Michael
@onemoretimearound.bsky.social
Tabletop RPG designer and aspiring folk devil from Bristol, UK. Doing a bad job of staying off social media until 2026, when I'll actually have some announcements.
onemoretimearound.itch.io
She/Her, He/Him, Ze/Hir, Ve/Ver, Xe/Xem, Ae/Aer
onemoretimearound.itch.io
She/Her, He/Him, Ze/Hir, Ve/Ver, Xe/Xem, Ae/Aer
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the miss of sisyphus Special Edition by Michael Penny
Two 48-word solo LARPs / lyric games for those doomed to be especially cleverer than the gods they serve
onemoretimearound.itch.io
My submission to this year's 48-Word RPG Jam is a... sequel? sort of... to my 12-Word RPG Jam entry from 3 years ago, masquerading as a remaster. Presenting:
***the miss of sisyphus Special Edition***
Now with 72 additional words!
onemoretimearound.itch.io/the-miss-of-...
***the miss of sisyphus Special Edition***
Now with 72 additional words!
onemoretimearound.itch.io/the-miss-of-...
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This Friday! Come and see it 😀 And if you have friends in London please invite them!
Mixing clown improvisation and video games has been my dream for years and it's been amazing to finally create a show which does that. It'd be amazing to get to share it with lots of people 😊
Mixing clown improvisation and video games has been my dream for years and it's been amazing to finally create a show which does that. It'd be amazing to get to share it with lots of people 😊
Tickets still available for my upcoming show!
www.ticketsource.co.uk/alistair-ait...
If you have friends in London who'd enjoy a bit of clown anarchy please share with them 😊🧡
www.ticketsource.co.uk/alistair-ait...
If you have friends in London who'd enjoy a bit of clown anarchy please share with them 😊🧡
January 31, 2026 at 11:11 AM
This Friday! Come and see it 😀 And if you have friends in London please invite them!
Mixing clown improvisation and video games has been my dream for years and it's been amazing to finally create a show which does that. It'd be amazing to get to share it with lots of people 😊
Mixing clown improvisation and video games has been my dream for years and it's been amazing to finally create a show which does that. It'd be amazing to get to share it with lots of people 😊
Trans history preservation! ❤
A small but deeply meaningful local project - digitising issues of 90s Scottish trans magazine The Tartan Skirt so all of us can access them.
It's a really modest fundraising target with a significant outcome, please share or contribute if you can!
It's a really modest fundraising target with a significant outcome, please share or contribute if you can!
Donate to Help The Tartan Skirt Go Digital, organized by Julia Gordon
Hi, I'm Julia Gordon and for several years in the 90s I was involved in working for wide… Julia Gordon needs your support for Help The Tartan Skirt Go Digital
www.gofundme.com
January 31, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Trans history preservation! ❤
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It always feels like all the wrong people die, but I think it’s because there are far more beloved people than there are bastards.
January 31, 2026 at 12:28 AM
It always feels like all the wrong people die, but I think it’s because there are far more beloved people than there are bastards.
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100 Love Spells for Dummies. 📖
January 30, 2026 at 10:14 PM
100 Love Spells for Dummies. 📖
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We're back with a quick bonus episode! We discuss some of the films we decided not to make full episodes about, and also talk about Cats (2019) for some reason.
Stay tuned for our proper return soon! Sooner than you think!
shows.acast.com/queer-up/epi...
Stay tuned for our proper return soon! Sooner than you think!
shows.acast.com/queer-up/epi...
Episode 19 - Bonus: The episodes we didn't make | Queer Up with Lily & Melody
shows.acast.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:17 PM
We're back with a quick bonus episode! We discuss some of the films we decided not to make full episodes about, and also talk about Cats (2019) for some reason.
Stay tuned for our proper return soon! Sooner than you think!
shows.acast.com/queer-up/epi...
Stay tuned for our proper return soon! Sooner than you think!
shows.acast.com/queer-up/epi...
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"marn do you only make bitn clips that feature harvey dent having the worst day of his life" well i don't NOT do that
January 30, 2026 at 7:33 PM
"marn do you only make bitn clips that feature harvey dent having the worst day of his life" well i don't NOT do that
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This Sunday! Stay at home dad Grant has it all…until dark memories of a life he never knew start to overwrite his own. Tune in on YouTube or podcatchers for @dylanroth.bsky.social ‘s latest solo entry to the Pod Universe!
New listener friendly!
Artwork by @kathopkinsphoto.bsky.social
New listener friendly!
