John Curtin 🔜 PAX Unplugged!
@curtinwrites.bsky.social
Ennie-nominated game and culture writer
Words @Paizo.com and sundry
Projects:
@starfinderfacts2e.bsky.social
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https://ko-fi.com/bearlyfactualproduction
Occasional musician.
Built a robot once.
Words @Paizo.com and sundry
Projects:
@starfinderfacts2e.bsky.social
https://www.patreon.com/BearlyFactual
https://ko-fi.com/bearlyfactualproduction
Occasional musician.
Built a robot once.
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This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
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this seems specifically designed to break mail-in voting (where deadlines are defined by postmark)
As of 12/24/25, USPS changed policy on when they postmark mail. Mail dropped off is no longer guaranteed a same-day postmark. Tax returns & other time-sensitive items are now stamped when they reach a regional processing center, which may be days later. Plan deadlines accordingly to avoid penalties.
USPS Announces Changes to the Postmark Date System
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has adopted a final rule (FR Doc.
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December 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
this seems specifically designed to break mail-in voting (where deadlines are defined by postmark)
I got a hard copy of this one-sheet RPG and I've been hooked with wanting to do a dungeon from the soundtrack for Fresh Tracks by @buffalobuffalo.bsky.social and mash up my TTRPG and music game loves
Playlist Dungeon, a 1-page "songcrawl" #ttrpg where you build characters and dungeons from your favorite songs, is out in the wild, along with the Wu-Tang inspired intro adventure, "Last Chamber".
Check it out and start your own playlist below!
Check it out and start your own playlist below!
Playlist Dungeon by Thoughtcrime Games
Micro-musical TTRPG dungeoncrawl
thoughtcrimegames.itch.io
December 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I got a hard copy of this one-sheet RPG and I've been hooked with wanting to do a dungeon from the soundtrack for Fresh Tracks by @buffalobuffalo.bsky.social and mash up my TTRPG and music game loves
And a very merry Whiskey Basketball Day to all those who celebrate
Whiskey Brutaris Day is an alternative Veskarium holiday pioneered by counterculturists who appreciate the holiday's themes of togetherness but crave a less religious celebration of violence, so replace many of the ritual combats with drinking and watching contact sports
December 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
And a very merry Whiskey Basketball Day to all those who celebrate
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Cheeses for us Meeces!
December 24, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Cheeses for us Meeces!
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Ok - wrapping up my PAX Coverage by sharing my interview with @carlosatscg.bsky.social - multi-talented, ambitious, and fresh off of a few great victories in the field. We talk the Night Vale RPG he helped create, his parenting win having a game design kid, and more!
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Creator Showcase: Carlos Cabrera | Bearly Factual Productions, By John Curtin
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December 23, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Ok - wrapping up my PAX Coverage by sharing my interview with @carlosatscg.bsky.social - multi-talented, ambitious, and fresh off of a few great victories in the field. We talk the Night Vale RPG he helped create, his parenting win having a game design kid, and more!
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No Starfinder facts were extracted in the making of this article but the fact that there were Starfinder facts to be extracted was extracted.
Ok - wrapping up my PAX Coverage by sharing my interview with @carlosatscg.bsky.social - multi-talented, ambitious, and fresh off of a few great victories in the field. We talk the Night Vale RPG he helped create, his parenting win having a game design kid, and more!
www.patreon.com/posts/146543...
www.patreon.com/posts/146543...
Creator Showcase: Carlos Cabrera | Bearly Factual Productions, By John Curtin
Get more from Bearly Factual Productions, By John Curtin on Patreon
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December 24, 2025 at 12:09 AM
No Starfinder facts were extracted in the making of this article but the fact that there were Starfinder facts to be extracted was extracted.
Ok - wrapping up my PAX Coverage by sharing my interview with @carlosatscg.bsky.social - multi-talented, ambitious, and fresh off of a few great victories in the field. We talk the Night Vale RPG he helped create, his parenting win having a game design kid, and more!
www.patreon.com/posts/146543...
www.patreon.com/posts/146543...
Creator Showcase: Carlos Cabrera | Bearly Factual Productions, By John Curtin
Get more from Bearly Factual Productions, By John Curtin on Patreon
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December 23, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Ok - wrapping up my PAX Coverage by sharing my interview with @carlosatscg.bsky.social - multi-talented, ambitious, and fresh off of a few great victories in the field. We talk the Night Vale RPG he helped create, his parenting win having a game design kid, and more!
www.patreon.com/posts/146543...
www.patreon.com/posts/146543...
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the fascists are deleting evidence, inserting fake images into real files and then muddying the water around everything in an attempt to maintain control and distribute doubt to the point of destroying any ability to objectively know what is true about anything?
Interesting how that works isn’t it
Interesting how that works isn’t it
December 20, 2025 at 11:28 PM
the fascists are deleting evidence, inserting fake images into real files and then muddying the water around everything in an attempt to maintain control and distribute doubt to the point of destroying any ability to objectively know what is true about anything?
