My Boss Got A New. Uh. Adornment. For His Office.

i ADORE how patrick was drawn in the earlier seasons. like he looked all fuzzy and everything. he had an unforgettable smile too

I just finished How To Ru(i)n A Record Label, Larry Livermore’s first-hand account of the rise and fall of legendary East Bay punk label Lookout Records, which he cofounded and, among many other bands, gave the world Green Day.

I’m not a massive nonfiction fan, but Livermore’s voice and brutally honest accounts of major and minor events made this a great read, not just for fans of pop punk music, but those who like a good story well told.

I was introduced to Lookout Records by my roommate at the start of my freshman year of college when he loaned me Energy by Operation Ivy. I couldn’t stop listening to it. It was my gateway to Green Day, Screeching Weasel, Mr. T Experience, Pansy Division, and so many more awesome bands.

I loved Lookout’s releases so much, it became one of two labels from which I would buy a new release even of I didn’t know the band. The other was 4AD, home of the Pixies.

And my love of the East Bay pop punk sound led to me see Green Day play a small club in Richmond, VA about a year before they signed with a major label. The second time I saw Green Day was last year at SoFi Stadium in L.A. Quite the change.

(It’s also worth mentioning Richmond, VA’s own Avail became one of the few non-East Bay bands on Lookout.)

Anyway, if you’re a music fan, an old punk, or just like a good memoir about a historic moment in music created by a handful of outcasts and misfits, check out the book.

My Indie Game - Blue Province

Greetings to everyone and anyone who sees my post! My name is Pumpkin Patch!

Blue Province is a cozy indie game set in a town destined to be sacrificed to the chaos deity! It's art style is inspired by Gameboy games. The game is character focused, and takes place over five days.

It's going to be pretty short, likely around an hour long. I am a decent percent through the making of the game, and I hope to soon put out a trailer and a demo for it!

Yesterday a friend of mine asked if card games are my favorite type of game.

I almost said yes, but then I thought:

Cards aren't really a genre of game. Instesd, they're a game component that opens up a multitude of different ways to structure a game. 7 Wonders, Pokemon TCG, and Poker all use cards in radically different games. You can't just label all of them in the same category based on their shared medium; that'd be like saying you like all books or all video games with health bars.

But I said yes anyway, because I do in fact love all 3 of the aforementioned games AND I just really like the fact that cards are self-contained "rule boxes". Very modular. Very demure.

Cards are an S tier game component. Perhaps even the best game component. Is there any game component, physical or otherwise, that even comes close to the versatility and usefulness of cards?

And don't say dice, they're just number generators. Cards can do that too. No, I don't care if they're pretty math rocks, cards are still better. Stay mad.

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