Art’s not real and once we understand that we can finally start making real art and no I am not kidding

I literally went "ho HO!" when I read the challenge mechanic

House of Wax? Not sure if I searched lb correctly lol

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Pointy stick best weapon! Even guns are basically just pointy sticks

That's Not What Unc Means You’d never know the meaning of unc or its origins in black culture if you looked to mainstream media.

wrote about unc, and the way that the internet works as an accelerator of cultural appropriation aftermath.site/unc-aave-afr...

dual wielding is such a bugbear. You want it to be so cool! And then you do about five minutes of research and it's like, huh. No. No, this IS bad. No, I really can't get away with this. Fuck me, can I not get away with it. It's actually kind of wild how little I can get away with this

I couldn’t say any of this better myself and wouldn’t dare try. This game only happened thanks to a *lot* of hard work by a *lot* of incredible people, and all I can feel is gratitude and astonishment when I reflect on what we’ve done together. Of course, there’s one person nova left out: herself!

I reckon it's a conflation of "fiction forward" old-school style games pretending that rolling dice is bad actually and their perception that pbta is "all about the fiction and not the dice." If you think "the fiction" and "the mechanics" are separate things, maybe that's how this happens

I just love the way she thinks. There‘s so much care, coupled with a total lack of compromise. If it’s not the best it can be, it’s not making it in, and they just take it all so *seriously.* And seriously in the *real* way, where the joy and the laser-focus of the thing are one and the same.

But you know, this still doesn’t get across how awesome Nova was. Let me get a couple more in. You already know how good of a designer they are. You read their games and play their games and love their games. But you don’t have the privilege of being there while it happens.

When you’re working at a bar with another bartender, you learn to do the “bar dance” with them. A busy night with a good dance partner is one of the most satisfying feelings I know. Design meetings with Nova feel much the same way. So watch the horizon, folks. There’s thunder in the distance.

This shit just doesn’t happen without this girl, folks. Not any single part of it. They wore every hat at once, and damn well at that. I can be in awe of their organizational acumen all day, and you should be too, but it really is the creative process that was, and is, the best part.

I couldn’t say any of this better myself and wouldn’t dare try. This game only happened thanks to a *lot* of hard work by a *lot* of incredible people, and all I can feel is gratitude and astonishment when I reflect on what we’ve done together. Of course, there’s one person nova left out: herself!

first draft of the foyer is coming along nicely, with a bonus peek of how these might look in layout if I got through with it

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The money a USian may spend on a night out in the club may be enough to pay someone's rent here in Brazil. Affordable is more than lower price.

Language being language, and English being English, the explanation probably has to do with separate social groups that knew about the different words, spellings, and pronunciations in different combinations, and the current irregular situation is a result of how those groups interacted

Basically, what this means is that "verdict" was re-latinized *earlier* than indict by about 70 years. It's hard to say if there's a specific root cause of why verdict's differentiated pronunciation stuck and indict's didn't - it was pronounced with the same sound before the re-latinization.

Etymonline says regarding verdict: "The spelling and pronunciation influenced by Medieval Latin verdictum "a verdict." (c.1530s).

Regarding indict: "Retained its French pronunciation after the spelling was re-Latinized c. 1600."

They sell ANDOR action figures, of course, and of course the audience is 35-50-year-olds, but it's deeply funny to imagine children playing with little Luthen Rael and Saw Gerrera dolls.

CHILD 1: I think violence is not only justified, but demanded
CHILD 2: I agree, but haste could be our undoing

I also feel this way from a *musical* standpoint, though that’s a matter of taste to be sure lol. If art (both the making and enjoying thereof) is about what you’re willing to sacrifice, the sacrifices a lot of musical theatre makes are ones I have a tough time vibing with.

Level titles as DCCRPG quests

I did DCCRPG class titles as level up quests. killitwithfirerpg.blogspot.com/2026/04/leve...

The number of therapists who believe you can effectively learn how to do effective therapy with actual human beings in all their complexities just from reading a book is astounding

Mythopoetic mecha game Dragon Reactor gives me everything I want and I want more I am experiencing the kind of greed they warn about in the Bible

In my first hour of play building the world and factions sparked enough creativity I went off for a bit and wrote an outline of a Sci-Fi setting I wanna write a book in. This game sparks stories www.rascal.news/mythopoetic-...

I crowdfunded, but you can buy it from @dinoberrypress.bsky.social

Our new album is out today! A sincere request to help spread the word!

A great number of the harms in this country would not have happened if this society protected Black & Indigenous folks the way it does white people.

It covers environmentalism, education, healthcare, financial scams, workers rights, surveillance, police violence, wage theft, everything.

The Video Game Industries Very Dark Night — Georg's Blog The video gaming industry has had a brutal few years, with record layoffs affecting almost every company and many beloved studios and brands disappearing. At th...

"With all this in mind, the next 1-2 years look exceedingly dark, because there is not a single credible light (of growth) for the industry."

But this is a problem that literally only RPG people have. Musicians *never* expect everyone to like their music. Only the people that like it will like it. The people who don't, won't. For some reason, RPG makers and players have a really hard fuckin time wrapping their heads around this one