Tufty McTavish
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Tufty McTavish
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· Dec 15
🧵 A chance comment in a post has led me down a rabbit warren of Interactive Fiction memories, floppy diskettes, and apps on modern devices.
So this is going to be an ongoing thread about text adventure games, such as these “Lost Treasures of Infocom”.
🎮 #VideoGames 🕹️ #TextAdventures ⌨️ #Infocom 🗺️
So this is going to be an ongoing thread about text adventure games, such as these “Lost Treasures of Infocom”.
🎮 #VideoGames 🕹️ #TextAdventures ⌨️ #Infocom 🗺️
🗣️ Just wandered through my 🏡 going “nanu nanu” for no reason I can offer other than there’s a scene from “Mork & Mindy” in a 📺 show that I watched the other night!
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December 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
🗣️ Just wandered through my 🏡 going “nanu nanu” for no reason I can offer other than there’s a scene from “Mork & Mindy” in a 📺 show that I watched the other night!
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I am not a dad, and I do not dress in a way that typically incorporates ties, but I would absolutely find a way to wear this.
Great Christmas present for nerd dads, or the greatest Christmas present for nerd dads?
December 26, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I am not a dad, and I do not dress in a way that typically incorporates ties, but I would absolutely find a way to wear this.
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I'm looking for something novella-ish length on kindle unlimited. Sci fi/fantasy please
December 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I'm looking for something novella-ish length on kindle unlimited. Sci fi/fantasy please
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We're all getting up there, so why not give a shoutout to our favorite Old Game of 2025? It's the next category in Game of the Year. Let's get going, shall we, Ms. Croft?
entertainium.co/2025/12/24/g...
entertainium.co/2025/12/24/g...
Game Of The Year 2025: Best Old Game – Entertainium
Our third award for our Game of the Year is for the Best Old Game not released in 2025.
entertainium.co
December 24, 2025 at 4:59 PM
We're all getting up there, so why not give a shoutout to our favorite Old Game of 2025? It's the next category in Game of the Year. Let's get going, shall we, Ms. Croft?
entertainium.co/2025/12/24/g...
entertainium.co/2025/12/24/g...
🥪 For some reason my recent “I’m making a sandwich” toot has proven popular 🤷♂️
December 26, 2025 at 12:59 PM
🥪 For some reason my recent “I’m making a sandwich” toot has proven popular 🤷♂️
🌶️ In a few days I’ll start sowing the first of the 2026 season, so I’m beginning to sift through my Chilli seed collection to pick out new, favourite and returning varieties.
Chinense, you’re up first! 🔥
Also testing my heated propagator ♨️
👨🌾 #Gardening #VegetableGrowing #GrowYourOwn 🌶️🌱
Chinense, you’re up first! 🔥
Also testing my heated propagator ♨️
👨🌾 #Gardening #VegetableGrowing #GrowYourOwn 🌶️🌱
December 26, 2025 at 11:25 AM
🌶️ In a few days I’ll start sowing the first of the 2026 season, so I’m beginning to sift through my Chilli seed collection to pick out new, favourite and returning varieties.
Chinense, you’re up first! 🔥
Also testing my heated propagator ♨️
👨🌾 #Gardening #VegetableGrowing #GrowYourOwn 🌶️🌱
Chinense, you’re up first! 🔥
Also testing my heated propagator ♨️
👨🌾 #Gardening #VegetableGrowing #GrowYourOwn 🌶️🌱
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Which genius came up with the Jaffa Jonut?
"I know... let's have loads of the boring bit and a molecule of the bit that people actually like."
"I know... let's have loads of the boring bit and a molecule of the bit that people actually like."
December 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Which genius came up with the Jaffa Jonut?
"I know... let's have loads of the boring bit and a molecule of the bit that people actually like."
"I know... let's have loads of the boring bit and a molecule of the bit that people actually like."
🤷♂️ I still have no clue W[ho]TF “Tiny Tim” is! 😆
December 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
🤷♂️ I still have no clue W[ho]TF “Tiny Tim” is! 😆
🐦 I keep seeing folks posting 🦋 tips at the moment. Has there been another event on Twitter sending more folks across here? If so, it has completely passed me by!
December 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
🐦 I keep seeing folks posting 🦋 tips at the moment. Has there been another event on Twitter sending more folks across here? If so, it has completely passed me by!
🌊 Fired up #SeaOfStars as my next game ✨
Immediately loving the art style 😍
I don’t often play these types of isometric games - nor even turn-based combat - so this’ll be an interesting experience for me.
Updates to follow in this 🧵
🎮 #VideoGames 🕹️
Immediately loving the art style 😍
I don’t often play these types of isometric games - nor even turn-based combat - so this’ll be an interesting experience for me.
