Nick Vracar
@nickleevee.bsky.social
A writer, a gamer, but mostly a stack of puns in a trench coat.
I think I’ll make one resolution for the upcoming year: read more books. I read probably two books this year. Those are rookie numbers! I’m thinking twelve books for 2026.
Got any book recommendations? I already have one out of twelve picked out.
Got any book recommendations? I already have one out of twelve picked out.
December 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I think I’ll make one resolution for the upcoming year: read more books. I read probably two books this year. Those are rookie numbers! I’m thinking twelve books for 2026.
Got any book recommendations? I already have one out of twelve picked out.
Got any book recommendations? I already have one out of twelve picked out.
Watched A Christmas Story, was okay. It felt like a vintage tale filtered through a layer of nostalgia that vaguely has a plot and sometimes is about Christmas. Probably the best family film to be adapted from stories originally published in Playboy magazine.
December 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Watched A Christmas Story, was okay. It felt like a vintage tale filtered through a layer of nostalgia that vaguely has a plot and sometimes is about Christmas. Probably the best family film to be adapted from stories originally published in Playboy magazine.
Did you see that the local gossip has been sticking their nose into more people’s business now than ever? They’ve really put the pedal to the meddle.
December 23, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Did you see that the local gossip has been sticking their nose into more people’s business now than ever? They’ve really put the pedal to the meddle.
Played through Cyberpunk 2077, was a fantastic game that felt more like a role playing experience than most RPGs. It’s set in a city so sleazy it makes Las Vegas seem quaint, but its story about the loss of identity against technology, haunted by Keanu Reeves’ ghost, is engaging.
December 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Played through Cyberpunk 2077, was a fantastic game that felt more like a role playing experience than most RPGs. It’s set in a city so sleazy it makes Las Vegas seem quaint, but its story about the loss of identity against technology, haunted by Keanu Reeves’ ghost, is engaging.
Played through Superliminal, was good. It’s like Layers of Fear if you were trapped in a dream instead of a nightmare, where perspective creates reality. It leaves a hopeful message that any problem can be solved with just a change in perspective.
December 20, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Played through Superliminal, was good. It’s like Layers of Fear if you were trapped in a dream instead of a nightmare, where perspective creates reality. It leaves a hopeful message that any problem can be solved with just a change in perspective.
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Tomorrow's Brainstoryum podcast has stories from the talented @madp03t.bsky.social @nickleevee.bsky.social @quantumfairy.bsky.social Dorothy Arroyo &Paul McMillan. 💜
Plus 3 new rounds of Exquisite Corpse, a sprinkling of snow, writing prompts & fun.
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Plus 3 new rounds of Exquisite Corpse, a sprinkling of snow, writing prompts & fun.
Bookmark this: www.annatizard.com/brainstoryum
December 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Tomorrow's Brainstoryum podcast has stories from the talented @madp03t.bsky.social @nickleevee.bsky.social @quantumfairy.bsky.social Dorothy Arroyo &Paul McMillan. 💜
Plus 3 new rounds of Exquisite Corpse, a sprinkling of snow, writing prompts & fun.
Bookmark this: www.annatizard.com/brainstoryum
Plus 3 new rounds of Exquisite Corpse, a sprinkling of snow, writing prompts & fun.
Bookmark this: www.annatizard.com/brainstoryum
Watched The Muppet Christmas Carol, was a fun adaptation. Michael Caine’s performance as Scrooge was just what I hoped for, and I especially liked the design of the ghost of Christmas yet to be. It makes for a great way for kids to learn the fickle nature of trickle down economics.
December 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Watched The Muppet Christmas Carol, was a fun adaptation. Michael Caine’s performance as Scrooge was just what I hoped for, and I especially liked the design of the ghost of Christmas yet to be. It makes for a great way for kids to learn the fickle nature of trickle down economics.
Reviewed Power Wash Simulator 2 for The Twin Geeks. It’s an excellent follow up to the original that adds more quality of life touches over refinements or changes. thetwingeeks.com/2025/12/11/p...
Power Wash Simulator 2: Rinse and Repeat
There is an ancient statue in the desert, human in parts and fish in others. It is a gargantuan monument, standing dozens of feet tall. Two gems are slotted into the statue, with beams shooting out…
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December 12, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Reviewed Power Wash Simulator 2 for The Twin Geeks. It’s an excellent follow up to the original that adds more quality of life touches over refinements or changes. thetwingeeks.com/2025/12/11/p...
