Sam Thul
@samthul.bsky.social
Cybersecurity engineer by day. Retro games, Amiga, art, music, writing & assorted web debris by night.
Building my own little corner of the old web:
https://samthul.com
Building my own little corner of the old web:
https://samthul.com
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A tip (and just the tip)…
Want to stop biting your fingernails? Get your fingers tattooed.
Turns out you care a whole lot more about how your hands look afterwards! 😂
Want to stop biting your fingernails? Get your fingers tattooed.
Turns out you care a whole lot more about how your hands look afterwards! 😂
September 2, 2026 at 11:31 PM
A tip (and just the tip)…
Want to stop biting your fingernails? Get your fingers tattooed.
Turns out you care a whole lot more about how your hands look afterwards! 😂
Want to stop biting your fingernails? Get your fingers tattooed.
Turns out you care a whole lot more about how your hands look afterwards! 😂
I’ve deleted tumblr and x so far… keeping Bluesky though. You all are pretty cool 😂
September 16, 2026 at 9:29 PM
I’ve deleted tumblr and x so far… keeping Bluesky though. You all are pretty cool 😂
I’m playing Pool of Radiance, a 1988 DOS RPG. A bug left our Fighter completely unable to move.
Resting did nothing. Dispel Magic did nothing.
So Lucian raised both hands, formed a series of intricate symbols in the air, and cast the ancient spell known as File Explorer.
It worked.
Resting did nothing. Dispel Magic did nothing.
So Lucian raised both hands, formed a series of intricate symbols in the air, and cast the ancient spell known as File Explorer.
It worked.
September 16, 2026 at 5:10 PM
I’m playing Pool of Radiance, a 1988 DOS RPG. A bug left our Fighter completely unable to move.
Resting did nothing. Dispel Magic did nothing.
So Lucian raised both hands, formed a series of intricate symbols in the air, and cast the ancient spell known as File Explorer.
It worked.
Resting did nothing. Dispel Magic did nothing.
So Lucian raised both hands, formed a series of intricate symbols in the air, and cast the ancient spell known as File Explorer.
It worked.
I’m playing Pool of Radiance, a 1988 DOS RPG, and finally found the vampire controlling the graveyard.
He charmed my cleric. She paralyzed the entire party, murdered them one by one, then killed herself.
We reloaded. Again.
Nobody is making fucking eye contact this time.
#DOSGaming #RetroGaming
He charmed my cleric. She paralyzed the entire party, murdered them one by one, then killed herself.
We reloaded. Again.
Nobody is making fucking eye contact this time.
#DOSGaming #RetroGaming
September 14, 2026 at 2:53 PM
I’m playing Pool of Radiance, a 1988 DOS RPG, and finally found the vampire controlling the graveyard.
He charmed my cleric. She paralyzed the entire party, murdered them one by one, then killed herself.
We reloaded. Again.
Nobody is making fucking eye contact this time.
#DOSGaming #RetroGaming
He charmed my cleric. She paralyzed the entire party, murdered them one by one, then killed herself.
We reloaded. Again.
Nobody is making fucking eye contact this time.
#DOSGaming #RetroGaming
Lucian finally used the Fireball scroll.
Fire. Fucking everywhere.
The local orc population entered a sudden and dramatic decline.
Merrick: “You could do that THE WHOLE FUCKING TIME?”
Lucian: “I was saving it.”
Merrick: “For WHAT? Our fucking funerals?”
#RetroGaming
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Fire. Fucking everywhere.
The local orc population entered a sudden and dramatic decline.
Merrick: “You could do that THE WHOLE FUCKING TIME?”
Lucian: “I was saving it.”
Merrick: “For WHAT? Our fucking funerals?”
#RetroGaming
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September 10, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Lucian finally used the Fireball scroll.
Fire. Fucking everywhere.
The local orc population entered a sudden and dramatic decline.
Merrick: “You could do that THE WHOLE FUCKING TIME?”
Lucian: “I was saving it.”
Merrick: “For WHAT? Our fucking funerals?”
#RetroGaming
samthul.com/pages/floppy...
Fire. Fucking everywhere.
The local orc population entered a sudden and dramatic decline.
Merrick: “You could do that THE WHOLE FUCKING TIME?”
Lucian: “I was saving it.”
Merrick: “For WHAT? Our fucking funerals?”
#RetroGaming
samthul.com/pages/floppy...