Artwork by @kathopkinsphoto.bsky.social
January 30, 2026 at 5:01 PM
This Sunday! Stay at home dad Grant has it all…until dark memories of a life he never knew start to overwrite his own. Tune in on YouTube or podcatchers for @dylanroth.bsky.social ‘s latest solo entry to the Pod Universe!
New listener friendly!
Artwork by @kathopkinsphoto.bsky.social
New listener friendly!
Artwork by @kathopkinsphoto.bsky.social
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the primary blocker to UBI is the puritan belief that humanity is so sinful and depraved that it should not be permitted personhood unless it becomes 'civilised'
that's how liberal social policy ended up asserting that helping people would harm them but hurting people would help them
that's how liberal social policy ended up asserting that helping people would harm them but hurting people would help them
"Not only don't people work less when they are guaranteed an income, they might actually put in more effort at work. And the fact that they have more money to spend leads to the creation of more jobs."
Nobel Prize–winning economists Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo
Nobel Prize–winning economists Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo
January 30, 2026 at 12:21 PM
the primary blocker to UBI is the puritan belief that humanity is so sinful and depraved that it should not be permitted personhood unless it becomes 'civilised'
that's how liberal social policy ended up asserting that helping people would harm them but hurting people would help them
that's how liberal social policy ended up asserting that helping people would harm them but hurting people would help them
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My newest article talks about how the Loom compares to and is inspired by other game systems that I often see is compared to. It's a rambling post, ranging from @austinwalker.bsky.social and @possibleworlds.bsky.social's Realis to @lackingceremony.bsky.social's Belonging outside Belonging.
Link ⬇️
Link ⬇️
January 29, 2026 at 10:42 PM
My newest article talks about how the Loom compares to and is inspired by other game systems that I often see is compared to. It's a rambling post, ranging from @austinwalker.bsky.social and @possibleworlds.bsky.social's Realis to @lackingceremony.bsky.social's Belonging outside Belonging.
Link ⬇️
Link ⬇️
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I saw The History of Sound and now I am feeling the emotions. Damn good film.
January 29, 2026 at 5:18 PM
I saw The History of Sound and now I am feeling the emotions. Damn good film.
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shout about all our victories, because our oppressors want us hopeless. we are going to win over and over again
Hampstead Ponds will remain inclusive. Our analysis of the judgment.
Hampstead Heath Ponds to remain inclusive
The High Court has blocked a legal challenge from transphobic group Sex Matters, siding with thousands of swimmers who fought to keep the ponds inclusive
goodlaw.social
January 29, 2026 at 12:45 PM
shout about all our victories, because our oppressors want us hopeless. we are going to win over and over again
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Yazerin, a moon from Realis.
thecalcutec.itch.io/realis
thecalcutec.itch.io/realis
January 28, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Yazerin, a moon from Realis.
thecalcutec.itch.io/realis
thecalcutec.itch.io/realis
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I gotta participate in #GoblinWeek at least once.
January 28, 2026 at 9:03 PM
I gotta participate in #GoblinWeek at least once.
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A rare bit of games crit from me, on Many Nights a Whisper and trying to get at what a “poetic” game might be 👇
Our current issue comes to a close with @jumpovertheage.com on Many Nights a Whisper and poetry in games. Read it here: bulletpointsmonthly.com/2026/01/28/w...
January 28, 2026 at 2:43 PM
A rare bit of games crit from me, on Many Nights a Whisper and trying to get at what a “poetic” game might be 👇
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Dice Exploder is back this week with a new episode of Afterimage all about ERPL, The Experimental Role-Playing Laboratory, a mini-con that took place at my college several times a year.
I still think about the people I met there. They still mean something to me. What might I still mean to them?
I still think about the people I met there. They still mean something to me. What might I still mean to them?
Afterimage #3: The Experimental Role-Playing Laboratory — Dice Exploder
The Experimental Role-Playing Laboratory, or ERPL, was a thrice a year mini convention put on by students at my college back in the 00s and 10s and onward to this day. It's how I got into indie games....
www.diceexploder.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Dice Exploder is back this week with a new episode of Afterimage all about ERPL, The Experimental Role-Playing Laboratory, a mini-con that took place at my college several times a year.
I still think about the people I met there. They still mean something to me. What might I still mean to them?
I still think about the people I met there. They still mean something to me. What might I still mean to them?
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New!
Ithaca in the Cards: Second Expedition is a storygame about doomed travelers on a perilous journey home.
What Should We Have Tomorrow? is a solo journaling game about managing your pantry and cooking a week of meals for your loved ones.
www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/
Ithaca in the Cards: Second Expedition is a storygame about doomed travelers on a perilous journey home.
