Time to share a bit of progress for The Dead and the Damned with a snippet from our "Wild Eyed Survivalist" class. Definitely inspired by @huntshowdown.com's "Mountain Man" aesthetic. This magnificent piece was done by @sudzart.bsky.social #morkborg #ttrpg #occult #western #survivalhorror

You guys remember that time Monte Cook successfully sold people a Kickstarter where he just fucked around and went "ghost hunting"? I sure do. #dnd #ttrpg

Nature is healing.

Another day, another band I (used to) respect using GenAI slop in their music videos. First Atreyu, now Arch Enemy. It's so lazy and disrespectful to artistry at large. What a fucking bummer. #metal #genAI #AISlop #MusicVideos #AI www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wujj...

Nothing makes me more sad for humanity than YouTube thumbnails, especially so when you're not logged in. Holy shit. In other news, the first final draft of The Dead and the Damned should clock in mid February. It's been too long getting this thing finished but fresh eyes have really revitalized it.

We have entered a new era where some of my favorite musical artist are putting out new songs but then the album art or #music video is loaded with #GenAI slop and it's really killing my soul because both Atreyu and Carpenter Brut have gone this way. New tracks sound great, but I've massive respect.

I used to think that people who lauded #DavidLynch were performative and pretentious. I watched Eraserhead ages ago and hated it, I wrote off consuming any of his other work. Recently a friend convinced me to watch Twin Peaks. I am now tarnished by sadness knowing this man is gone from our world.

The best thing about d66 tables is they don't contain 6-7. #ttrpg #brainrot #parenthood

Just like actual modern Dungeons & Dragons rules, all of the PCs in #StrangerThings have plot armor thicker than Matt Mercer's collection of leather bracelets. #dnd #ttrpg

What if I play RPGs not to have transcendent emotional experiences and I just like to fucking roll dice and beat up skeletons, is that okay? #ttrpg

Any suggestions for writing tools that work well with game design? I've (unfortunately) written all of my game in @obsidian.md but I'm now finding exporting the files into a single PDF impossible and manual copy/paste into word processor a tedious formatting nightmare. #ttrpg #writing #gamedesign

I love when you get a notification like "YOUR PACKAGE HAS BEEN SHIPPED!" but then you look and it just says "pending" for 3 days but then you get another notification like "OMG UR PACKAGE IS ALMOST THERE" but you look again and it just means somebody printed the sticker to put on the box.

I saw a vertical video today of some massive 3d Printed character sheet w/ spinning dials and immediately felt old. 3D printing is great, but too many use it to generate banal future-trash. Pen & paper is all you need, not sure why #ttrpg gamers are so obsessed with accessories but I kinda hate it.

In HS I was aiming to be a journalist, I then shifted to architecture after enjoying learning AutoCAD. I was "good at computers" and was told there was money there, so here I am 17 years deep in IT / Sysadmin work and I couldn't be more miserable professionally. I'm 40, it's too late to start over.

I love Finland.

Ah yes, after being unemployed for a 9 month stretch and then finally getting back on my feet this holiday season I'll finally be able to... Buy new appliances, because my stove and dishwasher both died! Each only around 5 years old. I'm finally old enough to say "don't make em' like they used to"

Hell is real and we live inside it

One of the greatest of all time has a surprisingly relatable take. Feels good man.

How is #anime so popular? A huge swath of its content heavily depicts: sexualization of children, absurd body standards, infantilization of women, toxic and rigid gender stereotypes, and the list goes on. People say "It's cultural" or "doesn't adhere to western standards" and I think it's bullshit.

"The multiverse" is just capitalism, why do people lap this shit up so much?

The corporate hellscape that is Dungeons & Dragons is exhausting to see. I miss when #dnd was still a game more than it was a "product".

Why do we keep putting Jared Leto in movies? He's a literal sex cult leader and a terrible, terrible actor. All of his movies are dogshit. Why does this keep happening?

I do a horror movie marathon every year from Sept 1st to Nov 6th, at least 1 movie per day. It was already easy to avoid watching Blumhouse movies, but it now it's not even a consideration! Thanks for helping to ease my analysis paralysis Jason Blum, you antiquated dickhead.

