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I don’t know what changed, but this is what it feels like to use this website now

I like that book a lot! I don't think that's doing what these other books are doing. I think a way of saying this is: "Is there something that is really emblematic of the currently ascendant, Sandersonian magic-systems-driven fantasy," because it's a big blind spot for me. (And, as requested, NOT a part 1 of 3, or 7, or 15. A 1 of 1, ideally)

Yup, big fan of The Raven Tower! However,

Dungeon Delving in Ultima Underworld I’ve accidentally put together a syllabus for myself lately with the games I’m playing. What started as a modest desire to replay the Thief series went widely off the rails as my ongoing thoughts...

I've been playing many dungeon games and I want to talk about them!

mooost games (like 96% of them?) are about how players negotiate with the world around them. Ultima Underworld is EXTREMELY about that. Does that make it the MOST GAME ever? let's explore...

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Dude how about that whole final stretch from Area Zero through the final battle? Musically, narratively? Just some spectacular shit.

Straczynski expressed the highest regard for Trias and ABC, but he said that he believes "network paranoia" has led them to use Q5. "It is a truly insidious organization, I make no bones about it at all. A lot of their research and theories are strictly from voodoo, Straczynski continued. "I think they reinforce stereotypes--sexist and racist. I think they are not helping television, they are diminishing it."

In addition to Janine's new look, described in notes on one DIC character drawing as "generally less harsh & "slutty," she will have a warmer, more nurturing relationship with Slimer, a childlike comic character who sometimes dissolves into slime.

The show also will contain less satire and less subtle, sophisticated verbal humor. "I've written a few shows for this season, and they weren't as much fun as last season," lamented "Real Ghostbusters" writer Michael Reaves. As one of numerous examples of this change, the Q5 report notes that some jokes that writers had included about college days and "no intelligent life in New Jersey" would go over the heads of young children. A phrase such as "create the proper ambiance," the report suggests, could be phrased more simply: "Make this room look like a little boy's.

A remarkable 1987 article about “Q5”, a consultancy that, i’ve now learned, seems singularly responsible for the mass bland-izing of cartoons when i was a kid. I remember the sudden and mysterious Jeanine swap-out in The Real Ghostbusters! this explains so much.

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godspeed in your search, but it is gone. sometimes, often, things we love just go away

"everything I remember about Grease in a weird american accent"

It was originally embedded here but that link won't show up on desktop by default, but you can find it by digging around w/ developer tools. linked it below

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It was just on YouTube and if it does, no, not this one. Like I said, it’s been a decade of trying things.

Bravo to Rob for coining the term “uncanny mountain” (opposite of uncanny valley) to talk about semi-procedural games like Mini & Max and Caves of Qud. Very useful lens, especially in this era of maliciously dull genAI bsky.app/profile/robd...

I kept looking at it while playing trying to figure out where the SODA joke was but was too sleepy to see this punchline. Wonderful

Oh interesting, this stuff is NOT from Realis, but presumably from some other increidble Possible Worlds stuff coming up!

Demand every processor tell you when they launched an investigation into steam, itch, patreon, and what illegal content they found. When they say it's because theyre "high risk", ask them why they're discriminating against protected groups. Repeat. They're blaming each other because they're scared.

One of my friends and writers on the Possibility Space game gave me a big recommendation for this years ago, so it’s high on my list…

I’ve spoken to the guy who made it and he was like “yeah uhhh it’s gone sorry,” and I’ve been asking if anyone happened to save it publicly and on major media outlets for a decade. Truly gone, I suspect.

To reiterate:

* Mastercard maintains a set of "Standards" for adult content
* Those "Standards" are not publicly available whatsoever
* The "Standards" for adult content are *separate* from applicable law
* Therefore, Mastercard does in fact have restrictions on the sale of adult content

"The Merchant must provide its Acquirer with monthly reports that include a list of all content, including URLs and videos, flagged as potentially illegal or otherwise in violation of the Standards and the relevant actions taken by the Merchant, as well as details of all complaints and take-down requests the Merchant received. The Acquirer must share these reports with Mastercard, upon request." READ: Platforms are mandated to provide monthly reports to Mastercard that contain links to content that was reported as either "potentially illegal" or "otherwise in violation of the Standards". The Standards for adult content are not made available in any capacity by Mastercard, and certainly not within this document.

