@kaijucarpenter.bsky.social
Freelance Video Editor / RPG Writer. He/Him. Host of Writing for Roleplay, Gorilla Whale, and Rolling in the Mist. Writer for :Otherscape.
I wept for it was like the first turning of the leaves, the promise of a new and better season, full of possibilities
09.08.2025 20:08 — 👍 1715 🔁 147 💬 69 📌 22
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WHY? On July 2025, Steam, a popular storefront to purchase games on PC, and itch.io, a storefront that sells games, comics, tools, resources and much more, have recently delisted several NSFW games, after the group Collective Shout published an open letter to payment processors such as Visa, MasterCard, PayPal, and more. As a result of this letter, payment processors have strongarmed Valve and itch.io into enforcing restrictive new TOS policies on what kind of content their platforms can host and sell. Visa, Mastercard, Stripe and Paypal have been censoring free speech and legal business on the internet for TOO LONG. Their most recent targets are Steam and Itch.io, but they have also been pressuring websites like Pixiv, Patreon, Fansly, Onlyfans and MORE for years, applying draconian standards for what kind of adult/pornographic content platiorms and their users can host and sell. If we as consumers and creators want to regain ground on this issue, we have to make our voice heard. HOW? BOMBARD THEM WITH PHONE CALLS Collective Shout, the organization that lobbied to have Steam and Itch.io change their TOS, did so with only around 1000 phone calls. Visa and MC have backed down from pressuring Onlyians to remove adult content entirely due to public backlash. Clogging their phone lines for an extended perlou, over a mont at the absolute least, will almost gudrantee that these compantes will at least have to pay attention to the backlash. this list is not exhaustive. but some contact points for the 4 targets are: 1. VISA: (US + Can): +1 [8001-847-2911 US option selection for operator: 1-1-2 or 1-1-3 2. MASTERCARD: (US): +1 (8001-307-7309 US option selection for operator: 1-1-2-2-2-1 Phone (outside US): 1-636-722-7111 3. STRIPE: (Headquarters): +118881 963-8955 (France): +33 805-11-19-67 Stripe: complaints@stripe.com 4. PAYPAL: (US): +1 (888)-221-1161 (outside US): 1-402-935-2050 Customer Service: +1 (877)-569-1116
Cheat Sheet v.2
nothing from the prior version is incorrect, but ive made it a little easier to read, plus included a bit more helpful information
imgur link: imgur.com/a/wWaLY2i
more comprehensive info can be found here:
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yellat.money
MAKE YOUR CALLS!!!
A digital painting for the role playing game "Legend in the Mist". It portrays a small child lost in the forest. A hunched figure with more hands that is strictly necessary and a series of masks merged to its back offers the child a small flower. The child stares at the gift, and not at the hands that reach out from under the cloak.
I did this one a while ago, but it's still one of my favourite concepts I've done for the game.
24.07.2025 18:56 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
In the wake of the Diamond Comic debacle, Green Ronin is crowdfunding to afford legal representation. A legal battle may be the only chance the AGE and Expanse RPG publisher has to retrieve their lost consigned inventory from the bankrupted comic/rpg distributor.
11.07.2025 16:25 — 👍 73 🔁 37 💬 1 📌 1Legend in the Mist and Otherscape, pregens and adventure (and rules!)
20.06.2025 17:42 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0No algorithms, no SEO, no gods, no masters. Subscribe to Rascal to keep this part of the TTRPG news ecosystem ad-free, independent, and with no AI ever.
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BABE WAKE UP NICOLE CARPENTER IS ON RASCAL
27.05.2025 15:03 — 👍 39 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 0
Join me in 1 hour for the Cairo:Otherscape Kickstarter Finale Livestream! I'll be running the Cairo:OS demo with game writers Omar Samir, Albert Basilli, and Sarah Helen Slovak!
www.youtube.com/live/IkZTp8G...
