Aaron has curated this amazing indie games zine! If you are in KLABF this weekend, come and pick up a copy! We got Malaysian designers and writers submitting cool stuff on here so check us out!

It’s here. If you’re at KLABF this weekend, you can pick up a copy of Malaysia’s indie games zine, back in publication after XxY years

I can't wait for you all to "play" my piece in this zine. Did some experimenting with formats which was really fun and will drop copies of The Magic Letter at Aaron's booth as he has graciously allowed me to.

Thank you, Aaron—for this amazing opportunity to be featured alongside so many talented writers ❤️

Huge shout outs to @wunderscore.bsky.social @nanawrote.bsky.social @valiantdorian.bsky.social @valistarri.bsky.social @heartofhiraeth.net @96lions.bsky.social and Sean from MyLARP for providing really fun pieces in a really short amount of time as I rushed to put this together last-minute.

This remains evergreen.

Remember how, in 1984, the Party runs a massive bureaucratic operation to constantly falsify and invent and rewite history in order to make the Party seem infallible? We've done that. But for no reason at all. And given the task to a stupid machine that turns rainforests into carbon in the process.

Area: Ara Damansara Anyone missing their cat? Very affectionate and has a collar. Probably have been walking quite a distance from their home based on how hungry and skinny they are. Please repost and boost.

Happy pride! Download and read my poetry zine for free at nanawrote.itch.io/untitled-adult and share away!

your regular reminder that buying Harry Potter stuff gives money to Rowling and she uses that money directly and in large quantities to fund attacks on trans people no ethical consumption under capitalism and all but “don’t buy Potter stuff” is an extremely easy baseline to follow

Spoilers for Andor ahead: Every review I've read mentioned Lonni being shot by Luthen but I thought it was clever misdirection based on the confrontation scene before Dedra Meero was arrested, and he was actually shot by Imperials?

@goobernuts.itch.io 's blog-borne document / development of Mangayaw is imho the best way to make a TTRPG. (Also Mangayaw is dope.) @harbowoputra.bsky.social makes / writes excellent adventures. He should make more. I would dearly like to make adventures together with him, one day.

@ehronlime.bsky.social makes mechanically spry games about place + belonging. One of the scene's most supportive figures; the way he's consistently run Playtest Zero over the years is aspirational. @momatoes.com can do it all---game design, writing, arting, layout design---beautifully. And does.

Thanks for the shout out!

@hishgraphics.bsky.social makes art; was the first person to clock Bahasa nomenclature in Star Wars; is an academic advocating for TTRPGs as a pedagogical tool. @nanawrote.bsky.social is a poet whose games are poems about very Malaysian things: silat; Shah Alam roundabouts; festival adverts

The thing with Pedro Pascal is he not only gives a fuck; he knows he's huge enough to spend all day trashing bigots safely because entire franchises are built around him atm. He's no dispensable Gina Carano-tier secondary guy. This also underlines how most famous artists as big as him are cowards.

Are there any writerly thingamabobs to do/attend in Melbourne mid July to Aug?

It's the cheeson for Playtest Zero! For our SEA-friendly session, join us next Tuesday, 29 April at 8 pm (GMT+8) over at the Session Zero Discord server to do some 1-hour playtests of TTRPGs/game bits and chat with other designers! (Image unrelated)

I say this every year, but in case anyone else needs to hear it: not everything you write/create needs to sell or have some deeper purpose. It’s okay to experiment, to not worry if every sentence is perfect, to just write something for the fun of it that no one else needs to ever see.

As someone who works in the game industry, let me assure you: people DO care how you made it and they will express their dissatisfaction, no matter what AI companies claim.

I will never love a country as much as you love the sinking streets of Masjid India, love weaving cigarette stink between night air that steals through rolled -down car windows riding up Genting Highlands, Fraser's Hill, Kemaman and me, soon with you, to Thailand or even Pangkor.

Cameron likes to downplay his art but I'm afraid he is a monster at creative writing.

"I don't wanna see it" is very different from "Nobody should make this" and it's frankly disturbing how some people don't seem to grasp the difference

There is beauty in the work. Please, do the work. Don't let your creative urges be stifled because you choose to press a button instead of opening up your soul.

Do I want to try my hand at cooking rendang for the first time or no?

I'm only on episode 2 but Uzo Aduba is such a gem in The Residence. Perfectly paired with Randall Park.

Harlow. As someone whose childhood was defined by keropok lekor Losong, I have called upon the seven puteris from the sea to gaze at you with fury and deflect your curse.

As the bimbo poets wrote, please don't make me know things during the limited window when I don't have to know things

Even if you do not create/consume/like NSFW media you must speak up for SWs and NSFW creators b/c the criminalizing and banning of it is just another step towards fascism. It will be used to target minority groups, LGBT, etc. and anything deemed "unsanitary" or "degenerate".

Sorry to those I've not followed back yet. Haven't gotten into the posting groove and been a bit lukewarm on the social media sharing bit. Please say hi in the replies and I'll get right to it!

You too can join The Online Magic School by visiting this link nanawrote.itch.io/the-magic-le...

My forehead is so shiny after 4 hours of boothing and 5 minutes of performing.

The interview I did is now out on YouTube! youtu.be/541wEEMfmpQ?...

Congratulations to our new enrollment to The Online Magic School!

Bartered my The Magic Letter physical game with a poetry zine, as per what you need to do as creators, no?

Everyone is sharing alt-text resources for BlueSky, so here's mine for PDFs! It's a whole free step-by-step guide to add accessibility tags to your PDFs, from Text to Images to Reading Order to Exporting! vast.guide

If you pay an artist you like $5 directly and then pirate their entire discography, you're still paying them better than Spotify

With this is mind, remember: If you see transphobic, racist, Alt-Right posts. Do not interact, do not share (even to say you’re against those comments) Do not draw attention to them or give them the attention they crave. Block the account, report them where appropriate. Do NOT make this Twitter!

I am so proud of us. Malaysians are so unpracticed at citizen action, having lost that fire in the 1990s. This is rehab. I'm proud of myself. Most of all I'm proud of Sharon, who led this effort in the most deadline-filled month of her year, and still manages to look so badass! 9/9

👥 Bluesky users, we've got one more update for you today: You can now use your itchio subdomain as your Bluesky username. Learn more about it here: itch.io/t/4291217/us... NOTE: to prevent any funny business, this feature is only available for accounts that have spent at least 10 bucks on itchio

Thank you. People dig holes for themselves and people who love them lift them out.

I would LIKE folks to not to use AI generated graphics for environmental and ethical reasons, but here's a selfish social motivator: if you DO use an AI image in your PFP/banner, you're probably gonna get added to this labeller and be muted/hidden or by everyone who subscribes to it

I woke up to so many new followers and it was thanks to this. Aaron is always that gem cheering local game devs (even sporadic ones like me!). Thanks buddy.

Omg it finally works. Anyway, making a starter pack for #RPGSEA, for all #ttrpgs, card game, and board game game workers - devs, writers, consultants, editors, artists, layout, podcasters, community folks, publishers and more. Let me know if you'd like to be added. go.bsky.app/CbyVaVU

Reminder that Bsky has a unique verification system already! If you are the admin of an official web domain, you can link that domain name to your account to make it your handle. Most big news orgs already do this. If an account claims to be a large media org but it has a bsky.social handle, be wary

Around 1500yrs ago, the Talmud my students study addressed the topic of incels and experts demanding redistribution of sex. Somehow this source went viral on twitter when I first posted it.