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Brent Black

@brentalfloss.bsky.social

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I do a bunch of things. I made the party game "Use Your Words" (the sequel's finally out!), wrote the Star Trek parody "Khan!!! The Musical!" and made/am "Brentalfloss". Hi.

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Brent Black @brentalfloss.bsky.social · Dec 23

My Jackbox-style party game USE YOUR WORDS 2 is FINALLY OUT! Grab it on Steam today! store.steampowered.com/app/3188960/...

Use Your Words 2 on Steam

WARNING: This game might make you pee your pants! The cult hit Use Your Words is back with all-new prompts and 2x as many mini-games where you compete to write the funniest punchline. You can customiz...

store.steampowered.com

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Brent Black @brentalfloss.bsky.social · 2h

Green with Voyager, whereas TNG? Green.

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Brent Black @brentalfloss.bsky.social · 4h

After all these years, tonight I finished Deep Space Nine (which is much better with green lighting)

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Brent Black @brentalfloss.bsky.social · 9h

I keep meaning to watch that!

Brent Black @brentalfloss.bsky.social · 1d

That was the one! I had the disc with Gitarzan, Spike Jones, etc… absolutely foundational for me.

Brent Black @brentalfloss.bsky.social · 1d

One of the most influential albums in my life was a Dr. Demento compilation of novelty songs I borrowed from the library in 6th grade. There would be no “Brentalfloss” without this man.

the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 1d

so, this weekend the great Dr. Demento did his final show. I could write a lot about the importance of his show to me & my friends when we were 12 and 13. there's more to it than "he played funny stuff" and "his show is where @alyankovic.bsky.social got his start." 1/3

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Brent Black @brentalfloss.bsky.social · 1d

Saw it in 2023 and loved it. That team’s followup “Bring Her Back” is deliciously squirmy and “watch the screen through your fingers”-inducing

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Brent Black @brentalfloss.bsky.social · 1d

One sad realization of every Spooky Season is that I cannot watch a scary movie every night and expect to keep getting scared. My body builds up a tolerance to it just like with it does alcohol and caffeine and Mellocreme Pumpkins

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Brent Black @brentalfloss.bsky.social · 2d

You’re telling me they made a Diglett that’s 3 Digletts and they didn’t call it Triglett?

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Brent Black @brentalfloss.bsky.social · 3d

SYRACUSE! As a reminder, I’m in your town for RetroGameCon this weekend! I’ve got a concert at 3pm tomorrow and some other events, so come say hi!

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Brent Black @brentalfloss.bsky.social · 3d

Need to change your name to “Foods you’re probably sad you missed”

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Brent Black @brentalfloss.bsky.social · 3d

One of the few things that gives me hope these days is that most authoritarian regimes in history have failed

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Brent Black @brentalfloss.bsky.social · 4d

Whoa, I forgot that!

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Brent Black @brentalfloss.bsky.social · 5d

NYC: Have you registered to vote yet? Because please y'all.
vote.nyc/page/registe...

You can register to vote online, in-person, or by mail.

vote.nyc

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Brent Black @brentalfloss.bsky.social · 5d

"shortly"

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Brent Black @brentalfloss.bsky.social · 5d

I've been reading a 2017 listicle-type book called "On Tyranny" today and sighing a lot

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Brent Black @brentalfloss.bsky.social · 6d

Interesting, the version I got translates it’s title to “Big Deal”

Brent Black @brentalfloss.bsky.social · 6d

This 1977 Polish movie has an amazing American hippie character

My kinda guy tbh

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Brent Black @brentalfloss.bsky.social · 6d

I auctioned them off in a moving sale because I needed the money. Wish I hadn't, TBH!

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Khan!!! The Musical! A Parody Trek-tacular @khanthemusical.bsky.social · 6d

That's right, we're planning a physical CD of the full 22-track album for collectors (and those who still practice the arcane arts of the "compact disc")

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Brent Black @brentalfloss.bsky.social · 6d

For the first time, at long last, after having a mobile phone with the same number for 24 years...

I finally texted "start" to opt back in.

And I imagine every 24 years will be the average recurrence period for this, to the chagrin of hundreds of Democratic politicians I've never heard of

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john patneaude 🟡 @jpatneaude.bsky.social · 9d

just gonna put this here

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Brent Black @brentalfloss.bsky.social · 7d

Perhaps!

Brent Black @brentalfloss.bsky.social · 7d

If you use Bandcamp, you can pre-order the full 22-track album of my Star Trek musical "Khan!!!" today! 🖖🎵

LINK: brentalfloss.bandcamp.com

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Brent Black @brentalfloss.bsky.social · 7d

Truth be told, I've owned two sound booths (one handmade and the other professionally fabricated) and they both get very stuffy in a hurry. I guess air conditioned sound isolation is the holy grail of home recording.