From the archives: [At the gay club] HIM: “Dude, what’s in your pocket?” ME: “Oh, I’m just doing the handkerchief code thing.” HIM: “That’s a semaphore flag. Where did you even get this?” [Meanwhile, at sea] SAILOR: “Sir, the merchant frigate has indicated that it’s a bottom into blowjobs.”

Feeling very accomplished after rock climbing and making a dent in the invasive bellflower this morning!

As a designer of a big "wife game" (seriously, the number of times fans of Mansions announce to me "even MY WIFE will play this!"...) this article touches on a lot of important details. My opinion is unchanged, that EVERY game is a gateway game for someone.

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The art of game design: the spark of creation, to find play between the confines of rules and the expression of agency, to marry the beauty of systems and aesthetic expression, The discipline of game design: fucking finish the thing

Had a fun time hyping up the Arkham Horror: The Card Game team! The fans never fail to amaze me.

Seems like a great day to buy some EXCELLENT queer books.

Happy patch day!

Trying something new; a series of selfies after rock climbing.

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Yard signs are restocked and ready to aid the resistance!

I can't really do a lot of the usual New Year reflection; I have 3 kids under 5 so I spend most days in pure survival mode. I can't prioritize my career or friendships, I can barely keep my head above water with personal hygiene, and weekends are spent at playgrounds instead of pursuing my interests

I understand that media made by and for women is inherently ragebait, but I'm here to urge every fan of "romantasy" to become a fan of shojo manga immediately. And vice versa.

I do appreciate people making the connection that kids are expensive, generationally we make no money, therefore generationally we are not having kids. But listen. Other countries ARE simply offering a ton of money to encourage people to have kids. And that still doesn't work.

at a certain level of any creative or intellectual collaborative job the main task is sin-eater: to fix what you can and get blamed for what you can’t, secretly knowing how much worse it would have been if you hadn’t done what you did.

Been finally getting back to rock climbing, a love I had to abandon while I lacked funds and a vehicle to support it (and then the pandemic and then the children...oy.) It feels downright revolutionary to rediscover this. May all of you uncover lost loves and passions this year.

Uh Oh! Local writer has literally 5 things they should be working on but instead they've become obsessed with the idea of a 6th

Hey social media, give me non-monogamous fantasy book recommendations. Not hard sci-fi, not love triangles, not something that is gonna make me depressed or have nightmares, just a frikken fiction where characters get to have relationships with more than ONE OTHER PERSON.

I think a lot about invisible labor and how marginalized communities end up fighting doubly hard against the trend to enjoy the product and overlook the creator behind it.

Tis the season for CRASHING THROUGH THE LEAVES

Here I am, being spooky with my board game people! Come watch me play the best board game ever! www.youtube.com/live/FIOiURA...

Important natural entities deserve personhood and therefore legal rights. The Mississipi River should be able to sue corporate polluters and developers on the floodplains.

Ranma 1/2 and its views on gender, including its cultural context as written by an openly nonbinary author in a strictly gendered industry... Wait no Romance as a genre has a fundamental issue balancing the wish fulfillment of marginalized women with... Hang on Country music's sheer diversity...

Holy shit what a good talk. You know I love games and philosophy, and "are Buddhist monks actually psychopaths" is exactly the kind of unhinged bullshit I miss from college discussions.

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Something I believe really strongly is no one can outlaw or mandate internal experiences. Not only is it futile to try, it is also morally wrong.

I still remember the exact meeting I scrambled to in a busy common area when I looked up and quietly realized with my colleagues that we had NO MEN around the table. No men were on the game in any role. It wasn't intentional. It has never happened since.

happy labor day

Back on my liberal arts education BS! 🧵 Inspired by Ted Chiang comparing university education to athletic training.

Aaaaaaaand it's on the syllabus. I'm still a bit hung up on calling data programmed into an NES cartridge a "material limit" - I think I agree with Jay's point about it, but I do wonder whether there's more to be pulled out of that code being the manifestation of culturally-embedded human decisions.

My turn to read to 4-year-olds, and these kids are gonna learn some life lessons!

Me to me: Wow, I am getting so little done each day. Where do other people get all their productivity? Hm, well, let's think. Is everyone else doing two loads of laundry and three loads of dishes every day? Is everyone else up at 5 with two toddlers? 🤔

Self-medication is a lot like knowing how to hold the door and wiggle the key Just Right to unlock a door because changing the locks is just too much hassle.

Thinking a lot about digital financial transactions, representational currency, and the velocity of money. My hot take (that I'm still in the rabbit hole of fully thinking through) is that velocity of money isn't an argument in favor of cash, but an argument against corporate banking.

Just finished my first panel for #CVG2025 and will ride that high all weekend. Excited for my next two panels!!

I think part of parenthood is developing strong opinions on the media your children watch - kind of an obsession by proxy - and I'm tipsy enough to share my hot takes on Scooby Doo. 1/

Rainbow fam pool party!

When you hear your spouse calling for the 4-year-old in the backyard, increasing in volume with no response... But you finally had a chance to sit down with your ice coffee.

"The average adult eats more sugar than protein, they're neglecting their health, they treat disorders by piling on meds, it's disgusting!" Uh, how do you think the human body works??

"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty." Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism

You ever finish a media (book, movie, song, doesn't matter) and it's so good you just get angry? Why aren't more things like THIS? Why is it OVER? I will never create something this amazing! How DARE no one tell me about this sooner?

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Excited to teach everyone in the @blackhartstp.com about The Veiled Prophet Society! Think they'll believe me?

If a man in a vest tried to impress me with his card game collection these days, I would likely punch him in the face. 🌱 Growth!

This was a lot of fun! If you missed us live, the video is still a good watch on Youtube.

Assemble your party and schedule your next game night—#Sunderfolk is available now on Steam, Switch, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S! ✨ sflk.gg We’ll see you in the Sunderlands. 💎

My body aches. I cleaned and cooked for 12 hours straight. Got more to do tomorrow.

I bring a very "fish, vegetables, and gender aren't real" energy to the conversation that enrages people. (Words too, fight me you filthy prescriptivists.)

Gonna be playing some games in a bit with the cool card game kids! www.youtube.com/live/5myScjW...