The Stochastic Game

Ramblings of General Geekery

Google refuses to play embedded YouTube videos because I didn’t consent to targeted advertisement cookies. Fine. But give me a link to the video, then, you fucking ghouls. This is such an obvious dark pattern it’s quite pathetic.

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My wife: <starts a movie we ripped from a DVD>

Our kid: “Why is the picture quality not very good?”


The park rangers at Lynn Canyon are desperately trying to prevent people from stupidly hurting themselves… every year the signs and fences seem to be slightly tweaked and adjusted.


The Canadian Chronicles are coming soon… three tales of horror for Call of Cthulhu, made and set in Canada 🇨🇦 and releasing at KamCon! The scenarios are written by Francis Acquarone, Patrick Chandler, and myself.

Canadian Chronicles
Vol 1: Nouvelle France

Three tales of French colonial horror for Call of Cthulhu, coming September 25th, 2026