Friday, May 16, 2025

29% off GI Joe Classified 60th Anniversary figures

Diver and Sniper are both down to $24.99 at Amazon.

New video game Humble Bundle including Sam and Max Save the World and Telltale's Batman game

Steam scores displayed, the connection between the mix of games is developers concerned about type 1 diabetes

Today's news and jokes



Good concept for a Star Wars storyline

My 'similar energy' Star Wars concept has always been to follow the crew of a single rebel capital ship (maybe a Neb-B cruiser) through the OT-era, beginning with a mutiny, so the crew is a mix of Imperial officers-turned-rebels and new rebel recruits, with the drama that implies.

— "Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux (@bretdevereaux.bsky.social) May 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM


My own twist on it is for most of the series, a hero-ship Nebulon B is going to have to run away from Star Destroyers a lot, but you could make the show's Neb-B be the one we see in the Battle of Endor in RotJ in desperation going broadside to broadside with an ISD as the big series climax.

— "Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux (@bretdevereaux.bsky.social) May 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM


So you get to spend, like, 3-4 seasons establishing that the hero ship can Do Stuff, but Star Destroyers are big and scary and require running away, only to end up - after all of your character development - squaring off against one in a badass moment of valor.

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— "Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux (@bretdevereaux.bsky.social) May 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM



Or...

A Star Destroyer glides amongst the glittering firmament, when suddenly two giant space logs swing down from each side and smash it. The Yubnub song swells and the yellow text begins to scroll into the distance.

— Hamiltwan (@hamiltwan.bsky.social) May 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM

Good illustrations for the Colts' schedule release







Thursday, May 15, 2025

"The Saint of Bright Doors" is $2.99 right now

at Amazon. Good and strange fantasy novel about the son of a dictator.

New Humble Bundle featuring comics illustrated by Declan Shalvey and J.H. Williams III

And most of all, Supreme Blue Rose, with art by Tula Lotay. Love that comic. (Payment can be directed to charity.)