I won Cash Cab and the cash they hand you at the end is fake, should be called 6-8 Weeks Later Youβll Receive a Check in the Mail Cab
I won Cash Cab and the cash they hand you at the end is fake, should be called 6-8 Weeks Later Youβll Receive a Check in the Mail Cab
i did not think i had anger to spare this week, but the thought of raiding Portland's democratically created climate fund to give a cut to a sports team owning billionaire is making me realize otherwise.
2nd for bernsteinβs. Moved here from nyc and was miserable for years until they opened, maybe best bagels in the west coast? definitely the best whitefish salad
you have no idea how many regimes I can be against
game design is like threading a needle but each time you succeed the eye of the needle gets smaller
One shallot, multiple sub-shallots
A presumably single shallot, still in the skin
With the skin off, revealing two separate shallot bulbs
This is?:
A) one shallot
B) two shallots
Back in my day, BBS
I have once again declared Discord bankruptcy in the hope of actually keeping up with one or two
Other than that eternally-relevant advice: weβre entering a period of standardization, where AI-generated outcomes mostly just reinforce existing creative norms. To develop a career that subverts this itβs in your interest to be a sicko, making work for other sickos.
Among other things, I was asked to give advice to young designers www.softlabor.biz/the-soft-lab...
Oh yeah that was probably the quote I should have shotted hah
do i know anyone who'll be around San Francisco March ~9-14? do you have a performance, short film/video, or experimental thing that makes use of/is about games? (something to present/show rather than install, not a talk but more)
lmk..! scheming for an evening of game performances & screenings :)
What is the most rewarding aspect of working in your industry? The most challenging? The most rewarding aspect of working in my industry is learning about everyone elseβs, because you canβt design something you donβt understand. The most challenging aspect is that sometimes those industries are dreadful.
There's a Q&A with me in the latest Soft Labor, a newsletter on creative labor. It covers some thoughts on AI, advice for young designers, and only a tangential mention of games because that's not actually what I'm known for, even if it's all I want to talk about www.softlabor.biz/the-soft-lab...
A beautiful collection of numbers, not a collection of beautiful numbers
Please tell the typography to keep it up
The beautiful game (typography)
This one is a must
Found here, in case you feel like shopping the look localvyntage.com/products/ros...
Best I can offer
Hell of an overbite
the fight this year will be:
βοΈthe thousands of families who rely on the program
vs
πΆβπ«οΈpoliticians eager to kick the can down the road
pick your side: actionnetwork.org/petitions/fu...
I buy them and shake my head the whole time to let them know how I feel
Going to delete this thread when I release out my saddlestitched book, btw, screenshot it now
As far as I know itβs just Cairn and .Dungeon by @snow117.bsky.social, pretty elite
Huge day for coilbound rpg partisans, huge huge day. Iβve been on this beat for ages and Iβll never stop, coilbound is the correct binding for reference manuals absent affordable true lay-flat binding and subject to some caveats regarding size and page length, whoooo!! Get pumped
Accidentally wore my indoor slippers out of the house today, feels like using my veggie-only knife to spatchcock a bird
It feels like the energy in games post-lockdown has been on short form games, but I'm also really only here for the committed campaigns full of character development and surprises (β Realis). My children (6, 12) are old enough now to look after themselves at night, let's gooo
Sheri's Ranch is demanding total ownership of their workers IP, including the right to generate AI content based on photos and videos. Support there union efforts here unitedbrothelworkers.org but while you're at it CHECK OUT THIS UNION BADGE hell yes full solidarity
Where my other βphysics-based dice rolled on a separate plane above the game board as if on a pane of tinted glassβ heads at??