peccable.bsky.social @peccable.bsky.social · 29/08/2026A bunch of guys throw a 30th birthday party for a friend. 000
peccable.bsky.social @peccable.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Wake me when he quotes Ian M Banks. “A guilty system recognizes no innocents.” 041
peccable.bsky.social @peccable.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Nobilis, specifically the Second Edition, the “Great White Book.” Beautiful in terms of being a physically gorgeous artifact that also is conceptually amazing and contains some lovely writing. 010
peccable.bsky.social @peccable.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Escape. From the Latin: excappare. Literally “an empty cape”. Because that is what you leave your pursuer with when you escape. 040
peccable.bsky.social @peccable.bsky.social · 10/04/2026“…our cancelled Legacy of Kain…” ExCUSE me?media.tenor.coma close up of a man 's face with blue eyes and a beardALT: a close up of a man 's face with blue eyes and a beard 100
peccable.bsky.social @peccable.bsky.social · 03/04/2026CoNTINUUM: Roleplaying in the Yet en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continu... I actually played it with (I believe) one of the creators at a con. Functionally unplayable from what I can see. Utterly fascinating to read/think about. I hope one day for someone to prove me wrong and run a campaign of it for me.en.wikipedia.orgContinuum (role-playing game) - Wikipedia 010
peccable.bsky.social @peccable.bsky.social · 23/03/2026I started much the same. I got a copy and started a little one shot with some friends for the same reason. 2+ years later we’re almost at the end of a full campaign I’ve been running every week. I don’t know if you’ll agree but I found it the best edition of the game in terms of mechanics, ever. 100
peccable.bsky.social @peccable.bsky.social · 07/03/2026*side-eyes 110k work currently in peer review.* 010
peccable.bsky.social @peccable.bsky.social · 07/03/2026media.tenor.coma man in a suit says let them fight in front of a group of soldiersALT: a man in a suit says let them fight in front of a group of soldiers 000
peccable.bsky.social @peccable.bsky.social · 30/01/2026I know it is not for everyone. I admit that it found me at the right time and place - a supposedly ‘gifted’ young man in my early twenties. I allow that it IS a lot and asks a lot. I also love this book the way I love many things: deeply, unconditionally, and with a full awareness of its faults. 110
peccable.bsky.social @peccable.bsky.social · 30/12/2025I hung out with Quentin Crisp before he died. He was hosting an event in Philadelphia and held court in a bar afterward. My 22 year old gay ass got to hang on his every word. I told him I wanted to be him when I grew up. “You will be, dear,” he replied with absolute certainty. “You will be.” 010
peccable.bsky.social @peccable.bsky.social · 13/09/2025HBO’s Carnivale felt like it was literally written for me. The period, it’s view of magic, the writing, the acting. The opening speech gave me chills: “And so it was until the day that a false sun exploded over Trinity, and man forever traded away wonder for reason…” Shame we never saw the end. 010
peccable.bsky.social @peccable.bsky.social · 08/09/2025“Someone believes God exists because a book tells them he does; they believe the book is true because lots of people have told them that it’s the word of God. Plus they like what the book says—that’s the most important thing. If they didn’t like it, they wouldn’t believe it.” - Thomas Ligotti 100
peccable.bsky.social @peccable.bsky.social · 08/09/2025Six pence none the richer? In this economy? 000
peccable.bsky.social @peccable.bsky.social · 04/09/2025I love LeGuin. Reading her is the intellectual and psychological equivalent of touching grass: centering, grounding, and something one should probably do at least once a week. 010
peccable.bsky.social @peccable.bsky.social · 05/08/2025The irony is that, some 45+ hours on, FFXVI might be my favorite in the series since XII. Gameplay- and story-wise it’s solid “What if Gams of Thrones but FF?” with all the good and bad that entails. Love how grounded it is even as insane stuff is going on. It’s just the opening hours were terrible… 000
peccable.bsky.social @peccable.bsky.social · 18/07/2025Finally got around to playing Final Fantasy 16. Its opening is everything wrong with video games. If we use “what the player does” as judgement of what’s actually happening — as Jordan Mechner does — it’s 20 minutes of barely interactive cutscenes, hallway walking and watching characters… 310
peccable.bsky.social @peccable.bsky.social · 06/12/2024I LOVED this game and am sad I can’t play it because the light gun requires a CRT. Triage from Slouching Towards Bedlam was inspired by the floating black box in the anime opening scene which follows the figure reading/experiencing the game’s events via the magical reading of ancient runes. 010
peccable.bsky.social @peccable.bsky.social · 06/11/2024“We would rather be ruined than changed / We would rather die in our dread / Than climb the cross of the moment / And let our illusions die.” - WH Auden, The Age of Anxiety: A Baroque Eclogue 000
peccable.bsky.social @peccable.bsky.social · 15/10/2024I find it fascinating what one can get away with once one is An Established Writer. I’m 10% into a new (enjoyable!) work by one such and it commits a sin the first draft of The Duchess of the Shallows did: a long sequence of the main character marinating in the atmosphere. No sign of an inciting… 100
peccable.bsky.social @peccable.bsky.social · 27/05/2024BODIES was everything DARK should have been,managed in only eight episodes. It didn’t collapse under the weight of its own purposeful obfuscation or pretentiousness. A- show. Not perfect, some contrived situations/characters required to get it to the end point, but all in all I rather enjoyed it. :) 020
Reposted by @peccable.bsky.socialDungeonbuster @dungeonbuster.bsky.social · 04/03/2024A 1983 ad for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Treasure of Tarmin, a dungeon crawling RPG for the Intellivision by APh Technological Consulting The text warned players that "These dungeons are going to give you the creeps. Getting rid of them is your problem." 46224
peccable.bsky.social @peccable.bsky.social · 17/01/2024I remember being so angry after finishing The Last Battle. I'd read them on my own and rather enjoyed them, but surprisingly given I was the curious, questioning member of a Catholic family, I'd never seen the religious metaphor until the end. I recall saying something like "You mean he's JESUS?!" 150
