John Curtin 🔜 PAX Unplugged!
@curtinwrites.bsky.social
Ennie-nominated game and culture writer
Words @Paizo.com and sundry
Projects:
@starfinderfacts2e.bsky.social
https://www.patreon.com/BearlyFactual
https://ko-fi.com/bearlyfactualproduction
Occasional musician.
Built a robot once.
Words @Paizo.com and sundry
Projects:
@starfinderfacts2e.bsky.social
https://www.patreon.com/BearlyFactual
https://ko-fi.com/bearlyfactualproduction
Occasional musician.
Built a robot once.
Took myself on a date to @sidequestbooks.bsky.social 's live D&D game with Anjali Bhimani tonight. It's pretty awesome seeing a busy D&D event in the middle of a trendy hotspot. Can't wait for the game!
October 2, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Took myself on a date to @sidequestbooks.bsky.social 's live D&D game with Anjali Bhimani tonight. It's pretty awesome seeing a busy D&D event in the middle of a trendy hotspot. Can't wait for the game!
Game tip - Clover Pit is a brand-new rogue-like gambling game that blends Balatro and Inscryption for a new addictive game where you play slots for your life.
Review coming soon, but great job to @panikarcade.bsky.social and @futurefriendsgames.com on this
store.steampowered.com/app/3314790/...
Review coming soon, but great job to @panikarcade.bsky.social and @futurefriendsgames.com on this
store.steampowered.com/app/3314790/...
September 29, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Game tip - Clover Pit is a brand-new rogue-like gambling game that blends Balatro and Inscryption for a new addictive game where you play slots for your life.
Review coming soon, but great job to @panikarcade.bsky.social and @futurefriendsgames.com on this
store.steampowered.com/app/3314790/...
Review coming soon, but great job to @panikarcade.bsky.social and @futurefriendsgames.com on this
store.steampowered.com/app/3314790/...
I played this game back at PAX East and it was an immediate favorite. I counted down the days until it's summer release. Once I got it, I played for about an hour before I went and bought the soundtrack. It's chockful of energetic hits across pop, metal, and hip-hop, and there's no duds at all.
September 25, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I played this game back at PAX East and it was an immediate favorite. I counted down the days until it's summer release. Once I got it, I played for about an hour before I went and bought the soundtrack. It's chockful of energetic hits across pop, metal, and hip-hop, and there's no duds at all.
"My turn."
"Do you want help? Daddy's turn?"
"No."
*fumbling button presses.*
*hands me controller*
"...thank you daddy."
"Do you want help now?"
"Yeah."
"Do you want help? Daddy's turn?"
"No."
*fumbling button presses.*
*hands me controller*
"...thank you daddy."
"Do you want help now?"
"Yeah."
September 24, 2025 at 9:22 PM
"My turn."
"Do you want help? Daddy's turn?"
"No."
*fumbling button presses.*
*hands me controller*
"...thank you daddy."
"Do you want help now?"
"Yeah."
"Do you want help? Daddy's turn?"
"No."
*fumbling button presses.*
*hands me controller*
"...thank you daddy."
"Do you want help now?"
"Yeah."
Seriously the resemblance is uncanny
September 6, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Seriously the resemblance is uncanny
Blue Prince (2025)
September 6, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Blue Prince (2025)
Choosing violence on Discord:
September 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Choosing violence on Discord:
Anyways, if you also suspect that the devs had inside intel on the coming zombie apocalypse, go practice your zombie-slaying skills on @killingfloor3.com and get ready for the coming Zed-picalypse!
August 11, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Anyways, if you also suspect that the devs had inside intel on the coming zombie apocalypse, go practice your zombie-slaying skills on @killingfloor3.com and get ready for the coming Zed-picalypse!
This is what broke me.
Not the keychain bottle opener, but rather the bag.
Or should I say
The fully stocked first aid kit.
And it hit me: Target practice? Tactical tools? Medical supplies.
It's not a hype box - it's a survival kit. And preparatory.
...what does Tripwire Interactive know???
Not the keychain bottle opener, but rather the bag.
Or should I say
The fully stocked first aid kit.
And it hit me: Target practice? Tactical tools? Medical supplies.
It's not a hype box - it's a survival kit. And preparatory.
...what does Tripwire Interactive know???
August 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
This is what broke me.
Not the keychain bottle opener, but rather the bag.
Or should I say
The fully stocked first aid kit.
And it hit me: Target practice? Tactical tools? Medical supplies.
It's not a hype box - it's a survival kit. And preparatory.
...what does Tripwire Interactive know???
Not the keychain bottle opener, but rather the bag.
Or should I say
The fully stocked first aid kit.
And it hit me: Target practice? Tactical tools? Medical supplies.
It's not a hype box - it's a survival kit. And preparatory.
...what does Tripwire Interactive know???
It takes me a minute to figure out what this is - a tactical emergency pen! It's got an LED flashlight in the cap, ballpoint pen in the body - and a solid steel point on the end to smash glass safely in the event of an emergency. Little strange, but how practical and useful!
August 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
It takes me a minute to figure out what this is - a tactical emergency pen! It's got an LED flashlight in the cap, ballpoint pen in the body - and a solid steel point on the end to smash glass safely in the event of an emergency. Little strange, but how practical and useful!
In hindsight, this is when things first started to get weird.
But damn, cool knife.
Immediate 'I have a toddler, highest possible shelf in the house' energy, but it's a damn good knife.
But damn, cool knife.
Immediate 'I have a toddler, highest possible shelf in the house' energy, but it's a damn good knife.