Playing Pool of Radiance with a Decision Die because we can’t be trusted to make our own choices.
We found an elf’s skeleton in Sokal Keep.
The die decided Mara should smash it.
Mara smashed it.
Archaeology was briefly attempted.
#DOSGaming
We found an elf’s skeleton in Sokal Keep.
The die decided Mara should smash it.
Mara smashed it.
Archaeology was briefly attempted.
#DOSGaming
September 9, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Playing Pool of Radiance with a Decision Die because we can’t be trusted to make our own choices.
We found an elf’s skeleton in Sokal Keep.
The die decided Mara should smash it.
Mara smashed it.
Archaeology was briefly attempted.
#DOSGaming
We found an elf’s skeleton in Sokal Keep.
The die decided Mara should smash it.
Mara smashed it.
Archaeology was briefly attempted.
#DOSGaming
There was something magical about listening to Art Bell in the middle of the night.
No video. Just Art, some lunatic calling from the darkness, and your imagination filling in the rest.
Man, I miss the past.
samthul.com/pages/digita...
No video. Just Art, some lunatic calling from the darkness, and your imagination filling in the rest.
Man, I miss the past.
samthul.com/pages/digita...
September 7, 2026 at 12:20 PM
There was something magical about listening to Art Bell in the middle of the night.
No video. Just Art, some lunatic calling from the darkness, and your imagination filling in the rest.
Man, I miss the past.
samthul.com/pages/digita...
No video. Just Art, some lunatic calling from the darkness, and your imagination filling in the rest.
Man, I miss the past.
samthul.com/pages/digita...
Merrick got poisoned by a giant scorpion and died.
We discovered resurrection costs 5,500 gold, pooled nearly everything we owned, and brought the bastard back.
Merrick opened his eyes.
“You should have left me dead.”
Pool of Radiance, 1988.
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We discovered resurrection costs 5,500 gold, pooled nearly everything we owned, and brought the bastard back.
Merrick opened his eyes.
“You should have left me dead.”
Pool of Radiance, 1988.
samthul.com/pages/floppy...
September 6, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Merrick got poisoned by a giant scorpion and died.
We discovered resurrection costs 5,500 gold, pooled nearly everything we owned, and brought the bastard back.
Merrick opened his eyes.
“You should have left me dead.”
Pool of Radiance, 1988.
samthul.com/pages/floppy...
We discovered resurrection costs 5,500 gold, pooled nearly everything we owned, and brought the bastard back.
Merrick opened his eyes.
“You should have left me dead.”
Pool of Radiance, 1988.
samthul.com/pages/floppy...
Playing Pool of Radiance, a 1988 AD&D DOS RPG, with four humans, random alignments & no rerolls.
We asked Ohlo for more money.
He responded with approximately a fuckton of enemies.
Lucian panicked, cast Sleep on himself, then got shot with an arrow.
Everybody died.
Negotiations went well.
We asked Ohlo for more money.
He responded with approximately a fuckton of enemies.
Lucian panicked, cast Sleep on himself, then got shot with an arrow.
Everybody died.
Negotiations went well.
September 5, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Playing Pool of Radiance, a 1988 AD&D DOS RPG, with four humans, random alignments & no rerolls.
We asked Ohlo for more money.
He responded with approximately a fuckton of enemies.
Lucian panicked, cast Sleep on himself, then got shot with an arrow.
Everybody died.
Negotiations went well.
We asked Ohlo for more money.
He responded with approximately a fuckton of enemies.
Lucian panicked, cast Sleep on himself, then got shot with an arrow.
Everybody died.
Negotiations went well.
We went looking for Norris. Mara paralyzed him, Lucian put his men to sleep, and Merrick murdered him with a fucking sling. Then we got paid, found a secret hideout, and were promptly murdered by ghouls. Pool of Radiance is going great. 😛
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September 4, 2026 at 2:54 AM
We went looking for Norris. Mara paralyzed him, Lucian put his men to sleep, and Merrick murdered him with a fucking sling. Then we got paid, found a secret hideout, and were promptly murdered by ghouls. Pool of Radiance is going great. 😛
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We spent 5,500 gold bringing Merrick back from the dead.
He woke up, learned how much we’d spent, stared at everyone for a few seconds and said:
“You should have left me dead.”
The Pools Saga continues.
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He woke up, learned how much we’d spent, stared at everyone for a few seconds and said:
“You should have left me dead.”
