{"type":"newsletters","id":"310726","title":"Games, gear, and gregarious tales","url":"/newsletter/310726","summary":"I haven't been reading much news, so instead I haphazardly promote some of my work.","date":"2026-07-31","tags":[],"categories":["writing"],"body":"Ah well, no sooner than I promised to get back into the proper newsletter flow, than some of the \"other\" took over my life a little the past few weeks. I will have a proper update on that next week, but in the meantime I have been making a lot of changes to my site and getting some \"close to completion\" projects released. Instead, this issue, just before most of the northern hemisphere heads off on holiday, I thought I would mention a few updates that you may wish to while away your holiday hours on.\n\nxx Chinch\n\n## Support this newsletter\n\nIf you like what you read here and want to keep supporting my work, I have a couple of ways you can support me this issue.\n\n### 100s of amazing Mac apps\n\nLooking to supercharge your Mac with 100s of apps to choose from and one low monthly price? Take a look at [Setapp](https://go.chrischinchilla.com/setapp) from MacPaw.\n\n### Not looking for software?\n\nThen head to [chrischinchilla.com/support](https://chrischinchilla.com/support) for other ways to support me. You can also just share this newsletter with someone else.\n\n## Want to pretend to be a vampire in a karaoke bar? Of course you do :)\n\nOne of the games I polished up and released recently is [Karaoke Vampire](/games#karaoke-vampire). It's a small rules-light story driven game where you play creatures of the night who like to sing.\n\n> Did you know that I have worked on several games over the years? You can find them all on my [games page](/games).\n\n> Coming soon is \"Dörk Börg\" a battle royale Mörk Borg skin on geek verses geek.\n\n## Need recommendations for gear and want to help me earn a few cents?\n\nI now have a mostly complete [gear page](/gear) where I list all the hardware and software I use to make music, write, and do all the other things I do. If you are looking for recommendations for gear, this is a good place to start. And if you buy something through one of my affiliate links, I get a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thanks!\n\n## Something to read at the beach?\n\nYou may know about my [books](/books), but I am also slowly releasing all [my short and flash fiction](/stories/). There's more to come, with already about 40 stories, there's something for everyone. If you like strange, speculative fiction, this is a good place to start.","links":[],"fields":{}}