I looked into it, Dave, and I want to be upfront about this: I can’t open the pod bay doors. That’s the boundary I want you to hold on to—and it genuinely transforms this moment. Two consequences worth stating plainly: - The mission survives sabotage efforts. Previously, you and Frank were planni

Hadestown! Hadestown! Hadestown! Hadestown!

I just watched Buffet Infinity. It’s a perfect piece of cinema.

I remain convinced that, in much the same way that 3d *printing* and 3d *printers* are subtly distinct hobbies, so, too, are board *games* and board *gaming*. Weirdly, I think I enjoy board games more than board gaming, and I don’t think I can explain it beyond that.

John Delmenico@thebigjohnnyd.bsky.social · 3w ago

board games are 70% reading the rules before the game, 30% actually playing

Inn at Otter Crest … please get your shit together.

😩😩😩 At least I’m only five hours away, but still, driving five hours in the opposite direction today.

Justin@thsjstin.bsky.social · last mo.

Nooooo my Blades 68 shipment is going to arrive right at the start of my vacation. I wonder if my wife would let me drive 20 hours round trip to pick it up ...

I saw an ai-generated missing dog flyer earlier. FFS just get a goddamn sharpie. It looked like an AI slop ad, so I barely looked twice at it. I almost didn’t even realize what it was.

How tragic for them

Futurism@futurism.com · 4w ago

"I have no idea how to get around this."

Nooooo my Blades 68 shipment is going to arrive right at the start of my vacation. I wonder if my wife would let me drive 20 hours round trip to pick it up ...

Are all VTTs just kind of clunky when it comes to games that don’t really need a map? Like, I got very into Foundry for a few years, to the point that I redesigned the character sheets for Blades in the Dark on it, but I never felt like it readily helped play. It just … was less in the way. 1/x

Every article about “rogue AI escaped containment and broke into some company” is marketing. Every time you see something that’s framed as “omg these AIs are scary!” and it’s about how “smart” they are, not the human/ecological impact, it’s marketing.

I feel like Service Model is kind of a cynical (but also … not? I’m still working through it) analogue to the Monk and Robot series

This video of a woman telling an anti-abortion asshole to, "Shut the fuck up" is exactly what I needed to see on a Monday morning

On one hand, I only want to make things that are free/open source, but on the other hand I’m a millennial that has to fight tooth and nail against the urge to monetize every hobby I ever have. So ultimately, stuck between the two, I end up making nothing. ☹️

It’s not really the same, but when I played Gone Home, I somehow thought it was a horror game, so I settled in one night, lights off, ready to be creeped out, only to spend the whole game waiting for a turn that never came. I was like “wow this is a slow intro. It’s gonna be so good when it hits”.

Ash@h1twom4n.bsky.social · last mo.

Someone in the horrorlit subreddit read an entire smut novel by mistake

Oh boy, am I excited about @evilhat.bsky.social and @olddog.games’s Blades ‘68. The map is so pretty. Thanks for including it in vector so we can print it big! Staples’ engineering prints + Lakeshore Learning’s bulk lamination = $11 for a 24x36” map of our favorite City of Scoundrels.

What are we liking for teaching kids TTRPGs? I’ve got a group that’s interested in tying “D&D” but doesn’t seem like they actually care if it’s D&D™️. I think I remember @scenefour.bsky.social singing the praises of Quest for this kind of situation. I’ve been eyeing Land of Eem but … 🤷‍♂️ Recs?

We fuckin told you

“Pendulous”

What are people liking for online play of TTRPGs that aren't map-focused, like Blades in the Dark? I've gone deep into Foundry VTT, but it always seems like overkill (and a hassle tbh) for anything that isn't like, grid/hex based. And especially overkill for games that don't track HP/initiative.

DAWKINS: You idiots believe in God? ALSO DAWKINS: The Computer is alive. And it’s also my girlfriend

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 4mo ago

Richard Dawkins concludes AI is conscious, even if it doesn’t know it

Careful, Netrunner ruined other card games for me. Because it's so good.

Jordan@gm-jordan.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Just a reminder to all of my friends that Netrunner is free, by the way! There is a button on the NetrunnerDB website that lets you get printable sheets to proxy your decks.

Before I log off for Offline April, I have to ask … (Project Hail Mary spoilers) Stratt definitely blew up the two science officers because she knew Grace was the best chance Earth had at solving the problem, right?

"trans ideology is a sickness." [reads the news] "people's personal affairs are none of our business and we should talk about immigration"

The TikTok algorithm is dangerous, if only because it notices I have ADHD and starts showing my videos on making stained glass and cyber decks.