I had a few little bits of interest to share this week and had Godzilla creep into my attention often.

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A while back scrobbling music broke with Google’s Now Playing app. That meant I couldn’t capture the music playing in my environment to Last.fm if it wasn’t playing from one of my own devices.

This set of instructions cobbles together a way to get that functionality back. It also adds some interesting location-based data.

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In my Free Comic Book Day haul was a leftover free Halloween issue of Godzilla vs Fantastic Four. It was just as ridiculous as I would expect of this mashup of two of my favourites. I read it while eating lunch today and enjoyed the very silly moments, such as both Godzilla and King Ghidorah gaining Silver Surfer powers.

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The last of our orchid flowers that started blooming in November fell just last week, but our office orchid already has the first of a new batch open this morning.

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I started a playthrough of The Warlock of Firetop Mountain during my lunch. I’d been thinking of the old Fighting Fantasy books I had when I was a kid and had fun revisiting this classic. There’s more of the mountain to explore and maybe I’ll get to that this weekend.

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I started a playthrough of The Warlock of Firetop Mountain during my lunch. I'd been thinking of the old Fighting Fantasy books I had when I was a kid and had fun revisiting this classic. There's more of the mountain to explore and maybe I'll get to that this weekend.

#FightingFantasy

Everest has bodies frozen along its routes as grim waymarkers. Firetop Mountain is considerably worse. Sir Ian Livingstone returns on Sept 5 for Fighting Fantasy Fest 6 at University of West London, with Malcolm Barter, Alan Langford, Marc Gascoigne and more.
#FightingFantasy #London #Conventions #FightingFantasyFest6 #FiretopMountain
https://www.tabletopsentinel.com/events/fighting-fantasy-fest-6-london-saturday-5th-september-2026
Another cosy #StardewValley stream with the amazing twitch.tv/manipulateverything (Jas). There is a fair chance we'll be doing a bit more #FightingFantasy too; Jas still hasn't defeated the Warlock of Firetop Mountain. twitch.tv/ElMagnificoGames #ActuallyAutistic #VTuber

Souhaitez-vous les consulter immédiatement ?

« SECRÉTARIAT », 1985
par Gary Mayes (ill. anglais)

La Planète Rebelle
Défis Fantastiques №18
#Ianlivingstone #SteveJackson, Gallimard, 1986

#livresdontvousetesleheros #LDVELH #livresjeu #fightingfantasy #gamebooks #defisfantastiques #garymayes #rebelplanet

A simple one so I can get started on MURDERBOT early.

Troika 3E Numinous Edition. Just Fighting Fantasy with d36 background tables, & an almost savage minimal level of stats. Advanced Fighting Fantasy is a much better *game*, & the Titan world is more fun to me, but Troika's worlds are pretty interesting.

#ttrpg #charactercreationjam #troika #fightingFantasy

Le cabochon du jour...

par Iain McCaig (ill. américain, né en 1957)

La Cité des Voleurs
#DéfisFantastiques n°5
Ian Livingstone, Puffin Books 1983, Gallimard 1984

#livresdontvousetesleheros #LDVELH #fightingfantasy #IainMcCaig #IanLivingstone #CityOfThieves #livresjeu #gamebooks #PuffinBooks

L'Être du Chaos est une véritable machine à tuer...

« ÊTRE DU CHAOS », 1986
par Brian Williams (artiste anglais, 1956-2010)

L'Épreuve des Champions
Défis Fantastiques №21
Ian Livingstone, 1986

#livresdontvousetesleheros #LDVELH #livresjeu #jdrsolo #fightingfantasy #brianwilliams #ianlivingstone #TrialOfTheChampions #gamebooks

... vous vous préparez à livrer un combat mortel ...

« POULPE SULFUREUX », 1991
par Brian Williams (ill. anglais, 1956-2010)

Le Captif du Roi-Sorcier
#LoupSolitaire №14
Joe Dever, 1991

#livresdontvousetesleheros #LDVELH #livresjeu #jdrsolo #fightingfantasy #gamebooks #brianwilliams #joedever #lonewolf #JoeDeversLoneWolf #TheCaptivesofKaag

Dans le fond se trouve une masse informe...

« ABOMINATION »
par Martin McKenna (ill. anglais, 1969-2020)

Retour à la Montagne de Feu
#DefisFantastiques №50
#IanLivingstone, 1992

#livresdontvousetesleheros #LDVELH #livresjeu #jdrsolo #fightingfantasy #martinmckenna #gamebooks #ReturntoFiretopMountain