Updates to follow in this 🧵
🎮 #VideoGames 🕹️
December 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
🌊 Fired up #SeaOfStars as my next game ✨
Immediately loving the art style 😍
I don’t often play these types of isometric games - nor even turn-based combat - so this’ll be an interesting experience for me.
Updates to follow in this 🧵
🎮 #VideoGames 🕹️
Immediately loving the art style 😍
I don’t often play these types of isometric games - nor even turn-based combat - so this’ll be an interesting experience for me.
Updates to follow in this 🧵
🎮 #VideoGames 🕹️
🎮 After completing #Somerville yesterday, I pondered what to play next from my games library.
I felt like I quite fancied an RPG-style game and, having seen #SeaOfStars from @sabotagestudio.com in @debugmag.com issue 1, my head was turned.
@pietromarano.bsky.social 🗳️ for it too!
🎮 #VideoGames 🕹️
I felt like I quite fancied an RPG-style game and, having seen #SeaOfStars from @sabotagestudio.com in @debugmag.com issue 1, my head was turned.
@pietromarano.bsky.social 🗳️ for it too!
🎮 #VideoGames 🕹️
December 25, 2025 at 1:05 PM
🎮 After completing #Somerville yesterday, I pondered what to play next from my games library.
I felt like I quite fancied an RPG-style game and, having seen #SeaOfStars from @sabotagestudio.com in @debugmag.com issue 1, my head was turned.
@pietromarano.bsky.social 🗳️ for it too!
🎮 #VideoGames 🕹️
I felt like I quite fancied an RPG-style game and, having seen #SeaOfStars from @sabotagestudio.com in @debugmag.com issue 1, my head was turned.
@pietromarano.bsky.social 🗳️ for it too!
🎮 #VideoGames 🕹️
🔊 Listening to @themimicsveil.bsky.social boys make a list of 2025 game releases they played had me considering mine 🤔
I’ve only played handful of new ones. Most are back catalogue, some demo/trial.
Here’s what I played on Xbox in 2025 recently played order. Time for 1 more!
🎮 #VideoGames 🕹️
I’ve only played handful of new ones. Most are back catalogue, some demo/trial.
Here’s what I played on Xbox in 2025 recently played order. Time for 1 more!
🎮 #VideoGames 🕹️
December 25, 2025 at 12:21 PM
🔊 Listening to @themimicsveil.bsky.social boys make a list of 2025 game releases they played had me considering mine 🤔
I’ve only played handful of new ones. Most are back catalogue, some demo/trial.
Here’s what I played on Xbox in 2025 recently played order. Time for 1 more!
🎮 #VideoGames 🕹️
I’ve only played handful of new ones. Most are back catalogue, some demo/trial.
Here’s what I played on Xbox in 2025 recently played order. Time for 1 more!
🎮 #VideoGames 🕹️
🥪 I think it’s time to chop into the last garden 🍅 of the season.
I yanked everything off the last of the plants as I cut them down last month, even the green ones. As long as they colour a bit at core they’ll ripen in a bowl.
Plus 🥬 from GH.
👨🌾 #Gardening #VegetableGrowing #GrowYourOwn 🌱
I yanked everything off the last of the plants as I cut them down last month, even the green ones. As long as they colour a bit at core they’ll ripen in a bowl.
Plus 🥬 from GH.
👨🌾 #Gardening #VegetableGrowing #GrowYourOwn 🌱
December 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM
🥪 I think it’s time to chop into the last garden 🍅 of the season.
I yanked everything off the last of the plants as I cut them down last month, even the green ones. As long as they colour a bit at core they’ll ripen in a bowl.
Plus 🥬 from GH.
👨🌾 #Gardening #VegetableGrowing #GrowYourOwn 🌱
I yanked everything off the last of the plants as I cut them down last month, even the green ones. As long as they colour a bit at core they’ll ripen in a bowl.
Plus 🥬 from GH.
👨🌾 #Gardening #VegetableGrowing #GrowYourOwn 🌱
📺 Despite @garethlpowell.bsky.social first letting me know that #Pluribus finale was on Wednesday this week rather than its usual Friday slot, I still completely forgot until I saw @tadethompson.bsky.social chatting about it last night.
So, first order of business today…
📺 #TVShows 📡 #Pluribus 🧬
So, first order of business today…
📺 #TVShows 📡 #Pluribus 🧬
December 25, 2025 at 10:39 AM
📺 Despite @garethlpowell.bsky.social first letting me know that #Pluribus finale was on Wednesday this week rather than its usual Friday slot, I still completely forgot until I saw @tadethompson.bsky.social chatting about it last night.
So, first order of business today…
📺 #TVShows 📡 #Pluribus 🧬
So, first order of business today…
📺 #TVShows 📡 #Pluribus 🧬
🔊 The one in which @benjicong.bsky.social thanks Keighley for hosting The Coolies pre-show - “Thanks, Geoff, great job” - @scowlerwilson.bsky.social nominates himself to take minutes by holding up a pen, & @alexsurvives.bsky.social declares “Ball times Pit equals cool.”
