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The way “green is not a creative color” has transformed my brain cannot be understated. I am both excited and terrified

gray zone gaming - one more run The existence of “gray zone” running is itself a debated topic. The idea is that there exists a level of training that is neither easy enough to be considered a...

I wrote about the gray zone in running and in gaming, and why I think we should stop praising games that mechanically engage but do not mentally excite.

Every new thing that comes up just reiterates my view that Le Guin’s The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas is required reading for literally everyone

You cannot overstate how startling it is to see a politician just say the thing with clarity and poise. No fearful hemming. No overwrought qualifying down til it’s meaningless. No lingering sense that there is a loyalty to a donor class or an ideology of stasis that they’d never admit to.

Same Stop GameStop @gamestop X.com This is not Lara Croft IGN V @IGN - 9h Amazon has revealed a first look at Sophie Turner as Lara Croft in the new Prime Video Tomb Raider series:

The company that had to shut down 400 stores this month thinks incelposting is going to to bring customers back

The antisemitism coming from the left is out of control

Another example of “basic biology is BS and stuff happens without even realizing it”

As a birthday present I upgraded Knife to Gun for you

He corrects the course of conservative media by making up stories using gutter racism

Something something congress something something power of the purse

“Checks and balances, just not for me please.”

Arthur don’t do this to my wallet

This is the kind of banal reasoning we’ve come to expect from many socialists. “Racial disparities and overt racism are distractions from class solidarity. Just accept the racism and everything will improve.”

Originalism in a nutshell

In this sense DND has no true core identity upon which all players can relate, which is a shame.

Ultimately what happens is there is no unified understanding of DND, just islands of experiences and some shared assumptions. I think that makes the game hard to get into for new players (or players at new tables) because their expectations don’t match the experience.

There’s an argument here for negative design space so that it can take on whatever form suits the table best, but the rules and guides provide for no structure for how to go about that. Just winging it until you find what works for you.

This last quote really hits at the limitations of DND as a system for me. It tries to tell you that it’s a narrative game but nothing about the game drives the narrative, that’s all work the DM and the players need to take on.

And if the dismantling of the department of education is allowed, then why not ICE by executive fiat?

We had a whole Omelas about this!

This is a great piece

Reviewing art is not like reviewing cookware. A good review of art is *never* about “is it worth it.” A good review is about understanding it better than before, and understanding the reviewer better than before, even and especially if you disagree!

It’s about whether or not it’s worth spending time and money on, right? That means different things to everyone! Someone who hates that genre should be able to meet that game where it is and review it. And if they hate it they should say so!

Do you really think games reviews should boil down to gameplay time, system performance, and graphics quality?

I work in regulatory compliance. You only design a process like this if you want no oversight. That is the only purpose.

Anyone who follows Adam knows this is a joke. You need not worry

I think Conservatives 2025 also think dumb libs think words are violence

The declaration of independence basically reads “fuck the police”

I remember when Obama wore a tan suit