Zakk Appleyard
@hymn2tupac.bsky.social
Game designer, zebra, aspiring creator of disgusting sounds. Yelling at clouds.
He/him
Oddments.games
He/him
Oddments.games
My top 5 metal #aoty list
#1 - The Acacia Strain - You Are Safe From God Here
#2 - Backbiter - Misery Tales Vol. 1 - Suffer Eternal
#3 Netherwalker - Odyssey of Despair
#4 Vianova - Hit It!
#5 End It - Wrong Side of Heaven
#1 - The Acacia Strain - You Are Safe From God Here
#2 - Backbiter - Misery Tales Vol. 1 - Suffer Eternal
#3 Netherwalker - Odyssey of Despair
#4 Vianova - Hit It!
#5 End It - Wrong Side of Heaven
December 15, 2025 at 10:14 PM
My top 5 metal #aoty list
#1 - The Acacia Strain - You Are Safe From God Here
#2 - Backbiter - Misery Tales Vol. 1 - Suffer Eternal
#3 Netherwalker - Odyssey of Despair
#4 Vianova - Hit It!
#5 End It - Wrong Side of Heaven
#1 - The Acacia Strain - You Are Safe From God Here
#2 - Backbiter - Misery Tales Vol. 1 - Suffer Eternal
#3 Netherwalker - Odyssey of Despair
#4 Vianova - Hit It!
#5 End It - Wrong Side of Heaven
I return triumphant with my most listened to albums of the year. Possibly the first time since 2012 that my top album in a year where The Acacia Strain released was not said album
December 15, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I return triumphant with my most listened to albums of the year. Possibly the first time since 2012 that my top album in a year where The Acacia Strain released was not said album
Thought this excellent album would forever stay as a physical only oddity, but it is finally on streaming. A scatty, vicious thrillride that was way ahead of its time
January 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Thought this excellent album would forever stay as a physical only oddity, but it is finally on streaming. A scatty, vicious thrillride that was way ahead of its time
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Though I didn’t get it to Bluesky before the deadline: Oddments announces new game for new year.
Threads helps build bite size returns to characters and campaigns of yore, allowing players to follow up on what might have become of past protagonists.
#solorpg #ttrpg
Threads helps build bite size returns to characters and campaigns of yore, allowing players to follow up on what might have become of past protagonists.
#solorpg #ttrpg
Threads by Oddments
What happens to our worlds when we leave them behind?
oddmentsoh.itch.io
January 2, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Finished up on my revisit of Control, loved (almost) every minute of it a second time. I very rarely replay games, or media in general - which leaves Control in very hallowed territory indeed
January 1, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Finished up on my revisit of Control, loved (almost) every minute of it a second time. I very rarely replay games, or media in general - which leaves Control in very hallowed territory indeed
Before my 2024 list comes up, I found out that last.fm conjures up a handsome graphic of your most played albums for each year.
Here is my 2023 top 16, apparently I was the site's top listener to Hawaii Champroo, which was only my #3 album!
Here is my 2023 top 16, apparently I was the site's top listener to Hawaii Champroo, which was only my #3 album!
December 29, 2024 at 9:23 PM
Before my 2024 list comes up, I found out that last.fm conjures up a handsome graphic of your most played albums for each year.
Here is my 2023 top 16, apparently I was the site's top listener to Hawaii Champroo, which was only my #3 album!
Here is my 2023 top 16, apparently I was the site's top listener to Hawaii Champroo, which was only my #3 album!
My lovely wife replaced by broken record player, so I can finally listen to all the albums I have that aren’t on streaming! Merry Christmas to me
#recordcollecting #vinyl
#recordcollecting #vinyl
December 27, 2024 at 12:05 AM
My lovely wife replaced by broken record player, so I can finally listen to all the albums I have that aren’t on streaming! Merry Christmas to me
#recordcollecting #vinyl
#recordcollecting #vinyl
Was super cool to see a printed rock/metal magazine on the shelves of a local shop. Cool enough, in fact, that the nostalgia was more powerful than my 17 year beef with Kerrang magazine
December 18, 2024 at 11:18 AM
Was super cool to see a printed rock/metal magazine on the shelves of a local shop. Cool enough, in fact, that the nostalgia was more powerful than my 17 year beef with Kerrang magazine
Perhaps my favourite year for music ever was 2021, and I discovered pretty much every single song through this man. So buzzing to have him back doing music again
I am back creating music content full time as of tomorrow.
Full details here.
beez666.substack.com/p/welcome-to...
Full details here.
beez666.substack.com/p/welcome-to...