🎮 #VideoGames 🕹️ #Podcasts 📻
🎮 #VideoGames 🕹️ #Podcasts 📻
It's time for The Coolies 2025 🎮
This year has brought some great games - join us as we try and decide which one comes out on top!
A gobshitery-filled episode to warm your soul, and you may even find a little bonus video version on Spotify 😊
🔗 Apple Podcasts
🔗 Spotify
🔗 Pocket Casts
🔗 All Apps
This year has brought some great games - join us as we try and decide which one comes out on top!
A gobshitery-filled episode to warm your soul, and you may even find a little bonus video version on Spotify 😊
🔗 Apple Podcasts
🔗 Spotify
🔗 Pocket Casts
🔗 All Apps
December 25, 2025 at 9:45 AM
🔊 The one in which @benjicong.bsky.social thanks Keighley for hosting The Coolies pre-show - “Thanks, Geoff, great job” - @scowlerwilson.bsky.social nominates himself to take minutes by holding up a pen, & @alexsurvives.bsky.social declares “Ball times Pit equals cool.”
🎮 #VideoGames 🕹️ #Podcasts 📻
🎮 #VideoGames 🕹️ #Podcasts 📻
🔊 The one in which both @alexvont.bsky.social and @jasonhazeley.bsky.social immediately push back on @gavinesler.bsky.social suggesting that we will not miss Blu-Ray players!
Very much agree with them both on act of owning physical media, though I won't collect.
🌎 #PoliticsAndAllThat 🗳️ #Podcasts 📻
Very much agree with them both on act of owning physical media, though I won't collect.
🌎 #PoliticsAndAllThat 🗳️ #Podcasts 📻
🔎 Our annual search for the weirdest moments of the year reaches its climax.
➡️ Join @gavinesler.bsky.social @alexvont.bsky.social and @jasonhazeley.bsky.social for a roundup of the year’s most absurd events.
🚗 Ideal for long car journeys! Listen —
linktr.ee/bunker_pod
➡️ Join @gavinesler.bsky.social @alexvont.bsky.social and @jasonhazeley.bsky.social for a roundup of the year’s most absurd events.
🚗 Ideal for long car journeys! Listen —
linktr.ee/bunker_pod
December 25, 2025 at 8:47 AM
🔊 The one in which both @alexvont.bsky.social and @jasonhazeley.bsky.social immediately push back on @gavinesler.bsky.social suggesting that we will not miss Blu-Ray players!
Very much agree with them both on act of owning physical media, though I won't collect.
🌎 #PoliticsAndAllThat 🗳️ #Podcasts 📻
Very much agree with them both on act of owning physical media, though I won't collect.
🌎 #PoliticsAndAllThat 🗳️ #Podcasts 📻
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Giveaway!
I’m giving one lucky person the chance to pick one shelf of books from our Bertvent bookcase.
Follow and repost by midday on Saturday 27th and I’ll pick someone at random! Which shelf will you choose?
(UK only)
I’m giving one lucky person the chance to pick one shelf of books from our Bertvent bookcase.
Follow and repost by midday on Saturday 27th and I’ll pick someone at random! Which shelf will you choose?
(UK only)
December 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Giveaway!
I’m giving one lucky person the chance to pick one shelf of books from our Bertvent bookcase.
Follow and repost by midday on Saturday 27th and I’ll pick someone at random! Which shelf will you choose?
(UK only)
I’m giving one lucky person the chance to pick one shelf of books from our Bertvent bookcase.
Follow and repost by midday on Saturday 27th and I’ll pick someone at random! Which shelf will you choose?
(UK only)
🤷♂️ Utterly baffled by today’s “Tiny Tim” discourse.
December 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
🤷♂️ Utterly baffled by today’s “Tiny Tim” discourse.
2️⃣4️⃣ Today I completed “The Advent of Winter” in the company of @quenbyolson.bsky.social’s “The Last Page”.
This was a tale of misadventure, and healing knowledge passed down through generations in a book that appears to have some awareness 🥹
📚⚔️ #FantasyBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋
This was a tale of misadventure, and healing knowledge passed down through generations in a book that appears to have some awareness 🥹
📚⚔️ #FantasyBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋
December 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
2️⃣4️⃣ Today I completed “The Advent of Winter” in the company of @quenbyolson.bsky.social’s “The Last Page”.
This was a tale of misadventure, and healing knowledge passed down through generations in a book that appears to have some awareness 🥹
📚⚔️ #FantasyBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋
This was a tale of misadventure, and healing knowledge passed down through generations in a book that appears to have some awareness 🥹
📚⚔️ #FantasyBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋
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Over 40 reviews hit The Artbook Collector website in its first year 📚
I hope they have been helpful, I write them to include everything you need to know before buying, beyond just my thoughts on the artwork!
