Owen McManus

Legends of the Fall.
Not one bit of the melodramatic bullshit they attempt in that movie is earned. Decades later I remain pissed that I watched all of that movie in a theater and didn't just leave.

where Deckard is very clearly a Muppet but dorks spend decades debating if he is actually a Muppet because it was never explicitly stated in the script

yeah! I have this shit on a VCD. It's terrible! High Five!

If you are considering stories for nomination, especially for the Aurora Awards, give Birds, Vibrant and Wild a shot. It's a pretty quick read too!

weird. seems fine to me. Now we just need our womens team to wake up. Oh. looks like they did this morning. cool.

Never. I bring it up every chance I get. Which is strangely often.

but now I really want to know what this toad / yoshi beef is all about... will they kiss?

A year ago today I wrote this.

I think they were prop planes, but yeah. still planes

want a palate cleanser? I can promise you that all my stories only use organically sourced words. I have no interest in outsourcing the fun part of writing.
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This one got a nice review in Locus, too!

These Stories Teach Us How to Fight - Uncanny Magazine Chicago, October 2025. I need you to know we tried. I bought whistles and saline eyewash for my friends, students. The theatre bought 150 whistles. They were gone in days. A neighbor 3D-printed hundre...

My latest essay for @uncannymagazine.bsky.social is live!!

My editor: "I've never published a more important essay." 🥹

bought a brand new bike to replace my old the rickety one. I was so excited about the new bike that I bunny hopped the old one over a curb taking it to storage. The front wheel fell off and I face planted into the street. Mild concussion, scrapes everywhere, and I still have scars on my knuckles.

become the good Spider-Man you want to see in the world

Vaccines are one of the coolest things that humanity ever created. Right up there with agriculture.
Providing immune systems with a training dummy has dramatically extended and improved life for the past couple hundred years.
Amazing.
Imagine just saying 'Nah, Imma give tuberculosis a title shot"

That's why my favorite film version has always been the 1951 Alistair Sim version. Quickly paced, but surprisingly faithful. And Mervyn Johns puts on an absolute acting clinic.

My story Birds, Vibrant and Wild in Kaleidotrope, is both very different from me and the most 'me' thing I have ever written.
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the Irix FSN? do it!

- copy and paste direct into Unity -
Thanks!

As a decades long 3D artist who used Maya for many years, I would say that Blender is not only viable, but preferred. ZBrush still has the edge for sculpting, but not by much.

I’ll end this with something I’ve said before. Art has value. It’s an essential service. What we do, is one of the most important jobs on this fucking planet. Do not undervalue it or yourself. Ever. Fight for it. Trust me, you will never regret that. 5/5

I know several spec-fic authors who have started to get them too. yep, super creepy.

I'm shocked to my core

Wait, did you actually find a lazy gamedev? I've heard of those

this is fine
#godot #gamedev #indiedev

French sign saying (in French) "Crepes and chocolates", left arrow. "Cruel world", right arrow. Harvested from the webs, no idea of attribution.

It was a gamble that cartoon loving octogenarians might not be big video game players.

Every trans person out there, every single one, exhibits more bravery and integrity every single day simply living the life they're meant to live than every conservative politician pushing disgusting anti-trans laws into effect, and every craven liberal who's too chicken shit to stand up in defence.

Calvin (psysal) is also just a really good dude.