Troy Goodfellow
@troyg.bsky.social
PR Manager for Historical Strategy Games at Paradox Interactive. Former podcaster, former games critic.
Mostly happy, always worried.
Ontario, Canada
https://linktr.ee/troygoodfellow
Mostly happy, always worried.
Ontario, Canada
https://linktr.ee/troygoodfellow
Next up on the reading list, Paul Cartledge’s history of Thebes.
November 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Next up on the reading list, Paul Cartledge’s history of Thebes.
The reviews have mostly been generous, and we're the number one Global Top Seller for the moment, so this is where the rubber hits the road.
I'll properly celebrate later this week.
I'll properly celebrate later this week.
November 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The reviews have mostly been generous, and we're the number one Global Top Seller for the moment, so this is where the rubber hits the road.
I'll properly celebrate later this week.
I'll properly celebrate later this week.
This is a good time to read to Bart Giamatti’s “The Green Fields of the Mind”.
One of the last of the strong baseball commissioners, Giamatti died too soon, and had a deep love of the game that Manfred never demonstrates.
mason.gmu.edu/~rmatz/giama...
One of the last of the strong baseball commissioners, Giamatti died too soon, and had a deep love of the game that Manfred never demonstrates.
mason.gmu.edu/~rmatz/giama...
November 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This is a good time to read to Bart Giamatti’s “The Green Fields of the Mind”.
One of the last of the strong baseball commissioners, Giamatti died too soon, and had a deep love of the game that Manfred never demonstrates.
mason.gmu.edu/~rmatz/giama...
One of the last of the strong baseball commissioners, Giamatti died too soon, and had a deep love of the game that Manfred never demonstrates.
mason.gmu.edu/~rmatz/giama...
Hockey coaches need those child leashes so they can tether adventurous goalies in place.
October 29, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Hockey coaches need those child leashes so they can tether adventurous goalies in place.
This is going to be fun.
October 22, 2025 at 2:28 AM
This is going to be fun.
“Born to Run” is a classic, of course, one of the best rock songs of all time.
But I find this very funny.
But I find this very funny.
October 22, 2025 at 1:27 AM
“Born to Run” is a classic, of course, one of the best rock songs of all time.
But I find this very funny.
But I find this very funny.
That's the stuff. @crusaderkings.com
October 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
That's the stuff. @crusaderkings.com
Tonight, pea soup. It takes all afternoon to cook, but it’s the perfect fall meal. Forgot to get crusty bread.
October 18, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Tonight, pea soup. It takes all afternoon to cook, but it’s the perfect fall meal. Forgot to get crusty bread.
"They said we couldn't craft a spam subject line that appeals to both academic vanity AND libido, but the folks in the labs seem to have cracked the formula."
October 17, 2025 at 11:38 AM
"They said we couldn't craft a spam subject line that appeals to both academic vanity AND libido, but the folks in the labs seem to have cracked the formula."
Definitely overdid it with Thanksgiving dinner. Family meals are great, but I can barely move.
October 12, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Definitely overdid it with Thanksgiving dinner. Family meals are great, but I can barely move.
Look, I get the impulse. I was optimistic about Buffalo two seasons ago. But I refuse to go down that path again.
October 5, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Look, I get the impulse. I was optimistic about Buffalo two seasons ago. But I refuse to go down that path again.
We could have made it work, too, if she hadn’t allied with the Greeks.
October 3, 2025 at 1:19 AM
We could have made it work, too, if she hadn’t allied with the Greeks.
So the thing about our grand strategy games is that I can be very happy as a gardener of my realm, improving the lot of my people and keeping out plagues and building roads and then I remember that I should have built a better army.
September 30, 2025 at 1:24 PM
So the thing about our grand strategy games is that I can be very happy as a gardener of my realm, improving the lot of my people and keeping out plagues and building roads and then I remember that I should have built a better army.
"Tears Are Not Enough" (the Canadian "We Are the World") popped up on my YT playlist, and you have to appreciate Anne Murray showing up to the taping in the most 1980s mom outfit she could find.
From a distance, they could be red snowpants.
From a distance, they could be red snowpants.
September 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
"Tears Are Not Enough" (the Canadian "We Are the World") popped up on my YT playlist, and you have to appreciate Anne Murray showing up to the taping in the most 1980s mom outfit she could find.
From a distance, they could be red snowpants.
From a distance, they could be red snowpants.
How I performatively read:
September 23, 2025 at 12:37 PM
How I performatively read:
Most off-putting is that a few of the mannequins are quite good. Most are not.
Compare these two.
Compare these two.
September 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Most off-putting is that a few of the mannequins are quite good. Most are not.
Compare these two.
Compare these two.