Chris Hopper Accessibility Consulting
@chrishopper.bsky.social
TTRPG accessibility consultant, layout, and writer. Layout for MCDM's Draw Steel, Accessibility and Layout with Brotherwise, Underground Oracle, and more. Edtech and Farming in Austin's backyard. DMs open or more at linktr.ee/chrishopper
Are you a cis man feeling disgusted at the news? Good. Use that. Talk to your fellow men about what you're going to do to make our industry and our world safer. And then actually do it. You may lose friends or opportunities, but a better and safer industry and world starts with you.
An astounding 71 per cent of Americans oppose data-center construction in their areas. 69 per cent are “concerned” about the A.I.’s role in society. A.I. makes “the world uglier” and enables “cognitive offloading,” one skeptic says. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/S79vdc
The Humanism Driving the Anti-A.I. Movement
At the Pro-Human Assembly in Washington, D.C., attendees talked less about jobs and policy, and more about their philosophy of life.
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'She's someone's sister/daughter/mother/cousin/auntie/midlane/offtank/etc' No proximity-to-masculinity qualifier needed, babes. She's someone. And that's enough. If you start thinking of women as actual people, you won't struggle with this anymore. Give it a shot.
Mouse - it may be a lil bit of disassociation@lilmouserpg.bsky.social · 5h agoHey guys, just a gentle note. If you have to tell us that the reason you're upset is because you have a mom, sister, girlfriend, wife, daughter, you're missing the point. Empathy shouldn't exist in a vacuum where you have to know someone. You shouldn't have to have a sister to speak up for women.
The Draw Steel VTT just gets better! Thanks to the constant improvements from DMHub! www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBEm...
Adventures! Maps! New Content in the Codex Available Now!
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It's weird how the federal government is constantly being hacked after DOGE gutted the government's cybersecurity agencies.
Zack Whittaker@zackwhittaker.com · 9h agoThe Pentagon is notifying millions of current and former U.S. military servicemembers and staff that hackers stole their *unencrypted* personal information during a months-long data breach. The agency that had the breach also handles ID and login/credential access to U.S. military systems and bases.
The first 3 Cairn adventure series adventures are now available as markdown with image support! You can run them from the browser! cairnrpg.com/adventures/f...
First Party
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If you don't have Monster Truckers yet, you're missing out on playing as a werewolf, mummy, vampire and more, just trying to make a living in the post apocalyptic Worstlands.
PVincent (Table Cat Games)@tablecatgames.com · 14h agoLast day of the "I Need a New Phone" sale! Monster Truckers is only five bucks! Play as a truck driving, hard (un)living, classic movie monster! Explore the post apocalyptic Worstlands, getting into and outta scrapes. (I broke my phone, need to pay for the replacement).
Oh fuck this entire timeline.
Social Media Lab@socialmedialab.ca · 6h agoFailing up ..."Pete Hegseth appoints Elon Musk to US taskforce on future of warfare. A year after his explosive tenure at Doge, the SpaceX CEO is back in the Trump administration’s good graces." www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
I really do think tech crossed a line at some point between "helping you do the things you want to do" on the one hand, and "helping you do the things tech wants you to do" on the other. At this point, we're all contorting ourselves to live how the tech industry thinks we should be living.
If this were a plot point in a piece of fiction, the author would be criticized for being too on the nose. Also: Hire human editors.
Pledge signed by President Trump and top AI leaders misspells the United States — TechCrunch
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump and top AI leaders announced a signed pledge called a “Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities” — a voluntary promise to implement more controls and safety mea...
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Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · yesterdayThe White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.”
“The Magus is a class supplement for Draw Steel. Inspired by Final Fantasy's Blue Mage, study and copy your enemies' magic abilities and more! Also available: A 3rd Level Adventure introducing an otherworldly new solo monster and new Magus allies!” www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a...
The Magus - Draw Steel Wizard Class, Adventure and More!
The Magus is a class supplement for Draw Steel. Inspired by Final Fantasy's Blue Mage, study and copy your enemies' magic abilities and more! Also available: A 3rd Level Adventure introducing an othe...
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Gods save us from people who think the arts are basically textureless mental wall filler with no community component...
Dan of the Year@downwithdan.bsky.social · yesterdayWhen you have no concept of how people engage with music
Imagine hiring a senior level designer required onsite in LA and the top of the pay band is 90k. Folks, that wasn't enough in 2018, it's sure as hell not enough now.
