Dylan Wolf

I think some people just aren't aware of the magnitude of the existing problem, but I worry a lot of people haven't learned to recognize slop that doesn't have an obvious tell like AI style.

Wanted to make Nintendo games when I was a kid. Learned BASIC in middle school from a magazine so I could make games. Realized more general dev was a more likely career path; couldn't imagine doing anything else because it just clicked for me.

The real difficulty is it doesn't start with a bunch of people suddenly becoming reactionaries. It starts with a bunch of people demoralized by crank narratives, running cover for crank ideas, and believing they're not being affected by the crank-heavy circles they're in.

I have hard time shaking how uncannily recognizable it all is if you saw, say, conservative talk radio or creationism up close. The hypocrisy and pretense-of-belief--that we were only opposed to it when it was someone else doing it--also feels disturbingly recognizable.

Working through "Blank Page Syndrome" To help with blank page syndrome, keep a variety of tools that help you avoid starting from a blank page.

Today's TTRPG blog post was about tools and techniques for working around "blank page syndrome," including shared world/town creation mechanics, blank maps, various types of random tables, and NPC backstory: travelcheck.dylanwolf.com/p/working-th...

IIRC Alex Jones used a similar take in a deposition--he made false claims because the media lies so much he didn't know what was true anymore.

Functionally, I don't know if you've given up conspiracy theories in a meaningful way if you're intentionally holding on to the exact same villains.

You know, I hadn't thought about the fact this means you can glamour weapons between classes, not just armor.

A night vision screen capture featuring the Mountain Monsters crew with the caption "from this point forward, we're going total bigfoot"

RPG tip: Prep what you need to improvise at the table.

#dnd #ttrpg

Ryuutama taught me to run better downtime Ryuutama's mechanics highlight travel and camping, creating a rhythm to each in-game day.

Today's TTRPG blog post is about how Ryuutama and Land of Eem helped me think about how I ran downtime in other games.

travelcheck.dylanwolf.com/p/ryuutama-t...

Who is the human, or alternatively, traditionally animated character in Muppet Eva?

I still say there are no wrong answers (for Eva or any other Muppetized anime), only funny and funnier answers.

Useful FFXIV Websites That WON'T Break The TOS! - OSMcast! Presented at at GATEway FATE in 2025, a Final Fantasy XIV themed, unofficial meet-up convention style event. And one of these panels is all about some of the most useful websites you can use to make t...

Here it is! The full listing* of all the websites we talked about in The Most Useful #FFXIV Websites That WON'T Break the TOS panel we presented at this year's #GATEwayFATE! Hopefully they will serve you well in future adventures.

*Plus two bonus links!

www.osmcast.com/useful-ffxiv...

Step 1: We're the only ones who correctly understand this text and aren't mucking it up with some weird reading that tells us what we want to hear.

Step 2: it turns out that it says whatever we happen to believe at the moment, because otherwise why would we believe that?

My adventures A Dark Flight (www.dmsguild.com/product/4770...) and A Weekend At Camp Oostanaula (www.drivethrurpg.com/product/4768...) got picked up in the @drivethrurpg.com Halloween sale, both under $2.

What is a false tuna?

I don't think everyone who uses "gerontocracy" is operating in bad faith, but I'm pretty convinced at this point that someone upstream from where they're getting news and commentary is (mainly, to hide sympathies that a more specific criticism naming names would reveal).

Momentum: Make-or-break factors Pay attention to the factors that can bog down a game night, and switch course when you see them.

Here's the second post, about what factors help make or break momentum for a regular game night: travelcheck.dylanwolf.com/p/momentum-m...

Momentum: Making a regular game night happen Regular game nights aren't built from infinite free time, they're built when people get used to showing up.

Don't think I posted this here, but here's my theory on gaming regularly as a busy adult, maybe my preachiest TTRPG blog post yet: travelcheck.dylanwolf.com/p/momentum-m...

Got a follow-up to this scheduled tomorrow about how to avoid losing momentum.

Want to run a panel at MTAC Super? Applications are open until Dec 31st, get your ideas in now!

mtac.net/programming-application/

Tonight in D&D, the party fought a swarm of Fractal Golems and one of the party members captured two (in Tiny form) in glass jars.

I feel like there's some potential for shenanigans here in every direction.

It would be very funny if this is the case, because Roko's Basilisk always seemed like a knock-off version of the same scary idea of God that has hurt people in certain types of evangelical churches. Closing the loop is just the most ridiculous thing that could happen.

What is, "haven't there been enough of these movies?"

What is a clown car?

If you've already been through the cycle a time or two, there's extra anxiety over how some "people I agree with" might be showing the same patterns that put "people I'm opposed to" in that category.

I don't block on it, but there's a whole genre of "using a more general word when a more specific word would lead to better analysis" in that area. It really stands out once you notice it.

I had some friends who went down a pro-2A rabbit hole and when I'd write out a point-by-point reply to their Facebook posts I'd get the equivalent of "lol, no."

At some point you'd just have to forcibly remove from your brain some firsthand experience or lesson a trustworthy source taught you.

I don't think you can check your own accuracy and intentions at the same time you're creating/performing that sort of certainty, and the former feels like a more responsible long-term trade-off.

But it's tough when it feels like no amount of receipts can counter someone else's half-considered claim

Took me a second to remember if we were up-to-date.

Anecdotally it feels like this was implied in a lot of discourse, especially on social media (tips for saving money because of inflation, "look what they took from you" type memes, etc.) rather than direct talk of why or how much prices rose.