WM Akers
@ouijum.bsky.social
Novelist. Game designer. A New Yorker in Philly. Bi. Writes the history newsletter Strange Times, makes the game Deadball: Baseball With Dice, and cohosts the film podcast I'll Watch Anything.
wmakers.net
strangetimes.substack.com
illwatchanything.com
wmakers.net
strangetimes.substack.com
illwatchanything.com
Reposted by WM Akers
This section from Gibson's introduction to Neuromancer is both essential context, and one of the best descriptions of the cheap sci-fi paperback experience I've ever read.
December 24, 2023 at 4:27 AM
This section from Gibson's introduction to Neuromancer is both essential context, and one of the best descriptions of the cheap sci-fi paperback experience I've ever read.
December 24, 2023 at 10:55 PM
I care not for your Christmas.
December 22, 2023 at 9:51 PM
I care not for your Christmas.
Reposted by WM Akers
Chess-themed polycule romance called "Mate In Three"
December 11, 2023 at 5:06 PM
Chess-themed polycule romance called "Mate In Three"
My god, he thinks.
I own a sandwich.
I can EAT THAT SANDWICH.
I own a sandwich.
I can EAT THAT SANDWICH.
December 11, 2023 at 5:38 PM
My god, he thinks.
I own a sandwich.
I can EAT THAT SANDWICH.
I own a sandwich.
I can EAT THAT SANDWICH.
Gherkins Perkins
Wears a jerkin
Makes his money selling merkins
The job is hard
But he ain't shirking
He gets stressed out
When he's not working
Wears a jerkin
Makes his money selling merkins
The job is hard
But he ain't shirking
He gets stressed out
When he's not working
December 7, 2023 at 3:47 PM
Gherkins Perkins
Wears a jerkin
Makes his money selling merkins
The job is hard
But he ain't shirking
He gets stressed out
When he's not working
Wears a jerkin
Makes his money selling merkins
The job is hard
But he ain't shirking
He gets stressed out
When he's not working
Me:
*Puts something off for two months.*
*Spends 30 minutes taking care of it.*
*Feels so relieved he takes the rest of the day off.*
*Puts something off for two months.*
*Spends 30 minutes taking care of it.*
*Feels so relieved he takes the rest of the day off.*
December 4, 2023 at 5:42 PM
Me:
*Puts something off for two months.*
*Spends 30 minutes taking care of it.*
*Feels so relieved he takes the rest of the day off.*
*Puts something off for two months.*
*Spends 30 minutes taking care of it.*
*Feels so relieved he takes the rest of the day off.*
Practicing drawing flowers in pen and ink. Worried I might have made the largest orchid blossom too thirsty but nah that's just their vibe.
December 2, 2023 at 2:28 PM
Practicing drawing flowers in pen and ink. Worried I might have made the largest orchid blossom too thirsty but nah that's just their vibe.
McCormack and Richard Tauber are singing by the bed
There's a glass of punch below your feet and an angel at your head
There's devils on each side of you with bottles in their hands
You need one more drop of poison and you'll dream of foreign lands
There's a glass of punch below your feet and an angel at your head
There's devils on each side of you with bottles in their hands
You need one more drop of poison and you'll dream of foreign lands
November 30, 2023 at 8:10 PM
McCormack and Richard Tauber are singing by the bed
There's a glass of punch below your feet and an angel at your head
There's devils on each side of you with bottles in their hands
You need one more drop of poison and you'll dream of foreign lands
There's a glass of punch below your feet and an angel at your head
There's devils on each side of you with bottles in their hands
You need one more drop of poison and you'll dream of foreign lands
I'm gonna start blogging a little on my Patreon -- random stuff whenever there's ideas trapped in my head that need to get out.
Today it's a few thoughts on why the third act opening in Basterds fucking rips.
www.patreon.com/posts/reveng...
Today it's a few thoughts on why the third act opening in Basterds fucking rips.
www.patreon.com/posts/reveng...
November 30, 2023 at 3:31 PM
I'm gonna start blogging a little on my Patreon -- random stuff whenever there's ideas trapped in my head that need to get out.
Today it's a few thoughts on why the third act opening in Basterds fucking rips.
www.patreon.com/posts/reveng...
Today it's a few thoughts on why the third act opening in Basterds fucking rips.
www.patreon.com/posts/reveng...
Doing my own little part to combat the tidal wave of insipid content that has drowned the Internet by making a really dumb podcast about really dumb movies.
November 29, 2023 at 6:11 PM
Doing my own little part to combat the tidal wave of insipid content that has drowned the Internet by making a really dumb podcast about really dumb movies.
What's your favorite movie about killing Nazis?
I watched Inglourious Basterds last night for the first time since it came out and boy, it rips.
I watched Inglourious Basterds last night for the first time since it came out and boy, it rips.
November 29, 2023 at 4:06 PM
What's your favorite movie about killing Nazis?
I watched Inglourious Basterds last night for the first time since it came out and boy, it rips.
I watched Inglourious Basterds last night for the first time since it came out and boy, it rips.
What fucking movie should I watch tonight?
I'm craving SPECTACLE!
I'm craving SPECTACLE!
November 28, 2023 at 10:22 PM
What fucking movie should I watch tonight?
I'm craving SPECTACLE!
I'm craving SPECTACLE!
This is the most insanely beautiful thing I've ever seen.
November 23, 2023 at 11:28 PM
This is the most insanely beautiful thing I've ever seen.
Something I haven't said in at least 20 years: I need to get a couple more Cure CDs.
November 20, 2023 at 8:27 PM
Something I haven't said in at least 20 years: I need to get a couple more Cure CDs.
Me, on my death bed, googling "Where is Boston Legal streaming?"
November 20, 2023 at 12:45 PM
Me, on my death bed, googling "Where is Boston Legal streaming?"
I've cut 2000 words out of my fucking manuscript and I'm only 1/4th of the way done. Feeling like a god.
November 16, 2023 at 11:56 PM
I've cut 2000 words out of my fucking manuscript and I'm only 1/4th of the way done. Feeling like a god.
Ugh the first line of the hed got me excited because I thought it was about Doctor Who
November 16, 2023 at 11:52 PM
Ugh the first line of the hed got me excited because I thought it was about Doctor Who
I also like the site. I like it so much I recommended it on my damn podcast.
November 16, 2023 at 11:51 PM
I also like the site. I like it so much I recommended it on my damn podcast.
Reposted by WM Akers
i love my website aftermath.site
Homepage - Aftermath
Aftermath is an independent, worker-owned website about video games, other media and internet culture.
aftermath.site
November 16, 2023 at 11:47 PM
i love my website aftermath.site
Here's the deal, you beautiful bastards. @punkgroucho.bsky.social and I have a podcast episode going up about THE HUDSUCKER PROXY tomorrow that is so good it will melt your damn skulls.
Subscribe now.
illwatchanything.com
Subscribe now.
illwatchanything.com
I'll Watch Anything
A movie podcast with a sense of optimism.
illwatchanything.com
November 16, 2023 at 5:47 PM
Here's the deal, you beautiful bastards. @punkgroucho.bsky.social and I have a podcast episode going up about THE HUDSUCKER PROXY tomorrow that is so good it will melt your damn skulls.
Subscribe now.
illwatchanything.com
Subscribe now.
illwatchanything.com
Reposted by WM Akers
Sleepy heap. 1903. www.bonhams.com/auction/1874...
November 15, 2023 at 9:51 PM
Sleepy heap. 1903. www.bonhams.com/auction/1874...