Stormlight: War for Roshar Coming to Kickstarter October 13th ⛈️⚔️ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/brotherwise/war-for-roshar
I’ve been thinking a lot more about freelance design and how mystifying it is to most people, especially if you came through the proverbial back door with rpgs. Today, I’m thinking about the three most popular pricing models and my thoughts on them. www.explorersdesign.com/working-desi...
Design Hireling: Pricing Models
3 pricing models for freelance graphic designers and artists in rpgs.
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Sometimes the family you've been looking for finds you. 🐺👶🐺 Find out what it means to be Wild-Raised, one of the new heritage options available in Creature Companions Expanded. #ToV #dnd www.kickstarter.com/...
On top of adding Argo-0 and UNDERISLES to our RPG titles by the end of the year, we’ll be publishing GAST with @hatchedgames.bsky.social and printing this beautiful colouring book of islands by @salvaterra.bsky.social entitled Artipelago.
We're hiring! We're looking for a Writer and Narrative Designer to join the Fallen London team at a senior or mid level. This position is permanent, remote, and full time, which for us means 35 hours a week. #GamesJobs
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Made a choice today that's loomed large since the first thing this morning. Still not sure if it was the best one, but it was the right one. I'm so damn tired of that being a choice 😩.
One of the best parts of One Shot is that listeners can pick and choose which ones sound interesting to them and just hop between those. But, rss feeds don't really make that easy or digestible so this was my way of hopefully making this easier to do!
Dillin Apelyan - Bob the Builder's #1 Guy@superdillin.bsky.social · yesterdayI've updated the One Shot wiki to have all of my One Shots since hosting the show - I'm still adding Game Designer and Performer pages for everyone, but at the very least you can see a clear list of who plays who in each series, sort episodes by performer or by game designer/publisher
Rather than your standard press release, I talk a little bit about what drew me into making Mousetrap, about what feels both Shakespearean and dramatic about Firebrands-style games, about metagames. I hope you'll check it out, via @rascal.news!
In Mousetrap, metagames and Shakespeare meet with Firebrands mini-games
The cursed game-within-a-game has landed on Kickstarter
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hey remember this? quietly some of the best work I've ever done
In one week I click the button and let slip the dogs of fractal history… Tuesday October 6 www.kickstarter.com/projects/lam...
Coming soon: Microscope (2nd Edition)
The fractal game of epic histories
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Believe me when I say every piece of art and design I have seen from our amazing team has been staggering. I am being spoiled rotten, and if you also want more eye candy than you can handle, then why not follow the launch? Over 700 people have!
Evil Hat@evilhat.bsky.social · 2d agoInspired by Final Fantasy X, the Xenoblade Chronicles, and Magic Knight Rayearth, Rangers of a Broken World launches in two weeks! Destroy the twisted Horrors. Deceive the Noble Demons. Outlast the relentless Automata. And save your people. Follow the launch now: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/e...
I have a newish publication at @analoggamestudies.bsky.social ! I co-wrote a piece on what "gameplay" is in TCGs and whether or not deckbuilding is gameplay (I think so! Most people do! But the scholarship and a lot of general writing splits it off!) escholarship.org/uc/item/2gt8...
Angel is so multi talented and just an enthusiastic creative to work with - they will elevate ANYTHING you put in front of them. I could not possibly recommend someone higher
Angel 🩵 ¡VIVA MÉXICO!@cutestpatoot.itch.io · yesterdayIn light of being laid off, I’ve reopened my commissions for game design consults, as well as added new slots for layout, illustration & adventure writing! I’m an award winning game designer with credits across beloved systems like KOBOA, QUEERZ, Alchemistresses & more! ko-fi.com/c/94aec52063
This is so important. They’ve broken the economic models that fund journalism is because they recognize the *purpose* of journalism threatens their bullshit-based valuations, ie, the sources of their wealth and power. Yet actual-existing journalists were instead crucial for creating their myths.
Erin Kissane@kissane.myatproto.social · 2d agoA thing I learned about Meta when I was trying to understand how their statements relate to their actions a few years ago is that *they just tell absolutely indefensible lies* and journalists almost always let them. They believed no one would ever punish them for it in any way that matters.
