Mark Gerrits

@markgerrits.bsky.social

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Boardgame designer (SteamRollers, Mini Rails, Mini Express, Lacuna). Book nerd. Joshi fan. Pronouns: he/him. Everybody's different, everybody's special. #RIPHanaKimura

Invisible Cities by Italo Calvini, translated by William Weaver
The End of Everything by M. John Harrison
Matt Wagner's GRENDEL Omnibus Volume 1: Hunter Rose
The Benefactors by Wendy Erskine
Screenshot of start of Guardian article: MASTURBATION AMONG BIRDS IS 'NATURAL' AND SHOULD NOT BE PUNISHED, SAY EXPERTS Study finds activity is not harmful or caused by stress of capitivity - and is in fact more common in wild birds (photo of cockatiel with caption: 'I had a pet cockatiel that masturbated all the time' said Dr Chloe Heys, one of the study's authors. Photograph: taviphoto/Getty Images) An investigation into acts of self-pleasure among parrots and other birds has reached a climax, with the results providing welcome relief for vets and researchers, not to mention the birds themselves.
Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker
Eynhallow by Tim McGregor
Suprise surprise nothing happens because this is a dumb criticism. Stacey Rockford, the main character, stands in a hallway, awaiting inputs, while Just Like Honey from The Jesus And Mary Chain plays.
Assistant Friggin' Abi (you can tell she's Friggin' by the face makeup) soliciting a job from Alexis Friggin' Lee
Concerts at the Cirque Royal in Brussels 16.06.2026: Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit 19.06.2026: Amanda Shires
Vigil by George Saunders
When There Are Wolves Again by E.J. Swift
The butterfly meme with just the text “Is this an anagram indicator?”
The Regent: 1 Wins, 11 Losses The Necrobinder: 1 Wins, 14 Losses
A Granite Silence by Nina Allan
The Shitheads by Jack Nicholls
Nice floor pattern though.
Persona by Aoife Josie Clements
Panenka by Rónán Hession
Shelves of 18XX games
The Web Beneath The Waves: The Fragile Cables That Connect Our World by Samanth Subramanian, narrated by Vidish Athavale
Circular Motion by Alex Foster
Saki Kashima
Collage of the shows I'm gonna see: Ballad Lines, Six, Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula The Sea Witch, The Shitheads, Wicked, Wrestle Queendom 8
Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011 by Lizzy Goodman
The Best Weird Fiction of the Year, Vol. 1 curated by Michael Kelly
TonyInterruptor by Nicola Barker
A screenshot of a yuletide Esquie plushie
A Chinese Pringles-like (but from Lay’s) tube of banana flavoured chips (with Minions theming)
Late-game central board in a three-player game of Dewan. There's six hexagonal tiles, consisting of smaller terrain hexagons. Scattered across them are wooden tents in the player colors.
Alveus pixel mural (each donation of $100 or more fills in a pixel, annotated with the donor's name) The mural is of a pack of wolves in a night time forest. My pixel is highlighted and is part of one of the wolves.
Portal 2 screenshot. In a decrepit factory, a huge multiscreen display spells out “APERTURE laboratories”
Reservoir Bitches by Dahlia de la Cerda, translated by Heather Cleary & Julia Sanchez
Out of the Drowning Deep by A.C. Wise
Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams
I Gave You Eyes And You Looked Toward Darkness by Irene Solà, translated by Mara Faye Lethem
Opened cardboard box containing the games Reapers (2nd edition), Seven Prophecies, Trickarus, Woodlanders and Gachapon Trick
The Hashish Films of Customs Officer Henri Rousseau and Tatyana Joukof Shuffles the Cards (A Novel against Psicho-Analise) by Emil Szittya, translated by W.C. Bamberger
Bat Eater by Kylie Lee Baker
“The Hashish Films of Customs Officer Henri Rousseau and Tatyana Joukof Shuffles the Cards” by Emil Szittya and “Anonymous Objects: Inscrutable Photographs and the Unknown” by Kim Beil
The Glass Garden by Jessica Lévai
Display of four Moaideas games: Mini Express Expansion, Mini Rails: Road to Eltonburg, Cargo Empire and Mini Express
Hana Kimura in her teal wrestling gear with pink hair, making the devil horns gesture and sticking her tongue out.
Monster Train 2 title screen
Audition by Katie Kitamura
Screenshot from Clair Obscur. Maelle and Monoco in the background look on as all of Lune's hair just ... floats upwards.
Mayu Iwatani holding her new Marigold Jersey (number 219) after signing with the promotion.
A/S/L by Jeanne Thornton
Hana Kimura and VENY
• Al Overview The maximum Manhattan distance on a wraparound board of size m x n is achieved when the starting position is at one corner (0, 0) and the end position is at the opposite corner (m-1, n-1). The distance would be m + n - 2.
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text by Mary Shelley
Emma Frost from the X-Men with massive thighs. I think the expression du jour is that she’s “serving cunt.”
Universality by Natasha Brown
The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar
Brandy Sour by Constantia Soteriou, translated by Lina Protopapa
A tweet from DDT Pro-Wrestling (English): "An update of Masahiro Takanashi's status: Masahiro Takanashi, who injured his neck at the March 20 Korakuen tournament, has been diagnosed with cervical vertebrae C5 and C6 fracture and cervical spinal cord injury as a result of examination. The surgery was successful yesterday, and the post-operative course is progressing well. He is currently undergoing treatment in the intensive care unit, and we are very sorry that we are unable to communicate with those who are concerned about him. We will make further announcements as soon as the situation becomes clear. We apologize for any concern this may cause to his fans, and ask for your continued warm support for Takanashi."
The Wu Tang Clan
Ambessa: Chosen of The Wolf by C. L. Clark
Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen