I found my new spirit emoji: 🫩

We all need some escapism right now. Set your time dilators to the year 100,000 and experience the world of #Arrhenius! Core rulebook and FREE Quick Start Guide available now for: • PDF: jesseharlin.itch.io/arrhenius • PDF or Print on Demand: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...

“Jesse Harlin has worked in games for over 25 years including titles such as the Star Wars lightsaber app, Ralph Breaks VR, Proof (canceled), and the Star Wars KINECT game with a dance mode.”

There should be a word for the kind of precognition that leads you to open up your empty email inbox a second before a new email comes in.

Sometimes it feels like everything in the world is sliding backward, and it gets overwhelming. And then I think about the art community—the people making and sharing work, supporting each other, keeping creativity alive. I’m just really grateful to be here with all of you.

“Somewhere high overhead… I heard the voice of Stephen Miller calling in his harsh, metallic whisper. His call seemed to be answered from far and wide by the howling of wolves. …A pack of them poured, like a pent-up dam when liberated, through the wide entrance into the courtyard.” Bram Stoker, 1897

I spent some time with OpenAI's new AI video app Sora. Not just slop but ragebait, fake crimes and women splattered with white goo. The implications of all of this are horrifying.

“Ah! Oui, Burundi! Je le connais bien et c’est tout près de Zaïre, oui? Tout près de Mozambique. No! Tanzania! Tanzania… hahaha.” “Mais! Le chat est sur la chaise. Et le singe est sur la branche! Et:”

War-ravaged Portland

How many bladders does this dog have?!

The human brain is crazy. My lump of skullmeat that is constantly replacing itself from dying cells can listen to the first #BenFoldsFive album for the first time in about 20 years and somehow I instantly still remember all of the lyrics, harmonies, and syncopated punctuations.

My cat just crawled up in my lap and started hugging my face. I said “I love you little gu—“ and it was at that exact moment that he sneezed into my open mouth. 😑 When I die of cat flu, this was the reason.

For #selfpromosaturday, the start of a new adventure for the #Arrhenius #ttrpg. The core rulebook is out now on itch and DriveThru. jesseharlin.itch.io/arrhenius

Pssh. That’s totally a word.

“Dad, I just realized: if you swap the W for a T in where?, when?, and what?, you get the answer for each of those questions.” I have a smart kid.

Hi, new people. My name is Jesse. I'm grumpier than my wife would like for me to be and friendlier than I feel naturally comfortable being. When I was a kid, I was afraid to talk to people on the phone. My favorite cereal is Booberry. Okay. That's everything. Now we're friends.

THIS 👏🏽 ALSO 👏🏽 GOES 👏🏽 FOR 👏🏽 COVER 👏🏽 ART 👏🏽

We don’t want AI slop. Stop sending us AI slop. Stop wasting our time with AI slop. It doesn’t sound good. It’s antithetical to our core values. You didn’t even make it. Knock it off.

#Silksong 2 when?

Pink Cat can’t believe the catty bullshit Dog and Lion just said about Giraffe. (This is how I entertain myself while doing the dishes.)

what a humiliating way for don jr. to find out his dad sends birthday cards.

How in the zombie media hell in 2025 are the MTV #VMAs still a thing?

Covid is so annoying. I’m testing negative now for a few days but I’m WIPED. OUT. Just absolutely fatigued all the time. And I feel like the fucking brain fog has noticeably reduced my vocabulary. Yesterday I couldn’t remember the word “negative” and kept saying I was testing “not positive.” 🙄

Composer @awintory.bsky.social joins us to talk about his work on Sword of the Sea and the distinct language of writing music for games. Plus, we share our thoughts on Herdling, Shinobi, The Rogue Prince of Persia, and the July sales report. youtube.com/watch?v=eUN6... @giantsquidstudios.com

Covid-era throwback isolation in effect. Ask me anything cuz I'm boooooored

Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)

Paintings to dream by 'A New Constellation' Sewell Collins, 1910.

We deserve the future we’ve wrought for ourselves. #TheFutureSucks

All genAI sucks. It sucks when it generates words. It sucks when it generates images. It sucks when it generates videos. It sucks when it generates fake-ass voices for your audiobooks. When I say Fuck genAI I mean *all* of it.

My smart speaker says that Little Richard’s seminal rock tune “Tutti Frutti” has explicit lyrics because “A whop bop a loo bop a lop bom bom” contains the anti-Italian pejorative “wop.” As a result, it censors the lyrics. #TheFutureSucks

“House of Suns” by Alastair Reynolds

In response to this, name the last book that you read that you would recommend. abcnews.go.com/Health/ameri...

it doesn't get mentioned all that much in books on drawing or comics, but i don't know any technique that's more useful than walking away for an hour

Another day, another group of layoffs in the game industry. I still have my job, but a lot of my very talented coworkers don’t. I hope they all land on their feet quickly.

Man, #TheWildRobot never ceases to make me cry.

Breaking: my 12 year-old son just told me that I’m cool. Please update your spreadsheets accordingly.

It's summer. You're officially tired of having to peel your underwear off of your sweaty ass multiple times a day. What could possibly give any relief to your besweatened butt? Why, a #ttrpg set in the next Ice Age of course! Can't get cool? Pretend you're freezing! jesseharlin.itch.io/arrhenius

What better way to beat the heat of summer than by exploring the next Ice Age? To help people cool off, I've put #Arrhenius on sale for half off. If you want to kick the tires before you buy it, you can download the free Quick Start Guide before committing to the core rulebook.

The new cartoon, formatted for phone or tricorder tinyview.com/this-modern-...

How I envision AI would make me tea.

My new certification came through.

Happy birthday, goober.

Hi everyone, As part of my dissertation, I am researching audiobook narration. If you have listened to an audiobook within the last two years, or have previously been a frequent audiobook user, I would really appreciate your thoughts! You can find the survey here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

One of my favourite #dnd portrait comms. I just think she's neat ☺️ (also brushy brushy)

(Living room. The clack of controller buttons accompanies Minecraft’s music.) My son: (gasping) It’s an Apollo! Me: 🤔 … What’s an Apollo? My son: … … No idea. Me: … Good talk.

Well, now that itch became a villain, maybe the #TTRPG community can build a better site instead of glomming onto someone’s rando video game site.

There is a lot to be angry about in the world but some of you dudes love to get into heated arguments about the very unimportant things on here. Instead you should consider petting a cat or watching Bob’s Burgers or going outside and looking at the clouds