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2026
- Finished reading: The Stoneshore Register by G. …
- Or not
- Finished reading: Next Level Making Games That …
- Finished Listening: The Friendly Orange Glow: …
- Agents
- Finished reading: John Constantine, Hellblazer …
- Jun 26, 2026
- The kiddo has given me an assignment to write a …
- It’s kind of jarring to be listening to a song, …
- Mission accomplished for now: next steps are …
- I saw this on my walk tonight. I’ve decided that …
- huh, ross dot karchner dot com is no longer a …
- Harsh
- The "aha" key
- Finished Listening: Steal Like an Artist: 10 …
- From today’s trip to NASA Goddard Space Center’s …
- Finished reading: Wicked + The Divine Volume 4: …
- My current work-in-progress is leaving me a bit …
- Finished reading: The Wicked + the Divine, …
- Why are the Artemis II photos on Flickr? I …
- Finished reading: The Wicked + the Divine The …
- Finished Listening: Crusaders by Dan Jones 📚
- The “Passive Income” trap ate a generation of …
- Lately
- Finished reading: The Absinthe Forger by Evan …
- Currently reading: The Absinthe Forger by Evan …
- welcome home dctechevents dot com
- Finished Listening: Pictures at a Revolution: …
- My day is always improved by Lice.
- The Mystery of Rennes-le-Château, Part 1: The …
- My first run at Becoming Saint did not go well…
- Finished Listening: Apple in China: The Capture …
- Repairing our microwave by replacing the fuse? …
- quarterly AI post
- From the Smithsonian American History museum
- Finished reading: Criminal: The Deluxe Edition, …
- Some SpinDoc progress
- Finished reading: Criminal Deluxe Edition Volume …
- Finished Listening: Box Office Poison by Tim …
- Moderately satisfying: fixing a home appliance …
- Finished reading: Criminal Deluxe Edition Volume …
- I’ve been working through Complete Blender …
- Bird Bonkers ranked 234 out of 699 (that …
- Which games?
- DC Tech Events is now on Bluesky and Mastodon. …
- Finished reading: Fishflies by Jeff Lemire 📚
2025
- Finished reading: ERASED by Loo Hui Phang 📚
- Thinking about SpinDoc since I mentioned it …
- 2026: The year of...
- Finished Listening: Co-Intelligence by Ethan …
- Gifts
- awww
- Bird Bonkers is live on itch.io. It’s not going …
- Still needs… all of the polish, but Bird Bonker …
- Not a bird
- Cool that Zork is now open source, but it’s kind …
- this gog.com survey is pretty weird
- Still making birds
- Currently listening: Apple in China by Patrick …
- I don’t know why I was thinking about this just …
- New on DC Tech Events: Per-week pages, like this …
- Wife: Whatcha doing? Me: Making a bird Wife: For …
- Finished Listening: Altamont by Joel Selvin 📚
- like a room without a roof
- Finished Listening: Vibe Coding: Building …
- This is apparently a legit organization– but …
- Currently listening: Altamont by Joel Selvin 📚
- back on my bullshit: I know I change my mind …
- Six years ago, I was in Vegas for Splunk .Conf, …
- Overrated
- Picked this up at a library sale. Getting the …
- I’m happy with lighting system and movement, and …
- Crossing the streams
- Watched: Gimme Shelter 🍿 (this was over the …
- Finished reading: Beyond Vibe Coding by Addy …
- Dune: Part II should have included a five-minute …
- Finished Listening: Empire of AI by Karen Hao 📚 …
- New on dctech.events: new pages showing just the …
- Finished reading: THE UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL …
- Finished reading: The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl …
- I decided after the last post that I’m not going …
- Finished reading: The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl …
- progress
- It’s not a game yet, but I can move a blue dude …
- I started working on some ideas yesterday for …
- Volume 11
- Currently listening: Empire of AI by Karen Hao 📚
- Finished reading: The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl …
- makes sense
- I don’t love it yet, but I added a simple search …
- Finished reading: The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl …
- soaking in it
- Finished reading: Powers Book Two by Brian …
- Finished reading: Powers Volume 1 by Brian …
- It’s hard to read stuff like this and not think, …
- All of the Marvels 📚
- Activate yr Windows, Dave & Busters
