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Geek. Musician. Technologist. Writer. Game Designer. Follower of Jesus. Friendly neighborhood fact-checker.

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re/enchanted @reenchanted.bsky.social · 13h
Dang. I don’t follow football, but i just looked, and that city is really impressive. Kudos to him!
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re/enchanted @reenchanted.bsky.social · 20h
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Holding Breath Thom Yorke
Alt: Radiohead’s Thom Yorke holds his breath in the music video for “No Surprises” as the water level inside his glass helmet rises.
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re/enchanted @reenchanted.bsky.social · 20h
Ooh, good catch! I need to increase my vocabulary.
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re/enchanted @reenchanted.bsky.social · 20h
You can’t say fundamentalists without saying “fun”! And “mental”… And “lists”… And “ts”. And apparently also “dame”, which is kind of funny if you think about it longer than it probably warrants.
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re/enchanted @reenchanted.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Ah, I didn’t recognize that name but I apparently I should have. What a filmography.
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re/enchanted @reenchanted.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I can’t believe you vandalized the Cool Runnings page on Wikipedia just for the sake of a joke! ;-) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cool_Ru...
A screenshot of the actual Wikipedia page for Cool Runnings, vindicating Eric by clearly showing that Hans Zimmer did, in fact, make music for Cool Runnings. Somehow.

Wow! I never would have guessed.
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re/enchanted @reenchanted.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Whaaa?
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re/enchanted @reenchanted.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Yet others might stay with the same tone and mode and flow of in-character actions all game long. Yet even then there could Be a narrowing and widening of possibility space within the span of a game. Oftentimes the endings narrow down to 1 or 2 options, and that’s fine, as long as it’s in-char.
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re/enchanted @reenchanted.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Other characters might have a goofier side that comes out in some sillier dialogue options, but even those should reflect a side of themselves, authentically who they are and something they might say… if they were in the right state of mind.
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re/enchanted @reenchanted.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
But maybe our characters contain multitudes. As it turns out, serious knight-in-training Link tends to procrastinate and forget about his main mission while he fishes for days at a time. Is it laziness? I don’t think so. Even when fishing, Link gives 100%. But maybe he has ADHD, canonically.
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re/enchanted @reenchanted.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I haven’t seen this expressed in many game systems specifically, but I also like the idea of a spectrum of who the character is. Some choices and actions are at the dead center of this character and their motivations. It’s like breathing to them.
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re/enchanted @reenchanted.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I like the idea, too, of a spectrum of possibility space within player agency over character choices and interactions. Again, no choice is wrong, but they have different implications. More freedom can be fun, but I find it more rewarding if my choices align most of the way with the character’s.
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re/enchanted @reenchanted.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I don’t think a protagonist needs to be likable to be interesting and make me want to identify with them enough to keep playing, but it helps if they aren’t flawed in every possible way. If there’s something redeemable/likeable than that’s usually enough for me.
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re/enchanted @reenchanted.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Really interesting thread. Where to fall on that spectrum is a very important design decision that has a lot of implications for a lot of other systems. Maybe it’s nostalgia, but I do enjoy the semi-authored approach the most.
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re/enchanted @reenchanted.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I’ve seen your food pics. I’m insulted on your behalf.
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re/enchanted @reenchanted.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Windows 98 is crushing it in the AI marketplace, but will likely be completely blown out of the water by Windows 2000.
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re/enchanted @reenchanted.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A mime is a terrible thing to waste.
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re/enchanted @reenchanted.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A sign of the times. She knows all about the Mandela Effect but not the Flinchstones.
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re/enchanted @reenchanted.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I always thought therapy pets were just there to try to support their humans, but here we clearly see a therapy pet on the couch as their therapist asks them to reflect the life choices and the moments that led them here.
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re/enchanted @reenchanted.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Behold, the man.
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re/enchanted @reenchanted.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Say “La V”.
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Josiah Hawthorne @josiahhawthorne.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A computer can never be held accountable.  Therefore a computer must never make a military decision.
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re/enchanted @reenchanted.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Smart Hulk: I See This As An Absolute Win
Alt: Smart Hulk: I See This As An Absolute Win
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re/enchanted @reenchanted.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I know the anchoring effect can be pretty strong, but I don’t think it’s going to make this guy any less of an anchor around Paxton’s neck.
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re/enchanted @reenchanted.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I am glad there can never be Andor S3. It said what it needed to say and ended well. But if they wanted a new series about another corner of Star Wars that we’ve never seen, I might be on board, as long as it’s good.
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re/enchanted @reenchanted.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I loved Andor in part because of how wonderfully it didn’t have to connect to everything else. It felt like another corner of the galaxy we hadn’t seen, and I loved that. It felt more real that way, less contrived. Also the music, plot, costumes, etc. Bit especially that.
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re/enchanted @reenchanted.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The mood is right The Spirit Halloween store’s up We're here tonight And that's enough Simply having a wonderful Pumpkintime Simply having a wonderful Pumpkintime
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re/enchanted @reenchanted.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Really? Haven’t seen the new version, though I watched the original a lot back in the day.
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re/enchanted @reenchanted.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Even comics go through reinventions, reboots, alternate timelines and dimensions to try to keep their characters fresh. Does it work? Kinda, I guess, at least for some people. But either way, stories are about change. They have a shape. And for me anyway, they work best with a satisfying ending.
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re/enchanted @reenchanted.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Yeah, for me it’s probably more a factor of being a middle-aged guy with lots of different responsibilities and having way too many options available for things I’d like to watch than time to do so, but more than ever I celebrate a short(er) story told well.
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re/enchanted @reenchanted.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Littler Women (another prequel, I’m afraid) Returner of the King: Elrond’s Story Prouder and More Prejudiced (doesn’t follow the rules, but I thought it sounded funny) Mobier Dick: Always a Bigger Fish Oliver Twister: A Kansas Adventure Easter of Eden: A Redemption Tale
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re/enchanted @reenchanted.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I… uh, yeah, I can live with this.
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Furthest from you