August 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
In hindsight, this is when things first started to get weird.
But damn, cool knife.
Immediate 'I have a toddler, highest possible shelf in the house' energy, but it's a damn good knife.
But damn, cool knife.
Immediate 'I have a toddler, highest possible shelf in the house' energy, but it's a damn good knife.
Also included were these high-quality stickers, and this pint glass I'm legitimately obsessed with. It's bigger than a regular pint glass and heavier too, perfect for either glassing a Zed or finding your local pub to hole up in and wait for the whole thing to blow over
August 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Also included were these high-quality stickers, and this pint glass I'm legitimately obsessed with. It's bigger than a regular pint glass and heavier too, perfect for either glassing a Zed or finding your local pub to hole up in and wait for the whole thing to blow over
Next up, good standard swag fare - mouse pad, limited-edition all-metal Killing Floor 3 lunchbox, even Killing Floor 3 socks for when I want to hide a little zombie carnage under my Business Professional attire
August 11, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Next up, good standard swag fare - mouse pad, limited-edition all-metal Killing Floor 3 lunchbox, even Killing Floor 3 socks for when I want to hide a little zombie carnage under my Business Professional attire
First thing I see: ZOMBIE FACE! Shooting range targets! With Killing Floor Zeds on them! It's been a few years since I've hit the range but it's nice to know that I have some iconic friends to bring with me next time.
August 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
First thing I see: ZOMBIE FACE! Shooting range targets! With Killing Floor Zeds on them! It's been a few years since I've hit the range but it's nice to know that I have some iconic friends to bring with me next time.
So when the lovely @hamburglar61.bsky.social offered me a swag box I leapt for it. I love swag, I love killing zombies, Killing Floor has a great rep and a new game, match made in heaven, right?
I wasn't prepared for what I found in the box tho
I wasn't prepared for what I found in the box tho
August 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
So when the lovely @hamburglar61.bsky.social offered me a swag box I leapt for it. I love swag, I love killing zombies, Killing Floor has a great rep and a new game, match made in heaven, right?
I wasn't prepared for what I found in the box tho
I wasn't prepared for what I found in the box tho
Still riding the rush of drafting two Space-Time Anomalies while trying out the new @magic.wizards.com Edge Of Eternities set, a truly brutal combo in a Limited format. I went 7-2 (got cocky after going 5-0 and got dropped by a lobster, iykyk), But you can bet that my azorius decks are glowing up
July 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Still riding the rush of drafting two Space-Time Anomalies while trying out the new @magic.wizards.com Edge Of Eternities set, a truly brutal combo in a Limited format. I went 7-2 (got cocky after going 5-0 and got dropped by a lobster, iykyk), But you can bet that my azorius decks are glowing up
Coming home from vacation to quite a lot of unboxing to do - Very excited to check out each of these! @killingfloor3.com @paizo.com
July 25, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Coming home from vacation to quite a lot of unboxing to do - Very excited to check out each of these! @killingfloor3.com @paizo.com
I forgot we were playing Pathfinder so I had to fix it
July 4, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I forgot we were playing Pathfinder so I had to fix it
Me: "I'm really excited to play a vampire!"
Them: "Oh cool, like that Anne Rice show?"
Me: "...not ...exactly."
Them: "Oh cool, like that Anne Rice show?"
Me: "...not ...exactly."
July 4, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Me: "I'm really excited to play a vampire!"
Them: "Oh cool, like that Anne Rice show?"
Me: "...not ...exactly."
Them: "Oh cool, like that Anne Rice show?"
Me: "...not ...exactly."
My "Zero-Sugar Beef Jerky" label is raising a lot of questions answered by my label.
June 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
My "Zero-Sugar Beef Jerky" label is raising a lot of questions answered by my label.
Ope just caught up on the aiuvaran (half-elf) rules in Pathfinder and:
May 21, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Ope just caught up on the aiuvaran (half-elf) rules in Pathfinder and:
Not the entire collection and infiltrated by comics and other books too, but here's most of my Pathfinder and Starfinder things - plus some D&D (3.0 and 5.0), Call of Cthulhu, and even one Transformers TTRPG book in there 😂
Not pictured: bottom row of comics and sci-fi
Not pictured: bottom row of comics and sci-fi
May 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Not the entire collection and infiltrated by comics and other books too, but here's most of my Pathfinder and Starfinder things - plus some D&D (3.0 and 5.0), Call of Cthulhu, and even one Transformers TTRPG book in there 😂
Not pictured: bottom row of comics and sci-fi
Not pictured: bottom row of comics and sci-fi
I was today years old when I found out about Paizo's gunwitch. A witch with a gun. Straight out of NPC Core. Part of the basic rules for the game.
This is why Pathfinder is the best.
This is why Pathfinder is the best.
May 13, 2025 at 3:44 AM
I was today years old when I found out about Paizo's gunwitch. A witch with a gun. Straight out of NPC Core. Part of the basic rules for the game.
This is why Pathfinder is the best.
This is why Pathfinder is the best.
Fox News: "LIBERAL TEACHERS are FLOODING OUR SCHOOLS with WOKE PROPAGANDA"
The Propaganda:
The Propaganda:
May 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Fox News: "LIBERAL TEACHERS are FLOODING OUR SCHOOLS with WOKE PROPAGANDA"
The Propaganda:
The Propaganda:
Case in point: 7 am helping out at my local plant sale
10 am hitting the convention floor
10 am hitting the convention floor
May 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Case in point: 7 am helping out at my local plant sale
10 am hitting the convention floor
10 am hitting the convention floor