Ryan Thompson
@bardicknowledge.bsky.social
Game audio professor and radio host (Monday 7:00 PM, wkar.org) at Michigan State. Husband, father of two. Go green! Thompson.RyanC@gmail.com
Watch me and my best friends stream Thursday evenings 9-11 PM Eastern at Twitch.tv/BardicKnowledge
Watch me and my best friends stream Thursday evenings 9-11 PM Eastern at Twitch.tv/BardicKnowledge
My ten year-old child knows the correct response to this dinner invitation:
November 19, 2025 at 2:04 AM
My ten year-old child knows the correct response to this dinner invitation:
This shot of the player looking into a mirror from the new release of Dragon Quest II has tenor energy (thanks to @doodlyroses.com for the core concept).
Also I cannot recommend this collection enough. Every note the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra circa 1988-1990. It is the realization of a dream.
Also I cannot recommend this collection enough. Every note the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra circa 1988-1990. It is the realization of a dream.
November 18, 2025 at 4:04 AM
This shot of the player looking into a mirror from the new release of Dragon Quest II has tenor energy (thanks to @doodlyroses.com for the core concept).
Also I cannot recommend this collection enough. Every note the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra circa 1988-1990. It is the realization of a dream.
Also I cannot recommend this collection enough. Every note the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra circa 1988-1990. It is the realization of a dream.
Counterpoint: seeing the snow-kissed orange and yellow trees during a long drive through Michigan was amazing yesterday:
November 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Counterpoint: seeing the snow-kissed orange and yellow trees during a long drive through Michigan was amazing yesterday:
Hey AMS / SMT gamer friends, check this out! (And thank @jessicagetman.bsky.social for pointing it to me).
I will be on the road and miss it but it looks super fun.
I will be on the road and miss it but it looks super fun.
November 4, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Hey AMS / SMT gamer friends, check this out! (And thank @jessicagetman.bsky.social for pointing it to me).
I will be on the road and miss it but it looks super fun.
I will be on the road and miss it but it looks super fun.
My feed is insane atm haha
November 2, 2025 at 3:46 AM
My feed is insane atm haha
Few hours in the Denver airport with a pastrami sandwich and then onward to #GameSoundCon
October 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Few hours in the Denver airport with a pastrami sandwich and then onward to #GameSoundCon
Amazing stir fry for supper tonight. Lucky for me that Addie is pretty darn great!
October 7, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Amazing stir fry for supper tonight. Lucky for me that Addie is pretty darn great!
It did! House re-sided at cost of all our money (only half joking; we’re happy).
September 22, 2025 at 9:50 PM
It did! House re-sided at cost of all our money (only half joking; we’re happy).
The worst cost is really time. School year starts Monday here, of course. Contractor hit a pipe so at least we will have some help taking things out of the basement I guess?
Once this is all done the house will look great though! See pictures in progress (moving to red).
Once this is all done the house will look great though! See pictures in progress (moving to red).
August 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The worst cost is really time. School year starts Monday here, of course. Contractor hit a pipe so at least we will have some help taking things out of the basement I guess?
Once this is all done the house will look great though! See pictures in progress (moving to red).
Once this is all done the house will look great though! See pictures in progress (moving to red).
If anybody needed anything from me tonight or tomorrow, uh…
August 24, 2025 at 12:16 AM
If anybody needed anything from me tonight or tomorrow, uh…
Unless I have to wear an MSU Esports jersey, it’s this shirt all the way. @lauraintravia.bsky.social laughed at me wondering why I even bothered to ask her if I should order it.
I am wearing it to meet all the new freshmen tomorrow lol
I am wearing it to meet all the new freshmen tomorrow lol
August 21, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Unless I have to wear an MSU Esports jersey, it’s this shirt all the way. @lauraintravia.bsky.social laughed at me wondering why I even bothered to ask her if I should order it.
I am wearing it to meet all the new freshmen tomorrow lol
I am wearing it to meet all the new freshmen tomorrow lol
Posting a fun thing in addition to dour news:
I just closed out Rockman 4: Minus Infinity. Holy buckets.
I just closed out Rockman 4: Minus Infinity. Holy buckets.
August 19, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Posting a fun thing in addition to dour news:
I just closed out Rockman 4: Minus Infinity. Holy buckets.
I just closed out Rockman 4: Minus Infinity. Holy buckets.
It got 6 / 16 ordered correctly. Two of the wrong answers were close (correct order but wrong starting stage). The Game Boy games didn't even have the right stages listed!
That is a 37.5% grade, or 50% if I am feeling extremely generous. Both are failing grades.
Don't use ChatGPT as a search tool.