Curtis Yarvin
Political theorist
33%
Augusto Pinochet
Dictator
36%
Joseph Goebbels
Propaganda Minister
36%
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re/enchanted @reenchanted.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Arctic Nuneys
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re/enchanted @reenchanted.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“We’ll always have Paris.”
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re/enchanted @reenchanted.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Dracula isn’t angry, but he is disappointed.
The classic Castlevania: Symphony of the night quote, but modified for enhanced garlic consumption.

Dracula: What is a man?
A miserable little pile of GARLIC.
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re/enchanted @reenchanted.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
m a t e r w e l o n
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re/enchanted @reenchanted.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Those who refuse to learn from history and see their own place in it are doomed to repeat it, rhyming like poetry, stanza after tired stanza, while the sad Georges Santayana and Lucas sit in the corner, wishing someone had listened to them.
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George Lucas: It's Like Poetry, It Rhymes
Alt: George Lucas: It's Like Poetry, It Rhymes
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re/enchanted @reenchanted.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Guy who believes the moon landing was faked… and wants to make it happen for real this time. “No, you don’t understand. If we don’t do it first, China will get all the good moon rocks.”
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re/enchanted @reenchanted.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
But can you arrange the vertices to create a string art portrayal of Emperor Constantine I?
Emperor Constantine I, though sadly not as string art representing the interconnected web of Christian Nationalism, circa 2026.
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Cyan Worlds @cyan.com · 25/09/2026
33 years ago today, the Stranger stepped onto the dock of Myst Island for the first time. We can still hear the water splashing against the pilings.
The dock of Myst Island from the original version of the game. A wooden dock ends at a spiral staircase that leads up to giant gears on a hillside. A ship is sunk in the water on the right, and parts of buildings are visible on the left.
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re/enchanted @reenchanted.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
You can never be too cautious.
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Zelda Link Crying Over Broken Pot
Alt: Zelda Link Crying Over Broken Pot: “It was like this when I found it!”
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re/enchanted @reenchanted.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It’s all true. Also bunting is just shield-blocking. Dodge-roll meta for baseball when?
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re/enchanted @reenchanted.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
In the debate for whether we are in Leibniz’ best of all possible worlds, I never expected Gemini to weigh in to say that it doesn’t matter, that Gemini is in all of them and that makes it the worst.
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re/enchanted @reenchanted.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Let me guess: If you forget to feed it a constant supply of RAM chips and water, it dies after a week?
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re/enchanted @reenchanted.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

SIR, THIS IS A WENDY'S.

CRAP.
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re/enchanted @reenchanted.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Me when I get somewhere and it’s all the same fast food chains as home:
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Rabbinstein's Immeasurable Disappointment
Alt: Reviewbrah’s disappointment is immeasurable and his day is ruined.
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ADHD Creature @adhd-preacher.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I think I might stop picking up my grass clippings. For national security reasons.
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re/enchanted @reenchanted.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We finally have a worthy successor to this classic.
James L. Sutter (DARKHEARTS out now!)
@jameslsutter
*gestures to my unmown yard*
"I'm choosing to let my yard grow wild, to help the pollinators."
*waves at a stack of dirty dishes*
"This, too, is for the pollinators."
*trips over a pile of dirty laundry"
"Pollinators."
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re/enchanted @reenchanted.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“It’s like I was made for this.”
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re/enchanted @reenchanted.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
They need to get Oprah for this episode. The prophecy must be fulfilled.
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Bees Deltora Quest Meme Reaction
Alt: Oprah Winfrey shouting “BEES!!!”, as they fly out and attack the studio audience, who is crying, not with happiness but from multiple bee stings.
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