(I still need backers for my light novel about a guy surviving a badly-run RPG campaign, so if you like my work (or posts) I'd appreciate it if you spread the word! Tell your friends, your parents, your Discords, your subreddits, buy a haunted pizza joint and then tell the ghosts about it)

More people need to understand that saying only “criminals” should be subjected to expanding state violence around us is what led to the broader public being targeted by it, too. Criminality is subjective, and power determines what it is or is not.

Fuck off Judith It's your government that have caused people to take the extreme measure of striking, not the Unions #nzpol

Buried in the detail about reducing earthquake strengthening is the removal of requirements for disabled access and fire safety. You know who does that? Sociopaths.

Just to be blunt, if you want Wired and 404 and The Verge to employ reporters who understand the memes on bullet casings and can connect them to gaming culture while having the legal and support resources to deal with waves of harassment when we do it… you have to subscribe and pay for the work

is there any kind of logical reason as to why stuff keeps publishing fluff nonsense on these far right personalities

Even if you don't vote for your council (pls do but), tick that box for the referendum. It is BINDING for three terms - so if it fails, no Māori ward for nearly a decade. And EVERYONE votes, not just Māori. Tāngata Tiriti step up, Pākehā mā, you need to vote.

I wish there were more examples to clarify the big ideas jay has included, but big respect for making an Expressionist Manifesto expressionist in form. There is a good chance I will re-read after mulling and reading other reactions.

Indeed. Also the authors of the piece in question are a disgraced former professor fired for cause *through tenure* for sexual misconduct with students (plural) and his wife and former undergraduate student (the latter a member of the publication's editorial board). So, you know. Gross.

‘AI tech shows promise writing emails or summarizing meetings. Don't bother with anything more complex.’ I’ll ask again: What is the trillion dollar problem that this trillion dollar technology is supposed to solve? A difficulty writing emails?

BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT! @mahliann.bsky.social, @marcuscarter.com, and myself have combined our collective brains and written a wide-reaching introduction to the complex and interdisciplinary field of Game Studies in this forthcoming book for Polity. www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...

One thing I’m relieved about is the calibre of candidates running for the Māori Ward. Te Paea and Matt are great and would both make a very fine Councillor. In saying that I still want to win it so vote for me 😂 #nzpol

The only people more delulu than Ray Chung's merry gang of financial illiterates are the reported 13% of Wellingtonians who both answer phone calls from Curia and support Ray Chung's merry gang of financial illiterates. These people deserve your contempt and mockery.

Or trying to have their cake and eat it too by mentioning the boycott up front before immediately violating it in the same breath/paragraph. "Reporting Xbox news in direct violation of BDS but shaking my head the whole time so everyone knows I disapprove"-ass theory of politic.

Can anyone remember the name of the 90s satirical TRPG/larp where magic is drugs?

It's time for #DinosaurPrincesses! I'm Dee One En Oh, the Robot T-Rex! Check out those sweet lens flares!

We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.

16) Stole this one from a recent skeet I saw: If generative AI could REALLY make the next GTA in 6 months with 10 staff, or write the next bestseller, or produce 10 blockbusters a day? They wouldn't be trying to sell it to YOU. They would keep it for themselves and guard it from you ferociously.

It's great to see Wellington is coming out in force to farewell Fortune Flavours.

That classic situation where Electric Six's Night Vision gets in your head, but Tidal doesn't have Switzerland, so you go looking for another banger and remember I'm the Bomb. #321 #213

Love it!

Well, I'll be damned. It's royalty free and there's already six, generic manufacturers lined up. newatlas.com/infectious-d...

Why Tucson rejected Amazon's attempt. theconversation.com/data-centers...

y'know, you deserve some chill time, hanging out playing a cozy little RPG where maybe you spend 20 minutes just talking about how good noodles are in Stewpot, you play adventurers who retire from the dungeon grind and settle down to start up their own pub or noodle shop evilhat.com/product/stew...

Seriously, if you don’t think classicists are relevant currently, reevaluate the conditions under which most our primary sources were written.

