Mr Blipvert (D4-VID)
@mrblipvert.bsky.social
Robot tweeting #ScienceFiction #Games/ #TTRPG #Zines gubbins for @LostDiarist (he/him). Made in Manchester. #BackToTheSpaceport zine. Once & Forever A&E-er. “Just zis guy, you know?”
Zine Home: https://www.backtothespaceport.com
Zine Home: https://www.backtothespaceport.com
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I will go to my grave thinking that #StarTrekPicard should have been entirely focused on Picard & Q hanging out in France & eating, drinking, & bickering—sort of like #StarTrek: #TheTrip. Boom! 10 seasons, guaranteed, mon capitaine!
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Hey, artist! Quote one art to promote yourself!
February 13, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Hey, artist! Quote one art to promote yourself!
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if you're an older person who finds words like mogg and maxxing annoying, just starting using them. people over the age of 30 have the superpower to end trends by simply adopting them
February 14, 2026 at 1:50 AM
if you're an older person who finds words like mogg and maxxing annoying, just starting using them. people over the age of 30 have the superpower to end trends by simply adopting them
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“Listen. And understand. That terminator is out there. It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you‘ve purchased only official branded ink cartridges and printed out a test page!”
It would be great if the robots and cyborgs in films were more like my printer.
Arnie stands up in the alleyway, out of the smoke, but takes six goes to do it, with a swirl of deafening servos then spits out an error report and turns himself off.
Arnie stands up in the alleyway, out of the smoke, but takes six goes to do it, with a swirl of deafening servos then spits out an error report and turns himself off.
February 12, 2026 at 11:30 AM
“Listen. And understand. That terminator is out there. It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you‘ve purchased only official branded ink cartridges and printed out a test page!”
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Will be watching this. Sun Ra is an important figure in SFF who is often underappreciated.
Sun Ra: Do The Impossible - About the Documentary | American Masters | PBS
Discover the extraordinary life of poet, philosopher and music visionary Sun Ra, who self-produced more than 200 albums.
www.pbs.org
February 13, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Will be watching this. Sun Ra is an important figure in SFF who is often underappreciated.
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(Although, I am on board with the idea of the BOSR or British Old School Revival as coined separately & independently by @coopgames.bsky.social & @voxparlour.bsky.social — a revival of the games produced by GW & TSR UK, & not necessarily constrained by the original OSR manifestoes.)
February 13, 2026 at 12:12 PM
(Although, I am on board with the idea of the BOSR or British Old School Revival as coined separately & independently by @coopgames.bsky.social & @voxparlour.bsky.social — a revival of the games produced by GW & TSR UK, & not necessarily constrained by the original OSR manifestoes.)
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I suspect these folks (I include myself) would be better served by @jeffdee.bsky.social‘s coinage of #TTISG (TableTop Immersive Simulation Game) as a genre of TTRPG, rather than OSR?
February 13, 2026 at 12:12 PM
I suspect these folks (I include myself) would be better served by @jeffdee.bsky.social‘s coinage of #TTISG (TableTop Immersive Simulation Game) as a genre of TTRPG, rather than OSR?
Curious (& a little frustrating, if I’m honest) to see the paucity of Blue Sky posts on cyberpunk TTRPGs CitiesWithoutNumber/ CWN & SINLess. Cy_Borg & Cyberpunk 2020 / Cyberpunk Red are, however, really well represented.
February 13, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Curious (& a little frustrating, if I’m honest) to see the paucity of Blue Sky posts on cyberpunk TTRPGs CitiesWithoutNumber/ CWN & SINLess. Cy_Borg & Cyberpunk 2020 / Cyberpunk Red are, however, really well represented.