- It’s nice top see that Sound Blocks shipped! I …
- Currently listening: All of the Marvels by …
- Ad Hoc
- Finished Listening: War for Eternity by Benjamin …
- Endings
- Finished reading: Hidden Systems by Dan Nott 📚
- Finished reading: Failure to Launch: A Tour of …
- Currently listening: War for Eternity by …
- Currently reading: Failure to Launch: A Tour of …
- I ♥️ BTRFS Subvolumes
- Like I said, I don’t love my latest game, but it …
- The Invisible Alligator
- Finished reading: Drawing Blood by Kevin Eastman …
- One of the nice things about going to events …
- Currently reading: Drawing Blood by Kevin …
- Musings of an LLM Using Man
- It turns out that echolocation has definitely …
- It wasn’t that difficult to adapt my little loop …
- TIL I have an IMDB page, from supporting Adult …
- How DC Tech Events works
- I’m at the AWS DC summit today and tomorrow. …
- Rest in peace Bill Atkinson. Hypercard was the …
- I want to apply for a job, not join your “talent …
- Loopnik Begins
- From so bad it's good to so good it's good
- Finished reading: The Notebook by Roland Allen 📚
- OK– I feel pretty good about the state of DC …
- My Dr’s office has a small claim to fame. I …
- DC Tech Events is Live
- Currently reading: The Notebook by Roland Allen …
- 10 years ago, I shut down the most popular thing …
- There’s no escaping Microsoft Copilot
- I passed the AWS test today, so I can continue …
- Abandoned for now: Mister X: The Archives by …
- April into May
- I added an update to this morning’s post: the …
- RIF'ed
- Currently reading: Mister X: The Archives by …
- Finished reading: Frank Miller’s Ronin (2019 …
- I passed the Security+ exam yesterday: Tip: if …
- Currently reading: Frank Miller’s Ronin (2019 …
- Finished Listening: Frostbite by Nicola Twilley …
- Finished reading: Berlin by Jason Lutes 📚
- Lately
- Who will do this work?
- RL
- Currently listening: Frostbite by Nicola Twilley …
- Does that mean there are more marshmallow butt …
- Currently reading: Berlin by Jason Lutes 📚
- Robo Rampage
- My day today…
- dot plan
- Finished reading: Game Magic by Jeff Howard 📚 …
- Finished Listening: The Case-Book of Sherlock …
- Benjamin and I have started a game jam: Crazzzy …
- Become a Solution Architect looks promising: …
- Yesterday, I spent a little time polishing my …
- Cease'ed
- Rolling is Spinning
- Game dev-ing lately
- Finished Listening: His Last Bow by Arthur Conan …
- I’ve been checking out some older games in my …
- Just a little bit of Barbarian Blaster, the 2nd …
- It turns out, I don’t have to use the “rawhide” …
- If you’ve made a resolution to create your own …
- new year, new rig
2024
- Dance like no one is watching, love like you’ve …
- 2025: the year of 3D
- Finished listening: The Valley of Fear by Arthur …
- I’ve finished the Inkscape course I was working …
- It’s unfortunate that itch.io got taken down …
- Finished Listening: The Return of Sherlock …
- Currently reading: Game Magic by Jeff Howard 📚
- Finished reading: Light It, Shoot It! by Graham …
- Finished reading: The Arab of the Future 3 by …
- I decided I was tired of faking my way through …
- Finished reading: The Arab of the Future 2 by …
- Nora Reed says you should have a website If you …
- I’ve submitted Pinball Putt to the 1-Button Game …
- OK, I’m pretty happy that the dethrace project …
- My “chill mini golf game” for the 1-Button Jam …
- I had hoped to complete a couple more …
- I’ve added an “attract mode” bot that plays …
- I’ve migrated fediverse following/followers over …
- Working on a chill mini-golf game for the …
- Finished reading: The Arab of the Future by Riad …
- The Smithsonian has a model of the ship from …
- Another year in your feed
- Finished Listening: The Hound of the …
- Finished reading: Delights: a Story of …
- I had a couple of ideas for the Github Game Off, …
- Currently reading: Empire of Normality by Robert …
- Not much obvious has changed since my last post …
- Finished reading: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes …
- Finished reading: Little Black Book by Jeff …
- Finished reading: Medea by Blandine Le Callet 📚
- Currently reading: Medea by Blandine Le Callet 📚
- Maybe it’s time for for a little station ID? …
- Finished reading: Air Volume 3 by G. Willow …
- Who wants to start a news show with me?
