Graham Stark
@graham
Making internet jokes @ LoadingReadyRun since 2003. Victoria, BC, Canada. [He/Him] Profile Art: Jolyne García Banner Photo: Me
LRR at #MTGAmsterdam is hanging in the Black Lotus Lounge for the next hour. And we’ve got stuff to give away. Come and say hello! (if you have the BL badge)
@wotcmatt.bsky.social Great news! Or… I guess not, depending on how you pronounce it.
Actually while I have the Germans replying to my DBahn post, what are these little huts/shacks in all the farm fields? Are they for… birdwatching? Poaching security? For fun?? They’re everywhere and seemingly nothing more than an elevated seat.
Goofus here, doing my job properly and posting this again to mention that my attendance at MagicCon Amsterdam is #sponsored (or I truly wouldn’t be able to go at all!) Thanks @mtgfestivals.com !
Collector Booster Box lets gooooo Turns out, lots of removal and a low creature curve, uh, works out
Probably not a spoiler if you haven’t watched yet, but I wanted to share this particular storyboard doodle, because it makes me chuckle.
Also I took this picture largely in case @maffewgregg.bsky.social wants it for, uh… a selection of awful signs? But I suppose everyone can “enjoy” it 🫠
WE’RE HERE!!* #AEWDynasty *this does not imply that any Sidewalk Slam is forthcoming, sorry!
Really looking forward to the new version of the best wizarding school! Some say it’s the only one.
I’m in a rental car (a Nissan Versa, supposedly a real car) and I absolutely cannot get over the CLEARLY FREEHAND-DRAWN lines on the backup camera??!? I stress to you, reader, these are the lines that appear on the car’s display. They are not the kind that “bends” it’s just an MSPaint PNG.
I’d meant to share this earlier, but this is how I get the card shots for our deck techs. I love how these videos look. It takes 60-90mins depending on the video, just for these shots, but I think it’s worthwhile.
I just want to stress that today was a very good and normal PPR. (Based on our small sample, this honestly seems like a really fun sealed format!!) No further questions.
Just wanted to share a great gif of @unarmedoracle.bsky.social from the show tonight. I can see many useful applications. (thanks to RedRaptor on the LRR Discord)
Here’s one I found from the Oath of the Gatewatch prerelease at the old Event Centre. Yourself, @tiltyhouse.com, @seabats.bsky.social, and @unarmedoracle.bsky.social at the foreground table, with @coachnelly.bsky.social and @sergeyager.bsky.social presiding.
I’ve already talked to YouTube Partner Support so this is NOT a “get your pitchforks” post: A viewer sent us a screenshot that shows YouTube claiming one of our videos is AI, which I find insulting *at best*, and damaging to our brand at worst. For the record, all our work is human-made.
Also here’s the storyboard for goodnight Gibb, and a still frame from the camera. The “moon” is literally the diffuser for the light, to which I added a slight moon surface texture in post. Plus knocked out the darkness and replaced it with stars, of course.
Our Game Awards co-stream video has been copyright claimed by seven different entities who are all sharing the ad revenue, between them. Have fun with your pennies, I guess.
I assure you that for absolutely zero reasons to do with child wizards, I was curious to try this Spinnaker’s limited seasonal soda flavour. Would not recommend! It smells a bit like butter, but it tastes like an even split of CREAM SODA and MICROWAVE POPCORN, then the flavour thankfully vanishes.
When I was writing Creative Text for Murders at Karlov Manor, I submitted “Secret Tunnel” as the name for a land. The name was selected, and shipped off to editing as the chosen name. To my surprise, it was printed as Escape Tunnel. That’s when I guessed Avatar was in the works. Huzzah!
Used the Lego “party build” app to do a family build concurrently, rather than taking turns, and it worked extremely well. It was a little chaotic with opening new bags before we were finished with other ones, but that’s maybe because this was a Bricklink set. It was really fun.
Okay, I need to know what was in the Canadian National Railway house salad dressing.