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@katecorvidoe.bsky.social

She/They. Bikolnon. Computer Scientist. Mechanics Designer for ⚔️ Gubat Banwa. Sa likod nin anggot hararom na pagkamuot.

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Lesbian Death Bed: The Bed that Eats Pussy (pro orph)@bitterkarella.bsky.social · 2mo ago

over the course of my life i've heard many many people say "it's too bad hitler didn't find success as an artist, maybe this could have all been avoided" and rowling really gives the lie to that

s. e. smith@sesmith.lol · 2mo ago

The fact that J.K. Rowling successfully bullied Amnesty International into taking down a report that accurately called out her attack on trans people, especially trans women, is so repulsive and such a display of the power of her money, and her choice to put her vast fortune behind persecution.

Maureen Johnson@maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 2mo ago

JKR and her new org apparently helped get the new Amnesty International report on how TERF organizations destroy lives taken down from their site. Well, guess what? The Streisand Effect is real. Here's the entire report in a thread. Read it. Share it.

Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · 2mo ago

Amnesty International put out a major report documenting the influence of UK based anti trans gender critical organizations and their funding. Within hours, GC groups threatened defamation lawsuits and Amnesty was forced to pull it down. Proving the point they're anti rights. Anyways, here it is.

Rami Ismail (رامي)@ramiismail.com · 5mo ago

Did you know the City of Baghdad in the 8th century had fully functioning sewage systems, built on deep understanding of water and ground? Vienna was the first European city that achieved this honor, in the 18th century. Literally a whole millennium to realize poop sitting in open cesspits is bad.

Rami Ismail (رامي)@ramiismail.com · 5mo ago

Not that the West teaches this. The Western world is so scared of teaching its own cruelty & failings that they'll pretend the "Dark Ages" were global to avoid having to admit most major inventions powering Western ascent were stolen after being developed while Europe figured out "no sewage" was bad

Rami Ismail (رامي)@ramiismail.com · 5mo ago

Morbid irony in the US and Israel destroying the very peoples and civilisations that first established the Siyar - the international laws establishing distinction between civilian and combatant, the protection of infrastructure for life in warfare, and the sanctity of places of worship and healing.

Kate@katecorvidoe.bsky.social · 5mo ago

its very fun to design the disciplines with the new gb lore since i can make references in the actual mechanics that resonate and imply events in the new poem of time or in the mahamandala lore.

Kate@katecorvidoe.bsky.social · 6mo ago

one thing they dont tell u about having a day job where u type a buncha code, a post-grad that makes u type a buncha code but also a buncha academic essays, and an in-development ttrpg with necessarily wordy mechanics updates, simultaneously, is that its a matter of when you hurt your wrist, not if

Kate@katecorvidoe.bsky.social · 6mo ago

something that i found surprisingly reassuring is seeing people speculate about foundational systems that i designed for the game and reach a conclusion that's similar or almost 1:1 what you designed that foundation to support, before its been explicitly defined as an option or possibility

Dyl-villain@dylvillanous.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Dinulifu Kl'dgusen, Busalian. Protagonist of What Fire Can Mend, a Gubat Banwa short fic I wrote in the midst of a buncha calamities and an illness at the tail end of last year. Lines by me, colors by Sword Isles Studios AD Fae

Dinulifu Kl'dgusen, Busalian focusing their power between mudras, her scarf swirling around her.
Beccas can't be choosers@beccanical.bsky.social · 2y ago

if you want Skyrim 2 then good news: you can mod Skyrim to your heart's content if you want an action RPG about trauma & redemption & imperialism & prejudice in a vibrant fantasy setting, then Avowed may be right up your alley

Beccas can't be choosers@beccanical.bsky.social · 2y ago

it's like this in Skyrim too, btw. the thievery side of things is completely at odds with the core gameplay loop and that's fine, because encouraging players to spend 80 hours not touching the main quest is classic Bethesda design. but Avowed *wants you to play the story*. that's the game!

Beccas can't be choosers@beccanical.bsky.social · 2y ago

a more serious answer is that adding theft & reactions & consequences and items worth stealing is an enormous amount of work for what is an insular behaviour if you're stealing, you're not engaging in the strengths of the game: exploration, fighting, dialogue. it's an actively dissonant mechanic

Beccas can't be choosers@beccanical.bsky.social · 2y ago

reading the Steam reviews for Avowed is a solid reminder of why i do not give a shit about the opinions of internet randos "the game should have a theft system!!!" your desires are utterly alien & incomprehensible to me "i don't like guns in my fantasy RPGs" what are you TALKING ABOUT

Kate@katecorvidoe.bsky.social · 2y ago

i wish that with the way a lot of larger scale video games tend to skew heavy on your pc that more of em would like release a sort of benchmarking tool of some kind, like they do for the ffxiv expansions? im not in the video game industry so i dont know the logistics of pulling it off but-

Onefloor@onefloor.bsky.social · 2y ago

The kuglung (also spelled kuglong or kuglung) is a traditional two-stringed boat lute used by the indigenous peoples of Mindanao, particularly among the Manobo, Bagobo, and other Lumad groups in the Philippines. These are the one of the many instruments that resonate the sounds of home