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This gorgeous tree frog was outside at the house the other night. What an incredible creature we were fortunate to have stop by and eat some bugs by the trash bins.

It’s wild to me how far the technology on our phones has come to be able to capture something like this at night.

YouTube video by ProfNoctis Gamers in the Classroom: Final Fantasy in Higher Ed | ProfNoctis PAX East 2025

I had the privilege of joining @profnoctis.bsky.social to host a panel at PAX East this year on Video Games and Higher Education based on his class at the University of Alabama and some of our work together. Amazing experience and the recording of the panel is linked below!

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I need a Miami Horror tour announcement soon.

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Is this @profnoctis.bsky.social favorite episode of the whole series so far? Lots to unpack as we continue our last of us story and theme analysis semester series.

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@schrodingersbbseal.bsky.social & NSP hosting conversations about games and the industry? Yes, please!

I enjoyed the discussion on game bloat and risk taking. Gene Park and Hayes Madsen as the first guests is too fun! Give it a listen if it’s in your lane of interests.

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Introduced a car full of elementary school kids to Weird Al for the first time today. It was a glorious moment their moms will hate me forever for. #eatit

Bears feel like a fun one, but that’s suddenly a very challenging division. From the interviews I’ve listened to with Ben Johnson he seems to have an open approach to the culture building, so what does the defensive identity of that team look like under Dennis Allen? He’s quite a good coach.

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Brilliant!! Well done all around.

The @thelachargers.bsky.social (unofficial, but whoever is behind the curtain is doing great) walked so that the Falcons could Kart.

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Yes please! As long as we get more @wanderingshrink.bsky.social Witcher analogies to go with it I’m all in!

Those are the character crossover we really need. Joel playing Gwent? Geralt vs a Bloater? Yennefer and Abby co-revenge narratives? 👀

Great article to learn more about our offseason and some things to get excited for. In describing the seemingly high cost of trading back into the 1st for Pearce Jr. “even for a franchise that has been out of sorts when it comes to edge pressure since time immemorial”

It hurts, but it’s true.

Follow along with our Last of Us theme and story analysis! I believe we finally learn how they’re telling the themes of the story differently than the game with new character backstories and answers to some of our earlier questions like, “Why are they choosing to tell the story this way?”

In this picture there is a coffee mug, a v60 coffee dripper, and the hopes and dreams of morning productivity.

Back from PAX East and brewed up my first cup from @manyworldstavern.bsky.social. The coffee is delicious, but my only problem is the art is too wonderful to stick in the cabinet so I have to let it live on the counter.

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Old robot

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New robot

What a whirlwind for my first ever PAX! Thanks to everyone who joined us for the panel and all the kind words as we’ve met over the last few days. I’m looking forward to the next few days here and have more time now, so please reach out if you’d like to connect and I’ll stop by your booth!!!

Hey PAX— @whiskerss.bsky.social and I are hosting a session on Friday to tell you all about how I turn video games into lectures at the University of Alabama. Come say hi! #PAXEast

I don’t think I’ve ever heard this in my life! Looking forward to checking it out. So far love the way the music builds, right when I think they can’t get the sound any bigger they find a way to surprise me. Very layered.

Live Vol. 1 Parcels · Album · 2020 · 18 songs

Well friend, whatever it is we’re in it together.

Here’s what I was listening too, would love an album recommendation t check out something new if you have time!

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Kyle, I don’t know you, but I’m in the same boat and it’s messing with my morning here. Thank you for making me not feel crazy.

This has to be a bug, right? There’s no way they would push this as an actual UI change.

YouTube video by ProfNoctis The Last of Us Season 2 Episode 4 Breakdown: Trust, Turnstiles, and That Guitar Scene

What does it mean to trust someone in a world falling apart?

This week we explore the layered themes of grief, intimacy, loyalty, and the human cost of survival as we analyze the themes and story for The Last of Us Season 2 Episode 4.

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We could parlay that into a conversation on the history of horse racing in the United States - which then leads to the inevitable Seabiscuit watch with the delightful Tobey McGuire. That should buy you a couple hours.

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Me waiting for SportsCenter to wrap up so I can watch Kimi Antonelli in this sprint race.

It’s a picture of an anole on the edge of a plastic flower pot with a terracotta pot in the background. He looks like a happy lizard who has his 401k in order and didn’t invest too heavily in NFTs.

Grateful for our local Anole, Robert California, for taking care of the pests around the new saplings we’re trying to grow. Go off, Lizard King.

Bonus Millard picture.

Millard “Millie” Fillmore the summer cut Bernese Mountain Dog Poodle Mix

Today was house plants and Home Depot with Millard. Great way to spend a morning.

YouTube video by ProfNoctis Grief, Growth, and Gathering Storms | TLOU S2E3 Recap

It’s Monday so that means it’s time for The Last of Us episode 3 recap and theme analysis with @profnoctis.bsky.social. Listen along and join the discussion on grief, growth, and the gathering storm. Lots of time spent evaluating the story structure compared to the games.

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I’m just so happy we are getting more of Mon Mothma as a character. If you would have told little kid me that not only would I get a whole TV show about her role in the rebellion, but that it would even be good I would have said, “Star Wars has TV shows?!”

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Me waking up remembering the Falcons somehow got Jalon Walker at 15 and thinking how good that throwback jersey is going to look. @thefalcoholic.bsky.social

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We can fix this. Here is one for me that anytime I start I always seem to finish.