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[[A parasolled woman and a working-class fellow converse in a field.]]

BLIX: So have you seen HEADSTABBERS: REBORN yet?
BARNABY: Are you KIDDING me? Midnight screening on a CRUISE poking over the international date line LAST TUESDAY!
BLIX: And what’s the SUPER FAN opinion?
BARNABY: Well, I mean, here’s the thing

[[We focus in on BARNABY, who grabs the brim of his cap to focus his thoughts]]

BARNABY: Coming out of HEADSTABBERS: EXODUS there were so MANY open questions, and that film ended up taking such a turn from what we had expected based on leaked rumors about the novelization. Turned out that movie ended right BEFORE the actual exodus occurred, so of course we all figured we’d finally get to see the exodus itself. So it was quite a surprise to realized REBORN is set 5,000 years in the future and all the characters we’d loved now exist only as ROBOTIC THEME PARK REPLICAS.

[[Barnaby’s hand is extended in elaboration]]

BARNABY: And they’re forced to play through a mimicry of their heroic exploits, the details of which have been CORRUPTED by the passage of centuries… You walk into a HEADSTABBERS movie, you expect to see some heads getting stabbed! But INSTEAD we get long-winded arguments about the NATURE of stabbing and whether the heads we THOUGHT had been stabbed were in fact NOT STABBED and whether stabbing ITSELF should be considered a facile means of diplomacy.

[[We zoom back out to the pair]]

BARNABY: It actually took the question of headstabbing UNCOMFORTABLY SERIOUSLY, which is not what I would say Headstabbers as a series is ABOUT.
BLIX: So you didn’t like it because it INTERROGATED YOUR DESIRE to see heads getting stabbed at ALL.
BARNABY: Actually that’s why I LOVED it! Because deep down I TOO think that desire is kind of dumb!

{{header: lights down on WONDERMARK.COM}}

#1364; In which a Film is fraught, Part 1 transcribed by in

[[A parasolled woman and a working-class fellow converse in a field.]]

BLIX: So have you seen HEADSTABBERS: REBORN yet?
BARNABY: Are you KIDDING me? Midnight screening on a CRUISE poking over the international date line LAST TUESDAY!
BLIX: And what's the SUPER FAN opinion?
BARNABY: Well, I mean, here's the thing

[[We focus in on BARNABY, who grabs the brim of his cap to focus his thoughts]]

BARNABY: Coming out of HEADSTABBERS: EXODUS there were so MANY open questions, and that film ended up taking such a turn from what we had expected based on leaked rumors about the novelization. Turned out that movie ended right BEFORE the actual exodus occurred, so of course we all figured we'd finally get to see the exodus itself. So it was quite a surprise to realized REBORN is set 5,000 years in the future and all the characters we'd loved now exist only as ROBOTIC THEME PARK REPLICAS.

[[Barnaby's hand is extended in elaboration]]

BARNABY: And they're forced to play through a mimicry of their heroic exploits, the details of which have been CORRUPTED by the passage of centuries... You walk into a HEADSTABBERS movie, you expect to see some heads getting stabbed! But INSTEAD we get long-winded arguments about the NATURE of stabbing and whether the heads we THOUGHT had been stabbed were in fact NOT STABBED and whether stabbing ITSELF should be considered a facile means of diplomacy.

[[We zoom back out to the pair]]

BARNABY: It actually took the question of headstabbing UNCOMFORTABLY SERIOUSLY, which is not what I would say Headstabbers as a series is ABOUT.
BLIX: So you didn't like it because it INTERROGATED YOUR DESIRE to see heads getting stabbed at ALL.
BARNABY: Actually that's why I LOVED it! Because deep down I TOO think that desire is kind of dumb!

{{header: lights down on WONDERMARK.COM}}

HEADSTABBERS: EXODUS went RIGHT up to the edge of the exodus and then BAM!! Credits. It was VERY subversive.v

#1364; In which a Film is fraught, Part 1

  — December 19th, 2017

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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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