just gonna throw out a quick reminder that in America police kill a yearly average of 3 civilians per day, routinely in situations very similar to these ICE killings, and decades of explicit support for police impunity by US politicians is why ICE feels theyre able to get away with this right now

played spec ops the line for myself after all this time. finally, i can make a video essay on the subject like everyone else has already done

The phone is for making posts like "the ass is the father of the legs" whereas the computer is for posts that include words like "inexorably"

Couple more things #ofthedevil

Nothing bad can happen it can only good happen

>English original visual novel, not irony-poisoned >Psycho-pop cyberpunk murder mystery >Evil women engaging in Death Note-level mental gymnastics >1250+ Overwhelmingly (99%) positive steam reviews >Pic unrelated >You should be playing of the Devil

If you are okay with this, if you think this is justified, if you think people living on the street have brought this upon themselves, if you think this is good leadership, you may be able to fool yourself that you care about others but you don’t fool me

I’m just saying that when it happens I’m jumping out of bed, running to my window, and tossing a coin to a boy to buy the biggest goose in town

There is a core thrust of reactionary politics that promotes escapism as a tool of disarmament. They have made the world so hard none of us want to live in it. But this world is worth fighting for, too.

Episode 2 coming soon. The Devil always collects His Due.

*trying to ignore the concentration camps* i just need to lock in

of the Devil REAL, VERIFIED at TooManyGames Indie Showcase

take notes

Finally others are pointing this out; I've long been disillusioned with mutual aid as conceived of online because it is not rooted in community and thus not "mutual". We need to build systems of mutual support, not just engaging in acts of charity and calling it praxis

"Is of the Devil a Real Visual Novel or is it mid?" "You won't know until you actually start playing it yourself. Which reminds me of a thought experiment..."

this is the energy we have to bring into the next four years

[after mary just gave birth in a manger] kid: can i play drums in there? joseph: yeah i’m sure that’s fine

💖💖 #dungeonmeshi #Farcille

heck yeah puffy paint

trying out a new name

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End asks an important question: what if the fantasy genre was good?

The hill I will die on is that many TTRPG creators don't hire editors and it shows. Please, at least a proofreader.

So I got home from The Boy & The Heron about an hour ago, and god is this movie so good. Potentially a top 10 all-timer for me. Stunning visuals, captivating world, subtly political, and powerful themes of grief, acceptance, and creation

"Ghibli inspired TTRPG" except it's specifically inspired by Grave of the Fireflies

5 years later and I'm still listening to tracks from the Far Cry 5 soundtrack. While half of it is literally conservative propaganda Lord knows I'm singing "Keep Your Rifle By Your Side" at the top of my lungs

Newest post on my blog: retrospective on a game I made a few years back! I still love the core idea of the design for this game, and given the holidays, thought I would take a look at it, see what I would do differently, and why I made the decisions I did! open.substack.com/pub/jaywrite...

STRANGE DAYS Another illustration for the the excellent @bloodknife.bsky.social to accompany a fascinating article by by Christine Gerardi. A great film!

oh no I'm reading Boal again, time to prepare my 7 part blog series where I interrogate TTRPGs from the perspective of Theatre of the Oppressed which will most certainly be excessively pretentious but potentially illuminating in my own relation to the medium

My offer still stands; I will become the personal TTRPG designer of any rich patron willing to pay off my student loans and my room and board a la Medici style patronage. My email and dms are open for any such inquiries

it is 2010, I am listening to synth-heavy post-hardcore covers of pop songs it is 2023, I am listening to synth-heavy post-hardcore covers of pop songs

So I'm currently in the midst of a binge of Breaking Bad, it's my first time watching it, and I know it's a stale take in the year of our Lord 2023 but FUCK WALTER WHITE all my homies HATE WALTER WHITE

Last week, my friends & I played our first session ever of "Alice is Missing", so I thought I would do a review/play report! AIM is a unique experience unlike anything I've had in TTRPGs, and it has reinforced my belief about the room for innovation in the medium. open.substack.com/pub/jaywrite...

Friendly reminder that "Hey Ya!" by OutKast exists and that you should go listen to it right now

The push & pull between wanting people to see my work and thus feeling a need to SEO optimize vs only wanting to mention Dungeons & Dragons when I explicitly mean JUST that game

Hey can y'all stop coming out with cool games for like 5 minutes? My wallet can't handle it

Just played my first game of Alice is Missing. God its so good. Spoilers for my next review lmfao

In my latest, I review "Beecher's Bibles" by Noora Rose. Using the Panic Engine, you play through the Bleeding Kansas era as Free-Staters, hoping to ensure the new state is one free of slavery. Violence, stress, and the toll it weighs on us is front and center. open.substack.com/pub/jaywrite...

One thing I wonder about is designing around how much someone may be new to roleplaying, and how much you can trust a new player to jump in with. I'm working on a game where players take turns GMing different scenes, and at the moment I am leaving details sparse. 1/

New review coming tomorrow, hoping folks will find it interesting. First review for a game I haven't actually *played* yet, but still think it's worth talking about.

I've started taking ADD meds, my power will soon be unstoppable. Going to finish a first draft of the game I'm working on, going to post to my blog, maybe stop talking about starting a podcast and actually start working on it??? Possibilities are endless* *If I can overcome my procrsstination

Needing a job in academia ASAP so I can have unfettered access to works discussing Augusto Boal and whether his processes can be applied to TTRPGs

Better Call Saul is hilarious when you haven't watched Breaking Bad because they'll do a slow pan, dramatic reveal and it's a Mexican fast food restaurant sign

I am once again asking my brain to work so I can get some work done please

TikTok updated it's algorithm, time to spend the next three days clicking "not interested" on every TikTok Shop and unfunny white cishet comedy post

What are the alternatives to the Kickstarter model for funding small, indie TTRPGs? What do people actually need to get their projects completed? Is KS purely just to ensure a profit? I wonder what models could be developed to minimize/remove the need for profit

I really wish I liked solo ttrpgs more. Seems like a really interesting space, I just find it hard to focus on the games that are more journaling focused. I need a bit more gameification to keep me focused (or I need to talk to a doc about ADD meds again lol)

The overwhelming desire to say "fuck it" and drop everything to make a nonprofit TTRPG publishing company vs the desire to have money to live