Horrors be damned, I'm making this game. Set in a dying world inspired by the wild west, but without America's despicable history. People from all walks of life struggle together, trying to survive a doomed world afflicted by a curse unleashed by detached and apathetic rich people. #ttrpg #morkborg

Welp, ye' olde Atreyu lyric of "hate can be a positive emotion if it forces you to better yourself" rings loud lately. I've stagnated on my projects, but with the rise of dogshit-AI-everything I now realize the only way to exist is to create real things with my hands. I'm diving back in. #ttrpg

I've recently learned that I think I'm a massive fan of David Lynch's work. Saw Eraserhead ages ago and I hated it, I wrote him off as over hyped. I recently started watching Twin Peaks, which has lead me down the rabbit hole to his YouTube weather forecasts. This man was an absolute treasure.

Afternoon monster doodle + creation for The Dead & The Damned. #ttrpg #datd #morkborg #dnd

Man it's really hard to work on my game and not just sink into melancholy or a video game escapism hole. America is such a pit of fucking despair.

If the only way you know how to market your #ttrpg or content for elf games is to tear down other people's projects - you're fucking doing it wrong.

Been practicing layout and saddle stitching for zines by creating a mini solo experience for The Dead & The Damned. It's heavily inspired by the original @morkborg.com but I had a lot of fun making it. #ttrpg #morkborg #roleplaying #osr #occultwestern

MORK BORG (in this case Pirate Borg) is NOT "Dungeons & Dragons". This image is making my brain scream. #dnd #ttrpg #osr #morkborg

I really wanted to like Hold Your Breath because there are not many horror westerns to begin with, especially good ones. Unfortunately despite the great performances and costuming, this leaned far too hard on mental illness tropes when it could have been great as a supernatural thriller.

Revision 2 of the Dead and the Damned character sheet is okay, but it’s about to get so much better. #ttrpg #morkborg #dnd

Back on that game design horse today, feels good. More updates soon.

Share 4 of your favorite film directors. #Filmsky * Danny Boyle * John Carpenter * Ari Aster * Jordan Peele Runners up: Tomas Alfredson, M. Night Shyamalan, Emma Tammi, Wes Anderson, and Hanna Bergholm.

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and we were #405,937!

Woof, Twitter is rough. There must be no legit advertisers left over there. I logged on to this and I can't even fathom why any algo I touch would feed me this. I think it might be about time to nuke Twitter and just start over here with a solid effort.

Cleaning out my nerd closets.

Looking for Affinity Publisher resources, getting ready to lay out my first ever full game. Hoping there are some good A5 templates out there I can use. Anybody know of some good ones? #smallpublisher #ttrpg #affinity

Can't wait to actually post this bad boy on Patreon. Going to be looking for artists in the near future too, looking for B&W line art if you know anybody who specializes! #ttrpg #morkborg

Character sheets are ready! Art and layout aren't final of course, but they're functional! #ttrpg #morkborg

Really need to migrate more toward Bluesky, it might not have Twitter features but everyone here seems genuine. Too many blue-checkmark sycophants on bird site. I refuse to call it X because I'm old and stubborn.

It’s real. The playtest is here and live for Patrons! Public playtest will drop Thanksgiving. #ttrpg #morkborg #osr

Total scumbag behavior here. "Oh yeah I'm assuming artists are already using AI art because they're soulless husks just like me."

Timelapse of working on the second major iteration of the Dead & the Damned #ttrpg character sheet. Don't worry, this is just for playtesting. An actual artist will do a very Mork Borg-ey final one. Song: "Black Dresses" by The Builders and the Butchers. streamable.com/695jl3

Hexen needs the Doom 2016 treatment, ASAP.

It’s #morkborgmonday so enjoy a brief glimpse into the list of Maladies & Afflictions that might befall your damned soul in The Dead & The Damned, our upcoming occult survival horror western #ttrpg inspired by games like Hunt: Showdown and movies like The Wind.

Switched up the soundtrack for writing today, because I forgot Blaqk Audio existed. Not very good tunes for writing about spooky cowboy things, but definitely great tunes for feeling like a sexy vampire. The game has vampires though so…we’re still on track. (☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞

Taking a break from working on DatD tonight to get back on twitch and do really important shit like rate pizza toppings and play a game where you are a raccoon who skateboards and fights cops. Tomorrow, we resume spooky cowboy-ing.