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The_Video_Grant @thevideogrant.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Wife and I found a discounted #Lorcana starter box thingy at Canadian Tire. Excited to finally give the game a shot!

A picture of the box art cover for Lorcana Trading Card Game’s “Gateway” learn to play starter set.

The_Video_Grant @thevideogrant.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Ever get sleep deprived enough from a baby who won’t sleep that you start designing a tcg? Cause I did. Used Fate/GO as a base, but will probably move away from it since I will never be able to sell the product with an IP that is that big. Will post the “rules/ideas” on my blog once I have time…

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The_Video_Grant @thevideogrant.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Old art (let’s be real, I haven’t had time to draw anything new. Baby girl is magical and takes up all my time 🥰). Anyway, it’s a “summon” for the ttrpg I’ve been working on. It’s a defenseless chicken at first, but if it survives/you protect it long enough it turns into a powerful phoenix! #art

A poorly done, but 100% human made, drawing using Posca markers and black pens of a tiny chicken sitting down with an arrow that points to a chonky phoenix “majestically” flying.

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The_Video_Grant @thevideogrant.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Did the new Newfoundlander thingy and went to Signal Hill. Beautiful day and greatly enjoyed the view and little bit of history we could take in.

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The_Video_Grant @thevideogrant.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Eyyyyyyy, morning is off to a good start! Another gremlin for my Chaldea 😬 #FGO #fategrandorder

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The_Video_Grant @thevideogrant.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Did the #my9games thingy. A lot harder than I thought it would be given the decades spent playing games. Wonder if I should break this down across the systems I’ve had rather than just a general pool?

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The_Video_Grant @thevideogrant.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Not sure why, but the design of my dog’s Halloween chew toy just hits my dopamine receptors. It’s really cute! Thinking I’ll work on a character for it. Thinking a sentient slime (low IQ) who shambled onto a t-Rex skeleton and took the bones into its form. The slime does not know how to dinosaur.

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The_Video_Grant @thevideogrant.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The Wile E. Coyote AMA on Reddit was a gold mine.

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The_Video_Grant @thevideogrant.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Like, I think we have enough cards to make this a thing. Will it be good? Probably not. Will it be fun? No idea. Do I want to build it? Yes.

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The_Video_Grant @thevideogrant.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

So, I love this card. It’s terrible. It’s stupid. It’s perfect for a cringe/terrible Magic: the Gathering cube! What other cards would go perfect in just the most “uggggggghhhh” cube? #mtgcube #cubedraft

A very real magic the gathering card from the upcoming mtg x Star Trek set. It shows a painting of Captain Kirk screaming “khaaaaaaaaaaaaaannn!” This is also the name of the card. Yes, the actual name of the card (maybe with less a’s or n’s).

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The_Video_Grant @thevideogrant.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

There are so many fun alternatives to #commander #edh like #valuevintage, #battleboxmtg, #mtgjumpstart. I find having alternative decks to play with people a great way to explore and enjoy the game of #magicthegathering and so many of these formats can be dirt cheap and built from bulk!

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The_Video_Grant @thevideogrant.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Can’t wait to roll up to a pod with my battle of wits commander deck/bulk pile.

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The_Video_Grant @thevideogrant.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

My sister-in-law’s mom kept all of the kids’ old mtg stuff. Was able to help start sorting through the bulk. 4 revised dual lands so far… #mtg #magicthegathering #congratstootherpeople

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The_Video_Grant @thevideogrant.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I’m going to have to buy all of these Stardew Valley secret lairs… or at least proxy the shit out of them cause fuck scalpers. Stardew Valley got me through a good chunk of COVID 19 loneliness while I was living in Japan.

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The_Video_Grant @thevideogrant.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Over a decade ago I left the USA to teach in S. Korea and was certain that my folks sold off the SNES I inherited from my grandpa. Never found it on any return trips until today. 🤯😃 Even my brother, who regularly visits and helps my folks, thought they sold it off because he never found it either.