- Finished reading: Air Volume 2 by G. Willow …
- SpinDoc
- Finished reading: Air Volume 1 by G. Willow …
- Finished Listening: Adventures of Sherlock …
- Finished reading: Batman: The Killing Joke by …
- Finished reading: Marvels 📚
- Sep 25, 2024
- How to Read Superhero Comics and why
- I’ve been working through Firebelly’s new …
- It’s nothing to be too proud of yet, but I’ve …
- Don’t worry about the smoke
- Currently reading: How to Read Superhero Comics …
- Abandoned for now: Moby-Dick by Herman Melville …
- The kiddo and I have been playing some Warcraft …
- Postmortem: Quack Circuits / Godot WIld Jam 72
- Planet of the All My Apes Gone
- Finished Listening: The Sign of the Four by SIR …
- So, I had a serviceable puzzle game. The …
- I’ve updated the deployment pipelines for Pong …
- Despite previous predictions, I haven’t gotten a …
- If Sour Patch Kids made a beer, it’d taste like …
- Currently reading: Policy as Code by Jimmy Ray 📚
- Finished Listening: A Study in Scarlet by Arthur …
- It’s not a game yet– but it’s interactive! By …
- A feeble #screenshotsaturday for my Godot Wild …
- The theme is out for Godot Wild Jam #72. It’s a …
- I decided to dip into Threads a bit over the …
- GWJ72
- The previously seen water shader, applied to a …
- Finished reading: In Perpetuity by Maria and …
- Finished Listening: How To Write Funny by Scott …
- Switched the blog theme to Sumo by Matt …
- Finishing up Godot 4 Shaders: Craft Stunning …
- I’m enjoying Kaan Alpar’s Godot Shaders course, …
- Currently listening: How To Write Funny by Scott …
- Finished Listening: Slow Productivity by Cal …
- What's next for games?
- I’m working on a tech-company name generator for …
- In the NYT top 100 books of the 21st century, …
- Currently listening: Slow Productivity by Cal …
- Finished Listening: Moonbound by Robin Sloan 📚 …
- Currently reading: Moby-Dick by Herman Melville …
- Finished reading: Further Explorations: 50 Years …
- Currently reading: Further Explorations: 50 …
- Finished reading: My Favorite Thing Is Monsters …
- Got tickets for Fredericksburg Comic Con.
- Currently reading: My Favorite Thing Is Monsters …
- Finished reading: 50 Years of Text Games: From …
- Currently listening: Moonbound by Robin Sloan 📚
- Ever since I started tinkering with gamedev (and …
- Finished Listening: Whole Earth by John Markoff …
- I’ve been waiting my whole life for this email.
- My excellent son Benjamin(10) has created …
- Sometimes I play games
- Currently reading: 50 Years of Text Games: From …
- Finished reading: The Snare of the Tree, and …
- Currently reading: The Snare of the Tree, and …
- Finished reading: Against Worldbuilding, and …
- Current view:
- Finished reading: Level Up! The Guide to Great …
- GameDev.tv jam results for The Last Stan: I’m …
- I don’t like this new world where swiping your …
- “The Last Stan” is live on itch.io and submitted …
- Hey, an actual #screenshotsaturday : For the …
- I spent the first part of my life in the …
- I never thought I’d say this, but… I get too …
- Whole Earth 📚
- Finished Listening: The Ultimate History of …
- I think I’ll try to make something for this …
- I’ve made a few minor fixes to Zummoning …
- Currently reading: Against Worldbuilding, and …
- Star Trek: Deep Space 9, or The Continuing …
- Orchestrator
- GameOps
- Pong Wars
- People who think the web is dead or dying …
- I recently updated my /games page so that each …
- Finished reading: My Favorite Thing Is Monsters …
- The kiddo and I had a good time at NOVA Game …
- Today is Free Comic Day, for those who observe
- It’s like they really see me.
- GWJ 68 Results
- Here’s footage of gamedev and streamer …
- Currently reading: My Favorite Thing Is Monsters …
- Finished Listening: The Sandman Vol. 8: Worlds’ …
- Zummoning Redux
- More Zummoning
- If this works, then this blog post was published …
- Finished Listening: The Sandman Vol. 7: Brief …
- “The Zummoning” (which only occurred to me when …
- I think I’m onto something promising, but I’m …
- 19 or so hours into this 72-hour game jam, and …
- What privacy laws only apply to ages 13-15?
