Andrew Jackson Lynch's Avatar

Andrew Jackson Lynch

@whatsforlynch.bsky.social

Composer, lyricist, and bookwright for musical theatre. Reviewer of board games for Meeple Mountain. The Sore Loser. Blog: https://www.andrewjacksonlynch.com/the-cost-of-a-basket-of-fish he/him

489 Followers  |  559 Following  |  4,093 Posts  |  Joined: 24.07.2023  |  2.2403

Latest posts by whatsforlynch.bsky.social on Bluesky

A cherished moviegoing experience was seeing LITTLE WOMEN on Christmas day the year of release. Starting about an hour into the movie, there was *always* someone audibly crying somewhere in the theater. It kept shifting around.

06.12.2025 02:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

KNIVES OUT was my only requirement. I barely remember that movie, but the sweater lives eternal in my memory.

06.12.2025 01:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I've gotten a dear friend who's a costumer for Secret Santa this year. Do you have any recommendations of great books on the history of clothes or fashion that might be a bit off the beaten path?

06.12.2025 01:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh, I hope you enjoy it! It's a wonderfully constructed movie.

05.12.2025 23:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Every now and then you get the pleasure of experiencing a fully new sentence. "George Michael is closer to Daniel Johnston than he is to Suno or Udio" is one of those times.

05.12.2025 22:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Magnificent.

05.12.2025 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Though I think that gets dangerous, because one of the arguments against AI art is the humanist value of making a piece of art, regardless of its quality. But there's a difference between personal art and commercial art here.

05.12.2025 22:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Is This Really What We Want? – AI Art in Board Games – Meeple... AI generated imagery and text are a threat to what makes board games worthwhile. In this piece, Andrew explains Meeple Mountain’s policy.

Shameless plug of a piece I published earlier this week on the same subject, but in the world of board games:

www.meeplemountain.com/articles/is-...

05.12.2025 22:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Go back to bed.

05.12.2025 18:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't believe I have the emotional regulation necessary to play Diplomacy and either enjoy myself or be enjoyable.

05.12.2025 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One of my favorite categories of game.

05.12.2025 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I spent a month working on an article to say what Dan says in four sentences.

05.12.2025 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One of my major sticking points with AI now is that I cannot trust anything. It is exhausting, to always be holding the magnifying glass up to your eye.

05.12.2025 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My job is teaching games to people, this one is MUCH easier to teach to new players. It's not that there's much less complexity, but it all reads as less daunting. The fact that everything you do translates to a visible change on the table makes a huge difference.

05.12.2025 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

My read is that they did a wonderful job bringing the tension of 7WD to the surfaceβ€”no more impermeable maths, just visible board statesβ€”but it came at the cost of some depth.

05.12.2025 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The original post reads as dismissive, so this is on him. But!

05.12.2025 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

From the first reply, for whatever it's worth.

05.12.2025 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I could have sworn I was raised to believe that CEOs act on the evidence to do what's best for their company's bottom line. I can't believe I was lied to.

05.12.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What I don't get about killing theatrical is...movies seem to make money there? And more than they'd make on streaming? Is it bad for the movies to make money now? I guess that's bad.

05.12.2025 13:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Any time I see this shot (it's not that it happens often, but it happens occasionally), I am so impressed with the degree to which Rooney is going for it.

05.12.2025 13:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We do Instagram videos to promote games at work from time to time, we had a pretty serious discussion about whether or not we could float the budget to do exactly that.

05.12.2025 11:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You're in for a hell of a time. It's fabulous.

05.12.2025 11:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The first time I experienced a day like that while living in Chicago, I said, "The sky is in HD."

05.12.2025 03:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm seeing it next week, after over a decade of wanting to see this cut. I haven't seen either of them since theaters.

05.12.2025 00:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

For sure.

04.12.2025 18:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Little did I know that *everyone* in that movie would suck, given the chance to do so.

04.12.2025 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Also. During the scene just before the ceiling caves in, when the kid is screaming from the bathroom, I turned to my partner and said, "This kid fucking sucks."

04.12.2025 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I thought it was very good, and it was refreshing to watch something that had absolutely zero interest in the audience's comfort or enjoyment.

04.12.2025 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Funny how that headline could just as easily be about the opposite thing.

03.12.2025 23:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I believe the word you're looking for is "Scheiße."

03.12.2025 23:18 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@whatsforlynch is following 20 prominent accounts