Another year goes by, another year of listening to too much Dance With the Dead and not enough Old Gods of Asgard, though now there’s Neon Odin in the mix, along with singles from the Peacemaker season two soundtrack.
December 8, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Another year goes by, another year of listening to too much Dance With the Dead and not enough Old Gods of Asgard, though now there’s Neon Odin in the mix, along with singles from the Peacemaker season two soundtrack.
Played Outlast 2, was okay. It was a fast paced chase into the darkness that suffers from linearity and quite a few sections solved via trial and error. The horror imagery is great, but the dual narrative isn’t that interested in the main plot, burying its mystery beneath lore.
December 2, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Played Outlast 2, was okay. It was a fast paced chase into the darkness that suffers from linearity and quite a few sections solved via trial and error. The horror imagery is great, but the dual narrative isn’t that interested in the main plot, burying its mystery beneath lore.
If you haven’t played it Solitaire Conspiracy is a lot of fun! And now on sale!
We need your help, Spymaster.
This week's game in our legacy celebration is The Solitaire Conspiracy! Protego, the world’s leading spy agency, has been destroyed. Only one person can wield C.A.R.D.S to take control of Protego’s scattered spy crews and save the world.
You.
This week's game in our legacy celebration is The Solitaire Conspiracy! Protego, the world’s leading spy agency, has been destroyed. Only one person can wield C.A.R.D.S to take control of Protego’s scattered spy crews and save the world.
You.
December 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
If you haven’t played it Solitaire Conspiracy is a lot of fun! And now on sale!
Wrote a blogpost about why I oppose the use of generative AI, and why generative AI users are not artists, or writers, but rather customers to their business model. I feel like I could have gone into more depth, but I’m happy with it. nvracar.wordpress.com/2025/11/30/m...
My Case Against Generative AI
A long time ago, in the distant year of 2021, the first generative AI model of Dall-E was released. It was a product of OpenAI, a company that began in 2015 as a nonprofit focused on the dangers of…
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December 1, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Wrote a blogpost about why I oppose the use of generative AI, and why generative AI users are not artists, or writers, but rather customers to their business model. I feel like I could have gone into more depth, but I’m happy with it. nvracar.wordpress.com/2025/11/30/m...
Watched The Naked Gun, was alright. Its nonstop barrage of jokes hits more than it misses (the ongoing coffee gag is a favorite), and it has some great nods to the original movies and show. Odd that its plot is basically the first Kingsman movie.
November 30, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Watched The Naked Gun, was alright. Its nonstop barrage of jokes hits more than it misses (the ongoing coffee gag is a favorite), and it has some great nods to the original movies and show. Odd that its plot is basically the first Kingsman movie.
Every Thanksgiving I try not to go ham on leftovers, and every Thanksgiving I just can’t give up cold turkey.
November 28, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Every Thanksgiving I try not to go ham on leftovers, and every Thanksgiving I just can’t give up cold turkey.
Watched The Addams Family, was delightful, and funnier than I expected it to be. It’s a loose collection of plot glued together by one liners, vibes, and incredible casting, with Raul Julia and Anjelica Huston offering immense depth to Gomez and Morticia in their performances.
November 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Watched The Addams Family, was delightful, and funnier than I expected it to be. It’s a loose collection of plot glued together by one liners, vibes, and incredible casting, with Raul Julia and Anjelica Huston offering immense depth to Gomez and Morticia in their performances.
Played through Diablo 1 on the PS1, wasn’t bad. It’s a solid port that’s blurrier than its PC counterpart, with significantly longer loading times. Its auto aim helps with lack of a mouse, but that suffers from short range and lack of targeting controls.
November 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Played through Diablo 1 on the PS1, wasn’t bad. It’s a solid port that’s blurrier than its PC counterpart, with significantly longer loading times. Its auto aim helps with lack of a mouse, but that suffers from short range and lack of targeting controls.
Watched The Magnificent Seven (1960), was good. It’s a fun Western built on a foundation of farmer worship, a theme encapsulated by Bronson’s speech calling the fathers of the village brave for their work, while Horst compares the unemployed gunmen and the bandits as equals.
November 16, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Watched The Magnificent Seven (1960), was good. It’s a fun Western built on a foundation of farmer worship, a theme encapsulated by Bronson’s speech calling the fathers of the village brave for their work, while Horst compares the unemployed gunmen and the bandits as equals.
