Tin Star Games

I'll admit we're finding our feet because we're both super passionate about this and we get DEEP INTO THE WEEDS about how games effect who we are. If you like deep dives, check it out.

pulling up the ladder behind her while reorienting herself as a respectful little handmaiden of puritanical authoritarianism... the porn industry can be problematic, but if you make that much money and then "find jesus" and try to get it banned you should light yourself on fire in protest.

nobody should ever feel pressured to do porn against their will or out of financial desperation, but people like this never end their spiel with "and that's why we need universal basic income and guaranteed housing." it's always this garbage getting mainstream exposure.

Americans really need to get over this idea that whiteness is about skin colour.

As a kid, everyone's parents owned a house. Nobody in my generation owns a house.

Also, companies have admitted over and over again that they used to pay people based on the idea that they alone supported a family, and now they don't do that.

Centrists of the World Unite! by Adrian Wooldridge The history, enduring genius and vital importance today of liberalism

This motherfucker put Frederick Douglas on the cover of his book about centrism, which is insane. Who are the other people? I'm sure they are equally poor choices. www.penguin.com.au/books/centri...

Tin Star Games — Tin Star Games Tin Star Games is an Australian gaming company publishing unique and unusual games; games that tell stories and create worlds. Some are traditional tabletop roleplaying games like the religious horror...

We turned off our website in support of @blackoutthesystem.bsky.social but we're back now. www.tinstargames.com

We might ship games to you by Christmas. Who the fuck knows? Not me. Just like, give people home made stuff. Run a game for them. Buy less shit.

This happened so much in Australia that the electricity companies have been fighting back HARD. It's much much harder now to sell back to the grid. Watch out for that over there!

Our electricity bill for December is currently tracking as a negative amount, and my goodness that is a sexy sexy thing to see.

One important reason that centrism is so much on the rise right now is because "liberalism" is the primary tool the far right is using to legitimise itself. It isn't trading on nostalgia for a great mighty pure Germany of the 19th century but for the great lost melting pot of the (whenever)

The 00 emoji :)

i don't own spotify so I have to make up my own lists

We're working on something for Partners - coming soon thanks to the folks at Alea!

I will ONLY buy a TTRPG if:
- it comes with a huge amount of pre-written scenarios and campaigns
AND
- I want to run those campaigns

It is the most overlooked part of the field and the most essential to me.

what's "nebby"?

if all the people who thought this way disappeared the world would be unequivocally better in every way

Chicago Rolls Out Permanent Universal Basic Income for Low-Income Families Chicago, IL – November 27, 2025  Chicago Board of Commissioners has unanimously approved a permanent guaranteed income program, allocating $7.5 million in the county's $10.12 billion fiscal year 2026 ...

"Cook County's guaranteed income pilot was a historic success, helping families afford the groceries, childcare, and transportation they need to thrive," said Sarah Saheb, director of Economic Security Illinois (ESIL), a key partner in the effort.

"universal" specifically means "not means-tested". But yes, basic income good. Just give it to everyone and tax rich people enough to fund it, it's like the simplest calculation to make

The only difference is that in the movies they're making now, these guys are the heroes, not the villains like they were in the 80s.

America is a country that will test UBI hundreds of times, get the same radically positive results each time, and still look at it askance, but will also put untested robotaxis on the road because a billionaire threw a shit fit.

as usual I will be making up classes from fictional RPGs

The Wifeswallower from 1000 Chinese Hells
Bas Relief from Architectural Nightmares
@kierongillen.bsky.social's next door neighbour, from I'm Not In This Movie Actually
Horse Botherer from Burn Them!
Naked Ninja from Worst. Campaign. Ever.

The thing that keeps me up at night is that the financial bullshit that's been operating this decade is to the 1980s shit what the 1980s shit was to the 1940s. Not just as disruptive but as another step away from making good products for money.

I think it's time for talk concerning a ubi to end. Between all the trials and the studies that have been done about the benefit of implementing it, it's time to move on from that talk stage to getting it done.We all know that the social nets in Canada are simply not working. Time for action now .

Josh Barro is a fucking witless loser whose entire career is attributable to being an Ivy League nepo baby. He has nothing to say of any interest to anyone living in the real world. He's part of the Yglesias Faux-Intellectual Spoiled Rich Kid Circle Jerk class.

American exceptionalism isn't just "AMERICA IS THE GREATEST" it's also just America's inability to realise that other countries exist, and have done this shit before (and maybe are even doing it now).

The dogs on planes thing is a great example because it was being so widely abused that now airlines cracked down and now require you to document that it's a trained support dog, placing a burden on disabled people bsky.app/profile/flas...

Shit's hard. It really is.

Philip K Dick movies all have names like CORTICAL IMPASSE and are based on short stories called like "Let's See What's Going On Down at the Brain Factory"

Was reminded of my very favorite tweet of all time today:

if you think i’m going to engage with any conversation with someone like Jesse, i got a wood chipper to sell you

But how is talking about it online making Kamala Harris go to a place? Is she controlled by our posts? What else can we get her to do?