Mark Slutsky
@slutsky.bsky.social
Narrative Director @ Compulsion Games, movie director (You Can Live Forever), newsletter maker (Something Good, Barely a Book Club)
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I just saw a commercial where a woman eats a frozen pizza and when she bites into it you see an entire symphony orchestra come to life outside her window and at the bottom of the screen it said “DRAMATIZATION”
November 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I just saw a commercial where a woman eats a frozen pizza and when she bites into it you see an entire symphony orchestra come to life outside her window and at the bottom of the screen it said “DRAMATIZATION”
The Monster Mash is actually a very sad song if you think about it…
November 2, 2025 at 12:05 AM
The Monster Mash is actually a very sad song if you think about it…
I love how like half of all chocolate bars are named after 1920s fads or famous flappers or whatever
October 31, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I love how like half of all chocolate bars are named after 1920s fads or famous flappers or whatever
Wow I never knew the original subtitle
October 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Wow I never knew the original subtitle
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In this newsletter: some very good books and a song about... me??? www.markslutsky.com/archive/some...
Something Good #116: Fall Reading
"A silent university, a country house, a castle hanging in mid-air beyond the reach of ordinary troubles and vexations."
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October 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM
In this newsletter: some very good books and a song about... me??? www.markslutsky.com/archive/some...
In this newsletter: some very good books and a song about... me??? www.markslutsky.com/archive/some...
Something Good #116: Fall Reading
"A silent university, a country house, a castle hanging in mid-air beyond the reach of ordinary troubles and vexations."
www.markslutsky.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM
In this newsletter: some very good books and a song about... me??? www.markslutsky.com/archive/some...
@buttondown.com hey is the AWS outage responsible for your site being weird today?
October 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
@buttondown.com hey is the AWS outage responsible for your site being weird today?
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tired of bluesky? I found an alternative
October 6, 2025 at 3:36 AM
tired of bluesky? I found an alternative
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Just heard the most fucked-up news about my favourite actress Tilly Norwood...
October 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Just heard the most fucked-up news about my favourite actress Tilly Norwood...
Just heard the most fucked-up news about my favourite actress Tilly Norwood...
October 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Just heard the most fucked-up news about my favourite actress Tilly Norwood...
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Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic actually sounds… kind of fun? And a welcome distraction from the night’s events?
September 1, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic actually sounds… kind of fun? And a welcome distraction from the night’s events?
Got a birthday message from my dentist’s office. I feel seen. Still mourn the annual birthday email I used to get at 12:01am every year from the PS3 support forums for like a decade
September 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Got a birthday message from my dentist’s office. I feel seen. Still mourn the annual birthday email I used to get at 12:01am every year from the PS3 support forums for like a decade
Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic actually sounds… kind of fun? And a welcome distraction from the night’s events?
September 1, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic actually sounds… kind of fun? And a welcome distraction from the night’s events?
What would you call a game that combined the mechanics of Metroid with the setting of Pennsylvania?
August 30, 2025 at 8:09 PM
What would you call a game that combined the mechanics of Metroid with the setting of Pennsylvania?
was the planet of risa an all-inclusive?
August 29, 2025 at 6:57 PM
was the planet of risa an all-inclusive?
Nothing encapsulates the idiotic paradoxes of air travel more than a check-in screen demanding $50 to check your bag followed immediately by a screen begging you to check your bag for free because of the boarding problems caused by screen one
August 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Nothing encapsulates the idiotic paradoxes of air travel more than a check-in screen demanding $50 to check your bag followed immediately by a screen begging you to check your bag for free because of the boarding problems caused by screen one
I don’t like to drink, I don’t like to smoke, but once in a while I have to let go. Breaking a rule is no disgrace, doesn’t mean you fall from grace. www.markslutsky.com/archive/some...
Something Good #114: Frame of Mind (Summer Rerun)
What life was less without.
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August 7, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I don’t like to drink, I don’t like to smoke, but once in a while I have to let go. Breaking a rule is no disgrace, doesn’t mean you fall from grace. www.markslutsky.com/archive/some...
It’s crazy that umbrellas are vulnerable to only one thing, and that thing, wind, is rain’s most constant companion. And also kind of beautiful
August 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM
It’s crazy that umbrellas are vulnerable to only one thing, and that thing, wind, is rain’s most constant companion. And also kind of beautiful
I wrote about my favourite children’s book which nobody’s ever been able to find www.markslutsky.com/archive/some...
Something Good #113: A Lost Children's Story From Vienna (Summer Rerun)
“The striking aphorism requires a stricken aphorist.”
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August 3, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I wrote about my favourite children’s book which nobody’s ever been able to find www.markslutsky.com/archive/some...
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Donkey Kong’s about to break the cardinal rule of ethical comedy…
August 1, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Donkey Kong’s about to break the cardinal rule of ethical comedy…
Donkey Kong’s about to break the cardinal rule of ethical comedy…
August 1, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Donkey Kong’s about to break the cardinal rule of ethical comedy…
You can’t print banners anymore like you could with dot matrix printers. That’s one way we’ve slid backwards, technologically.
July 30, 2025 at 11:44 PM
You can’t print banners anymore like you could with dot matrix printers. That’s one way we’ve slid backwards, technologically.
Having too many USB-A-to-USB-C cables is the new having too many USB-A-to-Micro-USB cables
July 28, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Having too many USB-A-to-USB-C cables is the new having too many USB-A-to-Micro-USB cables