Watched Predator: Killer of Killers, was good. Previously the movie Prey set a Predator story in a different time, this movie speed runs the idea with three shorter stories centered around family and escaping the cycle of violence, while also adding to the Predator lore.
November 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Watched Predator: Killer of Killers, was good. Previously the movie Prey set a Predator story in a different time, this movie speed runs the idea with three shorter stories centered around family and escaping the cycle of violence, while also adding to the Predator lore.
Finished Silent Hill 3, was good. Its story and creature designs are excellent, while its combat is an uneven experience sending you from mostly easy boss fights, to enemies too high or low to be hit, to squaring off with a katana against a nightmare nurse with a gun.
November 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Finished Silent Hill 3, was good. Its story and creature designs are excellent, while its combat is an uneven experience sending you from mostly easy boss fights, to enemies too high or low to be hit, to squaring off with a katana against a nightmare nurse with a gun.
Watched Weapons, was really good. It has an interesting structure, told via a repetition of events from different points of view, behaving more like a spiral than a loop, with each POV shift bringing the story closer to its surprisingly simple, but suspenseful, conclusion.
November 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Watched Weapons, was really good. It has an interesting structure, told via a repetition of events from different points of view, behaving more like a spiral than a loop, with each POV shift bringing the story closer to its surprisingly simple, but suspenseful, conclusion.
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Tune in to today's Brainstoryum #podcast for:
* adventures in #Fantasy Con &unexpected insights
* dark & strange flash fiction from @nickleevee.bsky.social
@quantumfairy.bsky.social& @madp03t.bsky.social
* 3 new rounds of Exquisite Corpse
* a monster in disguise 👀
annatizard.com/brainstoryum
* adventures in #Fantasy Con &unexpected insights
* dark & strange flash fiction from @nickleevee.bsky.social
@quantumfairy.bsky.social& @madp03t.bsky.social
* 3 new rounds of Exquisite Corpse
* a monster in disguise 👀
annatizard.com/brainstoryum
November 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Tune in to today's Brainstoryum #podcast for:
* adventures in #Fantasy Con &unexpected insights
* dark & strange flash fiction from @nickleevee.bsky.social
@quantumfairy.bsky.social& @madp03t.bsky.social
* 3 new rounds of Exquisite Corpse
* a monster in disguise 👀
annatizard.com/brainstoryum
* adventures in #Fantasy Con &unexpected insights
* dark & strange flash fiction from @nickleevee.bsky.social
@quantumfairy.bsky.social& @madp03t.bsky.social
* 3 new rounds of Exquisite Corpse
* a monster in disguise 👀
annatizard.com/brainstoryum
Played through American McGee’s Alice. While it’s largely overshadowed by its sequel, I found the original to still make for a fun and twisted trip through Wonderland, despite some terrible platforming sequences and a collection of weapons that’s more like a bag of tricks.
November 7, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Played through American McGee’s Alice. While it’s largely overshadowed by its sequel, I found the original to still make for a fun and twisted trip through Wonderland, despite some terrible platforming sequences and a collection of weapons that’s more like a bag of tricks.
Watched The Fantastic Four: First Steps, was really good. It’s unlike any other film in the MCU, feeling less like a superhero action flick and more like a film length spinoff of a Fantastic Four TV show, with a story that isn’t deeper than a single episode, but bigger in scale.
November 6, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Watched The Fantastic Four: First Steps, was really good. It’s unlike any other film in the MCU, feeling less like a superhero action flick and more like a film length spinoff of a Fantastic Four TV show, with a story that isn’t deeper than a single episode, but bigger in scale.
Played through Gears of War Reloaded, was good. Its sequels were better, but the first Gears is still a solid action game to revisit with an emphasis on long range fighting over cover based shooting due how few shots it takes to die, and your character being built like a fridge.
November 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Played through Gears of War Reloaded, was good. Its sequels were better, but the first Gears is still a solid action game to revisit with an emphasis on long range fighting over cover based shooting due how few shots it takes to die, and your character being built like a fridge.
Watched The Girl on the Train at Theatre Tallahassee, was good, despite the uneven British accents. It’s an interesting mystery that reminds me of Memento but mainstream. The stage production was impressive with its moving train set, even if it’s largely used between scenes.
November 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Watched The Girl on the Train at Theatre Tallahassee, was good, despite the uneven British accents. It’s an interesting mystery that reminds me of Memento but mainstream. The stage production was impressive with its moving train set, even if it’s largely used between scenes.