My sole advice as an author is to write with confidence. Imagine how much more convincing it would be if instead of They Might Be Giants it was 'They're Giants'

Transgender,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

LaTeX based game ui engine

can someone say it

finally manifested astrally but it's my worksona. fucking banish me

Can you believe this schedule? www.roguelike.club/event2025.html Join us in our carnival-themed MUD space on Oct 25-26 for this incredible lineup of speakers and talks on all things roguelike!

when you test your localization subsystems a little too hard

my gyre: Wide my falcon: Unhearing my blood-dimm'd tide: Loosed ROUGHBEASTCON: 1

caves of qud

Excited to announce that I will be speaking at Roguelike Celebration @roguelike.club this year! www.roguelike.club/event2025.ht...

Roguelike celebration — loveliest community, most inspired virtual conference space, greatest juxtaposition of in-field and out-of-field topics if you haven't been, come this year! October 25-26 🎲💫 if you have, welcome back! see you there

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I'll be giving the talk "Roll for Reminiscence: Procedural Keepsake Games" at Roguelike Celebration! Super excited to share work I've been doing on this topic!

omg the talk/speaker lineup for Roguelike Celebration (@roguelike.club) 2025 looks sooo good: www.roguelike.club/event2025.html So obviously one of the most vital events in videogames right now, I really hope I can make the time to attend this year.

when you finally learn to design shit it turns out there's basically only one way, that works across all domains, which is to be able to imagine all the ways a thing could be in order to pick the one it should be

i explained this more while i was fighting these bills in tx, but the Manhattan Institute is the think tank creating this legislation. the article used to be titled “unmasking protesters” and the photo used to be of a brown person with a scarf on their head 2/5 manhattan.institute/article/trum...

[sighing wearily] caves of qud

youre all infinite wells of perversion and vice

The way the violence/non-violence, armed/unarmed questions are often framed is irrelevant and misses the point. Every movement that has ever gotten anywhere has to grapple seriously with the use of force and figure out ways to face it AND any push for liberation collapses if relying on force alone

my solution to this problem is to destigmatize cheats

the only difference between "accessibility option" and "cheat" is how you frame it, frankly. one of those funny things that's funny to say because it sounds absurd on its face

someone on reddit (u/Eris--) has been doing these gorgeous black and white illustrations of the girsh nephilim from caves of qud and i just need more people to see them

It Only Tuesday https://theonion.com/it-only-tuesday-1819569397/

this is your annual reminder to please take off your hetero-imitative frogskin and dance to a lesbian/gay spirit

now wait a second

The Roguelike Celebration Preview Event is this Sunday at 3PM PST, with special guests: UFO50's @perryjon.bsky.social talking game design @ezra-szanton.itch.io talking synergy in deckbuilders @apepers.bsky.social talking design for suspense And come explore our MUD's dazzling, delightful circus!

ME, IN TEARS: you can't just say every single part of a computer system is a file UNIX, POINTING AT THE MOUSE: file

Did you know your MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge? It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.

ah.. ah shit Sory

As a professionally validated fantasist and someone with overactive mental machinery for social simulation I already have a ChatGPT in my head so I can say with confidence that yes it is bad for you

between the silksong release and rfk jr testifying to congress about his plans to kill lots of people, what a huge moment for murderous worms

Gladwell has always been the quintessential charlatan, using his capacity as a storyteller to worm his way into the hearts (and wallets) of bored audiences eager to hear that there's one cool trick that could unlock the truth of the world. Still, turning on trans ppl in an hour of need is a new low.

[joins the Not Safe For Work channel] hey we should form a union

Tuve el placer de ilustrar la entrevista que hizo @laclaradi.bsky.social a Freehold Games para la nueva @revistaloop.bsky.social Caves of Qud es un juego riquísimo, tan vasto en extensión como poco concreto en sus gráficos, la mejor combinación La tenéis en loop.gamereport.es/catalogo/loo...

the great clown, at the study, working on their magnum oops

folks who are so upset about this admin doing eugenics but were mostly fine with the last admin doing eugenics bc they saw those targets as disabled enough to not deserve life, jobs, being in public, etc. are getting a tough wakeup call about how eugenics works. I hope they internalize the lesson.

had

i've finally got a new blogpost out!! this one talks about modern CSS, it's new features, and practical real world uses as usual, the visuals are css-only and have lots of cool interactivity and easter eggs :3 have fun! lyra.horse/blog/2025/08...

Happy weekend! From c. 3,600 years ago, here’s an ancient Egyptian bead in the form of a curled-up hedgehog! 🦔💙 Blue faience, c. 1985 -1650 BC. National Museum of Scotland www.nms.ac.uk/search-our-c... 📷 by me #Archaeology

have started journaling as my Caves of Qud character, Ausar

He’s laying the groundwork to claim anyone’s life, at any time. This is how public health completes its metamorphosis into eugenics enforcement.

I have a (initially very obvious) belief that a game is not primarily the artifact of the game but the stories generated by people interacting with the game, & that a good measure of success is the notability (for lack of a better word*) of those stories both by impact & number of people affected

mario whispering "Ceci n'est pas une pipe" as he slips through the tenuous fabric between worlds

Oh no my talk idea changed while I wasn’t writing it down

I feel silly for not reposting Kaylenn Sand-Shell's community outreach poster when we won the Hugo!

at dinner we decided that “may you have as many cups of water as you have hands to carry them” is probably a really good Caves of Qud blessing

at this point id settle for actual phd medical doctors at my hospital not being miasma therorists

more on this today! check out the Amberspire design diaries lunardivision.net/amberspire/