Balladeer
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Cricket, videogames, crosswords, cross words
How to compose classical music as an amateur 101:
a) Take 2-3 motifs
b) Play with and vary those motifs until it sounds good to the repetition-loving ear
c) You are now stuck in a sea of unending variations and can't find a way out
d) aaaaaaa
a) Take 2-3 motifs
b) Play with and vary those motifs until it sounds good to the repetition-loving ear
c) You are now stuck in a sea of unending variations and can't find a way out
d) aaaaaaa
October 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
How to compose classical music as an amateur 101:
a) Take 2-3 motifs
b) Play with and vary those motifs until it sounds good to the repetition-loving ear
c) You are now stuck in a sea of unending variations and can't find a way out
d) aaaaaaa
a) Take 2-3 motifs
b) Play with and vary those motifs until it sounds good to the repetition-loving ear
c) You are now stuck in a sea of unending variations and can't find a way out
d) aaaaaaa
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REPORT: Local Nine Sols Fan Thinks It’s Cute When Silksong Players Complain About Difficultly
October 13, 2025 at 2:43 PM
REPORT: Local Nine Sols Fan Thinks It’s Cute When Silksong Players Complain About Difficultly
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Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.
Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild
October 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.
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The Japanese Mario 64 official strategy guide is an incredible thing. "Can we make little hand-made dioramas of all the levels?" "Sure, why the hell not."
October 3, 2025 at 11:29 AM
The Japanese Mario 64 official strategy guide is an incredible thing. "Can we make little hand-made dioramas of all the levels?" "Sure, why the hell not."
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I strongly believe in the breadth and influence of independent art, to grant us oblique angles on the world and ourselves.
But also every indie game is somewhere on this spectrum:
But also every indie game is somewhere on this spectrum:
September 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I strongly believe in the breadth and influence of independent art, to grant us oblique angles on the world and ourselves.
But also every indie game is somewhere on this spectrum:
But also every indie game is somewhere on this spectrum:
2020: Sakuna Of Rice and Ruin
2021: NEO The World Ends With You
2022: Xenoblade 3
2023: Zelda Tears of the Kingdom
2024: Nine Sols
Two big Nintendo games, another JRPG, and a couple of weirder offerings. Feels about right.
2021: NEO The World Ends With You
2022: Xenoblade 3
2023: Zelda Tears of the Kingdom
2024: Nine Sols
Two big Nintendo games, another JRPG, and a couple of weirder offerings. Feels about right.
July 7, 2025 at 1:29 PM
2020: Sakuna Of Rice and Ruin
2021: NEO The World Ends With You
2022: Xenoblade 3
2023: Zelda Tears of the Kingdom
2024: Nine Sols
Two big Nintendo games, another JRPG, and a couple of weirder offerings. Feels about right.
2021: NEO The World Ends With You
2022: Xenoblade 3
2023: Zelda Tears of the Kingdom
2024: Nine Sols
Two big Nintendo games, another JRPG, and a couple of weirder offerings. Feels about right.
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Literally begging you to post about Just Some Stuff. We will see the news I absolutely promise. Twenty people will repost the same exact thing about the news. Only you can post about a turtle you saw
i don't mean to come off as rude but we cannot sustain ourselves on outrage and anger forever. i think it's even more important now to post about other things too. even if it gets less engagement. you never know who will find it cool and interesting.
It’s a real mindfuck when most ppl wanna post about their latest failures/successes, or weird shit they saw in the wild or cool stuff they made…but the country is a cesspool so cool/weird shit seems trite.
June 21, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Literally begging you to post about Just Some Stuff. We will see the news I absolutely promise. Twenty people will repost the same exact thing about the news. Only you can post about a turtle you saw
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ChatGPT Translated An Article About Space Harrier, Then Suggested "Tailoring" It For Retro Gamer.
ChatGPT Translated An Article About Space Harrier, Then Suggested "Tailoring" It For Retro Gamer
The threat of Generative AI is very real
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June 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
ChatGPT Translated An Article About Space Harrier, Then Suggested "Tailoring" It For Retro Gamer.
Me before Switch 2 launch: Everything's too expensive, Welcome Tour should be a pack-in, no big one-player title for over a month. Buggered it.
Me now: I MADE A DOLPHIN RIDE A FISH BIKE PAST ARMADILLOS 😭😭😭
Me now: I MADE A DOLPHIN RIDE A FISH BIKE PAST ARMADILLOS 😭😭😭
June 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Me before Switch 2 launch: Everything's too expensive, Welcome Tour should be a pack-in, no big one-player title for over a month. Buggered it.
Me now: I MADE A DOLPHIN RIDE A FISH BIKE PAST ARMADILLOS 😭😭😭
Me now: I MADE A DOLPHIN RIDE A FISH BIKE PAST ARMADILLOS 😭😭😭
Here we are then. My very favourite Switch games. Get these down you, and buy most/all of them as per your gaming tastes. Thank you very much for reading these, means a lot! (Or at least not muting me.) balladsandwords.wordpress.com/2025/05/31/b...
