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Mark A. Latham

@markalatham.bsky.social

Writer (THE LAST VIGILANT). Award-winning TTG designer (Elder Scrolls: Call to Arms). Scriptwriter (Darktide; Total War: Warhammer). Former White Dwarf magazine editor. Rep'd by @JennieGoloboy.bsky.social. Website: mark-latham.com

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Okay, Omar Sharif walking around after getting crushed in a car compactor has sent me.

08.02.2026 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Watching early Val Kilmer movie, Top Secret, for the first time. I... guess this would have landed better back in the 80s.

08.02.2026 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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This week's Sunday afternoon cocktail was spectacular. The "Intimate Martini".

Recipe here: www.instagram.com/p/DUgXfPiCD7...

08.02.2026 20:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Haha. It's literally the first time I've ever seen it.

08.02.2026 20:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Incredible theme song.

Apparently it was confirmed that Captain Scarlet and Thunderbirds are in a shared universe, so I'm just going to go ahead and assume all of them are.

08.02.2026 19:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's frankly insulting that no one's ever asked me to write a game based on a Pat Mills comic tbh.

08.02.2026 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I like how the Lord of the Rings ends with everyone just fucking off and sailing away to a place where this bullshit doesn’t happen

08.02.2026 18:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1263    πŸ” 151    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 9

Buddy up with me. You know you want to model a 1:48 Stingray.

08.02.2026 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

But then it wouldn't be my AMAZING and OFFICIAL game, Darren ;)

08.02.2026 17:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man in a red vest is standing in front of a desk with a clipboard on it ALT: a man in a red vest is standing in front of a desk with a clipboard on it

I'm getting the urge to write a Supermarionation tabletop skirmish game. Who wants to make the minis and pitch for a licence with me?

08.02.2026 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Part of the current clear-out/ ebay sales... I'm sad to get rid of this guy because it's such a cool toy. (Sound up).

08.02.2026 16:49 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man with a beard is smiling and says my man ALT: a man with a beard is smiling and says my man
08.02.2026 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I can feel a smutty joke coming on...

08.02.2026 15:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Cheers! Yeah, I guess for some reason it didn't freeze evenly, so the cubes surrounding it formed the solid wall.

08.02.2026 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Gonna drive to the hospital now and dump the entire tray into the biohazard waste.

08.02.2026 14:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

At last, a sensible explanation!

08.02.2026 14:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I like the scientific explanation! (It is a soft silicon tray though... does that make a difference?)

08.02.2026 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It was on a shelf with nothing on top of it. Obviously it's frozen inside so no drips. I am at a loss. πŸ•΅β€β™‚οΈπŸ•΅β€β™‚οΈπŸ•΅β€β™‚οΈ

08.02.2026 13:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Large ice cube tray, with inexplicable ice stalagmite on one of the cubes.

Large ice cube tray, with inexplicable ice stalagmite on one of the cubes.

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Went to get the oversized ice cubes from the freezer, and... what? There's an ice pillar in the middle of one of the cubes. How? πŸ˜…

08.02.2026 13:40 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0

Not until your Rogue hits level 20, anyway.

08.02.2026 03:57 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mike Pondsmith Michael Alyn Pondsmith (born April 14, 1954[citation needed]) is an American roleplaying, board and video game designer. He is the founder of R. Talsorian Games and the creator of the acclaimed Cyberp...

So it's Black History Month and that means I think it's a good time to get familiar with Mike Pondsmith, if you're not already.

When you see R. Talsorian Games, that's him. When you see Cyberpunk 2077, that's his world.

Mekton, Castle Falkenstein, also him.

cyberpunk.fandom.com/wiki/Mike_Po...

05.02.2026 03:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2274    πŸ” 1137    πŸ’¬ 38    πŸ“Œ 42
The real reason I'm leaving The Great British Baking
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Trump is threatening bombing the likes of which Tehran has never seen
Prue Leith

The real reason I'm leaving The Great British Baking Show Trump is threatening bombing the likes of which Tehran has never seen Prue Leith

the Spectator accidentally recycled a subhed from a previous day’s article about Tehran

06.02.2026 18:07 β€” πŸ‘ 6948    πŸ” 1551    πŸ’¬ 105    πŸ“Œ 110

At the risk of ridicule, I stuck with the new Robin Hood show after the dull opening episode and... it's fine actually. The writers have never even seen a history book, but most Robin Hood shows/films suffer on that front. Not great, but decent fun.

07.02.2026 00:40 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I was literally just reading the "talent is the new gatekeeping" thread, with increasing amounts of disbelief, when they deleted their account mid-scroll.

Oh well.

06.02.2026 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue

05.02.2026 11:50 β€” πŸ‘ 31499    πŸ” 13575    πŸ’¬ 594    πŸ“Œ 1611
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Thanks Roy, really appreciated.

04.02.2026 16:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Large russet-coloured dog with small grey dog friend.

Large russet-coloured dog with small grey dog friend.

#bdog has just gone in for a new/stronger chemotherapy session, which is a make-or-break treatment. Good vibes appreciated.

We organised a meet-up with his best pal, Audrey, earlier, to make sure he had a good day despite everything.

04.02.2026 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0

I did a very similar thing with The Last Vigilant (sort of "Sharpe meets Cadfael"). In fact, there was a point early on where I considered ditching the fantasy setting and transferring it to medieval York instead.

04.02.2026 15:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"Interesting" that new social media accounts have been going around for a few weeks protesting Neil Gaiman's innocence, while promoting this "smoking gun" substack. Just in time for the man himself to come back to public life.

Block this prick, btw πŸ‘‡

03.02.2026 09:53 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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