TL;DR -> I had to give something up in order to make room for something that was important to me. I know, this is a very un-American way of thinking, but it worked for me. #ttrpg
Instant backing, no questions asked. Yes, Play Unsafe is that good.
As public games with strangers have value, having a permission model has value - in that context. Outside of that, however, our gaming has a tendency to build friendships and these grow & change over time. Using that as a strength by gaming as peers in consensus, is an act of real inclusion, I find~
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The Facebook holiday ad is hilarious example of corporate gaslighting. Facebook isn't turning people into antisocial freaks, it's bringing them together in the physical world!
Not really digging the Fisher-Price look of OS 26, Apple.
A view from the player’s side of the table – Playing to Lose in Delta Green
youtu.be/s3ePDmPpiQw
Sometimes nothing beats a nice cool glass of water.
Quote this with your reaction to getting left behind during the rapture...
No matter how useful, or at the very least informative a post might be, there's always someone ready to use it as a springboard to share whatever negativity is rolling around in their brainpan. That filtering it out requires so much effort is proof of how primitive our social media tools still are.
Current mental state: Full Igorrr. open.spotify.com/album/3Z3jBK...
I personally can't wait for the rapture. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHCd...
In the early 80s, me and my teenage buddies used to joke that in the future, the world would be dominated by two corporations: Coca-Cola and Disney. At the time we figured Disney was the long shot of the two.
In original RuneQuest (1978), an Intelligence score of 13+ helped you with most skills. Not just Perception and Knowledge but also Manipulation, Stealth, Defense, and even Attack. It was as useful as Dexterity and better for Attack skills than Strength was. I think about that a lot.
A man heading a wall because it was simply looking it. Probably Irish
It is a little known fact that before any armour system is implemented in a RPG it is legally required that it is tested in real life for accuracy. Here for example is the BRP head location being certified.
#ttrpg
A publicly-traded company exists to make money for shareholders. A CEO that fights Trump is a CEO that likely gets canned by its board. The only way to influence a public company in any meaningful way is by affecting its revenue.
Sounds different in a good way.
My wife is looking at me like I'm a total loon, because I can't stop laughing at this.
This is invaluable advice. I've learned over the years that I know less than I thought I did about most things, but time has proven that the effort I've put into real life (as opposed to parasocial) relationships really has paid off tremendously.
Speaking of a fantasy #ttrpg setting that can serve as the foundation for years of engaging campaign play, has magic baked into every nook and cranny, and feels lived in and vibrant, here's a little intro to #Glorantha (and by extension, #RuneQuest). youtu.be/K8R7Zhqsd5k
I can't even tell you how many times my friends and I played "Butch & Sundance" as kids. I also remember my dad's take – he appreciated Redford's desire to be known as a real actor, when he could have just cashed in on his looks.
I agree with you. When soldiers aren't griping (which always involves swearing), you know their morale is truly low. In 2025 we're all in the trenches. To not have a lowered swearing threshold would be an acquiescence, a pretending that everything is OK when it absolutely isn't.
Ars Technica home page showing me a 403. Now that's not something you see every day.
Stumbled across Memory: The Origins of Alien (2019) and I'm glad I did. Really fascinating stuff about how the movie came together and how the minds of its creators meshed. www.imdb.com/title/tt8974...
Looked at my data collections for state-backed activity. If the report were a picture:
I guess this means instead of having access to All The World's Knowledge™, this means LLMs actually have access to All The World's Digitized And Made Available On Crawlable Sites Knowledge That Hasn't Already Rotted Away™.
A detailed research summary for an Eclipse Phase NPC named Cyrene. This writeup includes information about the NPC, with each chunk of information assigned a reliability rating. For my Eclipse Phase campaign, I assumed that constant information warfare would mean that even sophisticated muse systems wouldn't be able to completely confirm the validity of most information.
In 2011 I gave Eclipse Phase players handouts like these whenever PCs used a muse to get info. I figured constant info warfare would mean automated info-gathering would have to include accuracy estimates. Nope, bad for business. theconversation.com/why-openais-...
