Tyk-Tok

My name is Jon Tyktor, and I'm here to tell you a story

[humanoidhistory]

Happy 90th to Tom Baker, legend of Doctor Who, born in Liverpool on this day in 1934. Perhaps the GOAT of Time Lords.

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May the Fourth be with Harmy and NO ONE ELSE

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Happy National Robotics Week, y'all.

[scottlava]

“We should just reset.“

[freestoryideas]

I have a question about magic and science. How do you write a coherent system mixing both sides? And what are the things someone should consider when creating ir?

I don’t have a lot of experience with this kind of creativity so take my thoughts with a grain of salt. My main advice is to keep it entertaining and accessible to your reader, whatever direction you take. Personally, when it comes to speculative fiction, I tune out when there’s too much rules dumped on me all at once. But I know there’s people who want that sort of exposition, so I might not be the best person to ask.

[tyk-tok]

Looking back on this, I want to say that I liked how the original Dishonored handled that aspect of its steampunkish setting. Both were vague enough to give the developers wiggle room, but structured enough to not be all over the place. That’s what I look for in sci-fi or anything like that: freedom to do everything but the restraint to do what’s needed.

[greatwarincolour]

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A big thank you goes out to everyone who follows Great War in Colour! All of your likes, reblogs, and messages of encouragement have been, and continue to be greatly appreciated.

  A Canadian soldier enjoys some blackberries he picked near Bourlon Wood.   Arras, France. October, 1918. Source: Library and Archives Canada   And now you can follow GWiC on Twitter: @GreatWarColour It’s a bit quiet at the moment, but soon it will feature colourizations seen here and other articles and information on the Great War. Is there anything you would like to see here on Great War in Colour? A particular photograph? More archival material? Please don’t be a stranger to the Ask box. And as always, if you have your own personal photographs from First World War, please submit them into be colourized and featured on GWiC. See more information about it here.

[scottlava]

“Oh, what a day… what a lovely day!”

[rifftrax]

From our newest short, Live and Learn

[greatwarincolour]

A Russian soldier guides machine gun-carrying horses up a slope in the Carpathians, circa 1914.

Original image source: Bibliotheque nationale de France

[valiantheartsgame]

A fan-favorite line straight out of Valiant Hearts: The Great War.

[tweetmeharder-blog]

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SHOW 20: Capital Investments / 54 min / October 28, 2009 Kris and David discuss the cold autumn weather, take several Poll Me Harder calls, and battle environmental issues.

WARNING: This episode is not for the faint of heart — it contains CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP.

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Storyline: “Emirates Capital” Prologue (continued in TMH21-28)

[davidmalki]

a halloween special for the ages. listen and be spooped

[telldontshow]

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This week, Jon and Joe talk about superficiality in stories, and why it’s not alright we talk about Batman a lot. We eventually talk about other stuff, but it’s mostly Batman. Spoilers abound.

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[ndef]

Because of the format of Mostly Walking, we poke a lot of fun at the games we play. Which is fine; snark is entertaining, and there’s a lot about these games that’s pretty ridiculous. But I don’t want it to get lost that there’s lot to love about these games as well, especially for anyone...

[telldontshow]

Writing is About Winning

The boys discuss why it can be hard getting started on writing stories, provide the audience with a helpful writing prompt, and show you their own results.

Tell Don’t Show by Jon and Joe is an audio podcast that serves as an Open and Honest Discussion on Creativity. This episode features the use of licensed works, the attributions of which can be found at telldontshow.com.

Show notes and attributions coming soon!

[humansofnewyork]

I am a street photographer in New York City. Several months ago, I was approached by a representative of DKNY who asked to purchase 300 of my photos to hang in their store windows “around the world.” They offered me $15,000. A friend in the industry told me that $50 per photo was not nearly enough to receive from a company with hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue. So I asked for more money. They said “no.” Today, a fan sent me a photo from a DKNY store in Bangkok. The window is full of my photos. These photos were used without my knowledge, and without compensation. I don’t want any money. But please REBLOG this post if you think that DKNY should donate $100,000 on my behalf to the YMCA in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. That donation would sure help a lot of deserving kids go to summer camp. I’ll let you guys know if it happens.

[shitmystudentswrite]

Works cited

“JSTOR: An Error Occurred Setting Your User Cookie.” JSTOR: An Error Occurred Setting Your User Cookie. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Nov. 2011 

[jennipertree-deactivated2012022]

[tyk-tok]

jennipertree:

WHY IS THIS ALLOWED TO HAPPEN. MY FRIEND SENT THEM A PORTFOLIO OF HER STUFF LIKE A YEAR AND A HALF AGO AND THEN I GUESS THEY DECIDED, NAH BRAH, SCREW HIRING YOU, WE’RE JUST GOING TO FUCKING STEAL YOUR ART

FUCK URBAN OUTFITTERS. UGGGGH FUCK THEM UP THE ASS.

UPDATED: added source link to UO site. also, might as well do some link pimping for my friend: BORRAH JACKSON

ANOTHER UPDATE: added more pictures of her stuff; the left is a facebook screencap i put up for convenience sake and the other two are from her website.