You think your life is ridiculous? This guy is doing mocap for a gelatinous cube in a God of War game. ... no I'm not making this up.

Maximum immersion, minimum hygiene. #ttrpg #dnd #rpg #meme #ttrpgsky #ttrpgcommunity

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Dungeons and Dragons 5.5e: 20 great tastes that taste kind of okay together.

Me: You should repair damaged relationships. People are flawed and deserve grace. Also me: youtu.be/zOpRjoYJRn8?...

This is absolutely nuts: hackers are hijacking high-profile Instagram accounts by simply asking Meta's AI chatbot to change the email on the account. Meta's AI does it, hacker gets password reset code, they're in. A staggering security issue www.404media.co/hackers-simp...

A thing I really wish mainstream media would understand about AGI is that it's a play by post for absolute dweebs. If someone is talking to you about what AGI will do to/for humanity: that is a dweeb telling you about their GURPS campaign. It isn't news because it isn't real.

You know, there's a _special_ kind of inward cringe when posters on a _TTRPG discord_ imply that you talk too much. Like, yikes.

And Anish Kapoor is looking to file a lawsuit.

Wow, I just read a Robert E Howard story for the first time and I do not care for that man's writing. I see some of the spark that launched Conan into an ever-franchise (the mix of pulp fantasy with cosmic horror), but so much else of his writing is honestly awful.

example one bajillion of how graphic design makes or breaks your tabletop rulebook

Well, this is an amazing image

Definitely coming back here when I unlock bombs.

#repostyourart 💜💜💜💜💜

Oh cool. Google maps is enshittifying. Dear Google, you've been my go-to mapping tool for more than a decade. I've happily engaged with your systems (even the advertising portions of them), but this? This will drive me off your product and into the arms of a competitor. Let. Us. Shut. These. Off.

Phenomenal speech from Brandon Sanderson on the problem of AI and why the quality of it's output (or even the source of it's training) isn't the issue. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb3u...

One thing I'm learning from editing: If brevity is the soul of wit, then I am a witless fool.

Scott Wills paints a background for the first run of Samurai Jack (2001–2004), created by Genndy Tartakovsky, Cartoon Network Studios

This is from the Vonnegut museum, and apt as ever.

"How's that light RPG going?" <Quickly scans for an exit> "Oh? Fine! Fine. Just fine. Why?" "Well I.... <Pops smoke grenade and dives out the window>

Apple, you can just say “fuck you” like a normal person.

Weird Al is pissed enough to _unironically_ cover “Killing in the Name” by Rage Against the Machine. youtu.be/COZcKrUx1Ts?...

I've never had an issue with "gifted kid burnout," but man oh MAN, "gifted kid aversion to not being immediately good at something right away" has been a lifelong struggle. I cling to my incremental gains in coding/gamedev and Japanese like a fucking life raft.

To be an artist

"I might have to find another reason to like myself." Heard Amanda. Heard. strongfemaleprotagonist.com/issue-6/page...

"i hope this site doesn't end up like the last one :(" Hope has nothing to do with it--DO YOUR PART! Twitter & Truth Social are dying. Their users are used to farming outrage for engagement. Don't give them any! 🚫 Don't argue with them! 🚫 Don't quote them! ✅ #BlockAndMoveOn

It fucks me up that most adults can't take art seriously as a medium for storytelling. Like it's considered a normal thing for adults to enjoy going to a museum and hanging a painting in their house but they draw the line at reading a graphic novel because "comics are for kids". That's insane.

The next opening in the Women Artists of the DMV mega-show is October 8 at Maryland Hall in Annapolis www.womenartistsofthedmv.com/marylandhall

Narrator: AI didn't significantly cut operating costs

Here’s what a Ball State University employee said that led to their termination:

"The Free Software Foundation has been sliding into irrelevance more and more by entirely failing to address its big Creepy Uncle problem." This whole thing is a delight. aria.dog/barks/forkli...

Oooohh damn!

God, he is a sick, sick man. Why the hell aren't our media running clips of him threatening gun violence like he is here? If Biden, Obama, or Hillary spewed this, that's all they'd talk about for a month.

Kirk didn't deserve to get shot. Kirk was a trash fire, and the air is sweeter without him polluting it. Both of these are true.

Good evening Pittsburg.

I have a question. You know people-movers at airports? Why aren’t they called slidewalks?

The internet: If you want silence, ask for help. If you want help, proudly post an incorrect solution.

Have you tried the "80 Birthdays" challenge? It's wild! It's simple but not _easy_. See, to pass the challenge you need to have 80 birthdays.

The Pro Family Forum’s early 80s Satanic Panic pamphlet "Dungeons and Dragons: Only a Game?” has it all: - a great cover - a description of D&D guaranteed to entice 14 year olds - a list of other, “more sophisticated and cruel" fantasy TTRPGs to try

Ex.Mag 06 BackCover by @fishman6991.bsky.social

Next they'll outlaw playing hopscotch. 🏳️‍🌈

I'm starting to understand why most people don't publish RPG's (it's the same reason I love them so much). I am NECK DEEP in the content mines and I'm still ages away from being done. Writing a book would be so much easier than this.

This is literally a scene from Altered Carbon.