I will say this any chance I get: Itoi was part of far left student protests in the ‘60s - ‘70s where he physically clashed with police, was arrested 5 times, and ultimately dropped out of law school from his disillusionment

so he indeed knows how they work

Death Generator: The Legend of Zelda (NES) - Link in the first cave with the old man and the sword You guys can't envision the final collapse of capitalism? Incredible!

Death Generator - Wall Street Kid (NES) - two guys talking you guys can't envision the final collapse of capitalism? Incredible!

Death Generator - Super Mario 64 - Peache's letter from the intro Dear Mario: You guys can't envision the final collapse of capitalism? Incredible! Yours truly -- Princess Toadstool Peach

Death Generator - SimCity 2000 (DOS) advisor window You guys can't envision the final collapse of capitalism? Incredible!

EarthBound's script works in many contexts

Banger of a post, honestly

SMNet was lightning in a bottle back then partly because of that attitude, but also it benefited from being a niche forum that was easy to moderate. Having custom software with good moderation tools also helped. These days, moderation in bigger forums (Reddit, Steam forums) is a nightmare.

Incrementalists take it on the chin again. This is why they hate Mamdani. He's giving up the game that people in power HAVE POWER and don't solely exist to beg you for $5 every day. He's ruining the Democratic Party by showing voters that they have the power to do stuff instead of crouching in fear

Damn I still got mine, time to make some casino money

Nuremberg trials for ICE is the moderate position

I can see why

😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎

this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028

Dick Cheney dies, Zohran Mamdani wins, a beaver moon shines in the sky… I just know the Etsy witches have been busy.

"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”

"Problem"

i spend 16 hours a day in front of a computer, time to get my juice

:)

Get a game pass sub for 1 dollar and play it there

Me in my gamer chair

Anyway, don't know what the point of this was. I need to figure out what to like about writing again. I need to figure out what the end goal of this is.

I haven't even written anything new in almost 2 years. I've just been doing rewrites or revisions. With this revelation came the understanding that -- uh oh! Maybe I'm depressed. It's been a wake-up call.

It feels like in a lot of my creative output I've lost the point of why I was doing it in the first place as I began to pursue the golden dream of publication. I can see it in my prose, I can see it in how I run tabletop for my friends. A lot of it feels phoned in.

The one thing I come away with is how much joy there was in the older stuff. Sure, it was sloppy and amateur but you could tell there's genuine love there. Nowadays a lot of it feels perfunctory.

As I mentally and emotionally steel myself for the very real possibility that this book I've spent 4 years on is dead in the water, I've spent some time going back and re-reading old writing, or listening to recording of old tabletop sessions. The difference is stark.

Diving into the querying trenches. Bring on the depression hell yeah

Oh my god

In non-writing news, been playing some one-shots of other non-D&D game systems with friends lately and it's been pretty dope. GMed Cities Without Numbers last night and it was honestly really up my alley!

Been seeing the common wisdom to not have an anxiety attack over being in the query trenches is to write something new so I guess that's what I'm in for

Love the anxiety of preparing to actually query agents for representation next year. Hope I haven't deluded myself into thinking this book is good when it's not!

Repost this if Trans people should have Samus Arm Cannons (below, a diverse collection of implicitly trans people wielding trans pride flags and also huge scifi arm cannons)