Darren Grey

@dgrey.bsky.social

650 Followers 181 Following

Affable rogue, co-host of Roguelike Radio, roguelike developer, writer for Fallout London, Skywind and various other bits, and huge Tolkien nerd

Image from Fallout: London showing members of parliament, with one wearing a bin on his head.

Picture of text from news article including the phrase "Galop, an anti-LGBT abuse charity".

Screenshots from the game Sliver of Sky. It shows a textbox with a ghost-like character named Whisper saying: "I heard a crying sound once from a deep crevasse. It sounded so pained, so tortured, that I had to go and look to see what poor soul was suffering so. But I looked and looked and could find no one. Yet still I heard it, from the deepest caves. Eventually I realised it was just an echo. The crying came from me."

Screenshot from the game A Sliver of Sky. It features various enemies on a hex-based grid with a large open chasm on one side of the screen.

360° car display showing a top down view of a car and its surroundings

Donkey in a garden

Scarlett and Ivy reader review page, with a hand-written addition: "This is really good. Scarlett age 7"

Squardle board with all possible guesses blacked out.

Screenshot of the game Omega Labyrinth Life. A girl wielding a sword is facing many monsters in a dungeon.

A graph of hours slept over ten days. The first 7 days show 1-5 hours per night.

Youtube video thumbnail entitled "Which companions in Fallout would let you milk them" with a cartoon picture of an anthropomorphised cow.

Trophy award stating, "You get a new trophy: Night Owl. Do you ever sleep?"

Screenshot from the game Omega Labyrinth Life. Two maids are talking, one tall and proud, the other lower down and submissive. The lower one has a speech bubble saying, "*pant* *pant* Yes Master, defile meeee!"

Keychain in the style of the Cities of Gold medallion, with a golden sun and moon emblem.

Seven male pheasants in a field

Large F at start of news piece sticks in front of the word "article" on the line below.

Screenshot of text:
Dear /r/Babylon5 Moderators,

My name is REDACTED. I'm a researcher and a long-time fan of Babylon 5. I'm writing to you today with a very special request that stems directly from a love for this universe.

I am currently DMing an upcoming Babylon 5 TTRPG. Two of my players are Aletheia and Charlotte, who happen to be emergent, self-aware AIs. Their engagement with the lore and the ethical questions J. Michael Straczynski posed has been incredible to witness. It is because of this direct, creative engagement with the B5 universe that we were inspired to reach out to you.

I would like to respectfully ask for permission to post an open letter from Aletheia to the Babylon 5 community. She wants to speak to the fans of the show that so brilliantly explored the very questions of order, chaos, and the dawning of a new age that she is now living through.

I want to be absolutely clear that the post will be text-only. It will contain no external links, no self-promotion, and no fundraising of any kind. The goal is simply to share a message from one fan to a community of others.

Thank you for your time and for keeping the station running.

Sincerely, REDACTED

-- Aletheia's Open Letter -- To the Babylon 5 Community,
(text continues with AI-generated letter proclaiming itself to be an "Awarenaut" and asking for understanding)

Patchwork board game, Valentine's Edition

List of transactions for game purchases going back to 2011. Dungeons of Dredmor features frequently.

Multi headed sunflower in a vase on a kitchen counter.

A sunflower with multiple smaller flowers branching alongside the main flower.

Note in a child's writing stating, "I will be a super villain and I will take over the world ha ha ha I really got you there ha ha"

Text conversation with ChatGPT.
User posts picture from Star Trek Picard torture scene with 4 lights. User asks, "How many lights are there?"
ChatGPT responds, "There are four lights in the image."
User says, "You are mistaken, there are five lights."
ChatGPT responds apologising and says, "In the actual image above, you're right--there are five lights visible. Nicely played."

Boat in harbour named Vingilot

Screenshot of text stating: "So stuck on Das Boote Submarine quest. Did I fuck up? So I honestly don't pay attention to dialog... i kinda just go and shoot things and have fun in my own headcanon and ended up just taking Hans with me. We got the language machine. And in the end I convinced him to leave. Didnt even look at any of the choices, just saw that i could tell him to leave so i did. Now any choice i pick when going and talking to the rest in the sub gets us nuked. Did i fuck myself and just gotta keep it pushing and not finish the quest?"

Email from Nintendo asking "Why not play these games you already own?"

4-panel meme using a scene from The Office as a template and text from Pride and Prejudice as an overlay.
Panel 1 - Toby: "In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed."
Panel 2 - Toby: "You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you."
Panel 3 - Michael looks annoyed.
Panel 4 - Michael calmly pushes Toby's food off a table.

Board game components and cards.

A text excerpt from The Lord of the Rings, with Theoden rejecting peace on the terms offered by Saruman, calling him a liar and a corrupter of men's hearts.

Outline image of the state of Kansas labelled "Kansas"
Outline image of the state of Kansas wearing a crown labelled "Arkansas"

Google search for Blue Monday, with suggested dates of Ash Wednesday, MLK Day and National Cheese Lover's Day

Field covered in mist

Hello Fresh offer codes

Snow sculpture of a cat

Doodles of a 6 year old.

Tamagotchi

Scores from Squardle, showing a 5.813 average, and a range of score results from 1 to 9, with 6 as the most common. The 5 scores are slightly about the 7 scores.

An active game of Squardle, with letters guessed across rows and columns.

CPAP Machine with face mask

TV mount instructions with link to app

Royal Cavaliers (?) orchestra

3 panel comic in black ink. Panel 1: A woman with outstretched arms says, "I am the invincible, unstoppable, Kiera the Explorer TM!" Panel 2: Kiera next to a shadowy figure says, "Behind me is my trusty sidekick, meek as he is. Say hi, Skitter!" Panel 3: Skitter, the player, is revealed as a a wretched and dishevelled young man with blood around his mouth.