There are no AI artists, just AI customers.

My game design hot take is that you should rarely follow game designers’ advice. Especially industry professionals. Everyone has different goals they’re designing for and contexts they’re coming from that it’s rarely going to apply to you. Definitely listen, but don’t feel like you have to follow

A Life well lived is a bad revenge... Because you can't count it. Truth bombs being dropped by @adamconover.net in his latest podcast! 🤯🤯🤯 youtu.be/yd24EuQeJtI?...

Today I emailed publishers about a concerning practice a board game media creator engaged in. This will likely become public, so I'm providing the details here to give the full context of what I shared. 1) Document: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/o8ovt... 2) Video: youtu.be/fHXGWflPj4c 1/2

It’s not a viable market product in a market where big tech platforms control distribution and tip the scales towards an endless supply of teenagers working free. Every media company should be chasing the open social web to break that control wide open and reshape the market

Wenn du in Deutschland bist und einen Facebook/Instagram-Account hast, kannst du bei der Muster-Feststellungs-Klage gegen Meta mitmachen – und dabei Schadensersatz bekommen: www.swr.de/leben/verbra...

#RESIST #FuckICE

New fuck/marry/kill list just dropped

Oh and their "AI" provider is OpenAI. Like one of the shadiest companies on the planet. Cool.

I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.

Last 24 hours of Late Pledge have started!

X is hiring a creative writing specialist at $40 an hour to make Grok better at writing and a true LOL at the qualifications

For tabletop focused journalistic news (on Bsky) that has strong community engagement... I know of: @boardgamebeat.bsky.social @boardgamewire.bsky.social @rascal.news Am I missing any?

The most THE VERGE take on "what if my goverment becomes the fachist": www.theverge.com/policy/86857... (Thanks @sarahjeong.bsky.social for testing the stuff that really matters!)

Just in case you missed my Kickstarter campaign: This is the last chance to get #NeonHope. We will be in Late Pledge until Saturday night. After that we are moving into production and will deliver the game to folks all over the world in June. Link to campaign: www.kickstarter.com/projects/hop...

Board Game Beat is officially launched & loaded with content...with more to come as I report on Spielwarenmesse! If you're into independent board game journalism—articles, videos, interviews, news, reviews & more—please check it out and share. www.wericmartin.com #boardgame #spielwarenmesse

a delayed game is eventually good but a canceled game that never comes out and had cool promotional material will be good forever

What's inside our Deluxe Upgrade Pack? Find out! #neonhope #brettspiele #kickstarter #crowdfunding #unboxing

Specialization often means one-dimensional design. How we avoided this for #NeonHope ! #boardgames #games #design #gamedesign

Cute (but dangerous) robots, corp sponsored influencers, security guards, and devious AIs. In NEON HOPE they all want to stop you from saving the world from dystopia. #neonhope #boardgames #robots #dystopia

you *must* read the Battle of the Dildo at MN Graduate Hotel(ICE) "The revolution did not arrive with speeches, pamphlets, or a carefully moderated Zoom call about optics. It arrived in a cardboard box full of clearance-bin dildos, under purple neon light."🤣 www.closertotheedge.net/p/the-dildo-...

No AI. Just human creativity. That's what makes NEON HOPE special! #neonhope #boardgames #cyberpunk #sciencefiction #fuckAI

I believe I'm in #TikTok prison now...😅

Not sure what the new owners of #TikTok are cooking. Yesterday my timeline was full of videos in Russian. Now only the first video is – every time I open the app.

Late Pledge for NEON HOPE is ending soon! #neonhope #storytelling #boardgames #kickstarter #crowdfunding

The future looks bad... but there is still hope! #neonhope #cyberpunk #crowdfunding #boardgames #sciencefiction

When you dream about being a cool cyberpunk detective 🕵️‍♂️ — but do paperwork for the German government instead. 📝 Check out these illustrations for the character Matthéo from NEON HOPE. #neonhope #boardgame #cyberspace #matrix #cyberpunk

I love how all the AI companies run out of good ideas to sell their slob.

Just in case you wonder how #AI agents could be even more annoying? 🤖 🫠 Check out these illustrations for Jan-Peter: a man wrestling with his past choices, but finally standing up to fight the system he helped to built. ✊ ✊ ✊ #cyberpunk #solarpunk #art #illustration

Just in case you wonder how #AI agents could be even more annoying... 🤖 🫠

reject their slop, use OUR slop

Even #AI companies know... 😂

What annoys me most about the AI bubble: My work computer is in dire need of a RAM upgrade, so I can cut Videos without it crashing. But @frame.work doesn't have any in stock, as no one can afford RAM right now. #funtimes!

Regardless of what happens with this game, supporting a boycott based on a game's IP is supporting a long term vision for the hobby/industry.

The future needs more Döner Kebab!!! Don't @ me.

Any good PDF readers out there? I would pay for this – if not too expensive. I'm really getting annoyed by Adobe. Every time I open a PDF, I now have to click away 3 pop-ups. 2 of them for their AI.

This Microslop meme is now ready for 2026 😂

Soon to go down the drain.

Just so you know... Stoneblade Games will make their games with AI Slob now, too. justingarydesign.substack.com/p/the-ethics...

Is this working? youtu.be/2yJgwwDcgV8?...

Can anyone recommend a cheap social media tool for a small organization with just a handfull of accounts? I am using know Buffer (but am not super happy with their data fuctions) and am wondering if there is anything better?

Es sind schwere Zeiten im Internet.

Best Week continues! On this our hallowed second day, we're celebrating the best board games of 2025 that stare into the abyss. Read the full list here: spacebiff.com/2025/12/27/b...

My first video looking back at 2025 - this one focussed on the state of the board game industry and what it means for designers. A very happy holiday season to everyone! youtu.be/XH4o2alaNoA 🎲✂️

NEON HOPE will not come to retail any time soon! But you can still Late Pledge until January 31st. The game will be shipped to you in June 2027. #boardgame #cyberpunk #solarpunk #kickstarter #crowdfunding

I have no idea why we're talking about game design again

In 2025, I reviewed these 45 games: 1860, Ayar, The Bears and the Bees, Biathlon Blast, Boitas, boop, Booted, Cat in the Box, Club of Cthulhu, Creature Caravan, Crimson Keep, Death Valley: Highs & Lows, Disney Villainous, Doomlings: Imaginary Ends, Doomlings: Legends of Enderas, D.O.T, …

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