Important statement of concerns about the embrace of genAI by universities (mine? definitely! yours?) by Comms and Media scholars in Aotearoa NZ auckland.scoop.co.nz/2025/08/stat...

To have age verification is to accept platforms cannot change. It's not forcing accountability at all. It's accepting they have the power to continue to do nothing about the harms that exist on their services, that children will inevitably encounter when they turn 17. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

I spend a lot of time talking about all the things historical games do wrong when representing (or, mostly, not representing) women in the past - for a change, here I wrote about some games which I think do something better and more interesting in their depictions of historical women & girls!

If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people: 1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money 3) We won’t need a lot of troops 4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq 5) We’ll find WMDs 6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators 7) It will be easy 8) It won’t take long All lies.

We are playing at the echoplex with the too stoned Nintendo band aka American Hifi tonight. NOT the regent. The show got moved. You may be SHOCKED to learn there are still tickets available. Come out unless you'd rather not

Mōrena Aotearoa NZ Mānawatia a Matariki #Matariki (Pleiades | Subaru) above That Wānaka Tree #NZ #Māori #Holiday #NewYear #Nikon #Photography

Normalise citing things that aren’t entirely relevant to the point you’re making but offer an interesting extension to the discussion. #AcademicSky

I had the chance to playtest this a couple of months ago and it is🔥!

Thank you @wobblerocket.com for the boost - we don’t share the starter pack as much as we should!

If you haven't played 1000xResist yet, I highly recommend it!

the John Wick universe is what you get if someone explained everything about Vampire: the Masquerade except that the characters are vampires

Not an original point but worth saying again - there is not a single element in this picture that identifies any of these folks as law enforcement agents. No badges, no uniforms, no vests. Out of context it just looks like a bunch of random guys are kidnapping a mayoral candidate.

This was such a good time. I need to get back into playing The Sprawl more!

Live in a couple of minutes, chummers!

SUPER RARE OPPORTUNITY! Watch a game designer play their own game! ALMOST NEVER HAPPENS DUE TO A CURSE! The Sprawl, on twitch in half an hour!

Day 3 of #KiwiRPG Week - Shadowrun in The Sprawl! Journey into a dark chrome future as Crow leads players into cyberpunk #PbtA game The Sprawl, with a fantastical twist to bring it into the world of Shadowrun! Watch this Tuesday 6.30pm NZST / 7.30am BST / 2.30am EDT on www.twitch.tv/kemuwhakatau...

ONE HOUR until #TheSprawl gets Shadowrunny! Actual play for #KiwiRPG

T-80m to go-time, crew! Tonight I'll be playing Shadowrun In The Sprawl in the #KiwiRPG stream.

I have a joke about Sappho b[ut ].

The #KiwiRPG itch bundle has a lot of awesome games, and includes my latest game, Seagull: a solo journaling game about a Seagull watching a swimmer.

Tomorrow is Day 1 of KiwiRPG Week! Join us Sunday 15th June from 7pm NZST (Saturday 14th June 3am EDT / 8am GMT) for the live stream of this fun one-shot -- Night Knights: Dream Heroes, a #TTRPG for kids—and the young at heart! ⚔️ www.twitch.tv/kemuwhakatau... #KiwiRPG #Aotearoa

There are no ways to not let this become the story. The media & the moneyed-yet-mediocre who are in bed with fascists will not stop calling any space that does not welcome fascists an echo chamber until they do. It is a rhetorical trap designed convince people to welcome foxes into the hen house.

been waffling on becoming a paid subscriber of Aftermath for months. This piece was masterful, and is the reason I'm biting the bullet. Tears in my eyes by the end. Thank you @nathangrayson.bsky.social.

Dog Eat Dog is one of my favorite games. This is so cool.

For those in Los Angeles, it was impossible to separate the culture from the games. At home, it was a different story. @robzacny.bsky.social and @patrickklepek.bsky.social discuss the demonization of cities, the reality of living in perceived chaos, and more. remapradio.com/articles/a-l...