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September 8, 2022
The CYBERPUNK 2077: PHANTOM LIBERTY DLC teaser trailer.
Joke’s on you, CD Projekt Red: I’m gonna play it straight up. Without visible irony. “Phantom,’ my red-blooded NUSA [expletive deleted]…
09/08/22 Snippet, BUZZ ON THE STREETS.
Exegesis!
Patreon!Out on the street, we went on a bit of an amble. I didn’t have anywhere to be and neither did Lucas, and the sidewalks of Cin City are always good for a free floor show or two. Besides, you never knew. Somebody might be following either one of us, if only on general principles.
Lucas gave me a sidelong look as we walked. “Gotta admit, Tom, I was expecting you to try to wheedle one of the items for your… what do y’all have?”
“What what do we have?” I said. “Offices? Apartments? They’re usually the same place.”
“I meant more like, you know, a temple or something.”
“Ha! Nah, we don’t need those.” I waved in the direction of the docks. “We got Mount Jeanie, instead.”
“I thought people didn’t live there, though.”
That earned him a stare. “Of course people don’t live there! It’s an iceberg, Lucas. It’s cold. I mean, we’ve got a couple of buildings on it, but that’s just for the look of it.” Not to mention the odd dramatic showdown with a demon from the Christian Hell, but hopefully I’d never have to do that again.
RIP, Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, Northern Ireland, and other realms and territories.
A long life and reign, and both were memorable. My condolences to her family and nation.
The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon.
— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) September 8, 2022
The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/VfxpXro22W
The “This Doesn’t Look Half-Bad” THE PERIPHERAL Amazon Teaser Trailer.
I do like me some William Gibson, to be sure.
God knows if I’ll actually watch it, though. I never seem to have enough time to watch more than one or two shows, and even then I have to budget it. I suppose that’s good?
In the Mail: The Author’s Proof of DUTIES.
Faster than I expected, honestly. Fast enough that I’m wondering if I can have DUTIES ready for Fright Reads after all. It’d be tight, but depending on when I have this book published…
That was quick. pic.twitter.com/13uGIqFRVw
— Ogiel (Moe Lane) (@Ogiel23) September 8, 2022
#commissionearned
September 7, 2022
…Danged if I know what I did today.
Got some stuff done on the new story, yup. Helped the kids with their math homework, too (in the ‘explaining concepts’ category). And I… oh, right. I played Power Wash Simulator, because it’s so soothing. Basically, you’re given dirty things to wash. With your Power Wash tools. I’m in the middle of cleaning a carousel right now, and it’s so wonderfully finicky. And at the end? You have a clean whatever. There’s a legitimate sense of accomplishment. I suspect that I am actually slightly better at power washing now.
That’s pretty much it.
09/07/22 Snippet, BUZZ ON THE STREETS.
Ambiance!
You can always tell an Adventuring Guild storehouse from the smell. There’s a little bit of everything: sun, wet, wood, stone, slime, spices, rust, wool, wine, and well-scrubbed sweat and blood. It ain’t a bad smell, but you can tell that the stuff it comes from has been around. Usually it wasn’t by somebody’s choice, either.
Lucas walked the two of us through the tight corridors right to his own stockpile, which was impressive. The other way you can tell a Guild storehouse is from all the stuff piled up in it, every which way. Adventurers never throw anything away if they can help it. It’s all what you’re used to, I guess.
His own stash was larger than I expected, until I remembered that Lucas was being the bagman for his entire crew. I could see why, too: a lot of the visible stuff were the kind of items you didn’t melt down for the gold. Lucas saw me looking. “So, you probably heard we were looking for the Lost Treasure of the Rodeo Drive,” he said.
“Yeah,” I replied as I examined a gold-plated cigarette lighter. I flicked it, but there wasn’t any flame. Big surprise: it was, what, five hundred years old? I tossed it back. “Guess it wasn’t as lost as they thought.”
TALES FROM THE FERMI RESOLUTION is part of the Based Fall Book Sale!
The Based Fall Book Sale is chock full of 99 cent and free books; TALES FROM THE FERMI RESOLUTION is an example of the former. Feel free to check it out and see if there’s anything in there of interest. Besides my book, of course; obviously, that’s going to be paramount to all right-thinking people.
#commissionearned
September 6, 2022
Tweet-thread of the Day, Content Warning edition.
Check out this thread, if you dare. After the fold because, fair warning, this is some messed-up shit involving AI-generated imagery. And it will soon mutate into an urban legend with disquieting speed.
Straight-up. (Via @RobinDLaws)
— Supercomposite (@supercomposite) September 6, 2022
: I discovered this woman, who I call Loab, in April. The AI reproduced her more easily than most celebrities. Her presence is persistent, and she haunts every image she touches. CW: Take a seat. This is a true horror story, and veers sharply macabre. pic.twitter.com/gmUlf6mZtk
