Tony Ellis
@tonyellis69.bsky.social
Furtive writer and programmer.
Still waspish, witty and suffering absolutely no fools whatsoever at 86. What a goddess. I wish she could live forever.
‘It is the scariest of times’: Margaret Atwood on defying Trump, banned books – and her score-settling memoir
At 86, she’s a literary seer and saint – and queen of the Canadian resistance. So what does the writer make of our dystopian world?
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Still waspish, witty and suffering absolutely no fools whatsoever at 86. What a goddess. I wish she could live forever.
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Need some help in the busy months before Christmas? I have freelance availability! I can help you with features, interviews, gift lists, reviews and mock reviews!
October 22, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Need some help in the busy months before Christmas? I have freelance availability! I can help you with features, interviews, gift lists, reviews and mock reviews!
This reminds me wonderfully of the reviews in the spoof site ObjectiveGameReviews.com, now sadly long gone.
Dungeons & Dragons Neverwinter Nights 2: Enhanced Edition Review - RPGamer
Dungeons & Dragons Neverwinter Nights 2: Enhanced Edition arrives for consoles. While the campaign is overall enjoyable, scarce significant new features and constant bugs make this endeavour tougher t...
rpgamer.com
September 28, 2025 at 10:57 AM
This reminds me wonderfully of the reviews in the spoof site ObjectiveGameReviews.com, now sadly long gone.
Well, now I feel old.
RIP
RIP
Tony Harrison, poet and dramatist, dies aged 88
Known for his outspoken politics, the author was acclaimed for work in theatre, opera, film and TV but wanted to be thought of as a poet above all
www.theguardian.com
September 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Well, now I feel old.
RIP
RIP
Just finished Snake Eater and wow... 15 minutes of finger-gnawingly tedious overwritten monologue at the end to explain what was going on and how I should feel about it. How can anyone possibly imagine that's good storytelling, let alone someone who claims to love movies?
September 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Just finished Snake Eater and wow... 15 minutes of finger-gnawingly tedious overwritten monologue at the end to explain what was going on and how I should feel about it. How can anyone possibly imagine that's good storytelling, let alone someone who claims to love movies?
If you ever want to torture information out of me, forget waterboarding. Just play Kojima's expository dialogue at me, where every single tedious point has to be made three times. Three times is how often every point has to be made, Snake. Snake, the point making multiplier is three, got that?
August 30, 2025 at 5:15 PM
If you ever want to torture information out of me, forget waterboarding. Just play Kojima's expository dialogue at me, where every single tedious point has to be made three times. Three times is how often every point has to be made, Snake. Snake, the point making multiplier is three, got that?
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Can folks do me a favor?
I was on Bluesky early & it was great. Mostly. I hit the eject button in January.
I came back, many colleagues are here, but still don’t know I am.
I co-created Halt and Catch Fire. I write TV & comics.
Here’s two favorite set photos.
Repost? I am in the wilderness.
I was on Bluesky early & it was great. Mostly. I hit the eject button in January.
I came back, many colleagues are here, but still don’t know I am.
I co-created Halt and Catch Fire. I write TV & comics.
Here’s two favorite set photos.
Repost? I am in the wilderness.
August 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Can folks do me a favor?
I was on Bluesky early & it was great. Mostly. I hit the eject button in January.
I came back, many colleagues are here, but still don’t know I am.
I co-created Halt and Catch Fire. I write TV & comics.
Here’s two favorite set photos.
Repost? I am in the wilderness.
I was on Bluesky early & it was great. Mostly. I hit the eject button in January.
I came back, many colleagues are here, but still don’t know I am.
I co-created Halt and Catch Fire. I write TV & comics.
Here’s two favorite set photos.
Repost? I am in the wilderness.
How do I stop watching this?
August 20, 2025 at 9:16 AM
How do I stop watching this?
More random than interesting. Which is pretty much what I want written on my gravestone.
August 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
More random than interesting. Which is pretty much what I want written on my gravestone.
Fight videogame censorship and support a worthy charity into the bargain.
VILE: Exhumed may be banned for sale, but I refuse to let that stop people from playing the game.
It’s now available, for free, at WWW.VILEISBANNED.COM
Please share the site, share the game, and fuck anyone who tries to control storytelling and expression.
