James Crowley

@structuregeek
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Pop culture and narcissism, not necessarily in that order. I try to be one of the good randos.

Most posts self-destruct eventually.

🆔he/him, 🏳️‍🌈
🌎New York, NY, USA
🌐https://structuregeek.com
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James CrowleyMar 20
Glib melting pot discourse has a lot of problems but I do prefer living in a city where you can hear people saying Erin go bragh (semi-ironically, for St. Patrick's Day) and Eid Mubarak (sincerely, for the end of Ramadan fasting) in the same week.
James CrowleyMar 6
Gooder LivingMar 6
If someone asks how you knew something would work, calmly say "pattern recognition" and refuse to elaborate further. Mystique is a powerful and renewable resource. #gooderliving
James CrowleyMar 6
ελΥ.𐤍Mar 6
And that's how I ended up on mastodon
James CrowleyMar 6
Accidentally hurriedly typed something in iNcorrectly mIXeD CasE into a form at work, then said aloud to a coworker, "oops, I SpongeBobbed that, let me fix it" and they were either too young or not Online enough to have any idea what I meant.
James CrowleyJan 23
@[email protected] I'm perversely kind of looking forward to the "these aren't really horror films, they're dramas using a metaphorical lens" arguments we so often see with sci-fi when some folks feel the urge to No True Scotsman away genre elements in praiseworthy cultural artifacts.
James CrowleyJan 16

For years Burning Wheel was a white whale #TTRPG in my head: fiction-first, character focused, using D6 pools and life paths, but digital unavailability made it a nonstarter to even consider.

Well, it's available digitally now, and it's in a Bundle of Holding currently, and I bought it, and I couldn't even finish the introduction. Just the most Not For Me tone imaginable, a Cilantro Tastes Like Soap To Me situation. Ah well.

Show threadJames CrowleyJan 10
@randomgeek Ooh...I played a *lot* of Superflight (relative to my average session length, at least) but hadn't kept up with later stuff, so these went from "never heard of it" to "in my library" in record time. Thanks!
James CrowleyNov 10

Modded Bethesda games are like 80% of my actual gaming, so I would have been genuinely shocked if the new version of #Fallout4 actually worked on launch. Breaking existing installs for another monetization pass is just how they roll.

(I'm actually just happy because after a decade of vanilla plus DLC season pass I can just buy a bundle of Creations without engaging with digital funbux. The ever-dwindling mod community will tweak this stuff to actually be usable eventually.)

James CrowleyOct 31
I was diagnosed with #lupus on this day in 2003, so even though it's been a really shitty few months medically, I've managed to hit year 22 of Operation: Fuck You, Traitorous Meatsack!
Show threadJames CrowleyOct 19
@jrdepriest Thanks for the reminder that I really should go back and give AoS a second shot. I was one of the vanishingly few people who actually (in theory) preferred the original "Anomaly of the Week" procedural pitch to the TV Budget Superheroes pivot, but after 3 seasons I gave up hoping that the great cast would finally be allowed better material. Sounds like maybe I did the same thing I did with Deep Space 9 back in the day, quitting right before it Got Good.