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[[Two women sit at a table. PLYMOTHE is knitting, maybe? GRUNCHILDA is clutching her head in despair.]]

PLYMOTHE: You been watching the new season of Headstabbers?
GRUNCHILDA: It’s on my DVR. I’ll get to it soon!

GRUNCHILDA: Remember when stuff would air ONCE and that was IT? You SAW it or you didn’t! No Netflix, no DVR, not even videotape…!
PLYMOTHE: Neither of us REMEMBER that but I suppose we have HEARD of that mythical time

GRUNCHILDA: What if that’s OKAY? A stream of things happening that you CAN’T go back to? No internet to seek things out. No pausing and rewinding. Just keep your eyes peeled and alert — and let it all wash over you.

GRUNCHILDA: When you can’t revisit something you missed, you don’t get BACKLOGGED. You just plow FORWARD. Don’t you think?
PLYMOTHE: I think dissatisfaction with some facet of modern culture can manifest as fake ‘nostalgia’ for an overly-simplified past that only exists as a greener-grass fauxtopia, YES. And by your logic, choosing to not look back and revisit things would PREVENT us from looking back and fetishizing your SUPPOSED good-ol’-days in the FIRST place!

GRUNCHILDA: EXACTLY. It’d be like scaling the wall of a garden that has no door back out again.

PLYMOTHE: That EXISTS it’s called PRISON
PLYMOTHE: Or alternately FALLING DOWN A WELL

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#1160; In which the Current quickens transcribed by in

[[Two women sit at a table. PLYMOTHE is knitting, maybe? GRUNCHILDA is clutching her head in despair.]]

PLYMOTHE: You been watching the new season of Headstabbers?
GRUNCHILDA: It's on my DVR. I'll get to it soon!

GRUNCHILDA: Remember when stuff would air ONCE and that was IT? You SAW it or you didn't! No Netflix, no DVR, not even videotape...!
PLYMOTHE: Neither of us REMEMBER that but I suppose we have HEARD of that mythical time

GRUNCHILDA: What if that's OKAY? A stream of things happening that you CAN'T go back to? No internet to seek things out. No pausing and rewinding. Just keep your eyes peeled and alert -- and let it all wash over you.

GRUNCHILDA: When you can't revisit something you missed, you don't get BACKLOGGED. You just plow FORWARD. Don't you think?
PLYMOTHE: I think dissatisfaction with some facet of modern culture can manifest as fake 'nostalgia' for an overly-simplified past that only exists as a greener-grass fauxtopia, YES. And by your logic, choosing to not look back and revisit things would PREVENT us from looking back and fetishizing your SUPPOSED good-ol'-days in the FIRST place!

GRUNCHILDA: EXACTLY. It'd be like scaling the wall of a garden that has no door back out again.

PLYMOTHE: That EXISTS it's called PRISON
PLYMOTHE: Or alternately FALLING DOWN A WELL

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Back in the good ol' days they probably wished it was the better older days.

#1160; In which the Current quickens

  — September 22nd, 2015

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New ways to get Bolted!

July 24, 2026 by David Malki !

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.


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