#226; In which Blood is in the Air

Comic Transcripts

[[A young man and an older man, both dressed in suits, ties, and vests, are riding what appears to be a large-wheeled side-by-side tandem device]]

Older man: Have you ever been, say, eating a piece of chicken, and you feel your tooth SCRAPE against the bone or you hear a tendon SNAPPING a certain way…

[[close-up of younger man and older man]]
Older man: And for an instant, you’re transported back to a different TIME, a more FERAL time, when man HUNTED his food and life was short…
Older man: And you feel a sadness, in a way, because the chicken you eat TODAY is factory-farmed, and your teeth are ARTIFICIALLY STRENGHTENED by fluoridated water, and you wonder if you would even survive back then…
Older man: And you KNOW the answer is no, but you make yourself think that’s OKAY, that even if you don’t know how to be a MAN you still know how to drive a car, or program your Tivo…

[[close-up of just the older man]]
Older man: …but deep down, you still wonder if that’s ENOUGH?

[[same angle as first panel]]
Younger man: I…I felt EXACTLY like that, just yesterday!
Older man: I know. I read your blog.

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#226; In which Blood is in the Air transcribed by in

[[A young man and an older man, both dressed in suits, ties, and vests, are riding what appears to be a large-wheeled side-by-side tandem device]]

Older man: Have you ever been, say, eating a piece of chicken, and you feel your tooth SCRAPE against the bone or you hear a tendon SNAPPING a certain way…

[[close-up of just the older man]]
Older man: …but deep down, you still wonder if that’s ENOUGH?

[[same angle as first panel]]
Younger man: I…I felt EXACTLY like that, just yesterday!
Older man: I know. I read your blog.

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{{alt-text: doesn’t really matter whether ‘read’ is past tense or present tense}}

#226; In which Blood is in the Air transcribed by in

In addition to buying things directly from me, the normal way, my game Bolted! is also now available on Amazon dot com.

On that famous website, you can also get the Creature-Crafting Magnets Set, which is made of the same artwork from the game, but is just a weird little trinket (not a playable game).

My kiddo made the elaborate version below to show off just how many magnets you get in the set (it’s 150 pieces in all — this isn’t even all of them).

Also now on Amazon is my set of Multi-Purpose Greeting Cards — a full dozen cards with envelopes in a fancy, unbranded, foil-stamped box!

Event alert!

I’ll also be showing off Bolted! at Greenwood Games, an event in Seattle this Saturday:

Greenwood Games is a free, all-ages community game event that invites players to spend the afternoon walking Greenwood Avenue from 65th to 80th, collecting clues, cracking puzzles, and discovering games made right here in Washington.

Think of it as Pride Hop, ArtWalk, and the Gumshoe all rolled into one, except the whole thing is built around games and puzzles.

Local game designers will be set up at different places along Greenwood Avenue in Phinney Ridge (near Ballard). My specific spot will be the “Holy Mountain Phinney Ridge Taproom”. All the information about all the different games & venues is on the website!

(If you’re in Seattle generally but not free tomorrow, Bolted! is also stocked at Blue Highway Games in Queen Anne.)

Next week, I’ll be at Gen Con! I personally will be hanging with my buddy Sam Logan at BFE Webcomics, booth #1217… but I have it on good authority that copies of Bolted! will be available at the CRWN Studios booth, #2549.

Visit one booth! Then the other! The order…is up to you.