And if the person you're interviewing isn't bullshitting you, you're actually doing them a favor by pushing back on any unclear points, giving them an opportunity to strengthen and clarify their argument.
"If you were in charge of Star Trek what would you do?"
The Pitt but in space. Highly serialized, 15-episode season about a spaceship getting in serious trouble and having to claw its way out. Ship gets more busted every episode. Think Year of Hell but if they actually did it.
A guy asking ChatGPT to review a series of fart sound effects and getting a serious kiss ass response that calls it atmospheric
I can't stop laughing at this post. It's perfect.
I think we need to celebrate the death of Sora a bit more. This is a technology that, just MONTHS AGO, we were being told was going to literally destroy Hollywood and Disney was going to give them a BILLION DOLLARS and NONE OF THAT EVEN REMOTELY HAPPENED
A screenshot of reviews from D&D players on StartPlaying. Some highlights... "We had an absolute blast playing with DM Wisdumb" "it was the best TTRPG session I've ever played" "100% chance I sign up for another session" "The DM's love of collaborative storytelling is evident" "If you get the chance to sit at Shawn's table, don't pass it up"
What players are saying about my new D&D adventures set in the story world of Epic Tavern and its comic-book spinoff Tales from the Fantastical Crimes Unit. I'm running one-shots every Friday night and campaigns on Wed/Sat nights. New campaign starting this Wednesday!
startplaying.games/gm/wisdumb
Pipes - an image of 64 connecting pipe tiles in Green, Silver, Gold and Bronze which have been added to our Puzzle Games Graphics Pack.
Reflector Puzzle GFX - 104 sprites including paddles, balls and blocks.
Pixel Art UI Pack - 147 assets, 100% free, made with a limited retro color palette that matches our other pixel art assets.
24 Looping Noise textures, various colorful and black and white perlin noise textures including static, fog, water and more.
This week I released a total of 339 new game dev assets - free for commercial use in your projects! You can see all of our sprites, sounds and other resources here: chequered.ink/category/gam... #indiedev
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A heartfelt thank you to AAA Companies for creating a point of difference that indies can claim at no extra cost.
Simply by continuing to make games with intent and reliable tools, we can show our audience respect, and be respected as professionals in return.
This 2022 X-Com 2 update was when I officially wrote off the gamer community. One of the greatest games in history put out a minor update to their launcher a decade after release and got dogpiled by 250 furious gamers before they finally locked the comments. steamcommunity.com/app/268500/e...
The Video Game History Foundation's newly digitized GDC 1989 tapes are rad. Talks with Dani Bunten! Trip Hawkins blasting Nintendo's licensing policies! A *retrospective* panel for gaming in 1980! Absolute gold that this stuff survived and is accessible for everyone now.
I'm looking to kick off a weekly online D&D game starting Wednesday. 6 weeks, $10/week, 6:30pm EDT start time. Every adventure is set in the story world I created for Epic Tavern and its comic-book spinoff, Tales from the FCU.
Four spots still available here: startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
Yep, I have to improvise a different toolset for every game I write. And most of it is NDA'd, so I can't even share my design docs with people I'm trying to mentor. It's crazy-making.
A group of kids playing Dungeons & Dragons in the 1970s. In the background hangs a banner reading REDBANK ENRICHMENT PROGRAM. Bud Wellington was the program director who introduced all these kids in South Portland, Maine, to the world of roleplaying. Also, my lifelong writing mentor.
A close-up view of the big tabletop game setup in the previous photo. A giant hexboard covered with trees, rivers, bridges, and other terrain covers three cafeteria tables. Photo from the Redbank Enrichment Program in South Portland, Maine. Taken late '70s or early '80s.
Hard same. I only have a handful of gaming pics from back then. We used to play these elaborate, capture-the-flag miniature battles.
At a 70s con, John Wheeler ran the Orc-vs-Dwarf Hack & Slash that covered half a basketball court. Dozens of players, hundreds of minis, 5-6 DMs, and a 3-day battle.
Back in the 70s/80s, DMs Bud Wellington and John Wheeler had a two-headhole shirt they'd break out for ettin encounters. Them bickering back and forth as the two deeply stupid halves of an ettin while players try to convince them to turn on each other is one of my all-time favorite gaming memories.
A meme featuring three confused women with the text, "That's not how this works. That's not how any of this works."
It's always weird to me when ghostwriting gigs ask for examples of things you've ghostwritten in the past.
Yep. I'm glad I got to work in games for a decade, but it feels like that chapter is pretty well over.
Sorry to get radical but I don’t think it’s my job or yours to embrace, accept, understand - and certainly not to use - the thing being sold to us as AI. I don’t like any part of it, so I won’t. I’m missing out? Good, that’s what I want. You’re worried about me missing out? That’s fuckin weird, man.
It used to be when I liked something, I'd seek out other people who also did so we could discuss it. Nowadays, I find the key to enjoying something is to do the exact opposite. Modern fandom ruins everything.
Area 51 was always one of my favorite arcade shooter games to play John Woo-style (using both guns).
I had it open when they did it and it bumped back to the main menu, where searches for his name no longer found any matches. They removed it at 11:32 AM EST.
"Our standing rule is: If one of us brings up using GenAI in any of our work, then it's safe to assume we've been assimilated by The Thing and should be burned alive by Kurt Russell," said a game design consultant in the US.
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
Some serious NCIS energy going on there.
Back in my standup days, there was an old Italian woman in Boston who ran a tiny restaurant out of her house. She had seating for six, turned the room over every hour, and had no menu. You ate whatever she was making that night. Best meatballs I've ever had.
Scott Adams will not return in AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY
Yep, a vital part of the process. I think having at least a bit of acting experience is super valuable for writers.
Took me under 3 minutes to tell Discord that I would stop using Discord entirely if they chose to enshittify themselves.
The freelance market is as rough as I've ever seen it. The standard post-holiday rush of new gigs doesn't seem to be happening. I'm pivoting to running D&D games professionally, as that's the only storytelling market that isn't in flames right now.
