I am roughly $400 away from safety. I just filed some contract work that pays out by the end of May, meaning I should be safe through the end of June. I gotta get there first.

and what Damocles never tells anyone is that every night he gets a little stepladder and he climbs up to the top of it and he feels around the blade, the hilt, the pommel, to that little knot of sinew and he loosens it a little more just so he has a say. just so he has a say. #poetry

After fracturing my ankle last Friday, I spent everything I had to get equipment I needed to move, medications I was prescribed, and so on following some insurance claim denials. I am now in a position where I need to raise my rent money and electricity bill payment by Tuesday or face eviction.

and what Damocles never tells anyone is that every night he gets a little stepladder and he climbs up to the top of it and he feels around the blade, the hilt, the pommel, to that little knot of sinew and he loosens it a little more just so he has a say. just so he has a say. #poetry

After fracturing my ankle last Friday, I spent everything I had to get equipment I needed to move, medications I was prescribed, and so on following some insurance claim denials. I am now in a position where I need to raise my rent money and electricity bill payment by Tuesday or face eviction.

Friday night I fractured my ankle and I'm looking at potentially two weeks in rehab because I can't *not* use my left foot. This is going to be expensive, on top of late fees for early monthly bills + co-pays and medication. ko-fi.com/chezdispense...

Almost completed the prologue for Banquet for Fools. Really fascinated by the Vagrant Story-adjacent combat system and the aesthetic, as well as the weird, dreamy logic of the intro - then I got stuck in a bit of geometry with no way out of it and it just killed the momentum. Ugh.

Shodan: l-l-l-Look at this hacker, I want to crush them like a bug Durandal: look at my cyborg, I can make them go in a circle for hours. I can give them shotgun shells and they go apeshit

Every time I play FFT I discover new and exciting things. For example, if the guest character meant to help you with the extremely difficult battles in a 4-battle gauntlet has his sword stolen midway through the first fight, you are now stewarding a useless, sullen bastard who likes to punch.

starting a game of final fantasy tactics is not for the weak of heart. while the game doesn't tell you this, it involves much more than hitting "new game." you see, final fantasy tactics' characters are defined by their classes (of which, i note, you have none.)

I'm safe. I appreciate the kindness. I apologize for needing it so frequently.

Hey, all. I have exactly three days to raise $563 to keep my electricity on. Help is needed. paypal.me/coxendine I apologize for yet again running for help, but the problem with being on a ledge is that there's no breathing room. Every emergency is an emergency.

Hey, all. I have exactly three days to raise $563 to keep my electricity on. Help is needed. paypal.me/coxendine I apologize for yet again running for help, but the problem with being on a ledge is that there's no breathing room. Every emergency is an emergency.

Every time I see someone complain that Ramza in #FinalFantasyTactics is "just a Squire," I die a little. Mind you, folks are entitled to their views on the game, and certainly it is a little strange that the protagonist doesn't get all the cool powers some other special characters do.

If I told you I was going to publish an extremely short little rulebook for a game called LAIRBUSTERS: A RULES-LITE ROGUELIKE, would you be interested

I really wish there were more stories where we were foot soldiers or grunts or basically just Some Dude rather than Very Special People (e.g. chosen ones, spectacularly pretty people, special bloodlines, etc.) I'm so much more invested in a character that's thoroughly *of* the world they're in.

Trying to get some food in the house to make it 'til Monday when I get paid. paypal.me/chezidency I was stiffed on some work by a small-time contractor I cannot name due to an NDA and that left me in a bind. I apologize for asking.

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Under the Island is FINALLY OUT! After more than 7 years of development, the journey comes to life today ♥️. Huge thank you to everyone who supported the game along the way! Enjoy the Launch Trailer Shop Links in the comments 👇

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...holy shit Deadlock.

Trying to raise $250 for medications. I'm on week one of what will be four and I am nigh totally nonfunctional. This is not sustainable for a month of effectively being unable to work. paypal.me/coxendine

Every time I see someone complain that Ramza in #FinalFantasyTactics is "just a Squire," I die a little. Mind you, folks are entitled to their views on the game, and certainly it is a little strange that the protagonist doesn't get all the cool powers some other special characters do.

Doing my level best out here. If you'd like an Indigenous journalist to keep journaling Indigenously, support is appreciated.

One fun fact about me is that the single best tavern name I've ever come up with for a TTRPG is Ales What Cure You.

It's my birthday in less than a week and so if anyone wants to give me some breathing room as we sort out the moving costs for a new roommate - which will keep me from needing so much bloody help going forward - I would appreciate it. ko-fi.com/chezdispense...

Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step. 1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish. 2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.

friend, joking around with me: i'm just saying me, who saw "chill" once and promptly decided it was for cowards: THE SERPENT, DRAPED ABOUT THE ROOTS OF THE TREE, THE BRIGHT AND GLEAMING APPLE SWINGING SOFT O'ER ITS SLOPING BROW, WAS "JUST SAYING," YOU HERETIC!

It's my birthday in less than a week and so if anyone wants to give me some breathing room as we sort out the moving costs for a new roommate - which will keep me from needing so much bloody help going forward - I would appreciate it. ko-fi.com/chezdispense...

Overheard in the voice chat: "Nah brother. I'm bad with push ups, pull ups AND sit ups. -A beat.- Bomb as hell at fuck ups, though."

Lore accurate zullie

if your a man in your 40s you should have at least one impossible quest that will kill you

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Occasionally I do a pretty good impression of an Indigenous business reporter. Here's what I had in Tribal Business News this week. First up: the Cherokee Nation is emulating a federal tax incentive program to attract investment to its poorest communities.

Dunno if anyone's bored but I think @4allout.bsky.social's profile could use some reports. I don't often engage in encouraging people to report a profile, but the man is actively engaging in bigoted behavior, issuing sexual assault threats and encouraging suicidal behavior, alongside his friends.

Facebook out here like "don't you want to try our dating app?" I am an anxious man large enough to qualify as a local gravitational event you ghoulish thing. Leave me be.

Slightly diminish a game: Exaggerations of P

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remember, kids, solipsism is more fun with a friend!

I keep getting these ads to upgrade my desk chair and they're gradually wearing me down

The wonderful thing about wizards Is wizards just get a d6 So slash 'em and whack 'em, Bash 'em and smack 'em, They'll go down with barely a nick!

Alright, there's four days left on the Steam Winter Sale! My big PC Gamer roundup should be live on the last couple days, but in the meantime, here's a thread of stuff that fell JUST short of it. If this work has helped you, any tips via Paypal or Ko-Fi automatically go on more games to research.

Their kind hates ice and fire both, Arisen!

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As an agnostic-at-best person who simply has not studied enough to have an opinion on Upstairs Management, I'd really like to experience whatever rapturous disconnect the Xenosaga writers must have had. Good lord.

Four games that defined my 2025