Jay N

@jaynboston.bsky.social

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Boston (Somerville) city explorer. Interested in ttrpgs, photography, art & makers, good stories, local awesomeness, and comedy.

A mannequin head wearing a rainbow umbrella hat.
Map with the various studios marked across the city. An interactive map is on the Somerville Open Studios website.
Photos of the Alexandria RPG library at PAX East.
PAX East panel - WE Are The Main Characters!: Bolstering and Uplifting Others In Your D&D Campaign
Glowing d20. Public domain photo.
Posing with the mind flayer part of the Baldur's Gate III booth at PAXEast 2022.
An excerpt from REAMDE by Neal Stephenson: “Do you want to see California?” He could hear Marlon beaming. “Yes.” “It is probably a better place for you,” Csongor said, “than for me. If I go, I will take you. You can be the star. I will be your—” “Bodyguard?” “Fuck that. I was thinking entourage.” “California, here we come!” Marlon exclaimed. Csongor thrust a stubby finger out the window at a road sign that said canada 50 mi/80 km. “We are going wrong way,” he pointed out. “Before California, we have to get into trouble. Then out of it.” Marlon shrugged. “But that is what we do.” Csongor nodded. “That is what we do.”
Screenshot from The Cambridge Somerville Independent. "We have Tuesday office hours, and they launch in Davis Square."
Header of The Cambridge Somerville Independent.
The Armory building front in Somerville, MA.
Cover of A Psalm for the Wild-Built, by Becky Chambers.
Webcomic strip from QuestionableContent.net - Anh tries to get Faye to gossip about a former boyfriend's prowess in bed, and whines to Faye's (sentient android) girlfriend, Bubbles, when Faye won't participate.
Excerpt: "Something I've been thinking about a lot the last couple years is how one of the major themes of my comic is the idea of found family- the people in your life who you can depend on to be there for you no matter what, even if they're not your parents or siblings or whatever. It's been interesting watching the comic grow into a whole network of found families, with different characters occupying different places in some kind of weird hyperdimensional Venn diagram of mutual caring. And also some of them are robots. And most of them are very horny. And there's butt jokes. Oh hey I just wrote the elevator pitch for my comic! Only took me 22 years."
Snaxolotl snacking cute axolotl character illustration sticker.
Photos from my last PAX East in 2022, exhibiting Cyber Knights (selected for PAX Rising!) for Trese Brothers Games.
Sidney Rubenstein laughing on Next Gen Chef.
She Who Became the Sun book cover by Shelley Parker-Chan.
"Skatune Network" in the style of the 90's-era Cartoon Network logo.
Hug Slug
Photo by Kim David via https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/nudibranchs-psychedelic-thieves-of-the-sea.html
Map section of Somerville Open Studios in Somerville, MA.
Newspaper-styled game layout. "Small Town Bad Moon - A Second Guess System game of news, gossip, and intrigue." https://maggiemahoney.itch.io/small-town-bad-moon
A black and white photo of an evidence board with red string connecting clues and a finger pointing to an intersection of connections. (Original photo via cottonbro studio: https://www.pexels.com/photo/close-up-shot-of-a-person-pointing-at-evidence-board-8369524/)
Black and white photo of an administrator standing over his desk, an American flag to the side and a framed rendering of lunar craters in the background. (Original photo via August de Richelieu: https://www.pexels.com/photo/businessman-in-his-office-looking-at-the-camera-4427630/)
Noir photo of an investigator interviewing a woman in front of a large evidence board. (via Martin Lopez: https://www.pexels.com/photo/woman-sitting-on-chair-2157191/ )
High-contrast photo of craters on the moon.
Screenshot of the "Below a Bad Moon Jam" header from https://itch.io/jam/bad-moon-jam - a tabletop RPG game jam challenging designers to 1) fuck up the moon, and 2) put a labyrinth under the castle.
SomerCon banner at Aeronaut Brewing in Somerville, MA.
"A vegan food & goods market that brings the community together while supporting small businesses!"