Design is a physical act. Print it out. Hold it in your hands. Cut it to shape. Paste it onto another book or zine. Design for the hands, the hold, the fold, and the weight. Even if your game is digital-only, the physical prototype will show you the typos.

Excuse me, fellow graphic designers, but which one of you decreed we use this icon for sharing now? What is your fucking problem?

Mario Composer Koji Kondo performed the Super Mario Bros. theme song on Japanese TV as part of the NHK New Years celebrations!

The Nintendo Wii is gonna be 20 years old hm yes I see

Using Windows 7 makes me feel like a Grandpa, but using windows 11 makes me feel like a worse, completely different grandpa. Frieren eating a Hamburger.

Next time you go to the corner store, pick up the tiniest toy you can find. You have to use it in your next creative or play outlet You get 1 point for each instance of it you slip into the outlet, and 2 points for each person who calls attention to it Easy: 10 pts Medium: 25 pts Hard: 50 pts

ENCLOSE HORSE enclose.horse

The death of Flash really cut a bunch of new forms of play short well before their time, man Someone get me Steve Jobs' email I ought give him a piece of my mind

Nancy Drew going public domain in a few days means we'll have to see a Nancy Drew Steel in 2026, right?

We made it to $2,000,000! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

@voicesbyzane.bsky.social they found a few of your pickles youtube.com/shorts/OZtKZ...

Y’all, the Castlevania: Awakening In The Moonlight musical by Takarazuka Revue is available legally on VOD with subtitles starting today until the end of March, this is a great adaptation and the women in this show are so good, PLUS this is a rare experiment globally Please see it if you’re curious

They usually play baby animal compliation videos at my gym, but now those vids are slowly sprinkling in weird AI generated baby animal hommunculi and it's affecting my gains

I get the same thrill out of watching an episode of Columbo as I do watching a nature documentary

(daft punk One More Time voice) Auld Lang Syne

Excavation reveals neolithic tomb thought to contain remains of the historical grinch

We're done! I made TWO robot masters for the Mega Man contest: - BALLOON MAN, the sky high performer! Some say he /really/ sucks the air out of the room 🎈 - MAID MAIDEN, the royal dust devil! She'll read you for filth before taking out the trash 🧹

I like to imagine the family reunions between these two types of elf

Out now: THE SNOW QUEEN'S FURY, a midwinter one-shot for Draw Steel! Battle dangerous ice monsters, explore a strange fey realm, and negotiate with a powerful archfey to save a village from endless winter. An icy mystery! Tips for running at 1st, 2nd, or 3rd echelon! Queer grandmas! ⚔️❄️

I'm having a lot of fun with this Mega Man contest! Legit if you're feeling down in the wake of the sea of AI bullshit, pour that agony into a contest, enjoy the sweat, and gawk at all the elder god artists also making entries (Maybe find a no-so-corporate contest so you can keep your work tho)

Had a great time playing @hellomcdm.bsky.social ‘s Summoner class by @thewillyboo.bsky.social. It’s definitely more complicated than the base classes and a lot of fun controlling an army of minions. Grab your copy here shop.mcdmproductions.com/products/the... #ttrpg

@ani-obsessive.bsky.social did there 2025 recap of what was definitely a hard year for animation. Even with the few bright spots. They included a link to this article which in a weird way gives me resolve to keep going in 26 animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-pressu...

Look at this lil guy

Mega Man told people to pick up a pen that’s my fucking GOAT

In tactical RPGs we often see the "how do I optimize MY hero" discussion, which certainly happens with Draw Steel, but I have also seen a lot of people say stuff like, "If you really wanna optimize in DS, you should focus on the party not the individual." That was by design, and I'm glad it works.

Nightly routine

Ajax and the War Dogs.

US video game hardware total units sold and average price paid, Nov 1995 through Nov 2025.

conquering darkness with the radiant power of posting

99% of rpg zines and books should have page numbers. And that's just the start. There's actually a lot of technique and intentionality behind things like page numbers, running headers, etc. Let me know what you think! www.explorersdesign.com/designing-si...

Take a moment to say "Bauhaus" out loud you won't regret it

I went and wrote it. Here are some things you can do as a ttrpg project manager to make freelancing fun and easy: barilleon.com/managing-ttr...

Horsepower could, and I argue should, be also used as a measure of computational power. For example, you could, and again I argue should, say something like “56 million horsepower iPhone”

Industry still hasn't really grappled with the fact that its' entire marketing arm forgot how to function cause of the share button and then epic divorce man killed it if a game isn't on pc I basically do not see anyone post caps or footage anymore

Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.

My Draw Steel Adventure Tools! This spreadsheet helps you create combat encounters, montages, negotiations, and more, all following official recommendations! Available on my Patreon at patreon.com/Alphastream www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtbB... #DrawSteel #TTRPG

You know what lets let the studios have "indie", it's time to make doujin games

I've been practicing making scrimblos again I'm ready coach

It's peak. Even the silence is LOUD (Also probably the best handling of pre-game option setting I've experienced so far. Those things a tricky to pull off without feeling clunky and detatched, but UNBEATABLE introduces you to its tone during the process like eating a lollipop during a shot)

NEW on the Blog: Skill Challenges. You know 'em. Or maybe you think you know 'em. Let's take a look at what they were, and what people thought they were. Three games came out this year with some improvements to the tech. Let's look at those, too! barilleon.com/skill-challe...

Every ttrpg is required to have a 'freak' class. Like one that objectively stands out as "What the fuck is wrong with you" compared to the others

Hard cheeses create hard rat men, Hard rat men create soft cheeses, Soft cheeses create soft rat men, Soft rat men create hard cheeses And yet BOTH rat men love explosives

"video game mechanics?" Actually, they're called developers.

Freelancers: the year is winding down and the days are getting short. Now's the time to look at your spending, look at your costs, then raise your rates for 2026.

Looking good, Draw Steel 🚀

GNOMES ARE HERE It's time to DRAW STEEL www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...