Interesting how that works isn’t it
Interesting how that works isn’t it
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December 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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One thing notably absent from this year in review post is Nocturne. I have been working on the game nearly every day for the past few years, and I can hardly believe that in just six months, it'll finally be out.
Seeing all of the love and support its been getting this year has been incredible.
Seeing all of the love and support its been getting this year has been incredible.
December 17, 2025 at 1:13 AM
One thing notably absent from this year in review post is Nocturne. I have been working on the game nearly every day for the past few years, and I can hardly believe that in just six months, it'll finally be out.
Seeing all of the love and support its been getting this year has been incredible.
Seeing all of the love and support its been getting this year has been incredible.
Oh hey I swear some handsome and charming writer was just writing about this book of mini-rpgs, spearheaded by the similarly-handsome-and-charming @gamefiend.bsky.social
Hmmm it's like it's on the tip of my tongue...
Hmmm it's like it's on the tip of my tongue...
When Earth burned, black people and anyone desiring freedom left for the stars. Pilot soulships to find new homes and travel the universe in Black Future: Emancipation of Stars by Quinn Murphy, one of the amazing TTRPGs included in the Griot Anthology! #ttrpg
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thoughtcrimegames.it...
December 17, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Oh hey I swear some handsome and charming writer was just writing about this book of mini-rpgs, spearheaded by the similarly-handsome-and-charming @gamefiend.bsky.social
Hmmm it's like it's on the tip of my tongue...
Hmmm it's like it's on the tip of my tongue...
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When Earth burned, black people and anyone desiring freedom left for the stars. Pilot soulships to find new homes and travel the universe in Black Future: Emancipation of Stars by Quinn Murphy, one of the amazing TTRPGs included in the Griot Anthology! #ttrpg
thoughtcrimegames.it...
thoughtcrimegames.it...
December 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
When Earth burned, black people and anyone desiring freedom left for the stars. Pilot soulships to find new homes and travel the universe in Black Future: Emancipation of Stars by Quinn Murphy, one of the amazing TTRPGs included in the Griot Anthology! #ttrpg
thoughtcrimegames.it...
thoughtcrimegames.it...
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LOOK AT MY CYAN QUEER INDIGENOUS BABY! THEY ARE SO COOL.
SFS 1-11: Friends of the Forest is out now!
Also the bone boy is great.
While you're looking -
Check out SFS 1-12: Take The Bait by @solorunstudio.bsky.social
and PFS 7-8: The Haunted Corridor by @curtinwrites.bsky.social
as well!
SFS 1-11: Friends of the Forest is out now!
Also the bone boy is great.
While you're looking -
Check out SFS 1-12: Take The Bait by @solorunstudio.bsky.social
and PFS 7-8: The Haunted Corridor by @curtinwrites.bsky.social
as well!
Malice lurks among the Leaves of Talhindir, and the livelihood of Ste Xinnith is in peril! Plunge into these adventures with new releases for Pathfinder and Starfinder Society!
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buff.ly/b3MvkMN
December 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
LOOK AT MY CYAN QUEER INDIGENOUS BABY! THEY ARE SO COOL.
SFS 1-11: Friends of the Forest is out now!
Also the bone boy is great.
While you're looking -
Check out SFS 1-12: Take The Bait by @solorunstudio.bsky.social
and PFS 7-8: The Haunted Corridor by @curtinwrites.bsky.social
as well!
SFS 1-11: Friends of the Forest is out now!
Also the bone boy is great.
While you're looking -
Check out SFS 1-12: Take The Bait by @solorunstudio.bsky.social
and PFS 7-8: The Haunted Corridor by @curtinwrites.bsky.social
as well!
Don't worry, Starfinder Facts isn't getting political, this is about a fictional games universe, absolutely no real-life parallels to be taken here 🙂↔️ 🥲😭
Azlanti propagandists are experts in using image generation AI, ensuring that a minimal number of 'true believer' artists are able to flood the market, present a front of inevitability, and outcompete the actual Star Empire artists who hate the fascism that their Azlanti rulers embody
December 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Don't worry, Starfinder Facts isn't getting political, this is about a fictional games universe, absolutely no real-life parallels to be taken here 🙂↔️ 🥲😭
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What the Democrats can learn from the UK Labour Party's complete implosion after moving right on immigration
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www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-cost-o...
December 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
What the Democrats can learn from the UK Labour Party's complete implosion after moving right on immigration
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-cost-o...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-cost-o...
34% of my Steam Wrapped was MTG Arena but in my defense I really liked Wandering Minstrel
December 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
34% of my Steam Wrapped was MTG Arena but in my defense I really liked Wandering Minstrel
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Swen Vincke of Larian Studios responded to backlash for using AI with a promise to rewind time to before anyone knew about that.
