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Jonaya Riley @ Moment of Balance

@jonayariley.bsky.social

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Writer, director, and dev. Senior software dev in corpo land, Creative director for Studio June Games (on hiatus). Performer and social media gal for @momentofbalance.bardrockcafe.com‬ @studiojunegames.com Demi lesbian, she/her

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Jonaya Riley @ Moment of Balance @jonayariley.bsky.social · 7d

New pinned post!

I'm most active as a performer for @momentofbalance.bardrockcafe.com, an actual play of the Avatar Legends system, featuring myself, my wife (our DM), and two of our friends!

Check out our current campaign: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKhd...

#LegendofKorra #ActualPlay #TTRPG

Book 1: Platinum - Episode 1: Cabbages

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Manny Suazo @smokyburnout.bsky.social · 4h

topical

a cartoon of a man in a frog costume talking to a woman

ALT: a cartoon of a man in a frog costume talking to a woman

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 9h

ICE in Portland is coming off like Gargamel getting repeatedly rolled by the Smurfs

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Jonaya Riley @ Moment of Balance @jonayariley.bsky.social · 10h

The art and soundtrack are great. The game is dogshit. Such is the way of the Bubsy game. Except Bubsy 3d which is garbage through and through, and Bubsy 4d which is good somehow?

Jonaya Riley @ Moment of Balance @jonayariley.bsky.social · 13h

Scientists theorized about a hypothetical good Bubsy game, but it could only be created in simulations under lab conditions until now

Jonaya Riley @ Moment of Balance @jonayariley.bsky.social · 13h

Typical Bubsy enjoyer experience tbh

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Jonaya Riley @ Moment of Balance @jonayariley.bsky.social · 14h

They are, by any objective measure, mediocre-to-bad games but I have a soft spot for them because I first played them when I was like 11.

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Jonaya Riley @ Moment of Balance @jonayariley.bsky.social · 14h

As someone who's been kind of a Bubsy fan since the first game but also admits that all the games have been terrible...

This is the first actually good Bubsy game. It controls super well. The story is stupid as fuck but I don't care - it feels so good to play and I love that fuzzy dumbass

Jonaya Riley @ Moment of Balance @jonayariley.bsky.social · 15h

Well well well if it isn't my old friend/enemy once again...

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Jonaya Riley @ Moment of Balance @jonayariley.bsky.social · 15h

Well well well if it isn't my old friend/enemy once again...

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Aeryn Nyx @aerynnyx.bsky.social · 16h

#OC_Tober Day 10:
For OC_Tober, I like to draw other people's OCs. Today's belongs to @rkrk.dev!
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Illustration of a magazine cover entitled OC_Tober featuring the "Daily Icon" OC Araceli, a young woman with long, wavy brown hair, pointed ears, and purple-brown eyes. She is holding her palms against her chest, showing a light moon-and-star birthmark on her right hand. She is wearing a pretty white dress. The magazine cover, OC_Tober Illustrated, has lettering for "Dear Diary... Expert Journaling Tips" and "Seizing the Day and Fulfilling Your Destiny," nods to Araceli's lore.

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Shen Comix @shenanigansen.bsky.social · 16h

Panel 1: Shen is stoically holding up a sign with his right hand that says "W O R C E S T E R" on it.

Panel 2: A man clearly from Boston, in a black Red Sox cap and Bruins jersey and holding a Market Basket bag slung over his shoulder, says "WOOSTER!" Under the cap, he has messy brown hair, and is smiling innocently.

Panel 3: Shen, still stoic, now holds up a picture of a rooster with both hands.

Panel 4: The man from Boston smile lights up, sparkles in his eyes, and says "ROOCHESTER!!!"

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cow tools daily @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social · 17h

it's not FOR us

edited comic panel. Batman is breaking a lump-with-handle cow tool over his knee and saying "this is the tool of the cow. we do not understand it. we will not use it."

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Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens @csmfht.bsky.social · 1d

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Jonaya Riley @ Moment of Balance @jonayariley.bsky.social · 1d

I fucking hated this fight so much.

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🕸️jess m. 🎃🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 1d

we're gonna cheer and then in 48 hours they'll bomb a camp and kill like 40 people. This is like the third fucking time this has happened. I am going to actually wait and see because their words mean fuck all

NPR @npr.org · 1d

UPDATE: Israel's cabinet has approved the first stage of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal with Hamas — a move aimed at ending the two-year war in Gaza and freeing hostages on both sides.

Israel approves first phase of U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal with Hamas

Israel's cabinet has approved the first stage of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal with Hamas — a move aimed at ending the two-year war in Gaza and freeing hostages on both sides.

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Jonaya Riley @ Moment of Balance @jonayariley.bsky.social · 1d

If you don't mind a couple recommendations:

@uberthemeh.bsky.social
@zaranerd.grimdorks.net
@admiralexclipse.bsky.social

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Moment of Balance Podcast @momentofbalance.bardrockcafe.com · 1d

Since there's no real centralized information system in the Avatar/Korra world, you could probably basically move to a different city and keep your head down and be okay, as long as you made at least a minimum amount of effort to change your appearance.

Think, like, Zuko and Iroh living in secret.

Dicefunctional | TTRPG Nerds, Actual Plays, and Streamers | 🦀 @dicefunctional.bsky.social · 1d

Hypothetical for the GMs, writers, and worldbuilders out there;

You are a significantly wanted criminal in your setting. Think "America's Most Wanted" level.

You want to turn over a new leaf, but don't want to serve any sentence.

How would you go about avoiding capture and attention?

#TTRPG

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Jonaya Riley @ Moment of Balance @jonayariley.bsky.social · 1d

As a New Yorker - eyyyy (derogatory)!
As someone who doesn't care about baseball - eh (affectionate)

Jonaya Riley @ Moment of Balance @jonayariley.bsky.social · 1d

"fantasy world governed by an obtuse leveling system" and it's still 100x better than what we've got going on here right now

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Jonaya Riley @ Moment of Balance @jonayariley.bsky.social · 1d

Original, remake, or both?

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Jonaya Riley @ Moment of Balance @jonayariley.bsky.social · 1d

Best paced JRPG you've played?

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Jonaya Riley @ Moment of Balance @jonayariley.bsky.social · 2d

It's a thunderbolt port

Jonaya Riley @ Moment of Balance @jonayariley.bsky.social · 2d

Saaaaame

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Dicefunctional | TTRPG Nerds, Actual Plays, and Streamers | 🦀 @dicefunctional.bsky.social · 2d

Becca speaking: Reminder that we do our own thumbnails when we upload our sessions to youtube! Here are some of my recent faves ☺️
#ttrpgart #dndart

Cartoonist drawing of three TTRPG characters peeking out from behind a partially closed wooden door. One is a storm genasi with purple hair and an eager expression. One is an albino drow with a confused expression. One is a regular drow with white hair and a similarly eager expression. They are stacked in top of each other.

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Dragon Cobolt @dragoncobolt.bsky.social · 2d

My hot take is that you should just title your smut like you’d title any other book, cause I once saw Slutcraft: Heart of the Sperm and I was like that’s simply too much

Ela Bambust 🏳️‍⚧️ @ela-bambust.bsky.social · 2d

i think we lost our way as a species when we stopped coming up with fun, pun-riddled porn titles like Lord Of The Cock Rings instead of SEO-focused shit like Fucked In The Laundromat By My Second Cousin Twice Removed or whatever

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Jonaya Riley @ Moment of Balance @jonayariley.bsky.social · 2d