Topher Gerkey
@topherg.bsky.social
Gaming, witchery, queerness, parenting, pop music, mental health, disability, whatever. He/him/his.
Randomly: does anyone remember the early 1980s game "Dragonmaster"?
Simple trick-taking card game largely based on Guillotine, with a completely bespoke deck of cards featuring original fantasy characters with amazing-for-the-time art.
Simple trick-taking card game largely based on Guillotine, with a completely bespoke deck of cards featuring original fantasy characters with amazing-for-the-time art.
November 18, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Randomly: does anyone remember the early 1980s game "Dragonmaster"?
Simple trick-taking card game largely based on Guillotine, with a completely bespoke deck of cards featuring original fantasy characters with amazing-for-the-time art.
Simple trick-taking card game largely based on Guillotine, with a completely bespoke deck of cards featuring original fantasy characters with amazing-for-the-time art.
I have a bunch of issues with Pete Buttigieg but I just saw a clip of him pointing out why the electoral college is a stupid, harmful relic, and I wish that was something more politicians were willing to do.
November 17, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I have a bunch of issues with Pete Buttigieg but I just saw a clip of him pointing out why the electoral college is a stupid, harmful relic, and I wish that was something more politicians were willing to do.
I think everybody has heard me rant about Shopping Scenes in ttrpg play at least once, and it's true that is very probably my least favorite thing to experience in a game (not counting people being assholes, obvs).
But a close second has to be Planning Scenes.
But a close second has to be Planning Scenes.
November 17, 2025 at 4:30 AM
I think everybody has heard me rant about Shopping Scenes in ttrpg play at least once, and it's true that is very probably my least favorite thing to experience in a game (not counting people being assholes, obvs).
But a close second has to be Planning Scenes.
But a close second has to be Planning Scenes.
Kid called. "Dad, I started playing this game and then it seemed really familiar and then I realized you told me about it. Do you remember telling me about Life Is Strange?"
Short call, she was absorbed in her game and kept ignoring me so I ended it. :)
Short call, she was absorbed in her game and kept ignoring me so I ended it. :)
November 16, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Kid called. "Dad, I started playing this game and then it seemed really familiar and then I realized you told me about it. Do you remember telling me about Life Is Strange?"
Short call, she was absorbed in her game and kept ignoring me so I ended it. :)
Short call, she was absorbed in her game and kept ignoring me so I ended it. :)
My kid is excitedly texting me about going on her first date and WHAT THE HELL, I AM OLD ENOUGH TO HAVE A TEENAGED KID GOING ON A DATE.
(No, I've been old for a long time; we had her in our 40s. Still!)
(No, I've been old for a long time; we had her in our 40s. Still!)
November 15, 2025 at 7:02 PM
My kid is excitedly texting me about going on her first date and WHAT THE HELL, I AM OLD ENOUGH TO HAVE A TEENAGED KID GOING ON A DATE.
(No, I've been old for a long time; we had her in our 40s. Still!)
(No, I've been old for a long time; we had her in our 40s. Still!)
"Dropbear" is gonna be one of those movies where now that I've watched the trailer, I have zero need to actually watch the movie, I think.
November 15, 2025 at 3:25 AM
"Dropbear" is gonna be one of those movies where now that I've watched the trailer, I have zero need to actually watch the movie, I think.
Stellaris dorks: "The game has been unplayable for months!"
Me: can't respond, too busy playing Stellaris
Me: can't respond, too busy playing Stellaris
November 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Stellaris dorks: "The game has been unplayable for months!"
Me: can't respond, too busy playing Stellaris
Me: can't respond, too busy playing Stellaris
Not me having to explain to an adult that "K-Pop" does not, in fact, work as a generic term covering all Asian music.
November 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Not me having to explain to an adult that "K-Pop" does not, in fact, work as a generic term covering all Asian music.
Well, we're all fucked.
Clearly the so-called "blue wave" panicked a bunch of do-nothing "centrist" Dems.
("Centrist" is always and only code for "Rightist, but, like, not in your face about it.")
Clearly the so-called "blue wave" panicked a bunch of do-nothing "centrist" Dems.
("Centrist" is always and only code for "Rightist, but, like, not in your face about it.")
November 10, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Well, we're all fucked.
Clearly the so-called "blue wave" panicked a bunch of do-nothing "centrist" Dems.
("Centrist" is always and only code for "Rightist, but, like, not in your face about it.")
Clearly the so-called "blue wave" panicked a bunch of do-nothing "centrist" Dems.
("Centrist" is always and only code for "Rightist, but, like, not in your face about it.")
I swear if the democrats drop the ball and kiss the ring after *that* election, my brain might explode.
November 10, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I swear if the democrats drop the ball and kiss the ring after *that* election, my brain might explode.
There is literally no faster way to piss me off than "Well if the kid wants it, it's not actually sexual abuse, right?"
November 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
There is literally no faster way to piss me off than "Well if the kid wants it, it's not actually sexual abuse, right?"
Steam notified me that the Devil Summoner: RKvTSA remaster has a demo now, so I downloaded and played through it.
I always liked the game's characters, story, and aesthetic, but bounced off the PS2 original's controls pretty hard. I can't quantify all the changes but I like the new controls a lot!
