Retro video games
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Streams with audience participation
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Discworld
Strategy and Sci-Fi
Kind, inclusive vibes
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Dad jokes and innuendo
“There were plotters, there was no doubt about it. Some had been ordinary people who'd had enough. Some were young people with no money who objected to the fact that the world was run by old people who were rich.”
Terry Pratchett; Night Watch #Discworld#ITVDebate#LiarSunak#ToriesTargetingTheYoung#VoteToriesOut
I bought dozens of Terry Pratchett's #Discworld books when they first came out, but have lovingly given them all away to good homes during the various house moves since. Now I'm buying them all over again, to read with my 12 year old.
Just received, The Light Fantastic. <rubs hands with gleeful anticipation>
@SJohnRoss Sometimes the adaptations that take liberties with the window dressing but really get the core and tweak it for their medium and time are the best ones.
I'd argue that the short-lived Dresden Files did this same thing. Sure Murphy was tall and brunette, sure the books never mention a hockey stick staff. Sure Blue Beetle has beetle in the name, but the show still got at the heart of mystery of the week stories that underscored early Dresden Files.
Blocking in the colours on Captain Carrot. Partly to check the colour combos (trousers were too light and needed a chestnut wash) but also to check layering and order of painting.
“But, in truth, it had not exactly been gold, or even the promise of gold, but more like the fantasy of gold, the fairy dream that the gold is there, at the end of the rainbow, and will continue to be there forever - provided, naturally, that you don't go and look.”
Terry Pratchett; Going Postal #Discworld#SunaksElectionPledges#AllThatGlitters#ToryLies#NeverTrustATory
To celebrate the Glorious 25th of May, here are some Discworld pictures.
I'm so excited about starting #Discworld II tomorrow night <3 in the meantime, enjoy the art of the game, and a foreword from the incredible Sir Terry Pratchett.