- Working on a Godot recreation of Pong Wars. I …
- I struggle to resist: Monte Cristo on a …
- Currently reading: Make Your Own Pixel Art by …
- Currently listening: The Sandman Vol. 7: Brief …
- I love that electoral-vote.com basically looks …
- It seems like my schedule is clear enough that …
- At the kiddo’s taekwondo class, where it’s …
- Achievement unlocked: pirating the Webelos …
- We rejoined Netflix this week, and I’m a little …
- Spoons, Brakes
- Finished Listening: The Sandman Vol. 5: A Game …
- The hardest part is starting
- I assumed that replacing our aged wireless …
- A Solution
- Idea File
- Spoon theory game: initial concept and prior art
- Water Shader
- Finished reading: Game Design Deep Dive: …
- Currently listening: The Sandman Vol. 4: Season …
- BuJoBook
- Currently reading: The Bullet Journal Method by …
- I was thinking about watching Midsommer, but …
- Finished Listening: The Creative Act by Rick …
- Spending the evening at Fairfax County …
- Currently reading: Game Design Deep Dive: …
- Finished Listening: The Sandman Vol. 2: The …
- A jam of my own
- Brakes Escape update
- Currently listening: The Creative Act by Rick …
- Surprised that, for a published-this-month …
- Results are in– I was hoping for higher scores …
- “Flash of light-mode content” is the new flash …
- Godot Wild Jam 66 postmortem
- Brakes Escape, my submission to Godot Wild Jam …
- Escape game
- I’m the PTA volunteer keeping an eye on our …
- I’ve been pretty lazy about static typing in …
- Want to read: My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book …
- Nah I’m good Samsung
- GWJ ideas
- Godot Wild Jam #66
- This post from @manton prompted me to finally …
- Currently listening: The Sandman Vol. 2: The …
- Finished reading: Against Technoableism: …
- #screenshotsaturday
- The lyrics to “Parents Just Don’t Understand” …
- Currently reading: Against Technoableism: …
- One of the more annoying differences between …
- Finished reading: Bea Wolf by Zach Weinersmith 📚
- Currently reading: Bea Wolf by Zach Weinersmith …
- Finished Listening: Story by Robert McKee 📚
- Screen shake makes pretty much anything better.
- Donelike
- I generally don’t care much for professional …
- Anti-deliverabity
- Currently reading: The Treasure of the Black …
- Finished reading: Game Programming Patterns by …
- #screenshotsaturday
- This pepper has a pepper in it!
- This history of gamification within games was …
- Seeing chatter about a new BBEdit release has me …
- #screenshotsaturday
- … and that is the most words I’ve written for …
- Blogging retrospective
- Finished Listening: The Twilight World by Werner …
- Currently listening: The Twilight World by …
- Gamedev Goals for 2024
2023
- Ending the year by starting a course of …
- Finished reading: Every Man for Himself and God …
- I couldn’t stay away– I once again have an …
- Roguelike, Part 7
- Currently reading: Level Up! The Guide to Great …
- Currently listening: Every Man for Himself and …
- CBS is missing an opportunity to point out that …
- fixed it
- I’ve been working through SelinaDev’s Godot 4 …
- Finished reading: Petrograd by Philip Gelatt 📚
- Not sure I buy the “dominos falling” theory, but …
- As of yesterday, Doom is 30 years old
- It’s interesting that Newsblur, Pinboard.in, and …
- I was a happy Newsblur user for a number of …
- My favorite bit in the new Aesop Rock album …
- twenty thousand milliseconds
- Bonus complaint: mastodon polls don’t translate …
- A month on micro
- What are your favorite websites that aren’t …
- I’m not sure we’ll watch Merry Little Batman, …
- Decker
- Currently reading: Petrograd by Philip Gelatt 📚
- My excellent co-worker Adam created this online …
- Troubleshooting before coffee
- This is a good bundle of security books. I can …
- Testing out Lillihub!
- Currently reading: How to Measure Anything in …
- Currently reading: Game Programming Patterns by …
- I need to study this some more, but there are …
- Considering learning C#. I don’t even know who I …
- Deadly Class
- Long after I’m dead, there will still be …
- Personal SEO
- Back to making
- Bowling with bumpers is underrated. It’s a …
- DragonRuby, which usually costs $48, is free …
- 13 years ago we were at the Rally to Restore …
- I let myself get sucked into Marvel Snap this …
- Currently reading: Deadly Class Vol. 5: Carousel …
- On the same day I learn about this gallery of …
- As part of Space Day the kiddo and I got to …
- Probably my last post about Ludum Dare 54 maybe
- I took the plunge– this is now my “home” on the …
- The post-jam, cleaned up version of Don’t Get …
- Got a flier in the mail from Chris Decarlo for …
- I’m not lazy, I’m just protecting the ecosystem …
- Currently listening: Story by Robert McKee 📚
- Finished Listening: Think Like a Game Designer …
- I’ve never really worn sunglasses, and now I’ve …
- Even a “bad” Futurama episode is usually pretty …
- Currently listening: Think Like a Game Designer …
- Currently reading: Deadly Class - Regan Youth …
- Don't Get Crushed updates 🎮
- Jumping Game progress 🎮
- I temporarily experimented with importing my …
- From a recent trip to the new LEGO Discovery …
- After a couple of days on wordpress.com, I …
- Morning progress 🎮
- Ludum Dare 54: Don't Get Crushed
- Oh no, not again