The Pools Saga continues.
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September 3, 2026 at 10:37 PM
We spent 5,500 gold bringing Merrick back from the dead.
He woke up, learned how much we’d spent, stared at everyone for a few seconds and said:
“You should have left me dead.”
The Pools Saga continues.
samthul.com/pages/floppy...
He woke up, learned how much we’d spent, stared at everyone for a few seconds and said:
“You should have left me dead.”
The Pools Saga continues.
samthul.com/pages/floppy...
Still waiting for the day they beam commercials directly onto our eyeballs unless we pay $19.95/mo. for Life+! 😜
September 3, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Still waiting for the day they beam commercials directly onto our eyeballs unless we pay $19.95/mo. for Life+! 😜
Aldren stood over the corpse, grinning. “I did it!”
Mara yawned. “Lucian could’ve cast Sleep and stabbed him.”
“But... I did it?”
“Meh. No one cares,” Merrick said, searching the corpse.
Aldren lost his smile.
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Mara yawned. “Lucian could’ve cast Sleep and stabbed him.”
“But... I did it?”
“Meh. No one cares,” Merrick said, searching the corpse.
Aldren lost his smile.
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September 3, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Aldren stood over the corpse, grinning. “I did it!”
Mara yawned. “Lucian could’ve cast Sleep and stabbed him.”
“But... I did it?”
“Meh. No one cares,” Merrick said, searching the corpse.
Aldren lost his smile.
samthul.com/pages/floppy...
Mara yawned. “Lucian could’ve cast Sleep and stabbed him.”
“But... I did it?”
“Meh. No one cares,” Merrick said, searching the corpse.
Aldren lost his smile.
samthul.com/pages/floppy...
Merrick killed a ten-foot ogre chieftain with a rock. Thief gameplay is going extremely well. 😛
September 2, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Merrick killed a ten-foot ogre chieftain with a rock. Thief gameplay is going extremely well. 😛
The guestbook on samthul.com is sitting there looking suspiciously underused.
Go sign the damn thing.
Leave a message, insult my HTML, tell me what game I should play next. Whatever.
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Go sign the damn thing.
Leave a message, insult my HTML, tell me what game I should play next. Whatever.
samthul.com/pages/guestb...
September 2, 2026 at 11:48 PM
The guestbook on samthul.com is sitting there looking suspiciously underused.
Go sign the damn thing.
Leave a message, insult my HTML, tell me what game I should play next. Whatever.
samthul.com/pages/guestb...
Go sign the damn thing.
Leave a message, insult my HTML, tell me what game I should play next. Whatever.
samthul.com/pages/guestb...
A tip (and just the tip)…
Want to stop biting your fingernails? Get your fingers tattooed.
Turns out you care a whole lot more about how your hands look afterwards! 😂
Want to stop biting your fingernails? Get your fingers tattooed.
Turns out you care a whole lot more about how your hands look afterwards! 😂
September 2, 2026 at 11:31 PM
A tip (and just the tip)…
Want to stop biting your fingernails? Get your fingers tattooed.
Turns out you care a whole lot more about how your hands look afterwards! 😂
Want to stop biting your fingernails? Get your fingers tattooed.
Turns out you care a whole lot more about how your hands look afterwards! 😂
And THIS is why we can’t go anywhere.
September 2, 2026 at 11:27 PM
And THIS is why we can’t go anywhere.
Uninvited on the Amiga 500 may still be my greatest gaming memory. As a kid I beat it with graph paper, handwritten notes, no internet, walkthroughs or saves. I still remember the dead spider, the occultist, the hidden attic, and being able to pick up fucking everything.
What's your gaming memory?
What's your gaming memory?
September 2, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Uninvited on the Amiga 500 may still be my greatest gaming memory. As a kid I beat it with graph paper, handwritten notes, no internet, walkthroughs or saves. I still remember the dead spider, the occultist, the hidden attic, and being able to pick up fucking everything.
What's your gaming memory?
What's your gaming memory?
Turns out unconscious orcs make excellent tactical furniture. 😂
September 2, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Turns out unconscious orcs make excellent tactical furniture. 😂
Episode 8 of The Pools Saga is live.
Merrick got poisoned by a giant scorpion, died for real, and cost us 5,500 gold to resurrect.
His response?
“You should have left me dead.”
samthul.com/pages/floppy...
Merrick got poisoned by a giant scorpion, died for real, and cost us 5,500 gold to resurrect.
