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@jameswallis.bsky.social

Game designer, publisher, teacher, critic, writer, evangelist, FRSA. Wrote Everybody Wins, runs http://www.gamedesignmasterclass.com, co-host of RPG podcast http://www.ludonarrativedissidents.com, & setting up www.bigtable.games, a trade body for the UK&I.

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That's just after the "A few hours ago I was cleaning this used droid my uncle bought, and now I just shot two cops without a second thought" moment.

06.08.2025 12:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
JK Rowling tweeting got a boycott of M&S, stretching facts to the breaking point, and making the world a worse place for absolutely everyone.

JK Rowling tweeting got a boycott of M&S, stretching facts to the breaking point, and making the world a worse place for absolutely everyone.

The employee asked the girl and her mother if they needed help shopping. Thatโ€™s it. Thatโ€™s all. The misinformation, the insinuations (because the facts are inconveniently benign) are EXACTLY what was done to lesbians in the 80s. This is the product of hate and fear, not reality.

06.08.2025 09:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1479    ๐Ÿ” 456    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 66    ๐Ÿ“Œ 79

Honestly, with hindsight, Radcliffe, Watson and Grint's public statements where they sided with trans people, expressed their support with no caveats, and willingly blew up any chances at future ties to the franchise has only gotten more and more noteworthy as more actors are revealed to be cowards

05.08.2025 15:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4491    ๐Ÿ” 1446    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 15

Excellent!

05.08.2025 19:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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These are genuine posters that have been printed and put up in the window. AI slop is terrible as it is, don't fucking print it!!

05.08.2025 10:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 36    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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Prime week would be a great time to dump Amazon! Switch to Libro.fm for audiobooks. You will love it ๐Ÿฅฐ

08.07.2025 13:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
a "I *heart* Nyarlathotep" logo

a "I *heart* Nyarlathotep" logo

Good morning

05.08.2025 14:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 66    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Is that the one you cut into and it plays a few bars from "Do Yo Want To Build A Case Against HMRC?"

05.08.2025 14:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I will use this knowledge wisely.

05.08.2025 14:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Forgiveness

05.08.2025 14:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
arctic-roll Vanilla flavoured ice-cream rippled and coated with raspberry flavoured sauce wrapped in sponge cake, truly a family favourite for all generations.

Bird's Eye still makes Arctic Roll. I have no idea what tax bracket it qualifies as, but it's cakey and frozen.
www.birdseye.co.uk/range/desser...

05.08.2025 14:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Arctic Roll

05.08.2025 14:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Is it livestreamed anywhere?

05.08.2025 13:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They're all wrong. The main book is 274 pages, plus 24 pages of pre-matter including Dan's foreword which are numbered with roman numerals, plus two almost blank pages at the back.

05.08.2025 13:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's Britain, you look at their dog.

05.08.2025 12:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think Tesco and M&S are doing everything in their power to break the person in HMRC who decides which food should incur VAT.

05.08.2025 10:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 66    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ha!

05.08.2025 10:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes, @gengelstein.bsky.social knows his stuff

05.08.2025 10:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

One weird thing--I wasn't paid and I'm pretty sure Dan Abnett wasn't paid for writing the foreword, it's a thing you do pro bono, to help out a mate, to provide an extra lever for sales and publicity. Yet the book doesn't mention us on the back cover, the blurb, the contents page or Amazon. It's odd

05.08.2025 10:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A chippy of the softback book Worldbuilding For Game Designers by Steve Dee. A green cover surrounds a photograph of a statue of Atlas holding up then globe of the Earth.

A chippy of the softback book Worldbuilding For Game Designers by Steve Dee. A green cover surrounds a photograph of a statue of Atlas holding up then globe of the Earth.

This beauty just arrived, full of good sense and excellent insight by Steve Dee, a great designer I've known since the 90s. The afterword is particularly good, as I wrote it.

05.08.2025 10:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 83    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A spread of "Besko, Boss of the Barge" zines, each with a unique and wonderful cover, gosh, they're so pretty@

A spread of "Besko, Boss of the Barge" zines, each with a unique and wonderful cover, gosh, they're so pretty@

Soon.

#fantasy
#zines

04.08.2025 18:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I prosecute and defend the most serious sexual offences in our courts.

The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative.

Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.

04.08.2025 15:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6086    ๐Ÿ” 2294    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 85    ๐Ÿ“Œ 82

my mom taught me there's two kinds of businesses: hot dog stands and art galleries

- hot dog stands protect territory and keep competition off their turf
- art galleries benefit from more adjacent art galleries, cluster together to amplify reach/support

youre an art gallery, not a hot dog stand

04.08.2025 13:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4652    ๐Ÿ” 1518    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 58
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The nectarine tree in the garden is bowed low under the weight of its fruit. Going to be a sweet autumn. #tooting #climatechange

04.08.2025 13:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Given it was T20 and the teams wear different colours, I suspect that may have had more to do with the quality of Newcastle beer than the complexity of cricket's rules.

04.08.2025 13:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fantastic cricket, unbelievable atmosphere. Where were you? We were over in Block 20, an amazing mix of families with kids, trad fans, and young Indian guys who had bunked off work for the day.

04.08.2025 13:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And that's cricket

04.08.2025 10:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

SCENES

04.08.2025 10:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Chris Woakes

04.08.2025 10:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh my lord

04.08.2025 10:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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