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December 17, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Swen Vincke of Larian Studios responded to backlash for using AI with a promise to rewind time to before anyone knew about that.
paletteswap.site/dif...
paletteswap.site/dif...
Yeah Occlude is pretty awesome. I reviewed it last month and I was really taken with the sheer number and ingenuity of the puzzles that got added in the DLC
#6: Occlude; this is for real puzzle freaks. A solitaire game where every level has a hidden rule about how to complete it, which has to be deduced from extremely scarce clues. Few deduction games are willing to be this challenging and cryptic. store.steampowered.com/app/3547010/...
Occlude on Steam
Occlude is a ritual disguised as Solitaire; a cosmic-horror card game where the rules are obscured and reality is at stake. Play through cryptic challenges to reveal forbidden lore in this singleplaye...
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December 16, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Yeah Occlude is pretty awesome. I reviewed it last month and I was really taken with the sheer number and ingenuity of the puzzles that got added in the DLC
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Some Dems have told themselves only ~1% of the population is trans so they can dip their toe in the anti-trans filth and come out clean.
I don't have any trans family members—but it still makes me irate. I see it as a huge red flag, a sign you are unprincipled and untrustworthy. And I'm not alone.
I don't have any trans family members—but it still makes me irate. I see it as a huge red flag, a sign you are unprincipled and untrustworthy. And I'm not alone.
We are parents of a trans kid and our family takes this very, very personally. If you intentionally make life harder for our beloved daughter, it’s EXTREMELY hard to think of you as an ally, to say the least. @amyklobuchar.com - you still send us requests for money, while hurting our kid. Disgusted.
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
December 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Some Dems have told themselves only ~1% of the population is trans so they can dip their toe in the anti-trans filth and come out clean.
I don't have any trans family members—but it still makes me irate. I see it as a huge red flag, a sign you are unprincipled and untrustworthy. And I'm not alone.
I don't have any trans family members—but it still makes me irate. I see it as a huge red flag, a sign you are unprincipled and untrustworthy. And I'm not alone.
People want to have real news, and it's absolutely not surprising that thoughtless both-sides-ism with the heir of an unpopular misinformation actor's legacy didn't pass anyone's smell test.
Bari Weiss’ much-hyped CBS News town hall with Erika Kirk was a massive ratings flop
Bari Weiss’ much-hyped CBS News town hall with Erika Kirk was a massive ratings flop
www.independent.co.uk
December 16, 2025 at 8:51 PM
People want to have real news, and it's absolutely not surprising that thoughtless both-sides-ism with the heir of an unpopular misinformation actor's legacy didn't pass anyone's smell test.
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Oh man am I glad to release this one: back at @officialpax.bsky.social Unplugged I interviewed @gamefiend.bsky.social Quinn Murphy about his endless creativity, favorite publishers to work with, and upcoming games. Check out the whole interview here!
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Creator Profile: Quinn Murphy, Thoughtcrime Games | Bearly Factual Productions, By John Curtin
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December 16, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Oh man am I glad to release this one: back at @officialpax.bsky.social Unplugged I interviewed @gamefiend.bsky.social Quinn Murphy about his endless creativity, favorite publishers to work with, and upcoming games. Check out the whole interview here!
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My Pathfinder GM is pretty fuckin' awesome, if you didn't know already.
Oh man am I glad to release this one: back at @officialpax.bsky.social Unplugged I interviewed @gamefiend.bsky.social Quinn Murphy about his endless creativity, favorite publishers to work with, and upcoming games. Check out the whole interview here!
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Creator Profile: Quinn Murphy, Thoughtcrime Games | Bearly Factual Productions, By John Curtin
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December 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
My Pathfinder GM is pretty fuckin' awesome, if you didn't know already.
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I love talking games and life with John. This interview was a highlight of the con for me. Check it out!
Oh man am I glad to release this one: back at @officialpax.bsky.social Unplugged I interviewed @gamefiend.bsky.social Quinn Murphy about his endless creativity, favorite publishers to work with, and upcoming games. Check out the whole interview here!
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Creator Profile: Quinn Murphy, Thoughtcrime Games | Bearly Factual Productions, By John Curtin
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December 16, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I love talking games and life with John. This interview was a highlight of the con for me. Check it out!
Oh man am I glad to release this one: back at @officialpax.bsky.social Unplugged I interviewed @gamefiend.bsky.social Quinn Murphy about his endless creativity, favorite publishers to work with, and upcoming games. Check out the whole interview here!
www.patreon.com/posts/creato...
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Creator Profile: Quinn Murphy, Thoughtcrime Games | Bearly Factual Productions, By John Curtin
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December 16, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Oh man am I glad to release this one: back at @officialpax.bsky.social Unplugged I interviewed @gamefiend.bsky.social Quinn Murphy about his endless creativity, favorite publishers to work with, and upcoming games. Check out the whole interview here!
www.patreon.com/posts/creato...
www.patreon.com/posts/creato...