Jon Verrall

Soooo... I wrote on dis. And had an amazing set of developers behind me, including @juhanaonparas.bsky.social

Hope you all can take a closer look at this very intense adventure about loss, fire and insane amounts of emotional processing.

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To all who embark today:

There’s nothing I love more than seeing someone rave about something made by someone I care about.

What's the most you would be comfortable winning as a prize?

At some point, I think the value would be so high that I'd be overwhelmed. I don't want a billion dollars. I've seen what that kind of money can do to someone.

Assuming you won the lottery, today, what is the maximum you'd want to win?

"Let's get this OVER WITH."

Werewolf 5th Edition has scratched that itch for me. 85 sessions so far and counting!

Right?! I could be exhausted right now! And wondering how to store more board games in my luggage!

The problem with late-night kitbashing game systems and settings is that I don't want to stop, but I need to go to bed, and if I do I won't sleep because my mind's working too fast.

Thankfully, it's not a bad problem to have...

Have you been entering fugue states recently? Have you been waking up in strange locations, arms and legs sore as if you've been doing an unfamiliar dance over and over again?

Peanut butter cookies don't solve everything, but they solve a lot of things.

That's frequency illusion. It's also referred to as the Baader–Meinhof phenomenon. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequen...

I still can't hear Talk Show Host without picturing a sad Leonardo DiCaprio.

Avoid vague questions. Structure with asking for an example each of Roses, Buds, and Thorns.

“What did you love? What do you hope to see? What didn’t you like?”

That opens the conversation to give you more overall feedback if it’s needed.

(Thanks to Szabba for this!)

My job is to trust other people, prioritize my brain space, and bear the load of saying no.

I like the job, but it definitely isn’t what I expected. And it ain’t easy.

But neither is anyone else’s.

I’m really glad I made peanut butter cookies on Canada Day. If I hadn’t, what would I have held onto these last two days?!

What’s the earliest you remember a video game talking to you?

A few of my earliest:

“I’m the Chessmaster. Wanna play a game?”

“Hit the pass!”

“Eat my shorts.”

“Congratulations! You have earned a gold Map Skills Plaque.”

The same jail for people who don’t like Soulslikes?

I sometimes feel guilty that I don't like Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island more.

Hades 2 is sitting in my Steam library. Taunting me.

“Play me. I’m almost done!”

I know, Hades 2! I know! But I just want to play you when the experience is ready!

(Then why did I buy it in early access?!)

Phones these days are often unintentional time capsules.

“Hey, it’s someone’s birthday! You haven’t spoken with them in a decade. Gosh, how did that falling out happen? You should call!”

“You’re near an address you used to visit every week or so! When you were young. And had few responsibilities.”

Concurrently terrifying and erotic

Goodnight

Looks like you're set for the week! It's a great problem to have.

I was dumped and lost all of my oldest friends all at once. My whole world popped. I felt helpless because they were wrapped up in my hobbies, too.

If this feels similar to your situation, I'm so sorry. Rest assured from someone who's been there: you can recover. Let me know if you want to talk.

Sitting on the balcony yesterday:

@zen-r0b0.bsky.social tells me that @hanatruly.bsky.social is coming back to Montreal.

Reader, she booked the tickets before I could say, "Then we're going."

Last we saw her live it poured rain so hard we almost drowned. Still the best experience all year by far.

"No one colonizes Canada but me! And maybe the boy!"

King Charles' recent visit to Canada:

Head north.

Show us your writing process in a gif.

I managed to get a preorder for the Switch 2… and then my bank triggered fraud protection and cancelled my payment.

Like, thanks? I guess?

Deactivated Facebook and Messenger. My fault, really, since I never looked up if it was possible to deactivate them without deleting them.

(Wary of deletion—I may have some logins tied to Facebook that I don't want to immediately lose.)

Apps off my phone, bookmarks removed. Sigh of relief?

Truer words never spoken.