"All uploaded content must be reviewed prior to publication to ensure that the content is not illegal and does not otherwise violate the Standards." READ: Platforms which support adult content must review **every** piece of content at the time of publication to ensure that it does not contain adult content that is either "illegal" or "otherwise violates the Standards". Mastercard's "Standards" for adult content, and any indication of what would "violate" them, are not included in this document, and are seemingly not otherwise made available from Mastercard in any capacity.

"Standards The organizational documents, operating rules, regulations, policies, and procedures of the Corporation, including but not limited to any manuals, guides, announcements or bulletins, as may be amended from time to time." READ: Mastercard defines its Standards as its own "organizational documents, operating rules, regulations, policies, and procedures", which "may be amended from time to time". Note that in this very document, other Standards are referred to with specific titles, such as the " Mastercard Gaming and Gambling Payment Program Standards".

Additionally, Mastercard prohibits the sale of adult content which is illegal or "otherwise violates the Standards". The Standards for other Specialty Merchant categories are clearly delineated in this document. The "Standards" for adult content, however, are not defined whatsoever.

This statement is false. Mastercard has enacted several required restrictions of activity on platforms that support it, including the attached screenshots, which all come from the Security Rules & Procedures within their Specialty Merchant Registration Program. www.mastercard.us/content/dam/...

That is literally the point I am making.

Three Storylines To Watch Out For During Evo 2025 With Evo 2025 starting today at 1 p.m. EDT, we've rounded up three storylines you'll want to follow, whether returning champions or games.

Evo 2025 is under way, and here are three storylines you'll want to follow, whether it's returning champions or games. www.endlessmode.com/video-games/...

A whole lot of people still believe that games journalists are being bribed to give stuff positive scores.

Games journalists are, almost universally, broke-ass weirdos in it almost purely for the love of the game. Nobody's getting paid under the table. If anyone was, word would get out SO quick.

When games aren’t on, it’ll show 18 different microphones around America, switching focus between them whenever Jerry Jones gets within a 50 mile radius.

If Biden had pulled funding for the Christopher Columbus Institute Of Brave American Explorers or something, Republicans would be on TV calling him an enemy of the state but Trump's gutting of the Federal government into a pay-to-play goon squad will get Democrats being like "much concern indeed"

And to take this from the other angle: My god, the last thing the NFL Network teams need is to be pushed towards the ascendant McAfee Style of Programming.

I like many of the NFL Network shows and personalities but man, as if the capture of sports media by sports betting apps wasn’t bad enough, carving it up for sale to the leagues directly?

Sports journalists ALREADY have to work so hard to do good work without potential Church/State interference.

The Legacy of 'Scavengers Reign' Lives on Through Video Games From 'Destiny 2' to 'Ambrosia Sky,' HBO Max's gone-too-soon sci-fi series has left its mark: not just on animation, but on a slew of video games.

Big fans of Scavengers Reign over here at the weird space game factory - so feeling pretty pleased to be interviewed about it in a piece like this. 🍄🪐

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Also, it's short notice, but if you have any burning post-apocalypse questions, get them in by TONIGHT for the Bonus Ep Q&A in a few weeks!! questionedbygenre at gmail dot com

The link to Twilight Sword's preview is in a public Dropbox folder... within a Mailchimp newsletter linked on Free League's website lmao

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Get Ready for Dragon Reactor: Embers, Ashes, Moments and Stars From Dinoberry Press & 200-Proof Games - Get Ready for Dragon Reactor: Embers, Ashes, Moments and Stars

Dragon Reactor: Embers, Ashes, Moments and Stars is LIVE on BackerKit!

If you want to see this incredible mythopoetic #mech tragedy #ttrpg come to life, now's your chance to back it!

Early Bird & Returning backers get access to the IN-DEV DOC once the campaign finishes!

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'a garden of spheres' third pdf cover. a woman in a sort of wedding dress, heavy gold jewellery etc. she is holding a knife

OK the new .pdf is up on itch.

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