Nelson Bergen

Democratizing the arts looks like universal income, low-barrier grants for both emerging and working artists, well-funded municipal arts & recreation programs, vibrant third spaces, and a well-funded public school system with progressive curriculum.

Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.

Can anyone recommend a good stock music library alternative to Artlist? I've used them for years and I like their music catalogue, but the site is pushing more and more AI shite in my face every day and it's nauseating. #video #videography

“I don’t work on Fridays”
- lazy
- bougie

“I don’t work on Thursdays”
- intriguing
- must be important

In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

@dominictarason.com I feel like you might know: is anyone doing anything cool with pre-rendered graphics these days? My friends and I are replaying OG FFVII and thoroughly enjoying the backgrounds. But we’re curious what a modern game could do with the technique!

This is exactly what I feel is sorely lacking from this show. The “missions” generally have high production value, but zero stakes. I wish they spiced them up with some real secret objectives for the traitors.

Second for DaVinci Resolve free version

admittedly, yes, I am an erinyes man myself. can’t resist all those primary banks.

Yes the Perseus!!!

@claymorerpgs.bsky.social is this FIST

The incantation for casting the spell Submit Invoice is “Let me know if you have any questions”

Screenshot from Dead Space of the famous “Cut off their limbs” message written on the wall in blood, except it’s been hastily drawn over to say “aim for the eyes” instead

The OA

GitHub - nbayazes/Inferno at engine A modern level editor for Descent 1 and 2. Contribute to nbayazes/Inferno development by creating an account on GitHub.

Descent has a small but active community, mostly in the “r/Descent” and “Descent Developer” Discords. User ProxyOne recently released a beta of their Inferno Engine, which is a from-scratch rebuild of Descent 1 & 2 singleplayer with modern lighting, effects, and gameplay rebalances. It’s amazing.

love how XCOM genders me correctly. everything i do, its like miss, miss, miss

Oh you don’t need to apologize! Just wondering what your thoughts were, I appreciate your input 😊 the gang is excited to continue the campaign!

The players were definitely concerned about the refugee tokens, and enemies clogging up choke points + fear of opportunity attacks ground things to a halt sometimes.

It took so many rounds. I did realize we did turn order wrong, we cycled first player clockwise with turn order instead of CCW. Other than that, maybe my players were overly cautious? They did tend to take their time clearing out rooms while enemies continues to spawn.

@ithayla.bsky.social Finally got Mass Effect to the table with my group of 5, I GM’d it and it was great! I think it’s a really good fit for this group. Only… scenario 1c took like ~2.5 hours?? (With teaching.) I’m confused why it took so long, I did my best to keep turns moving.

wow look at all of these better alternatives to Adobe that exist

ask me about Pixelart programs if interested in that aspect specifically because you *definitely* don't need PS for that, lol

I did! I was learning the ropes in preparation for introducing it to the gang tomorrow night 😎

Thank you!

@ithayla.bsky.social Just completed my first solo mission! Couple Q’s:
1. Reprieve card says to put loot token on spawn hex. Minion/elite spawn hex? Or loot hex?
2. If a squadmate is occupying a fast travel hex, can other squadmates still use it?

A picture of Mass Effect The Board Game in shrink wrap

@ithayla.bsky.social Just opened this fun birthday present 😊 I know it’s 1-4, but any thoughts on making it a 5 player experience? Maybe I can kinda just GM it or something?

Thanks for your encouragement - I applied last night! 😊

I’m an amateur designing my first game on the side (on and off, it’s taking a while). But applying to be a mentee could be fascinating and inspiring - is this program for me? (I understand if it’s not!)

Everything that’s wrong with society can be traced back to the decline in popularity of point-and-click adventure games. None of this would be happening if there was a AAA King’s Quest game every five years

We’ve been doing the same program with our 1yo (now almost 2) for his peanut allergy and it has been amazing how smoothly it has gone!