Carnevale – Doctors Conversation

By Patrick MurphyPosted on January 26, 2024January 24, 2024Cat NerdTags Carnevale, Gaming, Tabletop RPGLeave a comment

I wish I could be a fly on the wall at the Ospedale when the Doctors realized what they were up against and what they were going to do about it. It starts out about like you would expect. Masters of Alchemy and Detrimental Elixirs bring them up to speed on their latest chemistry experiments. … Read More »

So Here’s Something That’s Just Sad

By Patrick MurphyPosted on July 12, 2020August 5, 2020Cat Story TimeTags CHUDs, Ethics, Gaming, Losers, Morons, White SupremacistsLeave a comment

I was in a Facebook group for tabletop RPGs. It wasn't much of a group, to be honest, just endless "look how creative I am for playing vanilla D&D," "I'm such a nerd for playing D&D now that it's popular," and people spamming the group with their awful "art" or blogs that they've spammed so… Read More »

Talent Stacks

By Patrick MurphyPosted on June 12, 2020June 26, 2021Cat Lifestyle, ProjectsTags Art, Coding, Devil Monkey Games, Educational, Gaming, Self-Improvement, Skool, VidgamesLeave a comment

I encountered this article earlier, and it makes sense. The idea is both interesting and disturbingly accurate in my existence. I'm not stellar at any one thing, but I'm above average at a bunch of stuff, and some of it is even related to other stuff. That's what makes me a solid robotics tech and… Read More »

“Geek Cred”

By Patrick MurphyPosted on May 10, 2020May 10, 2020Cat LifestyleTags Gaming, Geek, Morons, Philosophy, Science Fiction, TVLeave a comment

I'm a geek by nature, not culture. I've noticed something hilarious since geek went mainstream. It's probably the same thing that happens when anything else suddenly becomes popular, but since I've always been out on the fringes this is the first time I've really seen it. That would be geek poseurs. Not geek… Read More »

Downtime…

By Patrick MurphyPosted on April 22, 2020April 27, 2020Cat Lifestyle, RSMDMETags Devil Monkey Games, Gaming, Self-ImprovementLeave a comment

You know your life is all kinds of screwed up when you say with a straight face "you know what? Now that I did the alpha test release I'm cutting back to aboot a hunnert hours a week." That translates to ~45 at the robut factory, ~30 classes, and ~25 RSMDME. The FPS engine is… Read More »

Book Review: Fantasy Genesis

By Patrick MurphyPosted on March 2, 2020Cat UncategorizedTags Art, Gaming, WritingLeave a comment

Went to the art supply store with Stacie a while back; they had a sale on art supplies, but only for a few hours. We got there early to beat the lines, but we had to wait a while for the sale to actually start. Cue the "wandering aimlessly about the store" part of our… Read More »