brightwanderer I think a lot about how we as a culture have turned "forever" into the only acceptable definition of success. Like... if you open a coffee shop and run it for a while and it makes you happy but then stuff gets too expensive and stressful and you want to do something else so you close it, it's a "failed" business. If you write a book or two, then decide that you don't actually want to keep doing that, you're a "failed" writer. If you marry someone, and that marriage is good for a while, and then stops working and you get divorced, it's a "failed" marriage. The only acceptable "win condition" is "you keep doing that thing forever". A friendship that lasts for a few years but then its time is done and you move on is considered less valuable or not a "real" friendship. A hobby that you do for a while and then are done with is a "phase" - or, alternatively, a "pity" that you don't do that thing any more. A fandom is "dying" because people have had a lot of fun with it but are now moving on to other things. I just think that something can be good, and also end, and that thing was still good. And it's okay to be sad that it ended, too. But the idea that anything that ends is automatically less than this hypothetical eternal state of success... I don't think that's doing us any good at all.

Wish I could internalize this

There are... SO many solutions to this "Problem"

But, James... my dude...

NONE of those solutions are "These people should make less money!"

You ghoul.

Looking great!

Alliance Peacefighter's new VR API integration nearly complete (demo update coming soon).

Wishlist here:
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In progress cosplay foam Stormtrooper helmet. It is plain white foam with dark lines for measurements.

A cosplay stormtrooper helmet inprogress. A side view.

My son and I have been making his Stormtrooper cosplay for a conference in May. I knew it would be hard but this is so, so much work - it's coming along well though!

Almost finished the helmet. I doubt we'll get the whole armour done but helmet and chest should work at least. It's our first cosplay

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CW: suicide

Her name was Kerri Moynihan. She was real woman whose life, and death, were real. Her loss to her loved ones is real. Their grief is real. Her passing's relationship to how she was treated at Blizzard was real.

Shame on you, Bobby. May you never have to lose a loved one in that way.

Here's a first look at the rooftop smoking scene with Valencia!

After 2 months, we finally have something playable, though it's gonna take another 2 months before it's ready for public haha.

Sorry about the glitches🥺

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Pretty sad to hear about the news coming out of Bioware, especially focused on the Dragon Age team.

That series is one of my two favourite (take a guess for other).

Good luck to everyone let go or moved around. I can only hope far in the future another game is made in that world.

#DragonAge

Time to replay Inquisition now!

I just finished reading Dragon Age: Last Flight. I absolutely loved this book from start to finish. It was so awesome reading about the forth blight and the Griffins!

I'm really happy I managed to find everything (I think I have everything) - the Humble Bundle was useful for the comics plus Kindle for the books.

A list of all Dragon Age media (books, comics, short stories, games, dlc) and my progress in reading/playing them all. The status reads 'READ' up to the book 'Last Flight'.

Been working my way through all the media for #DragonAge (some for the first time too! And yes... I even read Hard in Hightown!) on my quest to read it all before I play Veilguard.

The last few books I've read (Asunder, The Masked Empired and the in-progress Last Flight) are really great.

Onwards!

Misson Control Designer. The picture shows two inspector windows for a mod tool in BattleTech game.

I used to have a Patreon to support my progress but since the project was so huge and taking so long I put it on pause. Might reopen it at some point.

Here's a shot of the editor built into the actual game as a mod.

The Designer is mostly done now. Using it to make a campaign then releasing both.

The mission control Designer mod tool. A tool built into the battletech game showing inspector windows.

I'll be releasing the tool with a full campaign I'm working on. Here's what the tool looks like. Been in development for years... way bigger project that I thought 😅. The tool is basically done though now.

A picture showing an in-game shot of BattleTech game. It shows a river and the player's mouse cursor showing the movement bridge on a bridge. The bridge is not part of the original game and part of the mod tool placing it down.

Picture showing BattleTech game. The player's mechs are standing on a bridge over a river. The bridge is not part of the original map and was placed there by the BattleTech Mission Control Designer mod tool for creating new contract types.

Working more on the #BattleTech contract Designer I'm developing.

I've had 'prop' placement for some time but the terrain mask remained the original one (e.g. so water effects would appear on a bridge placed down by the modder).

Now I've fixed that so a prop bridge has no mask. Bridge is modded in

We don't talk talk enough about how boredom is now scarce. Boredom sparks creativity but only when people are open to new experiences & believe that they are in control of what happens to them

...but for the most part, it makes people do whatever they can for amusement including acting sadistically

List of all Dragon Age media (books, comics, games etc). The status reads 'READ' for all media up to the novel 'Last Flight'.

Just finished reading The Masked Empire Dragon Age novel on my journey to go through all the media (books, comics, games, short stories etc). I really loved the second half of that book.

Still some way to go before I can play Veilguard but almost at replaying Inquisition!

#DragonAge

Spending some time this week thinking about what I want to get out of 2025.

I figure it's a good idea to try to have even the roughest of plans to attempt.

I've just decided to reduce the scope in places to help me get it out.

Started back up on my custom BattleTech campaign I'm making to release with the BattleTech Mission Control Designer (custom contract types editor).

I'll be 100% releasing this all in 2025.

Happy belated new year everyone!

Went to the park, met lots of squirrels. 10/10

I have talked to the pharmacy and your insurance again. Insurance is now saying they will not cover it until tomorrow as tomorrow will be the 24th day since your last refill. The fact that your dosage has increased did not matter, they would not budge.

Thanks United Healthcare for once again denying my pain meds. I'm a cancer patient w a bad prognosis and in constant unmanageable pain, but just keep counting beans.

Person sitting down and using a lap tray with PS5 Access controllers mounted to it. The photo is mounted in a white frame on a multicoloured blue background.

“I’m finally able to play Mario Kart with my kids again!”

Meet Stafford, who enjoyed many epic family gaming battles until complication with sepsis resulted in him having his arms and legs amputated.

Read on to find out how we helped him game again! www.specialeffect.org.uk/news/staffor...

The Final Conversation A note to start: I don’t work for BioWare any longer, and while I created and wrote Dorian for “Dragon Age: Inquisition”, this is purely…

If you need more proof of how it was hard for me to let go of him, a short story I wrote after Trespasser came out where Dorian has a bit of closure with his dead father: medium.com/@davidgaider...

So yeah. He'll always be my boi. And I'll always be thankful Bio gave me this opportunity. ❤️

They are awesome. Thanks!