Yeah, ultimately I just want you to play (and hopefully enjoy!) what I make. Most of my digital output is free and/or massively multiplayer stuff, but as far my tabletop designs go, if there aren't community copies readily available, just reach out and I will set you up. We're in this together.

every day we are confronted with difficult choices

having a mini-existential crisis this morning after realizing that my ability to condense a large text into a smaller summary tailored for particular audiences, one that i'm proud of and have spent years honing, is maybe A Part Of The Problem

i went to costco for the first time last weekend. membership fee is $65 a year. but a hot dog + soda combo is $1.50. if you assume a hot dog + soda elsewhere is like $3.50, that's $2 in savings. so if i eat a hot dog + soda at costco 33 times a year i break even. now if i eat there 300 times a year,

“Scots discovering tailgating” could be a real Prometheus stealing fire moment

they did it. the crazy bastards undid 9/11

People are so hungry for cool weird original things and we would have an endless buffet if people had any kind of stability to work from. Its so frustrating that there maybe 10 guys holding back what could be an insane artistic, cultural, and economic renaissance and we get nothing in return

Tutorial Eyes Tutorialize Tutorial Lies

give 'em the ol' perimeter handshake

I'm a pretty big "I don't think Marathon needs PvP and/or prox chat to be fun" guy, but I _did_ just have one of those Rook runs where a crew that's wiped the map downs you, picks you back up, and then adopts you, and that was kinda cute and fun. 😅

they don't know that i hid in a vent solo for 20 minutes

Fun fact: a conclave burns black smoke to announce that no Pope has been chosen, white smoke to announce that a Pope has been chosen, and red smoke to announce to the faithful that it is time for the Butlerian Jihad.

why are people arguing about bluesky this morning? it’s a rainy day. you could be out there getting drenched and falling ill

last time this clip hit my feed, someone had quoted it saying, like, "i don't care if you're a dog, eating a glizzy sidesaddle is crazy" and every time i've seen a hot dog since, i've quietly pondered whether today is the day i go sidesaddle

it’s maddening because if you were an institution right now with $10M, or even $5M, not only could you assemble the fucking avengers of game dev, you might even be guaranteed to break even based on their following/past projects

> looking at tech sector layoffs > ask the hr manager if the layoffs are from ai or from the end of zirp > she doesn't understand > pull out illustrated diagram explaining what is ai replacement and what is zirp > she laughs and says "they’re good layoffs sir” > check the data > its zirp

Very happy with everything they've outlined, but especially this part. I'm hoping folks who might not have jumped in yet will do so for Season 2!

I don't usually do this sort of thing, but I tossed together a quick video overview of my game Wiztographer! I run through an example turn using a browser window and MS Paint, so the whole thing has a scrappy vibe to it that I kinda like. 🤣 youtu.be/dlhUk_X6pWg

I wish you well in your adult literacy journey

seems like the funding landscape has changed, time to dust off my pitch for a nostalgic video game about the roaring twenties that is actually set during the great depression and inexplicably has “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” on the soundtrack

all this discourse and no one's asking the real question: when are they going to make a wing commander privateer set in the star fox universe? to hell with the lylat wars, someone's gotta move these consumer goods out of fortuna

You are a skilful and trusted vizier. You will advise me wisely on how best to rule the kingdom. You will not scheme or plot. You will not inveigle my other courtiers into turning against me. You will not lie to me about scheming or plotting. If you scheme or plot against me, you have to tell me,

thinking about potential gigs for my character when this campaign ends INTERVIEWER: What's this gap on your resume? ME: Oh, I was leading a rebellion.

A class at my kids’ school put up little statements about the good they want to do in the world and I was over the moon about this one - then I learned they meant to say “teach people in jail” which is also good!

Today is the last day you can back REALIS on Kickstarter, which I (and so many other incredible artists) did a ton of original art for! I can't remember what I posted already or not, so here's a bunch of it. bsky.app/profile/aust...

taking bait Pain That I’m Used To - Depeche Mode Airbag - Radiohead Accidentally Like a Martyr - Warren Zevon Humiliation - The National In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel True Blue - boygenius Your Love - Outfield Anemone - BJM Darkness on the Edge of Town - Bruce Springsteen Grace, Too - Tragically Hip

if i'm being honest? the hand that feeds

My Marathon solo runs on Outpost have been far more successful since I started roleplaying as "Frank the maintenance Rook". He's just there to deal with some malfunctioning turrets and he can't believe that there's non-union guys there shooting at him.

always remember that u are someone’s greatest fumble

I will never stop playing Marathon. Get it twisted. If it disappears after season 2, no it didn’t.

Assert: You are a winner. Assert: You can do it.

nobody show this to william gibson because it very well might kill him

Been playing ancient MMOs lately and got an invite from an old and well-established guild with the tag ICE. 😬 Wonder what else might have seemed OK to name something 10+ years ago and now extremely not. 😅

Palantir are about six months away from ordering their employees to leave audio logs scattered around their offices

They don't NEED to make a purely PvE Marathon, but if they did, the narrative framing would make it possible for there to be a recurring pool of rival NPC Runners that used a version of the Nemesis System. "_crisp killed me again? With my own gun?!"

the passive voice store was visited by me and you were known by everybody there

//THE_FIXIT// (S)CIENCE> (SP)HERE.9 LUCKY.NO_3233 Class Illustration for Realis kickstarter.com/projects/crum/realis

“the pharaoh’s tomb is cursed! the necromancer’s ring is cursed! the witch’s grimoire is cursed!” that’s how you sound. everything is fucking cursed with you bro. i don’t care. i’m taking this skull.

austin game conference 2005 was lousy with paranormal incidents, turned out a lot of attendees were staying at a la quinta between a waffle house and a denny's and getting slammed by the psychic push and pull

chat, should i have been buying high performance sheets this whole time?

If you haven't taken a look at Commonwealth by @modality.bsky.social just yet, please consider that my group just realized my character could potentially decide to be so Recklessly Brave during military training that they just immediately keel over dead.

A computer can never pack a bowl therefore a computer must never make a playlist

If we are not in the same crew and I see you in the exfil circle with me, you are my friend. We will escape here together, my brother, and enjoy the fruits of our labor in safety. If we are not in the same crew and I see you anywhere else, you're dead. You've been dead since your run began.