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Ben Paddon

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Writer, podcaster, comedian, former world-record speedrunner, unofficial Worms historian. Jump Leads, Good Chaotic, The Game of Rassilon, Out On Her Fanny, Hot Quest, PortsCenter. Non-binary, they/them. https://linktr.ee/BenPaddon

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Ben Paddon @benpaddon.net · 15m

And I kept telling you, Yes!

Ben Paddon @benpaddon.net · 2h

Correction: Mandy has pointed out that @michaelnixon.bsky.social suggested removing the monster, and the timing on the script drafts makes sense!

Ben Paddon @benpaddon.net · 2h

Well hey, you're right! The first draft that makes that change is from February 2020.

Ben Paddon @benpaddon.net · 2h

Huh! Maybe it was Michael, then? I'll have to look through my drafts.

Ben Paddon @benpaddon.net · 2h

Are you sure? I was confident it was you. I remember sitting on the old couch talking about it.

Ben Paddon @benpaddon.net · 2h

The original comic version wasn't about a mutiny. Instead it involved a cargo ship terrorized by an armor-plated alien monster. In the audio version the characters became a little more three-dimensional, and @mandyqueersolid.bsky.social suggested cutting the monster and focusing on them instead.

Ben Paddon @benpaddon.net · 2h

1.2 - Mutiny

This episode started out as an adaptation of the second issue of the comic, and we actually started recording a version with that intent back in 2015 shortly after doing the pilot.

JL1.2 – Mutiny – Jump Leads

audio.jumpleads.zone

Ben Paddon @benpaddon.net · 3h

In America? Possibly!

Ben Paddon @benpaddon.net · 3h

My list of Doctors who have definitely done this:

Fugitive: No
1st: No
2nd: Yes
3rd: No
4th: Shockingly, no
5th: Regrettably, yes
6th: Yes
7th: No
8th: Yes
War: Yes
9th: No, but he wanted to
10th: Yes
11th: Yes, twice
12th: Yes
13th: Yes
14th: Didn't have time but would have
15th: Yes
Shalka: Yes

SemiDemiDoodles @semidemidoodles.bsky.social · 17h

A doodle I doodled ✨
I am convinced that the Doctor somehow ends up doing this at least once every regeneration

A digital illustration of the Thirteenth Doctor, who has managed to get her tongue frozen stuck to a metal pole, trying to figure out what to do now.

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Meek (Spooky) 👻 @themeekwarrior.bsky.social · 1d

Hey, Alaska's been hit by a typhoon and no one is talking about it. Indigenous towns are in need of aid. People are missing and the gov't is still shut down.

If any creators here are in affected areas, please drop links for aid.

#mutualaid #crisis #alaska #typhoonhalong #helpourcountrymen

Rescue and recovery efforts underway as remnants of Typhoon Halong hit western Alaska | Alaska Beacon

Rescue and recovery efforts began Sunday in western Alaska as a major storm caused by remnants of Typhoon Halong hit coastal communities with massive storm surge, flooding and hurricane-force winds up...

alaskabeacon.com

Ben Paddon @benpaddon.net · 4h

Nutella crepes.

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 21h

Next Monday 10/20 come to the first ever public screening of @josephscrimshaw.bsky.social’s new horror movie! I have a cameo in it. Joseph and I will each be doing some standup comedy before the movie. Should be fun. Details ⬇️

JosephScrimshaw @josephscrimshaw.bsky.social · 3d

Do you live in Minnesota? Are you a fan of horror? Are you a fan of physical media? Do you love intergenerational trauma and gothic folklore monsters?

If so, check out the new indie horror film, DEAD MEDIA, on Oct 20th at The Parkway Theater: deadmediamoviempls102025.eventbrite.com

A promotional teaser image for the new horror film DEAD MEDIA. A young woman peers over an old horror movie DVD. Mysterious blue energy glows out from the DVD. The text reads. You may be done with the DVD, but it's not done with you. Dead Media. A new horror film written and directed by Joseph Scrimshaw. Premiere event in Minneapolis. October 20, 2025. The Parkway Theater. Tickets available now.

Ben Paddon @benpaddon.net · 12h

Steven Moffat once observed that you can sustain a creative person with sunlight and a cabbage field, and I loved that.

Ben Paddon @benpaddon.net · 12h

Alright. I'll let you ask one (1) question.

Ben Paddon @benpaddon.net · 13h

TOO LAAAAAATTTEEEEEE

Ben Paddon @benpaddon.net · 14h

Power's back! AMA over. Don't even THINK about A'ing M a question about A, because it won't get an answer!

Ben Paddon @benpaddon.net · 15h

It's difficult for me to take anything Whitney Cummings says seriously. She once laid into me, a physically disabled person, for not applauding to her satisfaction during a show. 🙃

Ben Paddon @benpaddon.net · 15h

Not as much as it could have sucked! We're sitting with candles playing video games. @mandyqueersolid.bsky.social is playing Arkham Asylum on her Steamdeck, I'm experiencing choice paralysis on my Switch.

Ben Paddon @benpaddon.net · 15h

Currently sitting in the middle of a power cut. AMA.

Ben Paddon @benpaddon.net · 17h

Grief is hard and you should be kinder to yourself.

Not me, though! I'm a trash human and I'm going to let it crush me into a tiny cube.

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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 1d

I'm castpixel, a senior illustrator and art director with more than 20 years of experience (ok, it's 21 years). One of the best pixelartists working today. I'm looking for a project.

Clients: WB Games, Minecraft, SEGA, HASBRO

Hire me! I make your game look good.

[ #portfolioday ]

My cover illustration for the game Space Jam a New Legacy, which I also art directed and animated #art

Character sheet #art

Screenshot from a pitch for a TMNT point-and-click adventure game featuring April o Neil as a mystery investigator

Isometric pixelart illustration for Minecraft, while I was working at Mojang. This is meant to show off the world and it's thrills. It lives in the how-to-play section in-game

Ben Paddon @benpaddon.net · 19h

Esthetically, this guy is "What if Daniel Radcliffe knew all the lyrics to every Dave Matthews Band song"

Ben Paddon @benpaddon.net · 21h

This is the only episode that is a mostly-straight adaptation of the original comic story. I took the opportunity to make some lore changes to why Leads can travel to parallel universes without creating tons (which actually opened up some story stuff that we'll touch on in season 2!).

Ben Paddon @benpaddon.net · 22h

It's definitely something I've kept in mind as we've recorded more episodes.

Ben Paddon @benpaddon.net · 22h

When I originally recorded Llewellyn for this episode, my delivery was a lot more flat and Arnold Rimmer-y - not far from my performance in the 2015 version. @amtrax.bsky.social and Dino encouraged me to re-record this one and put a bit more life into my performance. So glad I did.