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''

#1118; Reintroducing Randomness

  — April 21st, 2015

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Bolted! Shipping is UNDERWAY

April 4, 2026 by David Malki !

Bolted! games have been shipping to backers over the last couple of weeks! The non-US orders are (mostly) done and some folks have been reporting receiving them already!

@davidmalki.com My game arrived today!! It looks gorgeous 🙂 Hope you are well 🙂

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— Lar deSouza (@lartist.bsky.social) April 2, 2026 at 2:52 PM

My US inventory of games is now in-country, but still being staged at the fulfillment centers. It’s being distributed to regional warehouses, so the actual shipping to backers happens more efficiently. I hope the bulk of US shipping will start next week.

These are what the cartons (and games) look like!

bolted! games BOLTED! GAMES (pounding the table) B O L T E D ! G A M E S

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— david malki ! (@davidmalki.com) April 3, 2026 at 10:37 AM

I am also waiting on the bonus cards to be finished printing! I ended up needing many more of those than I had anticipated, so I decided to have the game factory print those too, for perfect matching with the base game cards.

Most people will be receiving two separate mailings: the game itself, and “anything else” (bonus cards and/or add-ons) which will be sent by me personally.

As of today, 86% of backers have completed their surveys so far! That’s pretty good, but it’s not everyone. I know YOU PERSONALLY have already completed YOURS though, so no worries!!

We have now moved OFF of Kickstarter and ONTO BackerKit for any new orders. You can bundle a game with basically anything else I sell on that there website, it’s pretty nuts!


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