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I always look at the name of each ship that carries my games to the U.S., right now Proof of Life is on 'kapok'. When I looked up what it was I learned that it's the tree of life with branches that reach towards the stars and roots that reach the underworld, plus so much more and I cried

What kind of cute fun dream to make an ice cream game and then ask people to join you in celebrating while eating ice cream?? And it truly did come from a dreamy brain when I was trying to fall asleep last fall before an invite only event, I was so nervous I was trying to “melt” into my bed to sleep

My four year old niece has been playing with the Melted cards, hugging the box, using the little spoon card to feed people ice cream and the napkin card to clean up, and today she asked her mom for crayons because she needed to draw two cards 🥹🥰😅

Melted ice cream card game top of the box and cards with cute faces and action cards

I wrote about how I discovered that a new site for The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, John Koenig's long-running Tumblr project-turned-book, was a bootleg made by a marketing agency. They published the complete book verbatim, then added AI-generated art and new AI words, entirely without permission.

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Without permission, a marketing agency republished the entirety of John Koenig's Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows book, replacing its art with AI slop and adding new AI words. Their unauthorized site now ranks higher than the real one everywhere.

Without permission, a marketing agency republished the entirety of John Koenig's Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows book, replacing its art with AI slop and adding new AI words. Their unauthorized site now ranks higher than the real one everywhere.

The Wholesale Plagiarism of Obscure Sorrows - Waxy.org

Without permission, a marketing agency republished the entirety of John Koenig's Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows book, replacing its art with AI slop and adding new AI words and definitions. Their unauthorized site now ranks higher than the real one everywhere.

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yesterday when Andy and I were on a walk with Sofie a hummingbird flew in front of us and we all stopped to see her, but the hummingbird didn't just dart away-- she stayed darting in front of us, looking at us. each time she moved I said hi! hello! hi, hummingbird! and this just kept going,...

At PIGCON last weekend a woman approached my table wanting to know all about what I make. I showed her each game and she said all kinds of sweet things, and before she walked away she very seriously said, "I'm sure your games have saved a few lives". I don't want to forget this, so I'm sharing it ❤️‍🩹

the mass production sample for Proof of Life: A Fun Game About Death, coming out this fall just arrived one week after my dad died. I’ve been working on this game for years and was able to play it with him a couple of months ago 💔❤️‍🩹 😥

funeral planning, game con planning, game announcements, our child’s birthday and graduation planning, being sick with a really bad cold, travel plans, and more—- everything all at once — these days are strange