Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Existential by Justin Hawkes and Vae Solis by Scorn. 🎡

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1eU9bsb02aggki4oCJpezi?si=GJPH3IZJR1mTXGOFmISIjg

Today I sent a postcard to one of the players in our upcoming Mothership game. When I saw how the mailbox was tagged, I recognized it as an ill omen.

I didn’t realize prepping for a Mothership game would become a meditation on cosmic horror and AI.

Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Berlin by Lou Reed and the Ghost Tropic by Songs: Ohia. 🎡

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1eU9bsb02aggki4oCJpezi?si=GJPH3IZJR1mTXGOFmISIjg

Tonight was the first time I’ve seen a police officer use a shotgun to apprehend someone.

It’s that time of day where someone drives around in their car through my neighborhood shouting “911 was an inside job by the CIA!” through a megaphone.

I watched Alien: Covenant last night in preparation for January’s Mothership game. I wasn’t a fan of the movie when it was initially released, but I now think it’s excellent!

Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Eurythmia by Eve Risser Red Desert Orchestra and the UNIVERSAL CODE by Muriel Grossmann. 🎡

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1eU9bsb02aggki4oCJpezi?si=GJPH3IZJR1mTXGOFmISIjg

Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Carrie & Lowell by Sufjan Stevens and the Dark Canyon soundtrack. 🎡

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1eU9bsb02aggki4oCJpezi?si=GJPH3IZJR1mTXGOFmISIjg

In preparation for running Mothership I have been watching cosmic and survival horror science fiction movies like Event Horizon, Aliens, and Prometheus. I’m happy to run whatever game the players want, but if I had my druthers, I’d like to run a game that explores artificial life and cosmic horror.

After playing Xas Irkalla, our gaming group has decided to continue the theme of survival horror. We’re going to play Mothership next. This means I can finally run a setting that blends Bruce Sterling’s Shaper/Mechanist stories and Greg Egan’s Diaspora novel.

Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Little Floating Oracles by ATŌMI and Push by Maral. 🎡

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1eU9bsb02aggki4oCJpezi?si=GJPH3IZJR1mTXGOFmISIjg

Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Blackstar by David Bowie and Oxymore by Jean-Michel Jarre. 🎡

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1eU9bsb02aggki4oCJpezi?si=GJPH3IZJR1mTXGOFmISIjg

Boris is a washed-up base jumper/ parkour YouTube Star aspiring to be a TikTok influencer. What sling bag does he rock, and what is his everyday carry?

The things you find in your neighborhood.

Metaphor.

Xas Irkalla: Survival Horror Grimdark Comedy RPG

Yesterday we had the last session in our Xas Irkalla supernatural survival horror RPG. The game was so relentlessly grimdark that it verged into comedy. Everyone had a great time, so that’s all that matters. We’ve decided to continue our weekly game sessions, and the next game we’ll play will be Mothership, a science fiction survival horror RPG.

We’re playing these games via Discord. No maps; it’s all theater of the mind. We’ve kept each session to 90 to 120 minutes, so everything moves along quickly, and we usually do two scenes per session.

I’d love to hear any grimdark survival RPG tips you might have.

Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to The Show Original Soundtrack by Andrew Broder and When the World Dies (thanks, Eric Harrison) by Come to Grief. 🎡

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1eU9bsb02aggki4oCJpezi?si=GJPH3IZJR1mTXGOFmISIjg

https://cometogrieftl.bandcamp.com/album/when-the-world-dies

The gentleman in front of me has a large shard of a broken mirror jutting out of his backpack.

Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to The Doctor Came At Dawn by Smog and Shift the Focus by Gilbert. 🎡

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1eU9bsb02aggki4oCJpezi?si=GJPH3IZJR1mTXGOFmISIjg

https://030303.bandcamp.com/album/shift-the-focus