His response?
“You should have left me dead.”
samthul.com/pages/floppy...
September 2, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Episode 8 of The Pools Saga is live.
Merrick got poisoned by a giant scorpion, died for real, and cost us 5,500 gold to resurrect.
His response?
“You should have left me dead.”
samthul.com/pages/floppy...
Merrick got poisoned by a giant scorpion, died for real, and cost us 5,500 gold to resurrect.
His response?
“You should have left me dead.”
samthul.com/pages/floppy...
So.
That’s a lot of fucking goblins.
Pool of Radiance — Episode 2:
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What could possibly go wrong?
That’s a lot of fucking goblins.
Pool of Radiance — Episode 2:
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What could possibly go wrong?
September 2, 2026 at 6:50 PM
So.
That’s a lot of fucking goblins.
Pool of Radiance — Episode 2:
samthul.com/pages/floppy...
What could possibly go wrong?
That’s a lot of fucking goblins.
Pool of Radiance — Episode 2:
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What could possibly go wrong?
Some people might not know but a few years ago I made a game inspired by the old Icom Simulations games - specifically Uninvited.
It’s called Cease To Breathe and everything in it was human made and hand crafted to be as insulting to the player as possible 😂
store.steampowered.com/app/1873170/...
It’s called Cease To Breathe and everything in it was human made and hand crafted to be as insulting to the player as possible 😂
store.steampowered.com/app/1873170/...
Cease To Breathe on Steam
A retro-style point-and-click horror adventure where you can try anything… and probably die hilariously.
store.steampowered.com
September 2, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Some people might not know but a few years ago I made a game inspired by the old Icom Simulations games - specifically Uninvited.
It’s called Cease To Breathe and everything in it was human made and hand crafted to be as insulting to the player as possible 😂
store.steampowered.com/app/1873170/...
It’s called Cease To Breathe and everything in it was human made and hand crafted to be as insulting to the player as possible 😂
store.steampowered.com/app/1873170/...
I feel it is my duty as a retro obsessed nerd to share this link with anyone who misses having a Geocities website:
www.oocities.org
Go there. Let the nostalgia wash over you.
www.oocities.org
Go there. Let the nostalgia wash over you.
Geocities Archive Geocities Mirror / The 90s Archive (1990s 2000s nineties) / The Early web
oocities - geocities archive geocities mirror
www.oocities.org
September 2, 2026 at 2:10 PM
I feel it is my duty as a retro obsessed nerd to share this link with anyone who misses having a Geocities website:
www.oocities.org
Go there. Let the nostalgia wash over you.
www.oocities.org
Go there. Let the nostalgia wash over you.
Nobody told me hashtags were basically a thing of the past.
Then again, I practically LIVE in the past, so my old-ass internet habits really shouldn’t surprise anyone. 🤣
Moving forward, I shall attempt to be more hip. No promises.
Then again, I practically LIVE in the past, so my old-ass internet habits really shouldn’t surprise anyone. 🤣
Moving forward, I shall attempt to be more hip. No promises.
September 2, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Nobody told me hashtags were basically a thing of the past.
Then again, I practically LIVE in the past, so my old-ass internet habits really shouldn’t surprise anyone. 🤣
Moving forward, I shall attempt to be more hip. No promises.
Then again, I practically LIVE in the past, so my old-ass internet habits really shouldn’t surprise anyone. 🤣
Moving forward, I shall attempt to be more hip. No promises.
I did a very 1998 thing: I built a webring. 😎
ThulNet is for personal, independent, creative, retro, nerdy, or just plain weird websites run by actual humans.
Got your own little corner of the web? Come join the ring:
samthul.com/pages/webrin...
ThulNet is for personal, independent, creative, retro, nerdy, or just plain weird websites run by actual humans.
Got your own little corner of the web? Come join the ring:
samthul.com/pages/webrin...
ThulNet Webring • Sam Thul
samthul.com
September 2, 2026 at 12:41 PM
I did a very 1998 thing: I built a webring. 😎
ThulNet is for personal, independent, creative, retro, nerdy, or just plain weird websites run by actual humans.
Got your own little corner of the web? Come join the ring:
samthul.com/pages/webrin...
ThulNet is for personal, independent, creative, retro, nerdy, or just plain weird websites run by actual humans.
Got your own little corner of the web? Come join the ring:
samthul.com/pages/webrin...