which inspires me to requeue and try again right away. Put another quarter in the slot! fortunately it doesn't cost money to play other than one time purchase of the game

I've spent a lot of time playing the new Extraction Shooter #Marathon

I liked the og Marathon game, so wanted to checki it out. Its fun!

at my low skill, play cycle is oddly similar to gambling, since its often the case I go in to get some good loot then die and lose it all

Crown him the Lord of peace;
Whose pow'r a scepter sways
From pole to pole, that wars may cease,
Absorbed in prayer and praise:
His reign shall know no end;
And round his pierced feet
Fair flowers of Paradise extend
Their fragrance ever sweet

After court battles, clergy visit ICE detainees in Illinois and Minnesota (RNS) — In the last week, faith leaders were offered some of their first glimpses into ICE facilities, making use of a degree of access denied to most people — even members of Congress.

NEW: For months, faith leaders have pushed for access to detainees at ICE facilities in Broadview, IL and outside Minneapolis.

This past month or so, clergy finally gained access in both places — bc judges ordered the govt to let them in.

Here’s what they saw. religionnews.com/2026/04/03/a...

Top headlines: Tiger arrested on suspicion of DUI after crash. Sources: Sun sold, will relocate to Houston in '27

another banner day for "if you didn't know sports were real, ESPN headlines would be crazy"

Woman in Cambridge, MD hired some contractors and then called ICE on them just before they finished so she wouldn't have to pay them the $10k she owes them. She even provides ICE a ladder to help them get the contractors.

Dwight Hopkins is not MAGA: On confusing a Black theologian's research with his beliefs (RNS) — Accusations that a Black liberation theologian had switched his loyalty to Donald Trump sent the world of religious and theological studies into shock.

this was an interesting sidenote at an American Bible Society conference I attended yesterday religionnews.com/2026/03/17/d...

I live in an anti-spanking social and intellectual bubble and you probably do too

www.slowboring.com/p/in-defense...

Knowing What Time It Is What will our politics look like after Christianity? A tour of the post-religious right.

"Post-religious conservatism is producing its own successor ideology. It manifests in divergent forms – from technological maximalism, to a primitivism fixated on physical strength, imputed statistical differences between races, and phrenology." @plough.bsky.social
www.plough.com/en/topics/ju...

Replacement game store only does paid GMS which is a bummer for me bringing the free game back

Text: The Iranian close to the regime said the Revolutionary Guards were behaving more like a militant group in their effort to take on the world's most sophisticated and powerful armies - abandoning their bases and scattering in order to reduce the risk of being hit while launching retaliatory attacks.

So - astonishingly - Iran has been paying attention to history, notably the Millennium Challenge exercise, which was originally an Iran war game, and in which US Marine Col. Paul van Riper, playing the baddies, handed an invading US force its hat with both its ears in it BY DOING THIS.

Afroman emerges victorious in ‘Lemon Pound Cake’ defamation case | CNN Afroman joins The Lead.

If you need a break from all the grim news… Afroman victorious.

www.cnn.com/2026/03/19/u...

Going through my disk space and feel like I'm cleaning out my garage. And I don't want to get rid of stuff.
What do you mean, I might need this 11GB colossal version of Pieter Bruegel the Elder's "The Triumph of Death"

Non-RPG design that could inspire RPG design.

1. These could be NPCs, locations, magic items or powers. Presented in three-column with an image for each.

Dungeons are People "Brother listen to me! The Dungeon is my character!" -Brad Kerr

Good post

Dungeons as characters

Some real dice perv-baiting tables

#OSR

3x5arcana.substack.com/p/dungeons-a...

I’m playing #stargrave Hope Eternal scenario 6: The Swamp Pools soon. So I painted up a pack of @northstarfigs.bsky.social Ghost Archipelago Tribals as my space barbarians. A primitive alien cargo-cult of sorts.
Barbarian warriors, and scouts with bows/blowpipes.

Immigration questions for Markwayne Mullin Trump's nominee to replace Kristi Noem faces the Senate today. Here's what they should ask him.

New at The Watch:

The confirmation hearings for DHS nominee Markwayne Mullin begin today. Here are the immigration questions I think he should be asked.

radleybalko.substack.com/p/immigratio...

Everyone Is Eventually a Burden As laws permitting medically assisted death advance, how will we learn to accept diminishment rather than kill ourselves?

“A culture that embraces the idea that some lives are no longer dignified or worth living is not necessarily one that lacks virtue, but it is one that has become post-Christian.” —Matthew Burdette

listening to explanation of Salesforce

"drip marketing" sounds like something for me

Gene Wolfe, ugh. Why doesnt bluesky let me edit tweets for free

Somewhere Gene Wolf reflected that the only object recorded that Jesus made was a whip

5) learning the map really helps a lot. Until you know the map it will be super hard.

obviously the avoidance of PC permadeath makes the Extraction Shooter somewhat more attractive. Marathon has an in-game reason why permadeath isn't a thing. I was thinking a toy "zone" in a megadungeon that had similar logic could be a fun way to dial up intensity.

I haven't played any other extraction shooters other than Forever Winter demo, which I found a bit to challenging. I have some friends who were interested in playing Marathon, so a group makes it much more fun. Also the nostalgia of the 90s OG marathon being continued.

1) you have to leave the dungeon by the end of the session OR you lose everything.

2) loot is important.

3) not triggering encounters

4) PVP, but friendship is better.

Ok so I'm playing Bungie's new Marathon.

So... Extraction Shooter as an OSR concept? #osr #dnd #extractionshooter

you don't have allopurinol? or uloric?

if Vietnam was threatening Taiwan....

Can you imagine if the USA had the same decades-long grudge towards Vietnam that we do to Iran? If American politicians were sinking Vietnamese ships and screaming for war with Vietnam to "avenge 40,000 dead troops" the way they do for ~300 dead troops in 1980s Lebanon? Why can't we get over Iran?