What Should We Have Tomorrow? is a solo journaling game about managing your pantry and cooking a week of meals for your loved ones.
www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/
January 27, 2026 at 9:04 PM
New!
Ithaca in the Cards: Second Expedition is a storygame about doomed travelers on a perilous journey home.
What Should We Have Tomorrow? is a solo journaling game about managing your pantry and cooking a week of meals for your loved ones.
www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/
Ithaca in the Cards: Second Expedition is a storygame about doomed travelers on a perilous journey home.
What Should We Have Tomorrow? is a solo journaling game about managing your pantry and cooking a week of meals for your loved ones.
www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/
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hi folks! i'm looking for full-time remote work in game design! my specialty is tabletop games (i've both self-published and contributed to award-winning & bestselling TTRPGs) but i've also written for jam-winning video games!
is your company hiring? get in touch & i can send my portfolio!
is your company hiring? get in touch & i can send my portfolio!
January 27, 2026 at 8:06 PM
hi folks! i'm looking for full-time remote work in game design! my specialty is tabletop games (i've both self-published and contributed to award-winning & bestselling TTRPGs) but i've also written for jam-winning video games!
is your company hiring? get in touch & i can send my portfolio!
is your company hiring? get in touch & i can send my portfolio!
Boots! Boots! Boots! Boots! Boots!
January 27, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Boots! Boots! Boots! Boots! Boots!
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I was interviewed by @noproscenium.com about my upcoming interactive clown show www.noproscenium.com/coming-soon-...
It was lovely to get to tell them all about the show, why I love clown and how technology enables everyone in the audience to be just as mischievous as me 😊
It was lovely to get to tell them all about the show, why I love clown and how technology enables everyone in the audience to be just as mischievous as me 😊
COMING SOON: My Date with Pierce Brosnan + The Incredible Playable Show
Alistair Aitcheson's mix of clowning and gameplay comes to London's Theatre Deli this February
www.noproscenium.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:40 PM
I was interviewed by @noproscenium.com about my upcoming interactive clown show www.noproscenium.com/coming-soon-...
It was lovely to get to tell them all about the show, why I love clown and how technology enables everyone in the audience to be just as mischievous as me 😊
It was lovely to get to tell them all about the show, why I love clown and how technology enables everyone in the audience to be just as mischievous as me 😊
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[watching through military binoculars as orange slices are handed out to kids between halves at pee wee soccer]
This is PROFESSIONAL grade logistics. Look at the matching uniforms. Look at the coordination. Someone is BANKROLLING this operation.
[retreats using a series of elaborate rolls]
This is PROFESSIONAL grade logistics. Look at the matching uniforms. Look at the coordination. Someone is BANKROLLING this operation.
[retreats using a series of elaborate rolls]
January 26, 2026 at 7:14 PM
[watching through military binoculars as orange slices are handed out to kids between halves at pee wee soccer]
This is PROFESSIONAL grade logistics. Look at the matching uniforms. Look at the coordination. Someone is BANKROLLING this operation.
[retreats using a series of elaborate rolls]
This is PROFESSIONAL grade logistics. Look at the matching uniforms. Look at the coordination. Someone is BANKROLLING this operation.
[retreats using a series of elaborate rolls]
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Hello. It's my final week as a full time game designer, and as if to underline why I can't do this anymore, I currently can't afford to cover my bills at the end of the month.
All of my work on itch is on sale. Tell your friends, buy something, thank you very much.
itch.io/s/179351/jan...
All of my work on itch is on sale. Tell your friends, buy something, thank you very much.
itch.io/s/179351/jan...
January
A bundle by Chris Bissette, £150.00 for 60 games
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January 26, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Hello. It's my final week as a full time game designer, and as if to underline why I can't do this anymore, I currently can't afford to cover my bills at the end of the month.
All of my work on itch is on sale. Tell your friends, buy something, thank you very much.
itch.io/s/179351/jan...
All of my work on itch is on sale. Tell your friends, buy something, thank you very much.
itch.io/s/179351/jan...
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Tickets still available for my upcoming show!
www.ticketsource.co.uk/alistair-ait...
If you have friends in London who'd enjoy a bit of clown anarchy please share with them 😊🧡
www.ticketsource.co.uk/alistair-ait...
If you have friends in London who'd enjoy a bit of clown anarchy please share with them 😊🧡
January 26, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Tickets still available for my upcoming show!
www.ticketsource.co.uk/alistair-ait...
If you have friends in London who'd enjoy a bit of clown anarchy please share with them 😊🧡
www.ticketsource.co.uk/alistair-ait...
If you have friends in London who'd enjoy a bit of clown anarchy please share with them 😊🧡