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Game designer. Thousands of RPG books I swear I'll get to. I invent problems so I can solve them and then build systems to create new ones. I've been wrong about everything at least once. Especially this. Big cryptid energy.

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Contrariwise @thewizardly.com · 25/09/2026
The three most painful sensations known to science: Childbirth. Stubbing your pinkie toe. Sending a link to something you made and being left on read.
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Contrariwise @thewizardly.com · 25/09/2026
I never know how to announce new projects. Do I go for the cheeky nod? Do I just drop it and scamper into the bushes? Anyway, here’s every meme I thought was funny in the last two decades.
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The Memedex
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Contrariwise @thewizardly.com · 18/09/2026
I don’t once ever regret being weird in public. I perpetually regret not being weird or not-being-weird in public.
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Contrariwise @thewizardly.com · 01/09/2026
Every game and sport occupies a position in two-dimensional silly–serious space: one axis encodes how serious the game is, the other how seriously its adherents take it. Golf? Silly. Archery? Serious. The least serious sport with the most serious adherents is, trivially, tennis. In this essay…
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Contrariwise @thewizardly.com · 23/08/2026
The following is lifted directly from Zvi Mowshowitz with only light formatting changes because I think it’s Important, Valuable, and Good. It is also buried deep in a blog post that many people would have neither the time nor ... thewizardly.com/2026/08/23/the-foll…
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Contrariwise @thewizardly.com · 18/08/2026
Strive to be either fully invested or fully checked out. Never be the only person who cares.
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Contrariwise @thewizardly.com · 28/07/2026
I thought I was sad, but actually my music tanks were just low.
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Contrariwise @thewizardly.com · 16/07/2026
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Contrariwise @thewizardly.com · 08/07/2026
Am I deep-frying cubes of spam in a wok? Technically? Yes. Literally? Also yes.
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Contrariwise @thewizardly.com · 24/06/2026
Welcome to “how hot is it outside right now?” The only game show where everyone loses and nobody’s happy.
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Contrariwise @thewizardly.com · 11/06/2026
I could (and probably should,) write a whole dissertation on the mahjong scene in Crazy Rich Asians.
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Contrariwise @thewizardly.com · 22/05/2026
"He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare." Hi. Hello. How are you? Good? Fantastic. Look. This is weird. Can I get weird? I’m going to get weird. Welcome to my Want Ad For Friends. You: A person on this bitch of an Eart... thewizardly.com/2026/05/22/he-who-h…
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Contrariwise @thewizardly.com · 09/05/2026
Take my wench… Please! I get no fealty. No fealty at all.
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Contrariwise @thewizardly.com · 06/05/2026
Presented with the following choice: My dream home and working for “the man” forever. A trailer park and working for myself at my dream job. I pick option #2.
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Contrariwise @thewizardly.com · 30/04/2026
Step three: vibe.
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Contrariwise @thewizardly.com · 05/04/2026
A close-up of a bronze sculpture with text carved into its surface reading: “I am not asking to be loved. I want to love.” Partial text is also visible at the top (“chas…”) and bottom (“Praised be”). The surface has an organic, textured quality with intertwining forms surrounding the inscribed panel.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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Contrariwise @thewizardly.com · 02/04/2026
Contrariwise is Human and can make mistakes. Please double-check responses.
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Contrariwise @thewizardly.com · 13/03/2026
"“Stick your chest out and go like — fuck it. Let’s try.” — Bruce Straley, Co-Founder, Wildflower Interactive @ GDC 2026​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​"
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Contrariwise @thewizardly.com · 07/03/2026
Tired: Harry Potter houses. Wired: Winnie the Pooh characters. I’m Owl.
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Contrariwise @thewizardly.com · 06/03/2026
A bronze and gold decorative plaque mounted on a cream-colored archway at the entrance to Disneyland. The plaque reads: “HERE YOU LEAVE TODAY AND ENTER THE WORLD OF YESTERDAY, TOMORROW AND FANTASY” in raised gold lettering. Through the arch, Main Street U.S.A. is visible, with Victorian-style buildings, trees, and crowds of park guests. The scene is bathed in warm sunlight under a clear blue sky.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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Contrariwise @thewizardly.com · 06/03/2026
Lyft died halfway between LAX and Anaheim. The driver only speaks Mandarin, I only speak English. His phone is translating to English for me, my phone is translating to Mandarin for him. He says it’s doing a pretty good job. So anyway, we live in the future.
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Hey, you, you're finally awake - #darkart #digitalart #illustration #horrorart
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Contrariwise @thewizardly.com · 02/03/2026
“why am i like this” Digital Art, 2026
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Contrariwise @thewizardly.com · 16/02/2026
Did I go to a book store in the gayborhood? Yes. Did they have a Dune tarot deck? Yes. Am I now in possession of a Dune tarot deck? A lady never kwizatz and tells.
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Contrariwise @thewizardly.com · 15/02/2026
I’ve never been particularly interested in conforming to society’s expectations. I learned to fake it, for the benefit of fitting in. Now, with the benefit of some duly earned confidence, society is welcome to fit in Deez Nuts.
