CJ Shearwood

@cj.shearwood.games

Wargamer, Software Engineer, Game & Miniature Designer, owner of @epigram.games, Mad Scientist. Blogs infrequently at https://improbable.solutions they/them, photo by Mark Hawkins for PyCon UK

Youtube nuked Kurgesagt in their newfound quest to get rid of AI slop channels, because AI voiceovers have become so prevalent that any channel that relies on a faceless voiceover is now dead if they aren't one of the most beloved channels on youtube that can plead their case direct to youtube.

My creative efforts are mostly focusing on Able Artemis, but there is another idea that's been bouncing around my head for years at this point: The Thousand Thousand Worlds. A post-human scifi setting where humanity has splintered into a dozen successors in a new galaxy (This is a 24 skeet thread)

Youtube has been recommending me MIT maker portfolios for the last few days, and honestly it's the most dispiriting thing. You can guess, with about 2 in 3 accuracy, if a portfolio was accepted based on the a/v quality alone. These kids have, often, tens of thousands of dollars of equipment.

I have a very niche request for you all: I am looking to find someone with knowledge of the Soviet space program who is also a Russian speaker to consult on Able Artemis to make sure that the Soviets are as well researched as the US. It will be paid, email cj.shearwood@epigram.games if interested.

Using my watch as a fitness tracker is great, and the last month or so of trying to be better about everything means most of the metrics are going in the right direction and it's nice to get little affirmations from it, but...

Il Fantasma del Giallo is now live! Please repost, there's a lot riding on this! This is a magical realist, Neo-Noir TTRPG that uses a trick-taking card system. The game is inspired by metatextual media, like The Twilight Zone, Mulholland Drive, Inland Empire, and the Giallo genre. Details below 👇

Il Fantasma del Giallo: The Phantom of the Yellow

Become disgraced actors trapped in a sequence of brutal Neo-Noir murder-mysteries in this cinematic, reality-bending TTRPG.

kickstarter.com

I just discovered my favourite mug has a slow leak, and that my instant water boiler trips the RCD. Add to that that my bedroom is still 26c, it’s not a great night. (Please don’t ask why I was attempting to make a cup of tea at 1am. I don’t have a problem, you have a problem.)

The Orville is such a difficult show for me. At times it embodies the truest ethos of Star Trek, and it’s produced some episodes that should be considered among the best of Trek. But S1 is equal parts Trek and the worst bits of Family Guy, and even S2 and 3 seem to have routine off-colour bullshit.