Liz Stong

Drawing Out The Demon - Tabletop Rules by Feelings Wave Games

Considering I make self-aggrandizing business cards at a drop of a hat, I'm bad at self-promotion. The tabletop version of Drawing out the Demon came out last year, and I didn't post about it except my Facebook page. Oops. Anyway, you can find it here!

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I'm happy to help with this! Sometimes just knowing the magic words to search for can help a lot! Do you have any pictures of the sort of look you're going for? Or some items that you really like how you look in them?

Can the Veggie!PCs have to sing a random song about something completely unrelated to the campaign in order to get advantage/bonuses on their rolls?

Thank you! ☺️ I'm always keeping an ear open for new music (or getting reminded of songs I forgot!) so feel free to drop recommendations any time!

Yes! I watched Tokyo Drift for the first time immediately afterwards and I literally forgot I had watched 2 movies last night after I was done.

It felt like the writers watched Suicide Squad and was like "oh yes, this is what Star Trek should be."

I watched Section 31 last night, and it is one of the most forgettable movies I've seen in a long time.

YouTube video by Eurovision Spotlight Baby Lasagna - Rim Tim Tagi Dim (LIVE) | Croatia | Grand Final | Eurovision 2024

I am catching myself in a double lie one more song, and it's from this year's Eurovision. I almost forgot to put Rim Tim Tagi Dim by Baby Lasagna on this list. That would have been an oversight.

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YouTube video by The Mountain Goats - Topic Only Takes a Few (bonus track)

Last on my list is Only Takes a Few as performed by The Mountain Goats. Yes, Tick...Tick...Boom! came out in like, 2021, but I put off watching it for a while. I can hear the Jonathan Larsen in there, but it also sounds like it was written by TMG.

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YouTube video by Eels - Topic Let's Be Lucky

Perpetual favorite Eels also came out with a new album last year. Most of it wasn't was I was looking for at the time, but they continue to have killer closing songs to their albums.

Let's be Lucky by Eels
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YouTube video by Master Hand - Topic Gotta Go Fast

I have friends who make rad music too! Gotta Go Fast by Master Hand has been the background music to my deadline driven tasks the past few months!

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YouTube video by TopHouse Official Chicago Banana Cat Music Video

I had tickets to go see Tophouse for this album release tour, but then I went and broke both my arms. But Chicago is a charming song, and maybe I'll see them the next go around!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=83zm...

YouTube video by EARTHGANG EARTHGANG - Godly (ft. Damon Albarn) [Official Visualizer]

Someone described Earthgang as sounding like early Outkast, and I can hear that! If you ever added Roses to a breakup playlist, give them a listen!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JueI...

YouTube video by Adam PW Smith The Dreadnoughts - Polka Never Dies

Another song that I just stumbled onto randomly. Polka Never Dies by the Dreadnoughts. I'm a sucker for a good polka and a good "fuck you, my niche song genre so so good nothing can kill it" song.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzEf...

YouTube video by The Toxhards The Toxhards - (The) Coffee Song (Official Lyric Video)

Speaking of Here Come the Mummies, The Toxhards opened for them, and they were an absolute delight. The singer came out and served coffee during the crowd during The Coffee Song. All there songs are bops, tho.

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YouTube video by The BOB & TOM Show Attack of the Wiener Man - Here Come The Mummies

I went to my third? Fourth? Here Come The Mummies Concert where they played Attack of the Weinerman. I just... somehow missed it before????? Anyway, this inspired the stupidest game I've ever made, and I adore it.

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YouTube video by Eurovision Spotlight Windows95man - No Rules! (LIVE) | Finland | Grand Final | Eurovision 2024

My final Eurovision 2024 song is of course the immaculate No Rules! by Windows95Man. This song made me laugh until I cried. No notes.

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YouTube video by Eurovision Spotlight Bambie Thug - Doomsday Blue (LIVE) | Ireland | Grand Final | Eurovision 2024

Keeping with the Eurovision theme, Doomsday Blue by Bambi Thug is also amazing. Great live performance, but also slots in so easily to a lot of playlists.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xEc...

YouTube video by Eurovision Spotlight Nemo - The Code (LIVE) | Switzerland | Grand Final | Eurovision 2024

My top song of 2024 was The Code by Nemo. I got chills watching it live the first time. And the second. And every time since. Maybe it's the lines about ammonites, but it gives Utena vibes to me. Absolutely love it.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPmZ...

I realized that I didn't post my top songs that were new to me in 2024 anywhere, and with who knows what's going on with social media, might as well kinda brain dump all this here. 2024 was a dumpster fire in a lot of ways, but I had a lot of time to just listen to music, so that was nice at least.

I'm not sure I have an answer, but I did find it interesting that 3 of the top grossing movies of 1965 had the word Cat in them:

The Darkness at the Brink of Ohio at DriveThruRPG.com

The Darkness at the Brink of Ohio by @bananachangames.bsky.social is available now!

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A solo horror journaling game with a soundtrack. The major themes of this game are parasocial relationships and hypervisibility within a small fanbase.

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Oh look, my job.

i’m gonna just watch this at least once a day and i recommend everyone do the same

THREE full-time jobs in Games and Animation at the University of Cincinnati:

TT in Games and Animation
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Educator Professor in Game Design
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Educator Professor in Animation

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Please apply and share widely!

Over four days at the start of October, I frantically wrote a game about an sausage-based eldritch being that is obsessed with sticks. It's probably the stupidest thing I've ever written, and I'm very proud of it.

You can find it here! www.goldencobra.org/submissions2...

Fidel Castro and Lyndon B Johnson, where Fidel Castro is trying to find out if LBJ's childhood ranch had dairy cows in a subtle way during an international conference, but slowly falls more and more in love as he finds out more and more dairy related facts about LBJ.