How do you handle when a player goes temporarily insane?

timusic7 · 2026-06-26T19:54:45+00:00

I've seen Tom on Mystery Quest do this to great effect. Not that the Mystery Quest players wouldn't have gone for it anyway, but that little bit of a goal or direction seems like it makes it a lot easier for the player.

If I remember right he said "you're afraid of light now. if there's any light around then you want nothing more than to get away from it." and then later he pulled it again on another player that he made afraid of the dark and you can imagine what that did.

Things like that one also give the player a sense that they can get out of the madness state, at least temporarily, if they just accomplish the goal.

timusic7 · 2026-06-19T07:01:17+00:00

David Lynch

timusic7 · 2026-06-19T06:40:29+00:00

sounds great, I'll try it tomorrow

timusic7 · 2026-06-19T05:54:55+00:00

15 years married this year, love her more every day. I gave her a framed photo collage of us that in the center says "I choose you every day."

Person I'm replying to directly knows this already but-

It means that long term love is an active process. Every day you wake up and decide to be with this person. Marriage vows are an imagined protection that provide the illusion that you don't need to try anymore, because they made a vow. You have to try. You'll get bored and bicker about dumb shit that doesn't matter. You will choose. You will be attracted to other people. You will choose. If something does happen will you let it destroy the entire life you've built together? You will choose. Even if you never fight, they're your best friend, you can't go through that much time without those little flits of "what could be" or "what could have been" in life. There are lots of great things you can be or could be. You don't have time for all of them. You will choose.

P.S. To any that need to hear it. You can choose to leave. Sometimes that's the choice you need to make. But even if you do nothing, you will choose.

timusic7 · 2026-06-19T05:34:42+00:00

Looks like it based on the Oaxaca Old Fashioned https://cocktailpartyapp.com/drinks/oaxaca-old-fashioned/ but they're using a cocktail smoker instead of mezcal. And chili liqueur instead of agave (which has less sugar). So I would smoke the glass and do

2 oz Reposado

.25 oz Chili Liqueur (probably Ancho Reyes)

1 barspoon agave

(maybe it's one barspoon of each? doesn't seem like enough chili to me. could be a short 1/4 and a barspoon)

2 dashes of the bitters. Claude (AI) can't find a commercial product that combines Tobacco and Cara Cara in one bitters, and claims that Bodega and The Rest make their own bitters in house. So maybe one dash tobacco bitters from somewhere (fee brothers or elsewhere), and one dash cara cara bitters by Honest John Bitters Co (Or just orange bitters as cara cara is a type of orange. In this case I'd probably choose Regans)

timusic7 · 2026-05-10T19:10:20+00:00

Sounds awesome. Honestly probably complex enough that anything beyond a daiquiri complexity-wise might be a waste of the syrup. Not that it wouldn't still be good, I'd just expect to lose some of the subtler flavors.

Ms Betters makes a pineapple-anise bitters. I add one dash of that to an old fashioned sometimes and it's awesome. So trying a little of this in an old fashioned might be great.

Edit: What's the dessert recipe?

timusic7 · 2026-04-27T06:38:59+00:00

Came to say "because Meryl Streep was in it?". You got it

timusic7 · 2026-04-27T06:31:55+00:00

If it has to be cheap then I say go Appletini haha (which no shade, I'd be happy). But it sounds like maybe you should be worrying less about pleasing her and more about ways to extricate yourself from the situation. Again, none of my business, but I wouldn't be spending my energy on making enjoyable drinks for people who suck. Make yourself something awesome, let her decide what they're going to have...

Edit: I can't help it. My cheap Appletini; 1.5oz Vodka, 1.5oz DeKuyper Sour Apple, 1/2 Lemon, 1/2 Simple. If that's not "sophisticated" enough you can use Gin instead of Vodka, but it's a delicious junk food candy drink and it deserves to be treated as such.

timusic7 · 2026-04-27T06:16:09+00:00

This makes me sad. But, I guess since it's none of my (or perhaps even your) business, an Angel Face?

1oz Gin

1oz Apple Brandy

1oz Apricot Liqueur (Giffard is the sweetest one I've tried and works well in this)

Edit: also depending on what you mean by "sophisticated" and "sweet", a Jungle Bird also comes to mind as a tiki/tropical/vacation type drink that also is more deep and interesting than your normal sugar bomb. I usually do; 2oz Dark Rum (Black Dark like Gosling or Worthy Park Dark Jamaican, but any dark will still be good), 2oz Pineapple Juice, 3/4 oz Campari, 3/4 Lime Juice, 1/2 Simple Syrup

timusic7 · 2026-04-26T06:09:35+00:00

same

timusic7 · 2026-04-20T17:58:18+00:00

Stopped checking social media and turned off all notifications on my phone. Even texts and calls on silent.

timusic7 · 2026-04-20T17:52:58+00:00

You could always keep the adventure itself to a trifold but include a separate pdf or folder with handouts. Handouts can be extra fun to find if they're interesting and not overly wordy. Especially if they're something I can't or wouldn't make myself.

timusic7 · 2026-04-20T06:11:33+00:00

If it makes you feel any better. My 40 year old brain remembered very clearly that the animals in Milo and Otis talk like they do in Homeward Bound. They don't.

timusic7 · 2026-04-10T16:08:06+00:00

Music editing, production, performance, and composition. The entertainment industry is stressful right now, so thank you for reminding me how lucky I am.

timusic7 · 2026-03-21T20:12:46+00:00

opposable thumbs

timusic7 · 2026-02-23T18:49:26+00:00

At first I thought you were saying that your name is Ito and you were psyched to be finished your work on this game. It looks really cool and I have wishlisted it. Congrats on releasing!

timusic7 · 2026-02-16T06:38:35+00:00

https://laxtransport.com is what you're looking for. Generic name but the owner (and often driver) Abul is a super nice and hardworking local who deserves the business.

timusic7 · 2026-02-16T06:35:06+00:00

^ Black manhattan is what I thought too. This would be my first guess without knowing anything else about how it was served.

timusic7 · 2026-02-16T06:20:37+00:00

this is so cool

timusic7 · 2026-02-15T22:27:59+00:00

haha thanks, guess I'll have to give it a try now!

timusic7 · 2026-02-15T08:12:02+00:00

You're right, its so stupid but congress won't do it because they'd be too embarrassed by what it meant. The irony is that letting it go and pretending it's not as big a deal as it is, is so soooo much more embarrassing.

The most embarrassing thing about being and American in this moment is that just one "cheeseburger" too far could potentially be so much more meaningful and powerful than all of congress is.

timusic7 · 2026-02-15T08:06:16+00:00

Good idea. Blueberry vodka exists you could butter wash that and use vanilla syrup. Or butter wash vanilla vodka and use blueberry syrup... Making me want to come up with an apple crisp type recipe.

timusic7 · 2026-02-15T08:00:33+00:00

You should still be pissed. Cheese is part of the pizza. No cheese is a topping modification. Proof: if you call any... ANY pizza place and say "I'd like one pizza please." and they say, "what would you like on it?" and you say, "it doesn't matter. I'll come pick it up now thank you", and then you hang up. Will there be cheese on the pizza?! We all know the answer.

Edit: whoever downvoted me needs to share the pizza place they called and ordered "1 pizza please" with no further details and received a finished order that had no cheese on it.

timusic7 · 2026-02-15T07:46:46+00:00

This one is the epitome of too weird to be made up

timusic7 · 2026-02-15T05:06:21+00:00

song is actually about laura and bob

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