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The_Video_Grant @thevideogrant.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Found my next commander. Shares my wife’s name (but spelt wrong) and gives me an excuse to run a ton of multicolor spells. Need to find some Skittles sleeves for it… *flicking skittles at my opponents every time I cast a spell* “Taste the rainbow…”

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The_Video_Grant @thevideogrant.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

A non-extensive list of alternatives I really enjoy: Outgunned, Fabula Ultima, Break!, and Forgotten Ballad.

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The_Video_Grant @thevideogrant.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy

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The_Video_Grant @thevideogrant.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

I can send my deck list later, but I have a Beamtown Bullies deck that only kills people by looping Jumbo Cactuar.

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The_Video_Grant @thevideogrant.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Holiday today, so busting out some of the good cheese. I have a dedicated cheese drawer in the refrigerator like any good #Wisconsinite should (even though I live in Montana right now). My wife (not from Wisconsin) has been learning about good, proper #cheese and my opinions on them 😂 #wisconsin

A brick of Yellowstone Cheese from Cadott, WI. 1 year old sharp cheddar cheese. Tastes phenomenal. Support small, local independent food artisans.

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The_Video_Grant @thevideogrant.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Hell yea. Get in the cockpit and make some friends.

A special treatment version of the magic: the gathering card “devastating onslaught.” Shows a first person view of a cockpit inside a spaceship

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The_Video_Grant @thevideogrant.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Kediss (wife’s partner commander), little lizard needs more special treatments. (Also $5? The heck?) Could also do a set of “tutors” in the style of pokeballs? Non-basic lands are always a welcome. I’ve got ~75 jumpstart decks, so can’t think of any special requests off the top of my head. 😅

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The_Video_Grant @thevideogrant.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I feel like Loot would work. He’s basically already a Pokemon

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The_Video_Grant @thevideogrant.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

you expected or where you expected. Hell, both of family’s just assumed we’d end up alone when we were single in our 20s. (Have to love small town mentalities…) My wife and I met while teaching overseas in Japan because since she wanted people to play Magic: the Gathering with her. 😂

A quote from Dr. Seuss. It reads, “we are all a little weird and life’s a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love.”

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The_Video_Grant @thevideogrant.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Only in the good ol’ USA are pancakes and pop tarts in th “Healthy snacks” section of Wal-Mart… 😅

Several rows of pancakes, syrups, and pop tart pastries line the shelving in a wal-mart aisle. The signage above reads: “Healthy snacks.” Only in the USA…

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The_Video_Grant @thevideogrant.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

My pupper is about to turn 3. Still a puppy at heart and a fantastic big brother to his human baby sister. ❤️💖

A handsome dog, of so many various breeds fused together it confuses even the veterinarians, lays in a blanket of snow pondering how his ball keeps sinking deeper into the abyss, but yet he does not.

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The_Video_Grant @thevideogrant.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

What in the Silent Hill is this? Fog not as bad at work, but the highway was thicker than pea soup.

A photograph of an extremely foggy morning on the UM campus. It evokes a feeling of the Silent Hill franchise.

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The_Video_Grant @thevideogrant.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Had to drive through a winter storm to my job…

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The_Video_Grant @thevideogrant.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Big winter storm supposed to hit Missoula soon. A lot windier up in my part of the mountains right now. Hoping I can leave work early if it gets worse.

A fox looks annoyed as it is battered by intense wind. It reads “It Fucken Wimdy” a playful way of saying “it’s fucking windy.”

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The_Video_Grant @thevideogrant.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Birthday weekend for me. Snuggling up with my family and giving my handsome doggie, Joe, some ear scritches. He really wants a nap, but refuses to nap until we all nap.

Joe, a dog of various breeds melded together into one super good doggo, is getting his ear scratched while also hoping we all fall asleep so he can also nap.

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The_Video_Grant @thevideogrant.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

While living in South Korea, morbid curiosity forced me to purchase Cola and Yogurt flavored Pringles. They were limited runs. This was for the best. Both were truly awful. Both were amazing to have my students try. A reminder that even though you CAN make any flavor, you probably shouldn’t.

