the horrifying true story of the LaughFactory incident

a medieval woodcut style illustration of a stacked city made of walls and limbs and fire - capped with a screaming misshapen eagle-like bird. the eagle’s mouth is open and its gullet is crammed with coins. its tongue is a furling striped flag. the eagle holds bunches of arrows in both of its outstretched hands. hands reach through the doors and arches of the stacked city. the hands grab at buildings and walls and claw at mounds of coins at the city’s base. the text reads: ‘A horrid beast. a rancid, screaming infant. it knows naught but blood and hunger. it will choke on its own grasping fingers.’

a horrid beast. a rancid, screaming infant.

I am not from there so obviously take it with a grain of salt but I was just in SF taking with a friend about the Pacific Pinball Museum down in Alameda lol. She recommended it!

Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle.

"Foundations of Leninism", 1924, Josef Stalin.

I got to contribute some art for this! Incredible to be alongside so many talented artists and so much amazing writing. No prizes for guessing which class I got to illustrate here

Darcy Posting (Play Misericorde) 🤍🖤

I could totally see this hahaha. But comic books (at least Big 2 Cape stuff) are all about Big Plot too!! But I suppose like, Calvin & Hobbes is not, to use a hard counterexample

as much as I disagree with you about the value of Big Plot, I will say the Big Plot in Adventure Time is very light comparatively. There is a build to the finale in the final season but honestly it's mostly Bits even that far in. It's more of a character show than a plot show if that makes sense

Three panels from the manga Berserk. A fairy, carrying a strange egg straining facial features appended to it, escapes froma big monster. He calls back "When it comes to making a getaway, I'm the one with the advantage, fathead!"

Last week, I wrote about how Realis started: In a series of quick notes sent to a friend. From there it became a series of less quick notes put into an empty document. The document fileld up, and the words had turned into a little story-telling engine.

www.clockworkworlds.com/one-week-unt...

Realis A new tabletop roleplaying game by Austin Walker

REALIS, the science fantasy TTRPG I’ve been working on for the last five years, is now live on Kickstarter!

55 Player Classes
150+ NPC Classes
29 Factions
20 Example Moons of Realis
GMing and Prep Guidance
Over 100 incredible illustrations from 17 artists!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru...

A medieval styled illustration of the cosmological map of Realis and its thousand moons

So excited to be finally sharing my cover for @austinwalker.bsky.social ’s upcoming ttrpg ‘REALIS’

Crowdfunding starts soon!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru...

change.org for accelerationists

if you're the Computer Friend, throw down $20 a month and set up some self-hosted resources for you and your friends. If you are not the Computer Friend go talk to your most capable Computer Friend and get them to do it. Bluesky and other capitalist social media sites will not last

please learn how an RSS reader works and start using one. They're great and still very useful

you should not expect this site to last or to be stable. please get a blog or a website or a fediverse server or anything other than this, at LEAST as a backup but IDEALLY as your main posting place.

If the present war rouses among the reactionary Christian socialists, among the whimpering petty bourgeoisie, only horror and fright, only aversion to all use of arms, to bloodshed, death, etc., then we must say: Capitalist society is and has always been horror without end.

bear with her...
#misericordevn

Realis Kickstarter: April 1-30, 2026. A squat frog person smokes a cigar in a sci-fi airport while their berserker companion looks at them with bemused disapproval.

Realis—the debut TTRPG by @austinwalker.bsky.social—arrives this Wednesday, April 1 (no foolin') in a Kickstarter campaign that will run til the end of the month! Bookmark the pre-launch page today to get notified when it goes live: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru... | featured art by @aurahack.ca

𝑆𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑙!

‘An overwhelmingly negative and demoralizing force’: what it's like working for a company that's forcing AI on its developers:

aftermath.site/ai-video-game-...

"You are my sunrise"

you can do this with meshtastic. sort of. basically

time and time again, liberalism gives way to fascism. why does this happen? @jasonhickel.bsky.social explains:

Donate to Support for Heart Emergency Abroad, organized by Danika Harrod On Tuesday, March 10th, my mom got on a flight bound for Florence, Italy with her bes… Danika Harrod needs your support for Support for Heart Emergency Abroad

mom is back in the icu after a very scary day yesterday, which has set her recovery back. i posted a full update on the gfm and increased our goal by $10k. this is the scariest thing our family has ever experienced, and we are so thankful for all the support so far ❤️ www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...

danika this would be a brilliant opportunity for you to read the breezy and quick visual novel Umineko When They Cry using the 07th Mod to reintroduce original japanese voice acting and sprites. Just an idea from me

"Realis by Austin Walker on Kickstarter April 2026" is layered over a science-fantasy image of four adventures.

Realis—the moon-hopping TTRPG by @austinwalker.bsky.social—lands on Kickstarter April 2026! Featuring 55 classes, 150+ NPCs, 100+ illustrations, expanded GM & homebrew guidance, and much more, bookmark the campaign today at: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru... | teaser art: @decassette.bsky.social

I've been lucky enough to meet Danika's mom a couple of times. She was so sweet and kind and funny, and I instantly saw so much of Danika in her.

Please give them support during this crisis.

Donate to Support for Heart Emergency Abroad, organized by Danika Harrod On Tuesday, March 10th, my mom got on a flight bound for Florence, Italy with her bes… Danika Harrod needs your support for Support for Heart Emergency Abroad

i booked a same-day flight to florence yesterday to be with my mom after she had a life-threatening heart event. she is very sick and remains in the ICU, and we were not prepared for anything like this. any shares and donations are so appreciated, thank you ❤️ www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...

GDC Thoughts and Prayers - Meredith Gran I’m home! Let’s see if I can zero in on the stuff I really wanna say. I was up for an award I was sure I wouldn’t win. I did not write an acceptance

I'm home and I've written a bit on my blog about post-GDC feelings:

meredithgran.com/gdc-thoughts...