Comic Transcripts

[[Two friends stand in front of a computer, discussing entertainment.]]
Critic: All entertainment is on-demand, now.
Friend: I won’t watch ANYTHING unless it’s been vetted and reviewed and thumbsed-up for me!

Friend: I got limited TIME in my life!
Friend: There’s a million new things every day and I don’t want to waste a SECOND on something I may not like or haven’t already read SEVERAL glowing reviews for.

Critic: I guess if you want to spend your time in a homogenous MEDIA SILO
Friend: You know what they CALL a silo that’s been artfully crafted into JEWEL-LIKE FACETS of QUALITY and MEANING?
Friend: THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT

Critic: Fine. But you’re isolating yourself from serendipity.
Critic: Remember flipping channels at random? You’d SEE something, and STOP, and end up having an experience you couldn’t have predicted or planned?

Critic: Unexpected influences make you more interesting.
Critic: Limiting your media intake to the MASTER APPROVED LIST will make you BORING.
Friend: So, what’s your suggested fix?

[[A large logo displays “Netflix Shuffle”, along with a shuffle icon (two arrows crossing).]]

{{header: sit and watch WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: necessary features of Netflix Shuffle: 1. playback starts at a random point in the program, then continues unabated until shuffled again; 2. each random stream generates a permalink so you can tweet “OMG everyone tune in to netflix.com/live/398j3r RIGHT NOW”}}

#1118; Reintroducing Randomness transcribed by in

[[Two friends stand in front of a computer, discussing entertainment.]]
Critic: All entertainment is on-demand, now.
Friend: I won’t watch ANYTHING unless it’s been vetted and reviewed and thumbsed-up for me!

Friend: I got limited TIME in my life!
Friend: There’s a million new things every day and I don’t want to waste a SECOND on something I may not like or haven’t already read SEVERAL glowing reviews for.

Critic: I guess if you want to spend your time in a homogenous MEDIA SILO
Friend: You know what they CALL a silo that’s been artfully crafted into JEWEL-LIKE FACETS of QUALITY and MEANING?
Friend: THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT

Critic: Fine. But you’re isolating yourself from serendipity.
Critic: Remember flipping channels at random? You’d SEE something, and STOP, and end up having an experience you couldn’t have predicted or planned?

Critic: Unexpected influences make you more interesting.
Critic: Limiting your media intake to the MASTER APPROVED LIST will make you BORING.
Friend: So, what’s your suggested fix?

[[A large logo displays “Netflix Shuffle”, along with a shuffle icon (two arrows crossing).]]

{{header: sit and watch WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: necessary features of Netflix Shuffle: 1. playback starts at a random point in the program, then continues unabated until shuffled again; 2. each random stream generates a permalink so you can tweet “OMG everyone tune in to netflix.com/live/398j3r RIGHT NOW”}}

#1118; Reintroducing Randomness transcribed by in

[[Two friends stand in front of a computer, discussing entertainment.]]
Critic: All entertainment is on-demand, now.
Friend: I won't watch ANYTHING unless it's been vetted and reviewed and thumbsed-up for me!

Friend: I got limited TIME in my life!
Friend: There's a million new things every day and I don't want to waste a SECOND on something I may not like or haven't already read SEVERAL glowing reviews for.

Critic: I guess if you want to spend your time in a homogenous MEDIA SILO
Friend: You know what they CALL a silo that's been artfully crafted into JEWEL-LIKE FACETS of QUALITY and MEANING?
Friend: THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT

Critic: Fine. But you're isolating yourself from serendipity.
Critic: Remember flipping channels at random? You'd SEE something, and STOP, and end up having an experience you couldn't have predicted or planned?

Critic: Unexpected influences make you more interesting.
Critic: Limiting your media intake to the MASTER APPROVED LIST will make you BORING.
Friend: So, what's your suggested fix?

[[A large logo displays "Netflix Shuffle", along with a shuffle icon (two arrows crossing).]]

{{header: sit and watch WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: necessary features of Netflix Shuffle: 1. playback starts at a random point in the program, then continues unabated until shuffled again; 2. each random stream generates a permalink so you can tweet "OMG everyone tune in to netflix.com/live/398j3r RIGHT NOW"}}

necessary features of Netflix Shuffle: 1. playback starts at a random point in the program, then continues unabated until shuffled again; 2. each random stream generates a permalink so you can tweet ''OMG everyone tune in to netflix.com/live/398j3r RIGHT NOW''

Bolted! Fulfillment Update

Photo courtesy of backer Nicola!

The vast majority of Bolted! game shipments are already shipped, but I understand if you don’t have yours yet, who cares. Here’s a progress report:

Total orders | 1052
Surveys completed | 992
Fully shipped | 946

Incomplete surveys

Obviously, if I don’t have your shipping address, I can’t ship your game! Let me know if you are missing a survey link. As new responses come in, they are rapidly added to the shipping queue.

Orders containing certain add-ons

Some of the add-ons proved more popular than expected — which is lovely! But it meant I had to reprint some stickers, make all the individual comic prints, request a shipment of books from offsite storage, etc, etc. So, any orders which contain an out-of-stock item are still waiting to ship.

All that missing stuff, though, is en route to me at this very second! So those orders will be going out pretty dang soon!

Custom items

I’ve already been in touch directly with the backers who ordered custom collages! Those will be created (and sent to you) after all the other shipments are complete. I’m excited for those, they’ll be fun! My pleasant dessert after the hearty meal of all the other orders.

Anything wrong?

I’m very grateful to the few folks who’ve contacted me to report some kind of issue with their shipment! Thankfully, problems are rare, but when they do occur, I would like to solve them. Please don’t hesitate to send me an email (replying to your shipping confirmation works great) if there’s anything about your order I can correct.

Reviews & photos

On BoardGameGeek are highly appreciated!

Unless you hate the game! You are entitled to that opinion, but please send that review directly to me instead of telling anyone else, so I can eat it and bury it in the yard and watch it grow into a twisted, gnarled tree. Or whatever!


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