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@erikpeter.bsky.social

Human, gamer, game designer, media consumer. Also a standardized patient for medical training.

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Latest posts by erikpeter.bsky.social on Bluesky

So satellites make streaks on astronomical images..Time lapse images that are handled by a computer..A computer that could just take out the offending pixels and composite using "clean" images only.
So like, streaks? Kind of a bummer and maybe fun to bitch about, but like, this program is solvable.

10.12.2025 15:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

All of a sudden reddit thinks I really care about the Alien and Predator franchises. What did I click on?

05.12.2025 19:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have complicated thoughts about debating crackpots. It can appear to elevate them to legitimacy, but if we don't dunk on them they can grow and fester out of our sight until they become septic (see: RFK Jr. and anti-vaxxers in general).

05.12.2025 15:04 β€” πŸ‘ 198    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t want to be pollyannish about the past, but it was basically inconceivable twenty years ago that a president would say this publicly

03.12.2025 23:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2854    πŸ” 395    πŸ’¬ 85    πŸ“Œ 23

Nah, seems a bit half-baked.

02.12.2025 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Theme is not just the setting. It's the reason behind the rules.

Theme grabs the player's emotions, Mechanisms engage with their cogitation.

If an element is in the player's hand or central to their decisions, theme can be distracting. Try to use the shared board area and pieces to convey theme.

02.12.2025 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What actor or actress would you watch in anything, no matter what?

30.11.2025 04:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am jazzed to see that you used the better dice [012234] for Animal Rescue Team!

Congrats on everything. Sounds like a fun and rewarding trip!

26.11.2025 19:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Since this releases tomorrow (in the UK, US will be 12/30), I’m going to use the long break during Concentration Check to do a reading, why not?

Join us at 1:30 pm PT if you want to get done work done (and 3:30 if you just want to hear a creepy #Runescape story)
Twitch.tv/dungeonscrawlers

24.11.2025 19:08 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

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24.11.2025 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Superman with a lot of dialogue, though I think it might be John Byrne writing his own dialogue here, hoist by his own petard etc

Superman with a lot of dialogue, though I think it might be John Byrne writing his own dialogue here, hoist by his own petard etc

Comics artists who work with writers, I am doing a class for young comics writers and I would like to include some ANONYMOUS quotes from artists about things they hate getting in scripts. More "17-panel pages and cross dialogue" than "horses and bicycles". My DMS are open. SECRECY ASSURED.

24.11.2025 17:35 β€” πŸ‘ 121    πŸ” 56    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 8

It would be fun to see you there again!

24.11.2025 03:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

She has it exactly backwards. The domestic deployments to date are a much weaker case for being so manifestly illegal as to justify refusal; that's a high bar. The boat strikes are outright unambiguous murder, everyone in that chain down to the one pulling the trigger has had a clear duty to refuse.

24.11.2025 00:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1124    πŸ” 237    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 4

Another successful #BGG.CON!

Ran a few panels (thanks Sarah Shipp!) and assisted on a couple more (thanks @wericmartin.bsky.social !), outlasted 95% of the competition in the poker tournament, took a side trip to Meow Wolf, and tried out a few more games from my must-play list.

It was a blast!

23.11.2025 23:09 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Barely made it to #BGGCON. Let's hang out!

19.11.2025 06:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Don't steal. Don't lie about anything important. Don't let yourself be overcome by hate. Try to be peaceful; try to be good.

17.11.2025 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank goodness I'm already all caught up on Bluey.

17.11.2025 03:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ooh, this is fun! B batteries are like these fat little things between an A (which also aren't used anymore) and a C, but all modern EVs run on what is essentially stacks of 100s and 100s of B batteries in a, uh, grid (the grid is actually called a battery since it's a bunch of cells put together.)

14.11.2025 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

So the lesson of America's past decade or so is that we probably shouldn't elect people who have never, ever held the moral high ground on any issue.

13.11.2025 22:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Epstein emails definitely are incriminating for Donald Trump and other high-profile figures, but they are arguably more incriminating for the multiple journalists at national publications who didn't just not print important news but also directly ask the people involved what they wanted

12.11.2025 22:20 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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HUGE Announcement!!

I’m thrilled to reveal we’re starting a podcast:

BATS!

The β€œBoardGame-Animal-Talk-Show”

With special guests:

Reiner Knizia
@dnlnwmn.bsky.social
Ammon Anderson
@asmeesh.bsky.social
@ithayla.bsky.social
& MORE to reveal!!~

Coming late December, stay tuned!!
#boardgames

11.11.2025 15:16 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

a $230 sock for your phone

11.11.2025 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Crime is bad. Crime is bad. Crime is bad.

10.11.2025 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So when are those Epstein files coming out?

10.11.2025 02:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Trump and Republicans refuse to fight for American families, but I refuse to give up on them.

I simply cannot vote to do nothing to help protect them from Trump’s vindictive efforts in exchange for a vague promise from the least trustworthy Republican party in our nation’s history.

10.11.2025 01:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1129    πŸ” 181    πŸ’¬ 164    πŸ“Œ 25

I am excited to be coordinating a couple panels about game design at #BGG.CON in two weeks. I'm new to this so it's kind of an adventure. Wish me luck!

07.11.2025 03:27 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My test to see if I’m sick or just drained:

β€˜Maybe I’ll take a break and play some borderlands.’

Drained: yeah, that sounds good
Sick: oh god, that sounds like work

So, yeah, I seem to be sick.

06.11.2025 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

BGG.CON in two weeks, hoping to throw together a couple panels, and surprised/annoyed to find that several text chains with designers went missing from my phone. Or I'm just crazy.

If you're going and want to be on a design panel, hit me up.

05.11.2025 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Trump just continually shooting our country in the face. This unwarranted (and likely illegal) destruction of Goddard is madness. It jeopardizes the next several decades of space exploration.

05.11.2025 16:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1162    πŸ” 594    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 11
Szybka Wrzutka - Beeeees!
YouTube video by SMGP KoΕ›ci Szybka Wrzutka - Beeeees!

It’s always fun (and just a bit weird) when something I designed at my kitchen table gets explained in a language I do not speak to people I will never meet. I love that my games get to travel so far.

youtu.be/gv9U15WlCHw?...

04.11.2025 18:24 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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