Kyle Ackerman

@kyleackerman.bsky.social

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Consultant, analyst, archaeologist, producer, designer, and faculty at USC.

Image of Capri Moon
The late game-atate of the board in Clash of Cultures
Photo of sweet breakfast omelette in process: green apples are cooking and eggs are scrambled nearby in a small prep bowl
A game of Shackleton Base, entering the final turns.
Late-game board state of Orloj: The Prague Astronomical Clock (lots of meeple and fiddly-bits scattered across a complex-looking board)
The cover of the collection of stories entitled "Earthman's Burden" featuring some very teddy-bear looking aliens in various costumes
The board state of World Order by Hegemonic Project Games after an only slightly flawed learning game
Billboard advertisement promoting the President's birthday party UFC fight
Man, presenting a gift of flours (multiple bags of flour)
Picture of the cover of Harry Turtledove's book, "The Valley-Westside War"
A screenshot from Galactic Gladiators for the Apple II
A Tamarian saying "Cincinnati when the Turkeys Dropped" while laughing
Hard rock band "The Lone Rangers" from the film "Airheads"
Sign over the entrance to Coles French Dip Sandwiches, a storied LA bar and restaurant
Meatloaf in the shape of feet: Feetloaf
Skyrim NPC saying "I used to be an adventurer like you, then I took an arrow in the knee."
A Tamarian from Star Trek saying, "Cincinnati, when the turkeys dropped!"
Barry and Levon in front of their pudding
The Yankee Doodle lunchcounter
KITT from Knight Rider. The image is silently playing the Knight Rider theme in your head.
Cecilia Giménez's 2012 attempted restoration of the fresco of Christ, from Wikipedia
Sunlight peaking through towering Redwoods during a brief respite of the rain, with hikers for scale
Windswept trees on the Pacifix Ocean
A somewhat sinister looking photo of the warden's house and lighthouse on Alcatraz island
Image depicting mosquito bites on a person naked in a swamp... or a plane showing survivorship bias
An image from BoardGameGeek of the tabletop board game "Secret Hitler"
The Ironclad and The Silent battle the Hexaghost
Poster for Soviet 5-year plan
Spotify Wrapped saying that "May was your Victorian Parody Dark Cabaret season"
Another close-up of appropriately festive holiday tree decorations
Close-up of appropriately festive holiday tree decorations
Near the end of the second round of a learning game of Thunder:Road Vendetta
Older men describing the hardship of their youth
Image of the boardgame Hegemony, in which the working class player is proposing bills for free health-care, higher wages, and to restrict immigration.
A robot fleeing Vault 33 in Santa Monica
Image from the opening of the Soviet campaign of Call of Duty (2003)
The album cover of Beelzebubba from The Dead Milkmen, featuring a man in overalls next to a tractor
Palm Pilot with stylus
A spinning ride named "Jurassic Whirled" and a food stand called the "Clever Grill"
Ned, playing the organ on the holiday tree.
Legacy of Yu, just prior to winning after completing the canal