That is a 37.5% grade, or 50% if I am feeling extremely generous. Both are failing grades.
Don't use ChatGPT as a search tool.
August 9, 2025 at 4:47 AM
It got 6 / 16 ordered correctly. Two of the wrong answers were close (correct order but wrong starting stage). The Game Boy games didn't even have the right stages listed!
That is a 37.5% grade, or 50% if I am feeling extremely generous. Both are failing grades.
Don't use ChatGPT as a search tool.
That is a 37.5% grade, or 50% if I am feeling extremely generous. Both are failing grades.
Don't use ChatGPT as a search tool.
Today has already been A Lot professionally and personally and I am so thankful both to have this book to read and to @victoriatran.bsky.social for writing it. Cannot wait to find a few minutes of break from *looks around* to dive into it.
July 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Today has already been A Lot professionally and personally and I am so thankful both to have this book to read and to @victoriatran.bsky.social for writing it. Cannot wait to find a few minutes of break from *looks around* to dive into it.
Eleven months ago, I wrote to Matt Miller thanking him and the @gameinformer.com team for everything they had done over the years for both the field and me personally.
It feels impossible to be able to post this cover today. I'm so thankful that @brianpshea.bsky.social and his team are still here.
It feels impossible to be able to post this cover today. I'm so thankful that @brianpshea.bsky.social and his team are still here.
July 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Eleven months ago, I wrote to Matt Miller thanking him and the @gameinformer.com team for everything they had done over the years for both the field and me personally.
It feels impossible to be able to post this cover today. I'm so thankful that @brianpshea.bsky.social and his team are still here.
It feels impossible to be able to post this cover today. I'm so thankful that @brianpshea.bsky.social and his team are still here.
Reminder my wife is a corn researcher; like, her parents saved this issue of The Iowan for her and she was delighted.
She is as offline as we Are Online, which is probably for the best haha
She is as offline as we Are Online, which is probably for the best haha
June 29, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Reminder my wife is a corn researcher; like, her parents saved this issue of The Iowan for her and she was delighted.
She is as offline as we Are Online, which is probably for the best haha
She is as offline as we Are Online, which is probably for the best haha
Victory to me, 2025! @gilgabot.bsky.social
June 14, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Victory to me, 2025! @gilgabot.bsky.social
Victory! And now sleep as a reward.
June 5, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Victory! And now sleep as a reward.
Just saw this and what an agonizing headline, I hate it here right now. @brittney.bsky.social did you see this?
May 28, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Just saw this and what an agonizing headline, I hate it here right now. @brittney.bsky.social did you see this?
Loving the academic talk on sound in Balatro by UC's Nolan Miranda at NACVGM 2025.
Paging @thehashtagonist.bsky.social haha.
Paging @thehashtagonist.bsky.social haha.
April 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Loving the academic talk on sound in Balatro by UC's Nolan Miranda at NACVGM 2025.
Paging @thehashtagonist.bsky.social haha.
Paging @thehashtagonist.bsky.social haha.
First panel at NACVGM 2025 starting now!
April 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
First panel at NACVGM 2025 starting now!
The Easter Bunny found these giant Ferrero Rocher treats for us this year?!
April 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The Easter Bunny found these giant Ferrero Rocher treats for us this year?!
This is a mood for sure, especially as I return from VGMCon this week.
April 17, 2025 at 11:50 AM
This is a mood for sure, especially as I return from VGMCon this week.
This is absolutely the least of the country's problems right now (continue to check on your trans friends in particular), but it's looking like I'll be driving across the bridge to Toronto and standing in line with @saiwa.bsky.social or @laurentheflute.bsky.social for a Switch 2 at this rate. Uffda.
April 4, 2025 at 7:03 PM
This is absolutely the least of the country's problems right now (continue to check on your trans friends in particular), but it's looking like I'll be driving across the bridge to Toronto and standing in line with @saiwa.bsky.social or @laurentheflute.bsky.social for a Switch 2 at this rate. Uffda.
I slept in until 10:00 AM and then took a 40-minute shower before arriving downstairs to a French toast brunch with strawberry whipped cream. I am richer than any of the people Ben quotes below.
There's a reason the fun version of my bio reads "...an epic spender of time." Happy Saturday, friends!
There's a reason the fun version of my bio reads "...an epic spender of time." Happy Saturday, friends!
March 29, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I slept in until 10:00 AM and then took a 40-minute shower before arriving downstairs to a French toast brunch with strawberry whipped cream. I am richer than any of the people Ben quotes below.
There's a reason the fun version of my bio reads "...an epic spender of time." Happy Saturday, friends!
There's a reason the fun version of my bio reads "...an epic spender of time." Happy Saturday, friends!