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russellholly.bsky.social
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“Concealed within his fortress, the lord of Mordor sees all. His gaze pierces cloud, shadow, earth, and flesh. You know of what I speak, Gandalf: a great Eye, lidless…”

For reasons beyond my control, I am back to freelancing. I will probably hit some of you up about things in the near future.

A little Return of the King by the fire

It struck me that it's possible that you are discovering me and my work for the first time via this platform. SO! For the super new folks, here is a 2-minute primer on the museum and the work that we do! https://youtu.be/MMPd656E3r0

Hung a projector on the ceiling so I can have a big display for TTRPG things. I am very excited for the next game night at my place.

New #HighRepublic audiobook, Star Wars : Haunted Starlight, from @georgemann.bsky.social and @toddhaberkorn.com is out today exclusively on Audible! Cover art by @jakebartok.bsky.social

*NEW RELEASE: “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim” 🎬 Available now with Clearplay on Max "The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim" tells the fate of the House of Helm Hammerhand, the legendary King of Rohan. 🎥 Enjoy watching! 🍿

Couple of screenshots from an hour of playing around in Sigil VTT. It’s fun to mess around with, I could see myself using this for boss fights in my fully remote games.

I'm not going to MWC this year; instead I'm using the week to catch up on a *massive* MrMobile backlog! To kick things off, here's a rare Sunday-night premiere featuring a phone that (as @russellholly.bsky.social might say) sure does exist. Join the live chat at 9:45p ET! youtu.be/yZ5KOG8BAVU

oh hell yeah youtu.be/MPxtqx55PA0?...

In the light of next layoffs in the industry please share the openings of @CDPROJEKTRED with your chooms -- we are recruiting for few teams: #TheWitcherIV, sequel to #Cyberpunk2077 (codename Orion), our new IP (codename Hadar), and more! Join us ❤️ www.cdprojektred.com/en/jobs

I need to find some iiiiiiitty bitty hinges for this to work the way I want it to, but even now I love how this turned out.

I do not want Severance explained to me. I want to know exactly the same amount of information about this world as I do right now, and preferably no further. Just let it be this weird shit forever.

Happy for Tales of the Shire to be delayed (again) until they are pleased with what they have shipped, but this game had better rewrite my brain chemistry when it finally drops.

we are hiring again here at @halfmermaid.co !! apply at halfmermaid.co/jobs for one of these exciting new roles on Project D :) ➡️ Senior Character Artist ➡️ Cinematic Manager ➡️ Senior Environment Artist (European timezones preferred) ➡️ Level Designer (European timezones preferred) please share!

I just heard someone on the radio say “according to ChatGPT you can do this amazing thing called water glassing to make your eggs last longer”. You can’t water glass store-bought, pasteurized eggs. That is only safe with freshly laid eggs.

If you're already planning for Gallifrey One 2026. Join our Temple of Geek community discord. We have a channel dedicated to Gally! #gally1 #gallifreyone discord.gg/xzBu5VbC7X

Yo, High Republic fans, Loungefly has this wallet on sale for a mere $12 right now! loungefly.com/star-wars-th...

I’m hiring an Editorial Assistant. Want to work in licensed #publishing? Come join a great place to learn/grow working on amazing books with better people. Full details at the link: jobsearch.createyourowncareer.com/PRH_US/job/N...

First time seeing one of these Pokemon vending machines in the wild. The line for this one was impressive

I know everyone was SO thrilled to see how *effective* Carrion Crawlers were in the new Monster Manual. You will be further pleased to know that errata for that particular creepy crawly has been released :) #WOTCStaff

Lobby Dalek!

No matter what platform I’m on, there are ads for an AI-generated planning tool for DMs “who ran out of time to plan the session”. I’m not here to tell you how to DM, but if you’re playing D&D you already have everything you need to build a session. There are many tables in the DM Guide to help!

This is a very cool Tolkien book written by one of the nicest people I have had the pleasure of interacting with in the last couple of years. You can pre-order it here, with a link that has no affiliate code attached because I’m just excited about a new book by a cool person. a.co/d/1VLyypw

“What news from Mordor, my lord? What does The Eye command?” “…ba na na…”

Working on a set of coasters that hold dice for game nights

She’s really not taking the reduced diet well

This is VERY good news. Love bookshop.org and all the stuff they do! www.salon.com/2025/01/28/b...

✨Freelance Jobs!✨ @cnet.com is looking for experienced writers to write and review for the following categories: - Antivirus software - Monitors Paying $250-$2,000 per article, depending on the assignment. Submit your resumes to CNETfreelance at cnet dot com #freelancejobs

Colin Farrell and Alexandra Daddario would be amazing as Beren and Lúthien.