Dan Jolin

My Dan-thoughts on the latest trip to Shelbyville…

My son Max’s band House of Fire just dropped their first single. If you like a bit of indie power pop, check it out here… open.spotify.com/track/0u1OOe...

The cover of the new Senet magazine, featuring a wizard and a happy woman in a maze.

Issue 22 is out now! Including 4X, Robin Hood, Amabel Holland, Nick Nazzaro, Splendor, the new game from the makers of the Old King’s Crown, and more! Cover art by Mark Long. Go to senetmagazine.com to order your copy or subscribe. #boardgamesarebeautiful

Been a long time. Remind me if it’s any good!

The sun was shining today. And this was on the doormat when I got home. What a dream of a day. @senetmagazine.bsky.social keeps blowing me away.

This was super-fun. Apologies in advance for all the cone jokes…

If you mean the opening credits for EastEnders, then you are absolutely right and I absolutely did.

Nanopickles?

Alternate take: There’s no way there’s THAT many in there.

Here’s a bit of news about a thing I’ve done…

Robert Duvall was the first person I ever interviewed face-to-face, way back in 1998. I was incredibly nervous, and admitted as much, but he was kind, put me at ease, and treated me to some great stories about making The Godfather films and Apocalypse Now. Total legend.

a close up of an owl with a beard and a question mark above it Alt: a close up of the baby owlbear in BG3

Just curious: has anyone here attempted, or indeed completed, Baldur’s Gate 3 on Honour Mode? (I just blew it by taking on the owlbear at level 3 - serves me right for playing with a few glasses of wine inside me.)

two men are walking down a hallway with wonder man written on the wall behind them Alt: Ben Kingsley and Yayah Abdul Mateen III in Wonder Man

Well, Wonder Man was lovely. My favourite MCU show since She-Hulk. More please.

I did a cover feature.

Eight-year-old Me would be very proud of Now Me, I think…

What is love?

Great take on a movie I wanted to like, but really didn’t…

Based on what I’ve seen, I suspect it will be a lot of fun.

Empire’s subs edition cover showing an illustration of Castle Grayskull and He-Man’s Sword of Power

This may have been the @empiremagazine.bsky.social cover feature I was born to write… Amazing job by Max Loffler on the subs edition art!

This news may be None More Dan.

You are personally responsible for becoming more ethical than the society you grew up in. Says Skeletor thinking wow this won’t be too hard will it.

You can test new tech ideas using the Seinfeld Test

Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)

Good tech.

Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)

Bad tech.

Hate them. But also have to use them. Sigh.

Reactivate 10 is a banger.

I have tickets for this already, otherwise I’d go for it myself!

I can’t say too much, but I will say I’m pretty confident that the thing that irks you won’t be too much of an obstacle to enjoying it!

Here’s me on what I confidently assert will be one of the most fun, silly-in-the-best-way movies of the year.

Blimey. (In a very good way.)

The Muppets’ Shining anyone?

Hmmmmmmm… Must… Resist… (Besides, my amp just dropped dead so there’s that to deal with…)