HE’S FINALLY EATING PEOPLE. But at what cost?
The first American Godzilla film, and nobody liked it! Join Kevin and Kayla as they discuss Godzilla (1998).
If you or someone you know is/was a Godzilla suit actor, you may be entitled to financial compensation.
It's time for the final movie of the Godzilla Heisei Era! Join Kevin and Kayla as they discuss Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995).
Join me in just a few minutes as I go live to talk about Son of Oak's upcoming game expansion Neuro:Otherscape!
www.youtube.com/live/nHzpuSZ...
Almost all of our TTRPG focused tariff reporting is either publicly available (meaning we have no paywall) or behind "members only" reader wall, which asks you to become a free supporter of Rascal. As we continue to cover this space, we need folks--like you--to be a part of our readership.
06.05.2025 18:11 — 👍 173 🔁 82 💬 1 📌 1
I did this image back before I came out in my professional life.
It's supposed to be me and my wife, and it was my way of "signing" a project I've been working on for a long time and that —at the time— I believed would not feature my real name in the credits.
I can also vouch for Rowan's superb writing. She is an absolute force in this space.
02.05.2025 20:12 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Godzilla Jr has one dad and two moms!
It's time for the final movie of the Godzilla Heisei Era! Join Kevin and Kayla as they discuss Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995).
The loss of Polygon is a gut-punch. To do something pro-active, I finally subscribed to Rascal News! :-)
01.05.2025 22:12 — 👍 61 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0Polygon is dead, so why not support a gaming journalism website that won't sell itself to venture capital?
www.rascal.news
In lieu of flowers please send Biollante.
It's time for the final movie of the Godzilla Heisei Era! Join Kevin and Kayla as they discuss Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995).
The enshitification of technology exists even in the Godzilla universe.
Godzilla fights another doppelgänger, and this one's from space! Join Kevin and Kayla as they discuss Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994).
You know it’s time to reboot a Godzilla era when it starts looking like a kaiju ourobos.
Godzilla fights another doppelgänger, and this one's from space! Join Kevin and Kayla as they discuss Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994).
Join me today, 12pm PST / 3pm EST, for the Son of Oak livestream celebrating the successful launch and funding of Cairo:Otherscape!
www.youtube.com/live/IePVmSG...
It’s a comedy of errors over here and the errors are multiple tear gas traps!
Godzilla fights another doppelgänger, and this one's from space! Join Kevin and Kayla as they discuss Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994).
ME, THE BRAINS OF THE OPERATION: heist… heist… heist
MY SAFECRACKER AND MY WHEEL MAN: Heist! Heist! Heist!
VISCOUNT LAFARGE, OUR MYSTERIOUS FOREIGN BACKER [pounding diamond-tipped cane on the floor] HEIST! HEIST! HEIST!
TUNNEL HEIST
THIS IS (NOT) A DRILL
The Cairo:Otherscape kickstarter is live! I’m one of the writers and I’m so excited for people to see everything we’ve been cooking 💃
15.04.2025 16:34 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
THE CAIRO:OTHERSCAPE KICKSTARTER IS NOW LIVE!!
ROLL OUT! GO! GO! GO!!!!!
(I wrote for this)
www.kickstarter.com/projects/son...
Super Mechagodzilla's roar could wake your parents up in the middle of the night when you're trying to be sneaky.
In the sequel that isn't a sequel, Mechagodzilla returns! Join Kevin and Kayla as they discuss Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993).
If my high school had a Model UN But With Godzilla I would've run that thing like the navy.
In the sequel that isn't a sequel, Mechagodzilla returns! Join Kevin and Kayla as they discuss Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993).
Fuck it, if there's one day to be visibly proud of myself and the work I've done these past few years, it's today.
I'm Alejandra Pinal I am trans, I am the lead artist at son of oak games, let's go!!!!
Happy #transdayofvisibility y'all, we matter 🏳️⚧️💚