It’s now available, for free, at WWW.VILEISBANNED.COM
Please share the site, share the game, and fuck anyone who tries to control storytelling and expression.
August 5, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Fight videogame censorship and support a worthy charity into the bargain.
Death Stranding 3: On The Salt Path
July 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Death Stranding 3: On The Salt Path
Guess I'll go with this one.
June 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Guess I'll go with this one.
Little guy is about 50 percent limbs.
June 17, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Little guy is about 50 percent limbs.
So, totally got a kitten now.
June 14, 2025 at 12:15 PM
So, totally got a kitten now.
"In a world of disenchantment, where no one believed that politicians could be good, being bad meant you must be authentic." Incredible stuff from Adam Curtis, as always. I still can't decide if he's a high-functioning conspiracy theorist or the only man on the planet who knows what's going on.
Thatcher, Farage and toe-sucking: Adam Curtis on how Britain came to the brink of civil war
Chaos, distrust and so many sex scandals … Ahead of his epic new series Shifty, the great documentarian charts the UK’s slide towards Whitehall’s worst nightmare
www.theguardian.com
June 13, 2025 at 1:48 PM
"In a world of disenchantment, where no one believed that politicians could be good, being bad meant you must be authentic." Incredible stuff from Adam Curtis, as always. I still can't decide if he's a high-functioning conspiracy theorist or the only man on the planet who knows what's going on.
It's funny. Younger Tony was so sniffy about NVN2, and yet today I'm probably more excited about this than anything announced at the Summer Game Fest. Time makes fools of us all.
Dungeons & Dragons Neverwinter Nights 2: Enhanced Edition - Official Announcement Trailer
YouTube video by GameTrailers
www.youtube.com
June 9, 2025 at 8:58 AM
It's funny. Younger Tony was so sniffy about NVN2, and yet today I'm probably more excited about this than anything announced at the Summer Game Fest. Time makes fools of us all.
Will no one think of the chitlins?
I know posting "the girls are fighting" seems funny, but it's actually insensitive and shitty.
My father died in a girl fight. He tried to break it up and the girls pulled him apart like freshly baked bread. He didn't even scream. One moment he was there, the next just a spray of dad viscera.
My father died in a girl fight. He tried to break it up and the girls pulled him apart like freshly baked bread. He didn't even scream. One moment he was there, the next just a spray of dad viscera.
June 6, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Will no one think of the chitlins?
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Determined to get #PiggybackWriter into the lexicon now. Feel free to share
May 24, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Determined to get #PiggybackWriter into the lexicon now. Feel free to share
Loved this one. It's so grounded in the real world - Hull, for heaven's sake! - but that just makes the violence and hint of the supernatural dig in deeper.
Johnny Mays. A selfish child in the frame of a plain-clothes cop. When Johnny starts a car chase, he pushes it too far. Soon they’re fishing for his body at the foot of a dam while his partner is left behind to pick up the pieces.Then the killings start. getbook.at/DownRiver
January 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Loved this one. It's so grounded in the real world - Hull, for heaven's sake! - but that just makes the violence and hint of the supernatural dig in deeper.
Excellent second-hand bookshop score.
January 27, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Excellent second-hand bookshop score.
Same question to the Better Twitter: I love to curl up with an atmospheric\spooky game at Xmas, eg, Hob's Barrow, Mundaun, Draugen, If On A Winter's Night. Foolishly played Fear of the Spotlight too soon, any recent-ish suggestions? Don't let me down like the Other Place did.
December 22, 2024 at 1:42 PM
Same question to the Better Twitter: I love to curl up with an atmospheric\spooky game at Xmas, eg, Hob's Barrow, Mundaun, Draugen, If On A Winter's Night. Foolishly played Fear of the Spotlight too soon, any recent-ish suggestions? Don't let me down like the Other Place did.
Nice! I do love a Spooky Little Game, and I've been treating myself to late night lights-out plays of this one for a while now.
I can’t believe we got a nomination for our narrative! We’re side by side with so many great games and we’re so grateful and honored.
What an absolute honor to be nominated for narrative at @indiegameawards.gg
November 19, 2024 at 6:56 PM
Nice! I do love a Spooky Little Game, and I've been treating myself to late night lights-out plays of this one for a while now.