Find the reviews below and thanks to everyone that visited the site 🙏
I hope they have been helpful, I write them to include everything you need to know before buying, beyond just my thoughts on the artwork!
Find the reviews below and thanks to everyone that visited the site 🙏
December 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Over 40 reviews hit The Artbook Collector website in its first year 📚
I hope they have been helpful, I write them to include everything you need to know before buying, beyond just my thoughts on the artwork!
Find the reviews below and thanks to everyone that visited the site 🙏
I hope they have been helpful, I write them to include everything you need to know before buying, beyond just my thoughts on the artwork!
Find the reviews below and thanks to everyone that visited the site 🙏
🥖 Baking some bread this afternoon - my regular 64% hydration plain white loaf.
Then, once the mixing bowl was emptied, prepared some 80% hydration dough to prove overnight in the fridge, which I’ll turn into a Focaccia tomorrow. Difficult stuff to handle/fold.
👨🍳 #AmBaking 😋 #BreadSky 🍞
Then, once the mixing bowl was emptied, prepared some 80% hydration dough to prove overnight in the fridge, which I’ll turn into a Focaccia tomorrow. Difficult stuff to handle/fold.
👨🍳 #AmBaking 😋 #BreadSky 🍞
December 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
2️⃣3️⃣ Now we have @kiannardalan.bsky.social occupying this penultimate 23rd day of “The Advent of Winter“ with “Spirit of Whitenight”, a tale of those victims to a son’s foolishness, mourning, and being a mother.
🔲🔲🔲🔲🔲🔲🔲🔲🔲🔳 94% 🏁
📚⚔️ #FantasyBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋
🔲🔲🔲🔲🔲🔲🔲🔲🔲🔳 94% 🏁
📚⚔️ #FantasyBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋
December 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
2️⃣3️⃣ Now we have @kiannardalan.bsky.social occupying this penultimate 23rd day of “The Advent of Winter“ with “Spirit of Whitenight”, a tale of those victims to a son’s foolishness, mourning, and being a mother.
🔲🔲🔲🔲🔲🔲🔲🔲🔲🔳 94% 🏁
📚⚔️ #FantasyBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋
🔲🔲🔲🔲🔲🔲🔲🔲🔲🔳 94% 🏁
📚⚔️ #FantasyBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋
❤️ I’ve much enjoyed seeing @tomlloydwrites.bsky.social “idle update to the handful of people who are interested in my career” 🙋♂️ power off into a hit toot about ‘epic fantasy that’s lacking in romance’. 🙆♂️
Woe all the notifications dinging off tho 🛎️😂
📚⚔️ #FantasyBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋
Woe all the notifications dinging off tho 🛎️😂
📚⚔️ #FantasyBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋
I've got the unpublished book to under 135k, which I'm pleased about. Still no idea if anyone's more interested in epic fantasy that's lacking in romance, but it's a leaner prospect so has a better chance.
December 23, 2025 at 12:52 PM
❤️ I’ve much enjoyed seeing @tomlloydwrites.bsky.social “idle update to the handful of people who are interested in my career” 🙋♂️ power off into a hit toot about ‘epic fantasy that’s lacking in romance’. 🙆♂️
Woe all the notifications dinging off tho 🛎️😂
📚⚔️ #FantasyBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋
Woe all the notifications dinging off tho 🛎️😂
📚⚔️ #FantasyBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋
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I've now re-watched seasons 1 & 2 of Blake's 7 in the last fortnight, on the amazingly well restored Blu-Ray sets!
These seasons really are SO good!
I'd honestly say there's only one properly bad ep across these 26 episodes, and MANY classics!
@spacefallb7.bsky.social
These seasons really are SO good!
I'd honestly say there's only one properly bad ep across these 26 episodes, and MANY classics!
@spacefallb7.bsky.social
December 23, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I've now re-watched seasons 1 & 2 of Blake's 7 in the last fortnight, on the amazingly well restored Blu-Ray sets!
These seasons really are SO good!
I'd honestly say there's only one properly bad ep across these 26 episodes, and MANY classics!
@spacefallb7.bsky.social
These seasons really are SO good!
I'd honestly say there's only one properly bad ep across these 26 episodes, and MANY classics!
@spacefallb7.bsky.social
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As we approach the end of the year, 2025 is on track to be one of the UK’s warmest years on record, joining 2022 and 2023 in the top three warmest years.
Find out more in our news release 👇
www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...
Find out more in our news release 👇
www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...
December 23, 2025 at 10:16 AM
As we approach the end of the year, 2025 is on track to be one of the UK’s warmest years on record, joining 2022 and 2023 in the top three warmest years.
Find out more in our news release 👇
www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...
Find out more in our news release 👇
www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...