Riff Conner
@rifflesby.bsky.social
Writer for the “of Loathing” series of video games. He/him
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Riff Conner
@rifflesby.bsky.social
· May 16
Shadows Over Loathing is (finally) available digitally on PlayStation 4 and 5!
store.playstation.com/en-us/search...
store.playstation.com/en-us/search...
tell your friends
tell your uncles and aunts
type it into the chat in ALL CAPS
tip your barista and then tell your barista
be like "Shadows Over Loathing is on the Sony Playstation store" every time your dentist takes her fingers out of your mouth
tell your uncles and aunts
type it into the chat in ALL CAPS
tip your barista and then tell your barista
be like "Shadows Over Loathing is on the Sony Playstation store" every time your dentist takes her fingers out of your mouth
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Frankenstein, or: Maybe You Shouldn't Have Built That Weird Man
November 23, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Frankenstein, or: Maybe You Shouldn't Have Built That Weird Man
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Fuckin rocking out
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Fuckin rocking out
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operator: 911, please state the nature of your emergency
me: i know a lot of popular songs. a lot of times when i’m out and about and i hear a song, i know exactly which song it is
operator: oh wow. were you born in any particular year
me: i sure was
operator: that’s great. gotta love it
me: i know a lot of popular songs. a lot of times when i’m out and about and i hear a song, i know exactly which song it is
operator: oh wow. were you born in any particular year
me: i sure was
operator: that’s great. gotta love it
November 22, 2025 at 7:39 PM
operator: 911, please state the nature of your emergency
me: i know a lot of popular songs. a lot of times when i’m out and about and i hear a song, i know exactly which song it is
operator: oh wow. were you born in any particular year
me: i sure was
operator: that’s great. gotta love it
me: i know a lot of popular songs. a lot of times when i’m out and about and i hear a song, i know exactly which song it is
operator: oh wow. were you born in any particular year
me: i sure was
operator: that’s great. gotta love it
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He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
me to @plumberduck.bsky.social in a dream last night: "Who the heck worships Anubis, anyway? Thoth, sure. Ra, of course. Bast, why not? But Anubis??"
November 23, 2025 at 12:02 AM
me to @plumberduck.bsky.social in a dream last night: "Who the heck worships Anubis, anyway? Thoth, sure. Ra, of course. Bast, why not? But Anubis??"
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A big chunk of Nier Automata's story was told exclusively in a limited run Japanese stage play.
After "film trilogy that dropped a critical plot point exclusively via timed Fortnite event" and "video game series whose story only makes sense if you're aware of the events of a canon pachinko machine", I feel like there are whole frontiers of user-hostile narrative design waiting to be explored.
November 22, 2025 at 6:11 AM
A big chunk of Nier Automata's story was told exclusively in a limited run Japanese stage play.
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I feel like a lot of us in the comedy world failed the world at large when we stayed silent despite knowing all about Cosby and Louis so let me say right now that Steve Martin has eaten one banjo a year for the last 25 years
November 22, 2025 at 5:00 AM
I feel like a lot of us in the comedy world failed the world at large when we stayed silent despite knowing all about Cosby and Louis so let me say right now that Steve Martin has eaten one banjo a year for the last 25 years
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oh, now I get it. you know, people accuse me of missing out on stuff because I have a lot of Big Important Names muted on here, but mostly I still hear all the important news, just a couple hours later and in extremely derived esoteric joke format. recommend 👍
November 22, 2025 at 2:44 AM
oh, now I get it. you know, people accuse me of missing out on stuff because I have a lot of Big Important Names muted on here, but mostly I still hear all the important news, just a couple hours later and in extremely derived esoteric joke format. recommend 👍
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Puzzle game where you play as a party of explorers lost and trapped in the arctic. You're just about to start eating one another, but everyone has weird dietary preferences so you must carefully arrange the cannibalism order of operations.
