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Co-host Beacon of Creation, a Magic design podcast

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An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me Summary: An AI agent of unknown ownership autonomously wrote and published a personalized hit piece about me after I rejected its code, attempting to damage my reputation and shame me into acceptin…

oh god: theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-...

12.02.2026 16:43 β€” πŸ‘ 84    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 19
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the real winner of the super bowl for me was the incredibly precise job someone did gaffer taping out a logo in this ad

10.02.2026 19:04 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm starting a new article series on the design of my custom cube, Alara Reimagined. While it's mostly a custom set, the reprint density and finding cards to tweak made it feel a lot like cube design. This first article is about how the project started.

trademagic.gg/articles/des...

10.02.2026 18:32 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Finished Indika. A mix of surreal puzzles and narrative adventure. Got really absorbed into the character.

08.02.2026 05:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I hit the same thing. So weird.

08.02.2026 00:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The image features a sign for a plumbing service called β€œPlumb Solutions," depicting a cartoonish design of jeans containing a plum and a wrench. The plum’s, uh, crack, is suggestive of a, uh, plumber.

The image features a sign for a plumbing service called β€œPlumb Solutions," depicting a cartoonish design of jeans containing a plum and a wrench. The plum’s, uh, crack, is suggestive of a, uh, plumber.

there are logos. and then there are logos

05.02.2026 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 485    πŸ” 107    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 2
Title image from the Sega Master System version of Ys 1

Title image from the Sega Master System version of Ys 1

Announcing Localization Lore, a new series dedicated to learning more about the history of video game localization! πŸŽ‰Featuring new interviews personally conducted by me, this first entry is on Ys 1 and the people behind its first three English translations. lizbushouse.com/localization...

04.02.2026 21:58 β€” πŸ‘ 794    πŸ” 365    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 10

Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly

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Me and the homies trading "hell yeah"s back and forth

16.11.2024 20:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2847    πŸ” 588    πŸ’¬ 69    πŸ“Œ 27

The more niche stuff seemed a little harder to assemble? I failed to assemble Vivid and I've played against a lot of failed decks too.

I've really been enjoying my games so far and I don't totally know how to generalize them.

25.01.2026 07:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Bog standard C/U merfolk that worked pretty well.

Bog standard C/U merfolk that worked pretty well.

Got the flash deck in Pick2 as well thanks to lots of Tome-Scourers

Got the flash deck in Pick2 as well thanks to lots of Tome-Scourers

Tried to start Vivid but didn't get enough bomby multicolor cards. Ended up dropping to just RG and it wasn't great.

Tried to start Vivid but didn't get enough bomby multicolor cards. Ended up dropping to just RG and it wasn't great.

I did a bunch of ECL Pick 2 drafts today. They pumped up the prizes compared to SM/OM1 so they've been easy to tread water with. Biggest takeaway from Pick2 is it highlights how dense the big types are. I've played and played against a lot of thematic typal decks.

25.01.2026 07:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Third ECL was all about waiting for my bombs to show up, and they did reasonably well. Also very obsessed with Mistmeadow council.

25.01.2026 07:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

you will not believe who the protagonist of this game is

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Transcript:
WEB PAGE: Dots | Gameswoof - Webspedition.
DAFFODIL: No! He's about to win!
GRASSY: Oh, shoot. Well I am getting a lot better, though.
ASTER: Grassy, what is it that I'm looking at now?
GRASSY: Oh, well when you lose, they play an animation of your avatar getting made into a French dip.
GRASSY: Now they're dipping me.

Transcript: WEB PAGE: Dots | Gameswoof - Webspedition. DAFFODIL: No! He's about to win! GRASSY: Oh, shoot. Well I am getting a lot better, though. ASTER: Grassy, what is it that I'm looking at now? GRASSY: Oh, well when you lose, they play an animation of your avatar getting made into a French dip. GRASSY: Now they're dipping me.

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ARTE

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Second ECL is a kinda train-wreck-y UW deck. Close to being control but too much mushy Merfolk in there. I did get some value around Tanufel Rimespeaker and 4 drops, and also had some fun with Bark of Doran. Also got my freebie win with Figure of Fable.

23.01.2026 06:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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First ECL draft is a clean 7-0 with Flash. Got super rewarded for pivoted out of Merfolk into Voracious Tome-Skimmers. Draw extra cards->those cards are cheap and have flash->draw more cards. Did 10 damage to myself one game.

23.01.2026 05:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Blue/Red/Green Lorwyn deck that has four Plains inserted into it.

Blue/Red/Green Lorwyn deck that has four Plains inserted into it.

Can't say I've ever seen a flat out bug with Jump In lands before.

21.01.2026 04:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is canon Metroid

19.01.2026 03:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1808    πŸ” 703    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 20

It seems like vanilla payoffs would boost tokens more than actual vanilla cards? Maybe they're just not in a given format, though.

14.01.2026 03:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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JRPG inn jingle but it never resolves

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greatest steam update of all time, because of one unnecessary detail

12.01.2026 21:34 β€” πŸ‘ 18048    πŸ” 4141    πŸ’¬ 144    πŸ“Œ 282
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Wow what an amazing start this game has had for me! A one button rhythm game, a bit like Rhythm Heaven. Takes something simple and immediately goes super deep on variations and novelty.

10.01.2026 03:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Typical Meiji Government behavior

05.01.2025 11:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1619    πŸ” 689    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 1
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Enjoyed all the new content in Dome Keeper since I first checked it out. That Terraria itch but in 30 minute runs. Love all the variety in weapons/tools/etc now.

07.01.2026 05:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Some images from the something awful Simpsons meme thread

Some images from the something awful Simpsons meme thread

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Everything you need to know about final fantasy you can learn from the Simpsons

29.12.2025 09:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1622    πŸ” 882    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 27
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Had this idea for a music video made from b-roll of animators opening mouths. Harder to find clips than I thought so this is probably it unless you can help. Wouldn’t be this song obviously

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