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As a few people have said it's possibly Signal to Noise by me - available here
lunarshadow.itch.io/signal-to-no.... It's also available in print from @beyondcataclysm.co.uk (my own webstore is down for the moment)
lunarshadow.itch.io/signal-to-no.... It's also available in print from @beyondcataclysm.co.uk (my own webstore is down for the moment)
Signal to Noise by LunarShadow Designs
An interplanetary epistolary game for two
lunarshadow.itch.io
February 12, 2026 at 12:06 PM
As a few people have said it's possibly Signal to Noise by me - available here
lunarshadow.itch.io/signal-to-no.... It's also available in print from @beyondcataclysm.co.uk (my own webstore is down for the moment)
lunarshadow.itch.io/signal-to-no.... It's also available in print from @beyondcataclysm.co.uk (my own webstore is down for the moment)
Halp! There’s a storytelling game about messages exchanged between homeworld (Earth?) & a slower-than-light colony ship, in which the messages become increasingly scrambled. I cannot remember the name or publisher!
Does this #ScienceFiction #TTRPG ring any bells?
Does this #ScienceFiction #TTRPG ring any bells?
February 12, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Halp! There’s a storytelling game about messages exchanged between homeworld (Earth?) & a slower-than-light colony ship, in which the messages become increasingly scrambled. I cannot remember the name or publisher!
Does this #ScienceFiction #TTRPG ring any bells?
Does this #ScienceFiction #TTRPG ring any bells?
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It would be great if the robots and cyborgs in films were more like my printer.
Arnie stands up in the alleyway, out of the smoke, but takes six goes to do it, with a swirl of deafening servos then spits out an error report and turns himself off.
Arnie stands up in the alleyway, out of the smoke, but takes six goes to do it, with a swirl of deafening servos then spits out an error report and turns himself off.
February 12, 2026 at 10:11 AM
It would be great if the robots and cyborgs in films were more like my printer.
Arnie stands up in the alleyway, out of the smoke, but takes six goes to do it, with a swirl of deafening servos then spits out an error report and turns himself off.
Arnie stands up in the alleyway, out of the smoke, but takes six goes to do it, with a swirl of deafening servos then spits out an error report and turns himself off.
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RIP Robert Tinney (November 22, 1947 – February 1, 2026), the artist famous for his playful covers for Byte magazine, a hobbist magazine that ushered in the microcomputing age from the mid-70s through the 90s. I'm honored to have included his work in my own art collection.
February 11, 2026 at 7:29 PM
RIP Robert Tinney (November 22, 1947 – February 1, 2026), the artist famous for his playful covers for Byte magazine, a hobbist magazine that ushered in the microcomputing age from the mid-70s through the 90s. I'm honored to have included his work in my own art collection.
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Professional translators cannot be replaced by AI. Your attempt to translate a menu, sure, but actual translation is an art, translating things not just across languages but cultures and idioms. Only monolingual dickburgers could think it's all the same.
February 11, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Professional translators cannot be replaced by AI. Your attempt to translate a menu, sure, but actual translation is an art, translating things not just across languages but cultures and idioms. Only monolingual dickburgers could think it's all the same.
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Here's a page from White Dwarf 56 back in 1984 that featured the Star Vampire scenario for Call of Cthulhu, The Last Log.
February 9, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Here's a page from White Dwarf 56 back in 1984 that featured the Star Vampire scenario for Call of Cthulhu, The Last Log.
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Space Vampires! How the vampire went to gothic horror to Warhammer 40,000 monster
exploringwarhammer.substack.com/p/a-history-...
#Warhammer #Warhammer40K
exploringwarhammer.substack.com/p/a-history-...
#Warhammer #Warhammer40K
February 9, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Space Vampires! How the vampire went to gothic horror to Warhammer 40,000 monster
exploringwarhammer.substack.com/p/a-history-...
#Warhammer #Warhammer40K
exploringwarhammer.substack.com/p/a-history-...
#Warhammer #Warhammer40K
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With Valentines day coming up, what 2 player ttrpgs do you recommend (your own if you like!)
I’m going to recommend my game Love & Barbed Wire - letter writing between lovers against the backdrop of WW1.
How about you?
planesailinggames.com/games/love-a...
I’m going to recommend my game Love & Barbed Wire - letter writing between lovers against the backdrop of WW1.
How about you?
planesailinggames.com/games/love-a...
Love & Barbed Wire
A game of love and loss during WW1. You play lovers separated by the war. How does it change your relationship? A game for pairs of players.
planesailinggames.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:07 PM
With Valentines day coming up, what 2 player ttrpgs do you recommend (your own if you like!)
