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This is commentary on Alien (1979) but it's basically what everyone said about John Carpenter's The Thing, and Blade Runner. "Why would anyone make a movie this bleak and miserable and nihilistic?"

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Wheelchair Accessible Dungeons A conversation about representing disability in RPGs

New blog article about representing disabled people in RPGs. Features some quotes from my interviews with @uselrei1500.bsky.social and @ratbastardgames.bsky.social
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Making Hacking an OSR Style Problem The temptation for GMs in sci-fi games is often to treat hacking as a black box. A skill roll for some abstract cracking of the Gibson that would be too ...

Check out this blog post. A really cool topic to explore, especially since it's written by a software engineer.
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A portrait of a female Vampire with black hair giving some kind of troubled look. Sketch layer

A portrait of a female Vampire with black hair giving some kind of troubled look. Values in red version

A portrait of a female Vampire with black hair giving some kind of troubled look. Full colored version

I painted this charming Toreador OC for a friend. I’m quite happy with the result of the sketch layer. Gives me some old school VTM book feeling

played edith finch recently and i dont really get the appeal at all? i liked Gone Home so much i was expecting to like this one too, since its the same genre and the premise is so similar.

Year Eleven: Day of the Ring Walker Module for Mothership 1E On Station Zero, on the same day, every year. IT visits. IT walks in silence. People DIE. A sandbox mystery for Mothership 1E.

Look at this art, holy shit.
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Meeting the scene face-to-face Melbourne International Games Week in review

New post today about my first experiences with fully fledged in-person industry events:
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the ttrpg space is similarly lacking here as far as i can tell.

talked to soo many cool people at the Australian Roleplaying Industry Awards tonight.

Mothership: Silent Star by Jett B. Wright A one-shot scenario crammed inside an almost-empty luxury space port.

Silent Star is a one-shot scenario for Mothership RPG, which you can download FOR FREE!
It's a pretty classic Mothership experience, so great for first time players or wardens.

Illustrated by the lovely
@cianetoneon.bsky.social

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that is a good one

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

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It seems like the Draw Steel subreddit is mostly folks who are playing the game, or making characters with intent to play.

So when someone shows up from Internet RPGland with "here's how to fix this glaring omission" you just see a bunch of people responding with "???*

nothing pisses me off more than a capable woman being interviewed by a man who doesn't know how to interview someone.

Inkarnate is allowing AI assets in their new marketplace. This program was my first gateway into the #ttrpg scene, and i met a lot of cool people there.

I witnessed some shady stuff from them before but this is the last straw. Canceling my subscription and taking down my maps from the explore page

Cover image for Synaptic Protocols, a solo, sci-fi, journaling TTRPG simulating the mind bonding procedure between a pilot and its mech.

I have three review copies of Synaptic Protocol to give to interested reviewers! Drop me a message by DM so we can talk about the details!

A screen grab from InDesign of the cover design in progress for a new 20-page Public Collectors booklet titled "Public Publishing Diary / Why Self-Publish Under Fascism? which shows a stack of copies of the latter titled booklet along with some of the tools used to make it: a bone folder, long arm stapler, a pen, and a loose box cutter blade.

Since I'm not at the NY Art Book Fair for the first time in a decade, I'm using my weekend to make another publication. Shocking! It will combine almost a year of my Bluesky posts about self-publishing, some studio photos, and the text from Why Self-Publish Under Fascism? I think this is the cover:

interactive entertainment loves a somatic verb.
twitch, itch, kick ... some others im sure

recipes are for dorks and nerds

I long to be torn to ribbons by a blackberry thicket just really let the countryside claim me with its claws

it is my favourite activity

Illustrators' Zine: Expression of Interest Here's the pitch: A zine full of visual artists showing their work, contact details, prices, etc. Those looking for illustrators to hire can download the zine and use it to window-shop. Submission and...

If this interests you, fill out this 3-question expression of interest form.

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If you're a visual artist or someone looking for illustrators, I'm making something for you!

A zine full of visual artists, showing their work. Those looking for illustrators can download the zine and use it to window-shop.
Submission and the zine itself will likely both be free.
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i wanna make a zine that makes it easier for ppl to build connections in the tabletop space and advertise themselves. maybe a space where illustrators can advertise themselves. that seems like something that's missing. wouldn't need to be tabletop specific i suppose.

TTRPG Mechanics Model: Granularity, Modularity, Connectivity, Fidelity Understanding TTRPG Design Through Four Overlapping Scales When discussing tabletop RPGs, terms like "crunch" or "narrative focus" frequently arise. While useful, these discussions can become muddled, lacking a structured way to examine what makes each game unique. To frame this conversation, we

Alright #RPGDesign nerds, let's get into some real nitty gritty! Let's talk about some different ways of looking how mechanics are built, in a sense more finely defining crunch and genre emulation. What are your thoughts on this?
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