May 31, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Here we are then. My very favourite Switch games. Get these down you, and buy most/all of them as per your gaming tastes. Thank you very much for reading these, means a lot! (Or at least not muting me.) balladsandwords.wordpress.com/2025/05/31/b...
Switch games 44-23, i.e. the Metroidvania block feat. JRPGs. balladsandwords.wordpress.com/2025/05/30/b...
May 30, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Switch games 44-23, i.e. the Metroidvania block feat. JRPGs. balladsandwords.wordpress.com/2025/05/30/b...
Games 65-45, a.k.a. my Jackbox period. Also: the difference between a great Switch game and a great game on Switch. balladsandwords.wordpress.com/2025/05/29/b...
May 29, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Games 65-45, a.k.a. my Jackbox period. Also: the difference between a great Switch game and a great game on Switch. balladsandwords.wordpress.com/2025/05/29/b...
Games 86-66! Featuring at least two games so obscure Nintendo Life didn't touch them, and two/three 3D platformers you'll be surprised to see so low. balladsandwords.wordpress.com/2025/05/28/b...
May 28, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Games 86-66! Featuring at least two games so obscure Nintendo Life didn't touch them, and two/three 3D platformers you'll be surprised to see so low. balladsandwords.wordpress.com/2025/05/28/b...
As the Switch draws to a close, I'm reviving my blog to post two-liners about every game I've played on Switch that I liked (to the tune of a recommendation). May entertain or even inform? One post a day for five days. First set of games here! balladsandwords.wordpress.com/2025/05/27/b...
Balladeer’s Switch Recommendations: 107-87
Here we go then. Each of these games is one I think is good and worth your time/money on Switch. Even number 107. (If you haven’t seen the context it’s here. You don’t need to rea…
balladsandwords.wordpress.com
May 27, 2025 at 8:39 AM
As the Switch draws to a close, I'm reviving my blog to post two-liners about every game I've played on Switch that I liked (to the tune of a recommendation). May entertain or even inform? One post a day for five days. First set of games here! balladsandwords.wordpress.com/2025/05/27/b...
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Just remembered my only good contribution to TikTok
January 21, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Just remembered my only good contribution to TikTok
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J.K. Rowling is a heinous loser, pass it on.
April 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
J.K. Rowling is a heinous loser, pass it on.
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This is where your Harry Potter money goes
jk rowling funded a case going before the supreme court that argues it should be legal to discriminate against and persecute trans ppl.
yet still we have to listen to ‘centrists’ claiming she isn’t bigoted she just has ‘a difference of opinion’.
no trans ppl have a voice in these proceedings.
yet still we have to listen to ‘centrists’ claiming she isn’t bigoted she just has ‘a difference of opinion’.
no trans ppl have a voice in these proceedings.
April 16, 2025 at 9:50 AM
This is where your Harry Potter money goes
*ehhhhhhhhhh*
I've worked out that today's #NintendoDirect is one of the five most exciting things that will happen to me in the next five years.
My life is great thanks for asking.
My life is great thanks for asking.
April 2, 2025 at 2:37 PM
*ehhhhhhhhhh*
I've worked out that today's #NintendoDirect is one of the five most exciting things that will happen to me in the next five years.
My life is great thanks for asking.
My life is great thanks for asking.
April 2, 2025 at 7:50 AM
I've worked out that today's #NintendoDirect is one of the five most exciting things that will happen to me in the next five years.
My life is great thanks for asking.
My life is great thanks for asking.
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Pluto’s reclassification in 2006 it was accompanied by an ex-planetary note.
February 13, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Pluto’s reclassification in 2006 it was accompanied by an ex-planetary note.
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It's a deer in my picture but aquatic blobs are where my heart is.
Anyone need to watch baby seals and their folks doing stuff? The babies are about to arrive. The National Trust has launched a live cam on YouTube. From 9.15 every day from now until January www.youtube.com/live/dWPE977...
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November 22, 2024 at 4:27 PM
It's a deer in my picture but aquatic blobs are where my heart is.
Having followed barely anybody on Twitter, my main feed on here is heaving. And they're really funny so I can't even mute folks to clean up. Disaster.
November 18, 2024 at 8:56 PM
Having followed barely anybody on Twitter, my main feed on here is heaving. And they're really funny so I can't even mute folks to clean up. Disaster.
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Some of the listeners came to Bath, so we met them in a pub basement where we could discuss Barbuta and draft episodes without bothering other patrons. Thanks to those who made the trip.
September 28, 2024 at 9:49 PM
Some of the listeners came to Bath, so we met them in a pub basement where we could discuss Barbuta and draft episodes without bothering other patrons. Thanks to those who made the trip.