Seeing the way people have been talking about TADC and Backrooms has convinced me that “lore” is the enemy in storytelling right now, people demand you focus on needless worldbuilding and not just tell a meaningful story with themes and symbols you can apply to life itself.

two scoops 🍦🍨

on the run #neondivide

Per Craig Ferguson: When you're about to say something, ask yourself 1. Does this need to be said 2. Does this need to be said by me 3. Does this need to be said by me right now It's amazing how asking these will get keep you out of trouble (that is, if you actually have sense to begin with)

CONGRATS TO "Sorry We're Closed" FOR BEST DEBUT INDIE AND TO "Blue Prince" FOR GOTY!!!!!!!!!!!! 🎉✨✨✨

Batgyu on discord drew this wonderful art of Jacqueline, my Trident Journalist from the @neondivide.bsky.social RP! Reposted with permission, thank you so much!

Generally speaking I find when the players of games say the game has a ‘good story’ it means they vaguely want to know what happens next which drives them through whatever game business they have to do, and when they say it’s ’good writing’ they usually mean the writing flatters the player char

After years of work... SEASON 4 of NEON DIVIDE Launches TOMORROW on: Friday at 8:00 PM CST! Tune into the livestreams of our roleplayers on #Twitch then! neondivide.com #cyberpunk #vrchat #roleplay

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To mark the 1st day of my 4th year without Alice I have an announcement: I’ve joined up with a determined group of women working to change the narrative around trans people. Women standing in solidarity with our trans siblings. Our first step is to ask cis women to read and sign our open letter ⬇️

this is what they (the normans) took from you

In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

please go comment on this. please

1. Finally some fight. "Have you no decency!?" asked Rep. Keating after a Republican rep called Sarah McBride "Mr. McBride" repeatedly. McBride shot back, calling the chairman "Madam Chairman." Fireworks erupted, Dems protested, and the hearing was cancelled. Subscribe to support my journalism.

Do Not Comply In Advance: bossy, already a cliche, implies permission to comply later Fuck You, Make Me: leads by example, directs yelling at opposition instead of allies, easy to chant at a protest or put on a banner

i wrote about winter arcs and how all this advice to young men to "disappear for six months" or whatever in the name of self-improvement feels counterproductive passionfru.it/what-the-win...

@dionysi.bsky.social commissioned me to sketch her character: Illara Thrune (of House Thrune), a human thaumaturge from the nation of Cheliax. Thanks for taking a look! And don't forget that my commissions are open on ko-fi.com/haclif/commi... #pathfinder #dndart #ttrpgart #ttrpg

Dragon Age: The Veilguard lacks faith in the series' biggest mysteries aftermath.site/dragon-age-v...

This moment from L. Frank Baum’s “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” was immortalized in the movie with the Scarecrow’s beloved song, “If I Only Had A Psychopathic Ability To Kill Forty Crows With My Hands, One By One, By Breaking Their Necks”

I hate to do this, but I could really use some help right now 🫣 TL:DR got my power cut off and I need to pay that last one bill to get back on track. Please, check out my ko-fi: if you can commission me, or leave a tip, or just share this around, I'll be very thankful. ko-fi.com/haclif/goal?...

you can actually play this game right now it's called scarlet hollow

With a fully remote team of just 20 employees, Bluesky has surpassed 20 million users in its first year since opening to the public and is stealing thunder from rivals hundreds of times its size. At a time when conventional wisdom among bosses is that workers must be in-person to be productive.

Hey everyone! 🐰 My commissions are currently OPEN! I'll paint your characters and creatures! Check out my comm sheet bellow if you're interested! Just DM me and let's get started!

Created some starter packs to help VR & VRChat mutuals get going faster here on BlueSky... one click to follow all. 💠 VR roleplay content creators & artists Ran out of slots. (Max 150) Sorry if you didn't fit :> Split in 2 packs. Continues past the cap in a regular list: bsky.app/profile/crag...

In not-election-related news I have been laughing at this perfect Johnny Bravo cosplay for three days Via www.tiktok.com/t/ZTF7B8EHT/

Every time somebody defends PC death in RPGs by comparison to other storytelling, I want to throw things. Nobody in a novel/movie EVER dies randomly. Might be random in-story, but the writer made a conscious decision about it. They didn't just roll dice. (Maybe a few people have done that, dunno.)

Made it into the first mill baby!

I feel like Cinema Sins style criticism has metastasized into this idea that stories are windows into alternate universes that need to be logically coherent above all else and I hate it so much

I'm available and looking for work! I have 7+ years of TV animation experience, and I'm interested in storyboarding, revisions, production, and art department roles. ✉️ [email protected] 💬 monsterkind.enenkay.com 🎨 taylorcstory.blogspot.com 💻 twitch.tv/boprocket

There are many competing (and often misleading) explanations for the physics of how a wing creates lift, so I (BASc Mechanical Engineering 2016) have made this helpful guide.

a constant mood 🥲

apocalyptic fuckup squad

Hey I made a quick welcome guide to BlueSky :) There's tons more, but I think these few steps will get you up and enjoying it quickly.