I always liked the game's characters, story, and aesthetic, but bounced off the PS2 original's controls pretty hard. I can't quantify all the changes but I like the new controls a lot!
November 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Steam notified me that the Devil Summoner: RKvTSA remaster has a demo now, so I downloaded and played through it.
I always liked the game's characters, story, and aesthetic, but bounced off the PS2 original's controls pretty hard. I can't quantify all the changes but I like the new controls a lot!
I always liked the game's characters, story, and aesthetic, but bounced off the PS2 original's controls pretty hard. I can't quantify all the changes but I like the new controls a lot!
Saw a reporter asking AOC if Mamdani was going to be the face of the left the way Trump is the face of the right, and I have to applaud her patience as she pointed out the left doesn't need a face, it needs everybody working together.
We're supposed to be the ones who *don't* want a cult leader.
We're supposed to be the ones who *don't* want a cult leader.
November 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Saw a reporter asking AOC if Mamdani was going to be the face of the left the way Trump is the face of the right, and I have to applaud her patience as she pointed out the left doesn't need a face, it needs everybody working together.
We're supposed to be the ones who *don't* want a cult leader.
We're supposed to be the ones who *don't* want a cult leader.
Damn, what a speech.
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Damn, what a speech.
And everyone is projecting yes on 50 in CA. This election went pretty much as well as it possibly could, across the country.
November 5, 2025 at 4:05 AM
And everyone is projecting yes on 50 in CA. This election went pretty much as well as it possibly could, across the country.
Dang, I had anticipated the dems would do well tonight but this is a freaking bloodbath.
November 5, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Dang, I had anticipated the dems would do well tonight but this is a freaking bloodbath.
So this young man has a scary encounter with a monster and thinks it's going to kill him, but it spares him on the condition that he never ever speaks about meeting it.
Young man promises, lives, eventually gets married, has kids, lives a happy life.
Young man promises, lives, eventually gets married, has kids, lives a happy life.
November 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
So this young man has a scary encounter with a monster and thinks it's going to kill him, but it spares him on the condition that he never ever speaks about meeting it.
Young man promises, lives, eventually gets married, has kids, lives a happy life.
Young man promises, lives, eventually gets married, has kids, lives a happy life.
If I had money to bet, I'd be putting it on a stupid made-up war with Venezuela to attempt to distract everyone from the current admin's disastrous domestic fuckups and/or to have some sort of terrible excuse to cancel elections.
November 1, 2025 at 11:43 PM
If I had money to bet, I'd be putting it on a stupid made-up war with Venezuela to attempt to distract everyone from the current admin's disastrous domestic fuckups and/or to have some sort of terrible excuse to cancel elections.
With a gif, a movie you’ve seen more than 7 times
November 1, 2025 at 6:57 PM
With a gif, a movie you’ve seen more than 7 times
Really looking forward to trick-or-treating with my *gasp* teenager this evening.
October 31, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Really looking forward to trick-or-treating with my *gasp* teenager this evening.
Just got reminded of the existence of Dark Night of the Scarecrow and had this very visceral sense memory of being terrified as a kid.
It's a similar feeling to the one I always get when I remember The Dark Secret of Harvest Home was a thing.
It's a similar feeling to the one I always get when I remember The Dark Secret of Harvest Home was a thing.
October 31, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Just got reminded of the existence of Dark Night of the Scarecrow and had this very visceral sense memory of being terrified as a kid.
It's a similar feeling to the one I always get when I remember The Dark Secret of Harvest Home was a thing.
It's a similar feeling to the one I always get when I remember The Dark Secret of Harvest Home was a thing.
Look, if I see someone posting a video about Strikeforce: Morituri, of all things, in 2025, you bet your bippy I am clicking on it. It doesn't even have to be good.
October 26, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Look, if I see someone posting a video about Strikeforce: Morituri, of all things, in 2025, you bet your bippy I am clicking on it. It doesn't even have to be good.
The eternal struggle between "my socks are stretched out and that makes them lumpy and uncomfortable" and "my feet are cold."
October 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The eternal struggle between "my socks are stretched out and that makes them lumpy and uncomfortable" and "my feet are cold."
I'm not particularly the kind of person who cares about historic buildings with checkered histories, but *wow* does "destroying the White House" seem like the kind of move almost calculated to be popular with exactly nobody.
October 22, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I'm not particularly the kind of person who cares about historic buildings with checkered histories, but *wow* does "destroying the White House" seem like the kind of move almost calculated to be popular with exactly nobody.
I spent at least a decade - maybe two - convinced I had dreamed this, because I could not find anyone who had ever heard of it. It might have been after search engines came into common use that I got a real confirmation that it wasn't some elementary school fever dream.
youtu.be/GgrUfIWkZ1w?...
youtu.be/GgrUfIWkZ1w?...
The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire (1981). The Quest for a Series Order.
YouTube video by Stam Fine
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October 17, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I spent at least a decade - maybe two - convinced I had dreamed this, because I could not find anyone who had ever heard of it. It might have been after search engines came into common use that I got a real confirmation that it wasn't some elementary school fever dream.
youtu.be/GgrUfIWkZ1w?...
youtu.be/GgrUfIWkZ1w?...