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Authenticity Trip 🔜 THE GAMEHOLE

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TTRPG developer, manga podcaster, cocktail bartender, tarot/astrology reader, therapist in training, soda enthusiast, comics aficionado, jellybean golem. https://200proof.games

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Authenticity Trip 🔜 THE GAMEHOLE @200proofgames.bsky.social · Dec 21

You are a game designer. You have so many ideas, and so few of them are published. Perhaps none of them are. Your WIP folder is full of genius, and you know it, but you cannot bring yourself to release it in an imperfect state.

This is for you.

Presenting THE 1E MANIFESTO.

THE 1E MANIFESTO

Game Design, Distilled

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Authenticity Trip 🔜 THE GAMEHOLE @200proofgames.bsky.social · 47m

And didn’t someone do some research that more or less demonstrated that never being told
no literally gives you brain damage

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good hyuck, babe! @markpopham.bsky.social · 1h

I truly believe a big reason why Democrats are failing to appropriately respond to the moment is a pathological refusal to admit that there were aspects of the American status quo pre trump that were extremely fucked up and unjust

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Aaron Radney Commissions Closed (For Now) @aaronradney.bsky.social · 1h

#PoliticalLessonPost time. For those who are new these are posts I make trying to pass on politics lessons my mom gave me growing up about how to understand and analyze what's going on around me.

And OH boy is this exactly the kind of thing she'd have made a lesson of. Lots to talk about here!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

WELKER: During the 2019 shutdown when Trump was president, no federal workers were laid off. Why are these firings necessary?

VANCE: Who do we care more about- federal bureaucrats or the troops getting the payment they need?

WELKER: But layoffs are a priority?

VANCE: They have forced us to choose

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Aaron Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 9d

It’s after September. Hire me for shit.

Aaron Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · Sep 3

The games programme I was teaching at is winding down so I won’t have any more teaching work. After September I’ll have a lot more time free so if anyone’s got leads on cool game projects, I’m available!

Aaron Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · Sep 2

I miss teaching :-/

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Authenticity Trip 🔜 THE GAMEHOLE @200proofgames.bsky.social · 11h

Honestly you played it way more than I was expecting

Authenticity Trip 🔜 THE GAMEHOLE @200proofgames.bsky.social · 11h

No way…. HBDV+V…..!!!!

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Adrián Mejía is Koboaing @latinerd.bsky.social · 20h

Someone I know has a seve day Airbnb reservation for gameholecon they can't use, 13th to the 20th, 3 bedrooms.
Anyone looking for lodging for gameholecon?

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Authenticity Trip 🔜 THE GAMEHOLE @200proofgames.bsky.social · 18h

consider my calendar marked

Authenticity Trip 🔜 THE GAMEHOLE @200proofgames.bsky.social · 18h

YESSSSS elementary analysis yes yes yes

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Brandon O’Brien, low on Action Points @therisingtithes.bsky.social · 18h

I have somehow found myself slowly in the middle of my... [counts the stars] tenth or eleventh rewatch of Elementary, I think? And in commemoration of that, a reminder that I have a newsletter, and some *eighteen months ago* I wrote an issue about *just one* of the things I love about Elementary:

Lapsang Souchong: Two People Who 'Love' Each Other

Above all else, Watson has always been Holmes’ strong second—one of the richest platonic relationships in fiction.

brandonobrien.xyz

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Blanksword ⚔️ Kickstarter live NOW!! @blanksword.bsky.social · 21h

We're besides ourselves with joy, but - the work isn't over yet. With 12 days to go, we're now aiming for our first stretch goal, which will see OFF creator Mortis Ghost join us to work on the project!

Our deepest gratitude goes to you all for your support, your encouragements and your trust 💜

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Blanksword ⚔️ Kickstarter live NOW!! @blanksword.bsky.social · 21h

We! Did it!!

BLANKSWORD IS 100% FUNDED ON KICKSTARTER!

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

An image showing Blanksword being 100% funded!!

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Authenticity Trip 🔜 THE GAMEHOLE @200proofgames.bsky.social · 21h

folks goin feral dog, trust

Authenticity Trip 🔜 THE GAMEHOLE @200proofgames.bsky.social · 21h

I genuinely miss the days of procgen shitposting. There really was gold in them thar algorithms, and the fact that it was a pure machine and perceived as such was half the fun! It was like random tables for jokes, so when you got a good one it was so silly and fun!

Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 22h

i still make old school bots and generators without "ai" tools but i have to constantly explain that is what i am doing and there is dramatically less interest in them because "ai" has totally spoiled people's appetite for fun procgen art.