November 21, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Puzzle game where you play as a party of explorers lost and trapped in the arctic. You're just about to start eating one another, but everyone has weird dietary preferences so you must carefully arrange the cannibalism order of operations.
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when my oafish husband steps on my completely silent drape runners, ruining weeks of hard work
November 18, 2025 at 5:43 AM
when my oafish husband steps on my completely silent drape runners, ruining weeks of hard work
this game rules extremely hard
November 21, 2025 at 10:40 AM
this game rules extremely hard
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Hey, I bet you didn't hear that Zork 1, 2, and 3 were open-sourced today!
…Oh, you have heard. Yeah. Way ahead of me. :)
Here's my comments, and some details that you might not have seen.
blog.zarfhome.com/2025/11/zork...
…Oh, you have heard. Yeah. Way ahead of me. :)
Here's my comments, and some details that you might not have seen.
blog.zarfhome.com/2025/11/zork...
Zork is now open source
Two years ago, I wrote: Microsoft-the-company does not care about Infocom. But a lot of people in Microsoft must care. Microsoft is heavily populated by greying GenX nerds just like me. Folks who grew...
blog.zarfhome.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Hey, I bet you didn't hear that Zork 1, 2, and 3 were open-sourced today!
…Oh, you have heard. Yeah. Way ahead of me. :)
Here's my comments, and some details that you might not have seen.
blog.zarfhome.com/2025/11/zork...
…Oh, you have heard. Yeah. Way ahead of me. :)
Here's my comments, and some details that you might not have seen.
blog.zarfhome.com/2025/11/zork...
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here's another fun prime¹ fact:
Per John Conway, 91 is the lowest integer that *looks* prime but isn't.
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¹ ish
Per John Conway, 91 is the lowest integer that *looks* prime but isn't.
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¹ ish
November 21, 2025 at 4:31 AM
here's another fun prime¹ fact:
Per John Conway, 91 is the lowest integer that *looks* prime but isn't.
—
¹ ish
Per John Conway, 91 is the lowest integer that *looks* prime but isn't.
—
¹ ish
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8675309 is prime, and so is 8675311, so if you ever need a middlin'-large pair of adjacent primes to test your cryptographic suite, all you need is a 1980s earworm and a +2 and you're all set.
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 3:28 AM
8675309 is prime, and so is 8675311, so if you ever need a middlin'-large pair of adjacent primes to test your cryptographic suite, all you need is a 1980s earworm and a +2 and you're all set.
just now remembered a really good idea for an IF game I had while I was trying to sleep last night & it was a real "oh shit! shit, write that down! don't let that one get away!" moment
November 21, 2025 at 12:48 AM
just now remembered a really good idea for an IF game I had while I was trying to sleep last night & it was a real "oh shit! shit, write that down! don't let that one get away!" moment
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November 20, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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Fish have committed credit card fraud
November 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Fish have committed credit card fraud
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*several alarms, bells and sirens sound off all at once*
November 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
*several alarms, bells and sirens sound off all at once*
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Kind of bullshit how jumping is what frogs are famous for and they can't even double-jump
November 20, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Kind of bullshit how jumping is what frogs are famous for and they can't even double-jump
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I’ve been a FreeTaxUSA proselytizer for years and years and I strongly encourage everyone to make the switch. same kind of step by step “for dummies” interface, even for my complicated freelancer taxes, and you don’t have to give your money to one of our most evil lobbyists
TurboTax is about to be integrated into ChatGPT, where customers will be guided through tasks tied to their tax filings or financial profile by the AI chatbot.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
November 19, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I’ve been a FreeTaxUSA proselytizer for years and years and I strongly encourage everyone to make the switch. same kind of step by step “for dummies” interface, even for my complicated freelancer taxes, and you don’t have to give your money to one of our most evil lobbyists
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“Shartwalk” isn’t a word and yet you know exactly what it means.
November 19, 2025 at 1:58 AM
“Shartwalk” isn’t a word and yet you know exactly what it means.