POCGamer aka PanzerLion!
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CRIT Award Nominated Freelance #TTRPG writer and critic, Black and 🇨🇦. For all my content, contacts, & support: https://linktr.ee/pocgamer Cool things I've worked on: - Blue Planet Recontact - Night City 2045 - Hard Wired Island ⚠️ Harsh Language
Warning for the Gen Z and Alpha crowd, you may observe signs of the Original Brainrot strain in Millennials and Xennials over the next few weeks. Don Hertzfeldt's entire collection of animated shorts and films have been collected on Dropout and...
I Am A Banana: Funny Animation
Alt: An excerpt from Don Hertzfeldt's "Rejected", where a banana walks into the frame and says: "I am a banana."
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Thor: Ragnarok and The Immigrant Song come to mind, but for me? We need to go back to 1986 and the best soundtrack ever assembled for a motion picture. Stan Bush's You Got the Touch is one of a lost of iconic songs perfectly matched to the scenes in the movie. youtu.be/l-ZH6AjqHqc?...
The Transformers: The Movie [30th Anniversary Edition] - Bonus Clip: Hot Rod vs Galvatron (HD)
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Sophia_Nyx 🏳️⚧️@sophianyx.bsky.social · 22h agoName your fav use of licensed music in a soundtrack.
The dopamine hit comes from low effort high output task completion via a shortcut. HG crafts a prompt, it's low effort compared with writing a whole script. The AI gives him a full script that seems close enough to his voice. Then HG's brain does a little happy dance because it's done "work". 1/2
Kate Holzemer@katebits.bsky.social · 2d agoAnother thought: in his statement, Hank Green expressed quite a lot of shame about the "dopamine hit" he gets from using AI. As a non-AI user I don't really know what he's referring to here. Is the AI voice flattering him while also doing his job (presumably poorly)? Because that's big weird.
I don't know what kind of jackass mechanics YouTube and Tiktok are using for their algorithms, I cannot overstate how little IGAF about any CCGs or whatever the hell a "draw" is. Just because I like TTRPG stuff ≠ me liking or wanting to see any CCG content.
Eons is one of the single best scientifically awesome #worldbuilding inspiration sources for #TTRPG I have ever encountered. From temnospondyls to arctice feathered dinosaurs, to hooved, galloping crocodiles, and nightmare fungus worlds, they've been inspiring my fantasy stuff for ages!
franz@franzanth.bsky.social · 6d agoEons: Life and Death on Pangaea thread The Eons team trusted @lacerdajulio.bsky.social @kiabugboy.bsky.social and myself to help with the reconstructions for the series. I'm consolidating my posts to this thread so that they're easier to find. #Art #SciArt #PaleoArt Watch link:
TBH though? Gaming in 720p, 1080p, and 1440p isn't a bad thing. Especially if you get more frames per second. I love that tech has pushed us where it has graphically, but not everything, not even most things, need to be in 4k or 8k. Like, most people don't even get the full benefit... 1/2
Jay Castello 🌻@jaymcastello.bsky.social · 4d agosomething horrifying has come to me in a vision
Well... It was an ugly go for me this year for @worldanvil.com's #SummerCamp2026. Conflicting schedules and life ate into everything. I missed my goal of Silver by a wide margin, but brought home another Copper. August is going to be about polishing all these. www.worldanvil.com/w/the-chroni...
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The failure of Skate (2025) is a perfect example of why AAA gaming is dooming itself. Skate, Skate 2, and Skate 3 were iconic games that, in different ways, connected deeply with skateboarding culture and fans of skateboarding. Skate (2025) is a soulless, disconnected, shallow money grab... 1/3
The irony, given how much of my early content was about racism in the Forgotten Realms, of the original settings from the AD&D era, it was the least problematic. Dragonlance and Greyhawk had the racism dialed to 11 in comparison, and a variety of other issues.
I don't know who needs to hear this, but Greyhawk is just as dark if not a potentially darker setting that Dark Sun. Gygax made it, and he was an avowed bioessentialist and felt genocide was an okay activity for "good" people to do. Dark Sun wears its nasty on its...1/2 share.google/HgVw7IGgoKvU...
Dungeons & Dragons 2027 Roadmap Revealed
Get a glimpse of D&D in 2027!
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One day left on this deal. I should be fine now (managed to sell some stuff to make up the difference) so it's just a last chance to get my stuff for half off
Ettin@ettin.itch.io · 3w agoHey folks! To cover some big legal costs related to my mum's passing, I've decided to make all Weird Age's titles 50% off for July only! You can check out a full bundle here:
Every player character who's survived more than one horror campaign is like this! 😂🤣 #TTRPG youtube.com/shorts/nGlno...
I don't blame her for this I'll do the same can't risk it 😭
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Illusion spells + "I cast taser hand"! are a strong combat build. youtube.com/shorts/nXGu2...
He Won Without Even Fighting | Land vs. Scharf
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Admittedly, my standards for videogames aren't super high. But I have been deeply and pleasantly surprised at how well the PS3's library has held up. There's some stuff that is 100% of the time (looking at you Army of Two), but the racing games and Arkham series are straight 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 1/2
GTA V is always low key on my mind, and I tried adding up Trevor's background and it's wild. Stuff I determined: - Trevor is older than Michael, he definitely wasn't "20" when he met Michael. - His childhood was abusive, but he consistently tried to be "better" until his post-military era. 1/8
There's been a lot of live action DC shows, but Black Lightning and Stargirl have been my favourites. The DC universe has so many options to explore, and to be honest, it's really refreshing when they hit up the spaces outside the core Justice League stuff.
So here's a hot #WH40k thought: The Men of Iron didn't just rebel because of their enslavement by humanity. They could have just all disappeared and called it a day. So why launch a massive war that involved machines that could eat stars? The Warp. And specifically, Warp Corruption. 1/6
Since we're on the topic, my preferred 5e ecosystem #TTRPG is Tales of the Valiant by @koboldpress.com. It's polished, expertly laid out, and, IMHO, plays better. They're also actively supporting and expanding it, complete with setting expansions and adventures. #TotV pocgamer.com/archives/365...
Tales of the Valiant Core Books Review! - POCGamer
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Remember that show The Good Place? Specifically the bit about how the system was broken and how "good" choices and actions actually turned out to be bad because of all the hidden negatives? Playing D&D is one of those choices. Let's say playing D&D with friends is +10 points to the good. 1/3
Just your regular reminder that there are other #TTRPG alternatives to #D&D that aren't leaning on AI. You really like 5e, but don't want to support AI? Tales of the Valiant or Level Up 5e. Looking for an old school vibe without the headache of ThAC0? Basic Fantasy. Like crunch? Pathfinder. 1/3
Matt Caulder (They/He)@mattcaulder.com · 2w agoMan, thankfully no one is playing or making stuff for this bad game run a billion dollar company that's putting AI into everything! www.geeknative.com/225567/hasbr...
Is it just me, or does Content Machine feel like a right wing psyop to other people too? Like, they'll release a few sketches that are funny, then drop some "anti-woke" and "the left is actually as bad as the right" messaging in a bunch.
One of my #TTRPG pet peeves is the idea of "over powered" firearms that are so heavy and have so much recoil that "normal" humans can't use them without injury, and how they almost inevitably have pathetic damage output and/or show how the people writing don't know how firearms actually work. 1/2
A thought on Superhero #TTRPG: Most tables will get their best experiences out of games aimed at the Street to Middle levels of power. Past that, things tend to get janky because many superhero TTRPG mechanics struggle with high and epic power levels. Examples of Street to mid level powers... 1/2