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Touch-starved Beast @androidpeach.bsky.social · 1d

Dragon Reactor encourages you to spend valuable game time grieving your friends after they die in game. Exploring how I wanted my character to remember someone dear to them while I was stuck in an actual grief spiral with Axel was very eye opening

Dinoberry Press @dinoberrypress.bsky.social · 1d

Dragon Reactor’s approach to the loss of characters is unique, even among “play-to-lose” or “highly-lethal” games, and as a result it fosters an incredible kind of player attachment.

Read more in this month’s blog!

www.dinoberrypress.com/blog/dragon-...

Player attachment to characters in Dragon Reactor — Dinoberry Press

In Dragon Reactor, it’s pretty easy for a player’s character to die. I’ve always been a fan of “play to lose” games (which I can talk about at length), but even in something like Blades in The…

www.dinoberrypress.com

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👻 ZH0000GE LIANG 臥龍 / 伏龍 👻 @shuchancellor.online · 1d

"I don't believe in White people."

"They're killing my friends, it's as simple as that."

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Authenticity Trip 🔜 THE GAMEHOLE @200proofgames.bsky.social · 22h

CONGRATS!!! I think this game is gonna end up with a really really strong fanbase

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Ursula @ladyofsardines.bsky.social · 1d

Can repeat enough: Chicago is the rehearsal for what's ahead (and yes, is also already underway) in other cities — AND for the campaign of noncooperation & opposition that must be unleashed. We must study & practice & prepare.

I repeat: we love you, Chicago.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

I know not everyone is who they thought they would be under a fascist, authoritarian regime. That's okay. But it's time to do more than react and post about it. It's time to get organized—including mapping or creating lines of support and defense in your community.

Mapping Community Defense and Care in Our Neighborhoods

This worksheet can help us prepare for Trump's military interventions at the neighborhood level.

organizingmythoughts.org

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Authenticity Trip 🔜 THE GAMEHOLE @200proofgames.bsky.social · 1d

because of woke………..

Authenticity Trip 🔜 THE GAMEHOLE @200proofgames.bsky.social · 1d

Fucking hate when my conscience store is transphobic. This is what happens when you live in a morality desert. All too common in America these days

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Authenticity Trip 🔜 THE GAMEHOLE @200proofgames.bsky.social · 1d

So, I made a game called ANY%,

Evan Torner @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social · 1d

If video games frequently disavow their TTRPG heritage, we can at least proudly own the fact that TTRPG work is deeply inspired by video games. Most of us have an origin story or two.

SLAYER CAKE is inspired by Brütal Legend.
"Something to Drink With That, Sir?" inspired by dys4ia.

What's yours?

Levar Burton Hotling Bling Meme -- AI-inspired GMing vs Video Game-Inspired GMing

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Many Sided Media @manysidedmedia.bsky.social · 1d

This whole series is now required reading for anyone in the TTRPG industry.

Lots of great thoughts about awards and how they can be better and more helpful to the people they highlight.

Clayton @explorersdesign.bsky.social · 1d

The last article in my Awards Debrief is up. What even is the point of an award show? Should anyone care?

www.explorersdesign.com/ennies-4/

Where do rpg awards go next?

An insider's look into the 2025 Ennie Awards. Part four. What's the point of an award show? And what do we want to see in the future?

www.explorersdesign.com

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Julia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 1d

apparently the new Netflix show Monster: The Ed Gein Story invented an "autogynephilia" backstory for their serial killer (because of course they did!). so time to re-up my collection of writings on this pseudoscientific zombie theory...
juliaserano.medium.com/autogynephil...

Autogynephilia, Junk Science, and Pseudoscience

plus links to my academic articles, online essays, and explainers on the topic

juliaserano.medium.com

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Spirit Halloween Dani 🎃 (REINSTATE LINK) @djamiempls.meatjacker.social · 3d

I have only about 200 of this which leaves about 3.1k and need to knock as much of this out before court on the 16th so I don't lose my housing.

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Spirit Halloween Dani 🎃 (REINSTATE LINK) @djamiempls.meatjacker.social · 8d

Okay somewhat decent news.
I actually only owe 3.3k in total and they said they're going to let the courts know I've made payments and we will reach on some kind of payment plan.
So still urgent but slightly less urgent

Spirit Halloween Dani 🎃 (REINSTATE LINK) @djamiempls.meatjacker.social · 8d

Well just when I was feeling okay, I got the court hearing notice that I have to pay $5.7k in order to keep my home (not including what I owe already and paid today).

Here's the proof and court is the 16th of October.

I need so much more help than I realized.

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Neugin @lostcitymagic.bsky.social · 1d

Cherokee street magician.

Trying to preserve our Native American Magic Culture.

If you like my work, please, please, please help support it, any little bit helps a lot and is greatly appreciated.

cash.app/$lostcitymagic

www.paypal.me/JeramyNeugin

Pay me on Cash App

Instantly exchange money for free on Cash App

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