Two pringles potato crisps cans are held up in a classroom. The flavors are Cola and Yogurt. The flavors are a slap in the face of whatever spirits overlook us.

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The_Video_Grant @thevideogrant.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

I live and work in a “rural” area. I despise current cloud computing as it creates several issues for our department at work with “shared” files being inaccessible due to weather and internet issues. Also, I just want some things on my dang computer hard drive. I don’t want everything on a server.

Hank from King of the Hill looking disgruntled and complaining to an IT tech or possibly retail worker about cloud services. The text reads “I don’t want to save to The Cloud. I want to save to My Documents, on the computer, that I own, that’s in my own house.”

I am Hank in this picture. I hate current cloud computing. I live in the mountains. Let me just save things to my damned computer.

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The_Video_Grant @thevideogrant.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Always nice when the students come back from winter break.

Two deer cleaning themselves on the lawn of the University of Montana

A group of deer are hanging out on the lawn of one of the buildings at the University of Montana

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The_Video_Grant @thevideogrant.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Both of my American football teams lost, but I got to spend the day with my wife and daughter and baked a loaf of banana bread.

A fresh loaf of banana bread sitting on the stove range beckoning the viewer to smell the aroma and think about that fresh banana bread goodness

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The_Video_Grant @thevideogrant.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

I have a group slug deck and this is 100% replacing my original horn of greed.

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The_Video_Grant @thevideogrant.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Got diagnosed with ADHD today. Surprised by the H part, but it explains a lot.

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The_Video_Grant @thevideogrant.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

You’ll never guess where the snow is hiding my dog’s ball.

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The_Video_Grant @thevideogrant.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Always nice to see non-traditional students on campus.

A large, roughly 10 point buck looking around the University of Montana campus. While he is just out eating breakfast now, he does have a full schedule today of classes as he is trying to graduate with honors in conservation.

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The_Video_Grant @thevideogrant.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

My wife wanted to Cube draft while we wait in Labor and Delivery Ward 😂

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The_Video_Grant @thevideogrant.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Already been a year with this amazing woman! Enjoying our first anniversary together with a trip to Yellowstone and the Tetons.

A happy couple takes a selfie in front of the Grand Prismatic Springs in Yellowstone National Park

The Dragon’s Mouth in Yellowstone. A geothermal cave vent with boiling water, steam, and intense sulfur smell.

A view of the canyon in Yellowstone. A waterfall can be seen in the distance feeding into the Yellowstone river

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The_Video_Grant @thevideogrant.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Megaman BattleChip Challenge. It was a deck builder and autobattler from the GBA era. Has a lot of issues, but had some great ideas and strategies. Seems perfect now for mobile gaming. It really needed a sequel to add more characters and better balancing to the gameplay.

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The_Video_Grant @thevideogrant.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Really wish Capcom made another BattleChip Challenge. It’s a fun game to waste time on when doing other things since it’s mostly an auto-battler. It also would be an excellent Mobile game with a variety of characters, things to collect, and PvP options.

A picture of a MiYoo gaming device emulating Megaman BattleChip Challenge for the Gameboy Advance.

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The_Video_Grant @thevideogrant.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

When you scratch the itch perfectly

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The_Video_Grant @thevideogrant.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Have you seen these dogs?! Not missing; I just love them.

A dog named Joe is sitting with his tongue out while wearing a new collar.

A Pomeranian named Dexter is sitting with a little smile on his face and a new dog collar. He is 16, half-blind, half-deaf, and loves chicken nuggets.

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The_Video_Grant @thevideogrant.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

My copy of ink by #snowbrightstudios! Very excited to delve into the Ink and see what adventures we can get up to! #ttrpg #ink

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The_Video_Grant @thevideogrant.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Life kinda stinks right now in the US, but at least my dog is cute and bringing in some good joy.

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