gamefound has become a deluge of board game detritus. many new projects there are "illustrated" with genAI. they're always mammoth expensive games from first time publishers
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whoever wrote the rulebook for the new The Crew game clearly took a page out of old 18xx rulebooks where you're supposed to intuit the framework of the game from the vapours surrounding you. complete gibberish.
opening up some documents and apparently at some point i started writing an allegory between roxley games outblinging their production of brass pittsburgh and rockstar games spending development time on shrinking horse testicles. i titled the document "brass balls." this is not a joke.
apropos of nothing, we made a board game review that can physically implode your board game collection. if you watch it, your entire kallax (or billy) might crumble into chipboard debris, inseparably mixed with meeples and cubes, littered all over your home. we'll try not to upload it, no promises
Tim Clare@timclare.bsky.social · 14h agoI'm fascinated by this new form of PR that's emerged with LLM companies where they leak stories like 'our product spontaneously assembled an army of domestic appliances & announced it would exterminate the lowly hairless apes - we barely managed to pull the plug' to imply it's really powerful
Gif is pronounced gif because gherkin is pronounced jerkin'
It's been such a privilege to write for Rascal, to write for you, and it would be really nice if I could do it next year as well. If you can sign up, please do. I would do so much better, the work world be so much better, if the site wasn't precious.
Rascal News@rascal.news · 2d agoState of the Rascal: August 2026 www.rascal.news/state-of-the...
Me going to the Lithuanian shop: just gonna grab a few things Me leaving the Lithuanian shop: no need for groceries for the next two months, I purchased one of everything Lithuania produces.
Scary part today, beginning to put words to something that was roughly four months of research.
"don't be a f"$^&*" mark" is such a good way to explain how political content works online now www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4Dp...
I'm probably done with political "content"
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Me, when the player to my right takes the action space I wanted
i am arresting allPlay on suspicion of font crimes. gonna need to check their inventory, it's likely they used won ton too.
Trying to be sympathetic and understanding, but every time I felt like, "gee, wish I could off-load some of the rote parts of work because I could really start spitting out The Content" all I had to do was ask myself, "what would be the point?" It baffles me that someone this smart missed this.
Kotaku@kotaku.com · 5d agoYouTuber Hank Green Admits He Has Unhealthy Relationship With AI After Facing Backlash Over Recent Video 'The level of dopamine I've been getting from interacting with LLMs is not healthy for me,' said Green
The Die has been Jest. Our monthly mammoth board game digest is here for patrons (or buy it for a few buckaroos). Games discussed: Morty Sorty Magic Shop World Order Boss Fighters QR Yonder dnup Here Lies Cozy Stickerville Wingspan Pocket and others www.patreon.com/nopuninclude...
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The month is coming to an end - thus the die is jest. Join us for the monthly roundup of board games poked and proded by the ones at NPI. An
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Fun time today almost getting fined because my ticket card did not register on the tap despite the beep. That was a stressful 15 minutes.
sick and tired of board game publishers being perverts. no, i will not swing by your booth!!! it's inappropriate and i'll probably get arrested.
If you see me at Gen Con, it's a clone and should be slain on the spot lest she steals my life away from me Actually she is at Gen Con so I guess I should steal her life damn girl you got it going on
No Pun Included@nopunincluded.com · last wk.if you see me at Gen Con, please run away because I have been teleported by a demon half way across the world
If you see me at GenCon, pause and nod knowingly, as I'm clearly projecting my force ghost across the Atlantic just so you know that the force will be with you, always.
No Pun Included@nopunincluded.com · last wk.if you see me at Gen Con, please run away because I have been teleported by a demon half way across the world
if you see me at Gen Con, please run away because I have been teleported by a demon half way across the world
Fun fact: there are so many Pret a Mangers in London that you could go to a different one every day for a whole year and they'd still all be shit.
Spent the last three days in London. Here's the best (and worst) places I ate at: Sen Viet Holborn - outstanding pho, the broth had a real good blend for the warm spices which I feel is the secret trick that takes pho from good to fantastic. Staff eager to discuss pho cooking tips and tricks.
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Trash Pun: Cartoon Cuddle Games
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No Pun Included@nopunincluded.com · 2w agoThere are legitimate ways to talk about genre and why you dislike it. This isn't it. Also, so many of these are full of layers of hidden depth and are the opposite of slop.
There are legitimate ways to talk about genre and why you dislike it. This isn't it. Also, so many of these are full of layers of hidden depth and are the opposite of slop.
Marceline Leiman@marcelineleiman.bsky.social · 2w agoMisogyny is rampant on YouTube, I swear
Well I did it. I took the Uber boat - the single worst public transport experience of my life
Working on a new character. He's a bad boy anthropomorphic spring onion who does hip hop battles. He's a rapscallion.
Climate control to Major Tom, turn your fucking engine off.
We're in London and Elaine spent the entire day pretending to be a tourist. Help.