 22 ended up being a tournament of the new Mario Kart! In-person LAN parties are underrated and continue to be the best way to play games 🤘

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Nick Frangie @nicholasfrangie.com · 22/08/2025

Day 21 was a follow up to a previous day: sticker-bombing! Truth be told, I’ve always been too hesitant to use stickers. Feels like such a commitment… But even if I put them all on upside down and had to painstakingly peel them back off before reapplying, it wasn’t the end of the world!

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Nick Frangie @nicholasfrangie.com · 21/08/2025

Captain’s Log, August 20th. Today’s random adventure? Gundam kit! It was a lot of fun! My fingers hurt from snapping little pieces off, but it was still a very relaxing experience 👍

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Nick Frangie @nicholasfrangie.com · 19/08/2025

Day 18’s activity: I started a new book! Harrow the Ninth, second of the Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir. (I loved the first one, go read it.) I have a terrible tendency to forget how awesome reading is until I pick up a new book, so this was great to get me past the initial hurdle!

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Nick Frangie @nicholasfrangie.com · 18/08/2025

August Adventures for the 17th: I used Kickstarter for the first time to see what indie games I could help back! Turned out to be a wonderful compromise of being lazy halfway through the month but still doing something new 😅 Gonna break each out into their own post in the thread!

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Nick Frangie @nicholasfrangie.com · 17/08/2025

Day 16 of August. For today’s random new experience… I attended Boston GameLoop 2025! This game development un-conference is a lot of fun, and I haven’t attended since I was back in college. Really love all the conversations I had and folks I met today: www.bostonfig.com/gameloop-2025/

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Nick Frangie @nicholasfrangie.com · 16/08/2025

Appetizer: Pear & sausage kebabs 🍐 Entree: Chili-bean burger 🍔 Dessert: Banana caramel crepes 🍌

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Nick Frangie @nicholasfrangie.com · 16/08/2025

Fire up them grills… I’m back in the kitchen for Day 15 of new August experiences! Today, I made a 3-course meal of new dishes from a cookbook! I don’t the last time I cooked from a hard copy rather than the internet, but it was neat to pick recipes from the book.

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Nick Frangie @nicholasfrangie.com · 15/08/2025

On Day 14 of August Adventures, I watched a movie I’ve always been meaning to. Fight Club is a movie there’s very important to my people (white dudes). I see why. A very good movie. Mr. Robot is one of my all time favorite shows so finally seeing the inspiration for myself is pretty neat.

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Nick Frangie @nicholasfrangie.com · 14/08/2025

Day 13 was an attempt at crocheting 😅 Novice Tip: the “beginner” kits with 2.5 mm hooks used to make a stuffed animals for first-time crocheters are a monument to our hubris. On the bright side, I did pick up some terminology and basic techniques. Even if it took a few hours on call with friends…

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Nick Frangie @nicholasfrangie.com · 13/08/2025

And on the 12th Day of random August Adventures… Trivia Night! A group of us went out to Boston and played trivia. Team Anything had an abysmal first showing, but pulled ahead for 3rd place in the second game! We got our victory cupcakes to savor our (3rd place) win!

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Nick Frangie @nicholasfrangie.com · 12/08/2025

I’m 11 days into random August activities! Today, I read a TIME magazine. (I’ve never done more than flip through one.) Granted it was Pokémon, but hey, still counts. 😅 Featuring: - America’s attempt to ruin Pokémon - The worst/best “metaphor” - Fun etymology lesson with jump scare

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Nick Frangie @nicholasfrangie.com · 11/08/2025

My only questions: - How long does Sokka suck for? - Am I just biased, or is Zuko and his uncle the best part of the show?

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Nick Frangie @nicholasfrangie.com · 11/08/2025

Day 10 of random August activities. I’m watching Avatar: the Last Airbender for the first time. It’s one of those shows I always wanted to, but missed out on while growing up. So far it’s pretty good 👀

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Nick Frangie @nicholasfrangie.com · 10/08/2025

Day 9 of random August Adventures! Today, friends and I attended a pop-up Family Guy bar in Boston!

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Nick Frangie @nicholasfrangie.com · 09/08/2025

August 8th: I have braved foreign corners of the internet and finally allowed myself to buy a surplus of goodies from Etsy. I bought so many stickers ya'll. My entire life, I've been too scared to use them. Hopefully this'll get me over that hesitance and I'll actually stick them to something. 😅

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1207658257/oneshot-niko-sticker-set-sticker-set-of

https://www.etsy.com/listing/4315598521/deltarune-stickers-chapter-1

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1704701037/sonny-vinyl-stickers

https://www.etsy.com/listing/4313396054/kawaii-anime-monster-sticker-pack-cute

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Nick Frangie @nicholasfrangie.com · 07/08/2025

It’s August 7th and I’m still doing random daily sidequests! Today, I traded my blood for snacks and a gift card. Honestly, worth it for the cookies alone. If you can, highly recommend finding a black market organ salesman (registered hospital) near you and doing the same!

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Nick Frangie @nicholasfrangie.com · 07/08/2025

Day 6! Give it up for Day 6! Today I did a beginner’s pottery class! It was a lot of fun, and I got to make a scorpion bowl.🍹

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Nick Frangie @nicholasfrangie.com · 06/08/2025

SMELLS LIKE VICTORY I have wanted to play this mod ever since I saw that Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl were the worst versions of Gen 4. 😭 I haven’t played it yet, but now that I’ve modded it onto my Switch, I am positively jazzed. Oh, and I guess I get custom themes too.

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Nick Frangie @nicholasfrangie.com · 06/08/2025

August Adventures - Day 5 I bought a RCM jig to mod my Switch a year ago because I desperately want to play Luminescent Platinum. I have been too scared to do it for all that time, so today was the day to do it! 3 hours of attempted modding later… it has been a battle 😅

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Nick Frangie @nicholasfrangie.com · 05/08/2025

Day 4: I meant to watch the PsychOdyssey Docuseries since it first came out 2 years ago. So some friends and I had a Discord watch party and finally started the thing! Highly recommend for game devs, especially if you were a fan of Double Fine Adventures. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Nick Frangie @nicholasfrangie.com · 04/08/2025

Update: They were actually so good and tasty and I definitely didn’t eat 5 of them as soon as they were done 😊

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Nick Frangie @nicholasfrangie.com · 03/08/2025

Day 3 of August means baking something new: Italian Rainbow Cookies 🇮🇹🌈🍪 It may have taken me 4x the time as stated by the recipe, but I’m finally putting them in the oven! Although I desperately want a cookie, it’s another 8 hours of chilling before the final assembly :( Final product to follow 🤞

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Nick Frangie @nicholasfrangie.com · 02/08/2025

Day 2 of random August Adventures and trying new experiences! I drove across the state to see my friends’ bands play, rather than take it easy and recharge after the work week. They played a bunch of covers and I met some new folks at Sull Fest 2025!

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Nick Frangie @nicholasfrangie.com · 01/08/2025

Let’s try something 👀 Today is Day 1 of having new experience for all of August! Big or small, I’m trying to do things I otherwise wouldn’t all month long. Like working from a coffee shop - one I’ve passed by for months. It was cool! I definitely appreciate the proximity to sweet treats 🤤

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Nick Frangie @nicholasfrangie.com · 22/04/2025

Time to hit ‘em with the Ol’ Reliable

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Nick Frangie @nicholasfrangie.com · 17/03/2025

I’m at a conference for Game Developers in San Francisco! No idea what these letters mean though…

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