Chris Knowles
@tarrenam.com
Christian, indie game developer of optimization puzzle game Hexahedra. Blogs about geekery and Christianity at the same time.
Former RuneScape engine dev at Jagex.
Hexahedra: https://s.team/a/1248420
Blog: https://blog.tarrenam.com
Former RuneScape engine dev at Jagex.
Hexahedra: https://s.team/a/1248420
Blog: https://blog.tarrenam.com
I got home from a LAN party yesterday to find that my wife had numbered 125 tiny plastic ducks and hidden them round the house. She'd made a list and stuck it to the fridge so I could mark them off.
I've found about 85 so far. She's tracking my progress so she can make a graph.
I've found about 85 so far. She's tracking my progress so she can make a graph.
December 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I got home from a LAN party yesterday to find that my wife had numbered 125 tiny plastic ducks and hidden them round the house. She'd made a list and stuck it to the fridge so I could mark them off.
I've found about 85 so far. She's tracking my progress so she can make a graph.
I've found about 85 so far. She's tracking my progress so she can make a graph.
No, Google, I did not "sign up to use Gemini", I accidentally pressed the middle button at the bottom of the screen longer than usual.
Get this non-consensual AI nonsense off my phone.
Get this non-consensual AI nonsense off my phone.
November 30, 2025 at 12:36 AM
No, Google, I did not "sign up to use Gemini", I accidentally pressed the middle button at the bottom of the screen longer than usual.
Get this non-consensual AI nonsense off my phone.
Get this non-consensual AI nonsense off my phone.
Wearing the skin of your slain enemies is a totally normal thing to do, right guys? Guys?
November 21, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Wearing the skin of your slain enemies is a totally normal thing to do, right guys? Guys?
Today in "sinister email subjects":
November 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Today in "sinister email subjects":
I remember this in meme form from years ago.
November 11, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I remember this in meme form from years ago.
They mocked me for painting a (Necron proxy) Mummy holding a ball, but this was the unlikely moment when, having unexpectedly caught a bouncing ball on a 6+ roll, he succeeded in grinding forward 9 squares in the last 3 turns to score a last-minute equalizer.
#BloodBowl
#BloodBowl
November 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
They mocked me for painting a (Necron proxy) Mummy holding a ball, but this was the unlikely moment when, having unexpectedly caught a bouncing ball on a 6+ roll, he succeeded in grinding forward 9 squares in the last 3 turns to score a last-minute equalizer.
#BloodBowl
#BloodBowl
Mistakes were made.
(This was a sevens game, so it's a foul by the entire opposition team...)
#BloodBowl
(This was a sevens game, so it's a foul by the entire opposition team...)
#BloodBowl
November 8, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Mistakes were made.
(This was a sevens game, so it's a foul by the entire opposition team...)
#BloodBowl
(This was a sevens game, so it's a foul by the entire opposition team...)
#BloodBowl
Lychguard...er...sorry, *Wight* Blitzer for my Suspiciously Metallic Shambling Undead Blood Bowl team.
"A weapon, ref? No, just a very sharp shield..."
"A weapon, ref? No, just a very sharp shield..."
November 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Lychguard...er...sorry, *Wight* Blitzer for my Suspiciously Metallic Shambling Undead Blood Bowl team.
"A weapon, ref? No, just a very sharp shield..."
"A weapon, ref? No, just a very sharp shield..."
This is where I'm posting from.
October 26, 2025 at 11:37 PM
This is where I'm posting from.
More progress on the Suspiciously Metallic Shambling Undead team for Blood Bowl.
4 Zombie Linemen, ready to stumble slowly in the direction of the ball.
#PaintingWarhammer #Nerdlings
4 Zombie Linemen, ready to stumble slowly in the direction of the ball.
#PaintingWarhammer #Nerdlings
October 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
More progress on the Suspiciously Metallic Shambling Undead team for Blood Bowl.
4 Zombie Linemen, ready to stumble slowly in the direction of the ball.
#PaintingWarhammer #Nerdlings
4 Zombie Linemen, ready to stumble slowly in the direction of the ball.
#PaintingWarhammer #Nerdlings
Grr, another "please tick this box if you would like X", on a form which, it turns out, refuses to submit if the box is not ticked.