Welcome To My SubStack
Warning: Expect Loud Noises
beez666.substack.com
December 16, 2024 at 10:50 PM
Perhaps my favourite year for music ever was 2021, and I discovered pretty much every single song through this man. So buzzing to have him back doing music again
My trips to the dodgy record store finally paid off! Never even sniffed anything from Jaapn never mind some premium jazz, and 10 quid each feels delightful
#recordcollecting #japanesejazz
#recordcollecting #japanesejazz
December 5, 2024 at 6:13 PM
My trips to the dodgy record store finally paid off! Never even sniffed anything from Jaapn never mind some premium jazz, and 10 quid each feels delightful
#recordcollecting #japanesejazz
#recordcollecting #japanesejazz
30 songs day 2 - a song with a name in it
Sublime - The Ballad of Johnny Butt
Sublime get memed a lot these days, but they're the best ska/punk/reggae/whatever band of the 90s for me!
Sublime - The Ballad of Johnny Butt
Sublime get memed a lot these days, but they're the best ska/punk/reggae/whatever band of the 90s for me!
November 29, 2024 at 11:47 PM
30 songs day 2 - a song with a name in it
Sublime - The Ballad of Johnny Butt
Sublime get memed a lot these days, but they're the best ska/punk/reggae/whatever band of the 90s for me!
Sublime - The Ballad of Johnny Butt
Sublime get memed a lot these days, but they're the best ska/punk/reggae/whatever band of the 90s for me!
Day 1: Song you've listened to the most
Bearing the Serpent's Lamb - Job for a Cowboy
My first MP3 player was only 128mb, and as a result, could hold roughly one album.
It broke one day, and could only play one song, which I preferred to hear on a loop instead of silence
Bearing the Serpent's Lamb - Job for a Cowboy
My first MP3 player was only 128mb, and as a result, could hold roughly one album.
It broke one day, and could only play one song, which I preferred to hear on a loop instead of silence
November 28, 2024 at 6:06 PM
Day 1: Song you've listened to the most
Bearing the Serpent's Lamb - Job for a Cowboy
My first MP3 player was only 128mb, and as a result, could hold roughly one album.
It broke one day, and could only play one song, which I preferred to hear on a loop instead of silence
Bearing the Serpent's Lamb - Job for a Cowboy
My first MP3 player was only 128mb, and as a result, could hold roughly one album.
It broke one day, and could only play one song, which I preferred to hear on a loop instead of silence
Reposted by Zakk Appleyard
One pet peeve of mine is when games make you do more than a single playthrough in order to earn all of the achievements/trophies. Time is limited and the quantity of great games is immense. I feel like developers who do this have a lack of respect for their players’ time.
November 27, 2024 at 4:01 AM
One pet peeve of mine is when games make you do more than a single playthrough in order to earn all of the achievements/trophies. Time is limited and the quantity of great games is immense. I feel like developers who do this have a lack of respect for their players’ time.
My number one admin task on here, is to find the magic combo of filters that stop me from receiving Taylor Swift updates 🧐
November 24, 2024 at 10:18 AM
My number one admin task on here, is to find the magic combo of filters that stop me from receiving Taylor Swift updates 🧐
This whole thread is a very fun look back on the evolution of Glyph from delightful spellcrafting bolt on, to award winning (!!) spellcrafting puzzle/art game
The earliest version of Glyph was intended as a supplement to replace the magic system of any other TTRPG (sort of). As such, it had significantly more rigorous rules.
The tone of the book was also a lot more comedy-forward, which fell by the wayside as we included stuff in the book to actually do.
The tone of the book was also a lot more comedy-forward, which fell by the wayside as we included stuff in the book to actually do.
November 22, 2024 at 11:57 AM
This whole thread is a very fun look back on the evolution of Glyph from delightful spellcrafting bolt on, to award winning (!!) spellcrafting puzzle/art game
4 songs away from 65,000 tracked plays. Wondering what song would mark the occasion well
November 21, 2024 at 8:12 PM
4 songs away from 65,000 tracked plays. Wondering what song would mark the occasion well
Been thinking about songs that you will never forget, but you can't listen to day-to-day. Either they're not actual recordings, they're only performed live, or they're only in your memory.
Mine is from this tiktok video by pearlfishhh, it reaches into my nervous system
vm.tiktok.com/ZGdYpTUoS/
Mine is from this tiktok video by pearlfishhh, it reaches into my nervous system
vm.tiktok.com/ZGdYpTUoS/
TikTok - Make Your Day
vm.tiktok.com
November 21, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Been thinking about songs that you will never forget, but you can't listen to day-to-day. Either they're not actual recordings, they're only performed live, or they're only in your memory.
Mine is from this tiktok video by pearlfishhh, it reaches into my nervous system
vm.tiktok.com/ZGdYpTUoS/
Mine is from this tiktok video by pearlfishhh, it reaches into my nervous system
vm.tiktok.com/ZGdYpTUoS/