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Contrariwise @thewizardly.com · 15/02/2026
The thinnest naturally occurring material is Free Hotel Breakfast Bacon. Much could be learned by studying the processes that lead to such delicate structures.
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Contrariwise @thewizardly.com · 13/02/2026
It’s an interesting conundrum. The person I actually am trying to build the person I’d like to be, using the constraints of my known behaviors to try to push on the rudder of the behaviors I’d like to change.
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Contrariwise @thewizardly.com · 12/02/2026
For reasons that defy explanation I’ve been watching a lot of Disney channel this weekz They happen to be running a Zombies marathon. The cartoon is weirdly compelling. I may become the world’s foremost adult expert on the Zom... thewizardly.com/2026/02/12/for-reas…
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Contrariwise @thewizardly.com · 01/02/2026
A Brief History of my Readwise Enrichment Pipeline: thewizardly.com/2026/02/01/a-brief-…
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A Brief History of my Readwise Enrichment Pipeline
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Contrariwise @thewizardly.com · 29/01/2026
Sister Mary Corita Kent source
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Contrariwise @thewizardly.com · 18/01/2026
POSSUM: Post Own Site, Syndicate Using MUD
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Contrariwise @thewizardly.com · 18/01/2026
I Shouldn’t Start a MUD: thewizardly.com/2026/01/18/i-should…
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I Shouldn’t Start a MUD
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Contrariwise @thewizardly.com · 09/01/2026
If the singularity comes, may it find us doing well. If the apocalypse comes, may it find us doing well. If the end times are nigh, may they find us doing well. Come what may, may we do well.
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Contrariwise @thewizardly.com · 12/12/2025
My body is a temple to a dark and ancient god. Older than thought, its wisdom carved in my genes by a thousand and a thousand ancestors. It predates me, it will postdate me. It demands worship through cravings, through exhaustion, through p... thewizardly.com/2025/12/12/my-body-…
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Contrariwise @thewizardly.com · 27/11/2025
Hobbit Meal 2025: thewizardly.com/2025/11/26/hobbit-m…
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Contrariwise @thewizardly.com · 23/11/2025
Big ideas require a big piece of paper. Sorry, I don’t make the rules. The person who did, in fact, make this rule.
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Contrariwise @thewizardly.com · 18/11/2025
"Not everything has to be immediate or predictable. Defend slowness when it serves a purpose, silence when it speaks and difference when evocative. Beauty is not just a means of escape; it is, above all, an invocation." — Pope Leo XIV
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Encounter with the World of Cinema (15 November 2025)
ENCOUNTER WITH THE WORLD OF CINEMA ADDRESS BY HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV Clementine Hall Saturday, 15 November 2025 [ Multimedia ] __________________
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Contrariwise @thewizardly.com · 09/11/2025
"“Man, Sub-creator, the refracted light through whom is splintered from a single White to many hues, and endlessly combined in living shapes that move from mind to mind. Though all the crannies of the world we filled with Elve... thewizardly.com/2025/11/09/man-subc…
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Contrariwise @thewizardly.com · 25/10/2025
"“We like imperfection in others, but expect perfection in ourselves.”" — Sarah Renae Clark
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What Bluey Can Teach Us About Perfection
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Contrariwise @thewizardly.com · 22/10/2025
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Contrariwise @thewizardly.com · 20/10/2025
"Ash: “Put that away.” Me: “What?” Ash: “Your whimsy.”"
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Contrariwise @thewizardly.com · 11/10/2025
I Spend Too Much Money on Magic For Someone Who Doesn’t Play Magic: thewizardly.com/2025/10/10/i-spend-…
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The official source for news and information on Magic: The Gathering, the world's premier trading card game, and MTG Arena.
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Contrariwise @thewizardly.com · 09/10/2025
Have the audacity. Believe that you can. Do the thing.
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Contrariwise @thewizardly.com · 09/10/2025
"It feels like we’ve developed some kind of histamine reaction to imagination. We are afraid that people will “catch” a bad idea. Well, stupid people are always gonna think dumb things and do dumb shit. That’s their whole thing. The solution can’t be to make artists dumb too." — (CW)TB
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The Blessing, Part Two - Penny Arcade
Videogaming-related online strip by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. Includes news and commentary.
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Contrariwise @thewizardly.com · 04/10/2025
Minimum Wage: thewizardly.com/2025/10/04/minimum-…
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100 Tips For A Better Life | Conor Barnes
The other day I made an advice thread based on Putanumonit's from last year!
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Contrariwise @thewizardly.com · 03/10/2025
One sentence on each place in Europe that I’ve been, in order of preference. 🇳🇴 Oslo, Norway Perfection. 🇳🇴 Kristiansand, Norway Feels like walking through a storybook about mice that run a bookstore. 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany I will spend t... thewizardly.com/2025/10/03/one-sent…
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Oslo
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Contrariwise @thewizardly.com · 02/10/2025
Stockholm, Sweden
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Contrariwise @thewizardly.com · 02/10/2025
Tallinn, Estonia
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Contrariwise @thewizardly.com · 02/10/2025
Riga, Latvia
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Contrariwise @thewizardly.com · 02/10/2025
Klaipeda, Lithuania
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