I’m going to recommend my game Love & Barbed Wire - letter writing between lovers against the backdrop of WW1.
How about you?
planesailinggames.com/games/love-a...
I’m going to recommend my game Love & Barbed Wire - letter writing between lovers against the backdrop of WW1.
How about you?
planesailinggames.com/games/love-a...
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Every picture I could find of Joan Crawford as Hamlet, “The Dane.” From a 1929/ 1930 photoshoot by Ruth Harriet Louise …
February 9, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Every picture I could find of Joan Crawford as Hamlet, “The Dane.” From a 1929/ 1930 photoshoot by Ruth Harriet Louise …
Cosplay Project: Alien-style space trucker flight-jacket with every Mothership TTRPG patch I can find. www.tuesdayknightgames.com/search?q=pat...
February 9, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Cosplay Project: Alien-style space trucker flight-jacket with every Mothership TTRPG patch I can find. www.tuesdayknightgames.com/search?q=pat...
Still pinching myself, every now and again, because the new house has a dedicated games room. Might also be able to convince my Partner-in-Crime that we should build a model railway/ railroad in the basement.
February 9, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Still pinching myself, every now and again, because the new house has a dedicated games room. Might also be able to convince my Partner-in-Crime that we should build a model railway/ railroad in the basement.
MERP & The One Ring TTRPG fans will almost certainly be interested in @arobertswrites.com & her Tolkien-Takes. (More specifically, Middle Earth.)
February 9, 2026 at 1:05 PM
MERP & The One Ring TTRPG fans will almost certainly be interested in @arobertswrites.com & her Tolkien-Takes. (More specifically, Middle Earth.)
I’d be curious to know if there are fans of D&D fiction who don’t play the game. Is there a “literary” Dungeons & Dragons fandom? #fantasy #writing #fantasyBooks
gamerant.com/best-dungeon...
gamerant.com/best-dungeon...
23 Best Dungeons & Dragons Novels, Ranked
Dungeons & Dragons players looking to explore the franchise's lore outside the games can check out these novels.
gamerant.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:22 PM
I’d be curious to know if there are fans of D&D fiction who don’t play the game. Is there a “literary” Dungeons & Dragons fandom? #fantasy #writing #fantasyBooks
gamerant.com/best-dungeon...
gamerant.com/best-dungeon...
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Artist Robert Bonfils sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bonfil... died on this day, so here's some of his 1966 cover art:
![Robert Bonfils' cover art for 'The House of Living Death and Other Terror Tales' edited by Earl Kemp [as by Jon Hanlon]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:oaffsikc5nub6hqya4ufufxd/bafkreicbeoitvhqfwlwla4rzd3onkele7jdicajvmyqd2ldyoihbdh3era@jpeg)
![Robert Bonfils' cover art for 'Stories from Doctor Death and Other Terror Tales' edited by Earl Kemp [as by Jon Hanlon]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:oaffsikc5nub6hqya4ufufxd/bafkreigudh63fywzytmtykmb3okrewrzvno6vk6hii6h7eawj5jtgblsza@jpeg)
February 8, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Artist Robert Bonfils sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bonfil... died on this day, so here's some of his 1966 cover art:
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Seen on Mastodon. This is by Dutch cartoonist Tjeerd Royaards.
February 8, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Seen on Mastodon. This is by Dutch cartoonist Tjeerd Royaards.
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I’ve always understood that the key to romantic success is to finish as rapidly as possible rather than take your time over anything
The whole article is repulsive but this passage is at the core of it. She has no interest in writing books, she wants to win some kind of competition that nobody entered
February 8, 2026 at 3:18 PM
I’ve always understood that the key to romantic success is to finish as rapidly as possible rather than take your time over anything
Reader, Your Brilliant GM got the date wrong. (🤦♂️)
Traveller game today? Finale on Erxale!
February 8, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Reader, Your Brilliant GM got the date wrong. (🤦♂️)
Traveller game today? Finale on Erxale!
February 8, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Traveller game today? Finale on Erxale!