Poor showing from myenergi.com
Poor showing from myenergi.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Grr, another "please tick this box if you would like X", on a form which, it turns out, refuses to submit if the box is not ticked.
Poor showing from myenergi.com
Poor showing from myenergi.com
If you see this, quote your favourite Pokémon!
(Wrong answers only)
(Wrong answers only)
October 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
If you see this, quote your favourite Pokémon!
(Wrong answers only)
(Wrong answers only)
A redheaded gnome sorceror in a red casting circle.
Both one of the few red, and the few non-Warhammer things I've painted!
Both one of the few red, and the few non-Warhammer things I've painted!
October 10, 2025 at 10:29 AM
A redheaded gnome sorceror in a red casting circle.
Both one of the few red, and the few non-Warhammer things I've painted!
Both one of the few red, and the few non-Warhammer things I've painted!
Bryan Cranston, best known for his role as Ranger Ericsson in the Babylon 5 episode "The Long Night" (1997)
October 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Bryan Cranston, best known for his role as Ranger Ericsson in the Babylon 5 episode "The Long Night" (1997)
October 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I'm making a robotic Blood Bowl team! This is a Mummy, Obduron the Sizeable.
October 3, 2025 at 9:22 AM
I'm making a robotic Blood Bowl team! This is a Mummy, Obduron the Sizeable.
Rider is capabable of being a lot weirder about your use of language:
September 30, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Rider is capabable of being a lot weirder about your use of language:
If you see this, QTP with a video game that transports you back to your childhood!
September 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
If you see this, QTP with a video game that transports you back to your childhood!
I'm not really sure why I slogged through the (rereleased) Hexen again, but I did.
I see that one in seven players who did the same dropped it so quickly once they'd killed Korax that they didn't even bother to walk through the final portal to get the "complete the game" achievement.
I see that one in seven players who did the same dropped it so quickly once they'd killed Korax that they didn't even bother to walk through the final portal to get the "complete the game" achievement.
September 15, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I'm not really sure why I slogged through the (rereleased) Hexen again, but I did.
I see that one in seven players who did the same dropped it so quickly once they'd killed Korax that they didn't even bother to walk through the final portal to get the "complete the game" achievement.
I see that one in seven players who did the same dropped it so quickly once they'd killed Korax that they didn't even bother to walk through the final portal to get the "complete the game" achievement.
My wife freestyles all her Orks - she likes playing 40k but isn't much into building and painting, so she crochets them. Here are her Kommandos.
September 12, 2025 at 12:04 PM
My wife freestyles all her Orks - she likes playing 40k but isn't much into building and painting, so she crochets them. Here are her Kommandos.
September 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I found Tomb Blades to be another fiddly Necron model. Possibly I just need to get used to the idea of painting subassemblies.
I've not heard "glocktopus" before, I've always thought of it as a "one-person Mexican standoff".
I've not heard "glocktopus" before, I've always thought of it as a "one-person Mexican standoff".
September 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I found Tomb Blades to be another fiddly Necron model. Possibly I just need to get used to the idea of painting subassemblies.
I've not heard "glocktopus" before, I've always thought of it as a "one-person Mexican standoff".
I've not heard "glocktopus" before, I've always thought of it as a "one-person Mexican standoff".
Uh...this started about 10 mins ago.
Although this page describes the problem as a "technical issue", it very much reads like a legal one. Especially the bit about account data not coming back.
Something something GDPR, and they're blocking it until they've rewritten some systems?
#biblegateway
Although this page describes the problem as a "technical issue", it very much reads like a legal one. Especially the bit about account data not coming back.
Something something GDPR, and they're blocking it until they've rewritten some systems?
#biblegateway
September 8, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Uh...this started about 10 mins ago.
Although this page describes the problem as a "technical issue", it very much reads like a legal one. Especially the bit about account data not coming back.
Something something GDPR, and they're blocking it until they've rewritten some systems?
#biblegateway
Although this page describes the problem as a "technical issue", it very much reads like a legal one. Especially the bit about account data not coming back.
Something something GDPR, and they're blocking it until they've rewritten some systems?
#biblegateway
That's not a mullet. That's a Camilla.
September 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
That's not a mullet. That's a Camilla.