Aki's Perspectives
@akisperspectives.bsky.social
(they/them) makes: ttrpgs, essays, analysis and other angles. the profile picture is of my grandma’s tom yum soup
blog: akisperspectives.wordpress.com
itch: https://akis-perspectives.itch.io/
blog: akisperspectives.wordpress.com
itch: https://akis-perspectives.itch.io/
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Rising Action by aki's perspectives
A duet game of escalating battles between rivals where pasts and passions collide
akis-perspectives.itch.io
Rising Action, the first ttrpg I've ever completed, is out now!
It's a duet game where you play a pair of rivals having an ever-escalating battle where their past and passions collide.
Inspired by action anime/games and uses a deck of playing cards!
akis-perspectives.itch.io/rising-action
It's a duet game where you play a pair of rivals having an ever-escalating battle where their past and passions collide.
Inspired by action anime/games and uses a deck of playing cards!
akis-perspectives.itch.io/rising-action
i miss when i could look at social media and not have to confront the whole misery of the current moment - like i know it's important for people to talk about these issues but also like i can't deal with the lack of divisions between contexts - sometimes i can't handle all the pain mixed in
December 22, 2025 at 11:47 AM
i miss when i could look at social media and not have to confront the whole misery of the current moment - like i know it's important for people to talk about these issues but also like i can't deal with the lack of divisions between contexts - sometimes i can't handle all the pain mixed in
last night i got so engrossed in reading a book that i read from 11pm to 4am it was such a nice feeling to be so deep into it without worry (until i was very sure i should go to sleep instead of reading more)
December 22, 2025 at 2:06 AM
last night i got so engrossed in reading a book that i read from 11pm to 4am it was such a nice feeling to be so deep into it without worry (until i was very sure i should go to sleep instead of reading more)
there is something about setting a timer for 22minutes and saying 'i will do this for as long as this timer is going' that gets me to actually focus better why does it work
December 21, 2025 at 5:57 AM
there is something about setting a timer for 22minutes and saying 'i will do this for as long as this timer is going' that gets me to actually focus better why does it work
hmmm should i pick up nightreign now that its 25% off
December 20, 2025 at 10:39 AM
hmmm should i pick up nightreign now that its 25% off
i have a submittable version of my thesis now which feels weird almost like wow i’ve actually gotten here..
December 19, 2025 at 10:27 AM
i have a submittable version of my thesis now which feels weird almost like wow i’ve actually gotten here..
when i’m reading on an ereader, the ambient light changes how the page looks, just barely, but it’s enough to place the words in the environment that i’m in and that’s something i don’t get from a screen. the screen is always that colour, always that warmth, unchanging, inorganic
December 18, 2025 at 2:45 AM
when i’m reading on an ereader, the ambient light changes how the page looks, just barely, but it’s enough to place the words in the environment that i’m in and that’s something i don’t get from a screen. the screen is always that colour, always that warmth, unchanging, inorganic
with computer parts availability getting worse maybe we're approaching the future where the computing a lot of us take for granted today becomes more and more inaccessible for wide swaths of people
December 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
with computer parts availability getting worse maybe we're approaching the future where the computing a lot of us take for granted today becomes more and more inaccessible for wide swaths of people
i love random tables so much
December 11, 2025 at 1:47 AM
i love random tables so much
Movie you've rewatched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode no Star (Wars or Trek), LOTR, Marvel, Disney Animated, or Pixar.
only one comes to mind for me
only one comes to mind for me
December 8, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Movie you've rewatched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode no Star (Wars or Trek), LOTR, Marvel, Disney Animated, or Pixar.
only one comes to mind for me
only one comes to mind for me
i wish i had a group of friends to play multiplayer survival crafting games and the like with
December 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
i wish i had a group of friends to play multiplayer survival crafting games and the like with
how many hours will i spend in a library or cafe seated at a laptop thinking over my words?
December 5, 2025 at 5:11 AM
how many hours will i spend in a library or cafe seated at a laptop thinking over my words?
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one of the nice things about academic writing is how self-conscious it is about being part of a broader project. (the broader project being inaccessible or uninteresting to some is a different matter)
but that sense of an active conversation, of grasping for meaning collectively, that's good.
but that sense of an active conversation, of grasping for meaning collectively, that's good.
December 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
one of the nice things about academic writing is how self-conscious it is about being part of a broader project. (the broader project being inaccessible or uninteresting to some is a different matter)
but that sense of an active conversation, of grasping for meaning collectively, that's good.
but that sense of an active conversation, of grasping for meaning collectively, that's good.
i associate the scent of lawson coffee with the one study area in campus that i like to be in
December 2, 2025 at 4:49 AM
i associate the scent of lawson coffee with the one study area in campus that i like to be in
there are no lotteria in west tokyo past nakano
December 1, 2025 at 12:48 PM
there are no lotteria in west tokyo past nakano
it’s like, some things are just harder to draw than other things; ellipses are harder than straight lines, for me right now
November 30, 2025 at 9:49 AM
it’s like, some things are just harder to draw than other things; ellipses are harder than straight lines, for me right now
person in front of me has a cap with the words ‘i watch too much’ embroidered on it. they haven’t taken their eyes off their phone screen held in a landscape orientation for the entire time i’ve been on this train
November 29, 2025 at 4:10 AM
person in front of me has a cap with the words ‘i watch too much’ embroidered on it. they haven’t taken their eyes off their phone screen held in a landscape orientation for the entire time i’ve been on this train
when i first opened oddfolk i immediately started a doc to write moves to get it table ready, there’s something about the incompleteness it presents that makes you want to add to it and also makes you feel like you can
The curious, playful, and intentionally unfinished Oddfolk left @newmadras.bsky.social completely charmed.
Oddfolk is the most fun you can have with four lines
Warning: can cause game design.
www.rascal.news
November 27, 2025 at 5:25 AM
when i first opened oddfolk i immediately started a doc to write moves to get it table ready, there’s something about the incompleteness it presents that makes you want to add to it and also makes you feel like you can
i have so many social media accounts for the various contexts that i exist in but like, i feel like im only ever active on one or two at most at any given time
November 26, 2025 at 2:51 AM
i have so many social media accounts for the various contexts that i exist in but like, i feel like im only ever active on one or two at most at any given time
short thread of random stuff i enjoyed at game market autumn 2025! i tbh found less trpg stuff this time (and far less original systems)
November 22, 2025 at 12:05 PM
short thread of random stuff i enjoyed at game market autumn 2025! i tbh found less trpg stuff this time (and far less original systems)
my timeline is all paxu but here i am not missing out bc im on my way to game market autumn!!
November 22, 2025 at 12:11 AM
my timeline is all paxu but here i am not missing out bc im on my way to game market autumn!!
“how did you get into ttrpgs”
i saw them first on the web, thought cool but no one will do this with me. but then i started seeing it everywhere, it followed me into the streets, written on the signs and on the labels of cans. people muttering about it next time on the train. i had no choice
i saw them first on the web, thought cool but no one will do this with me. but then i started seeing it everywhere, it followed me into the streets, written on the signs and on the labels of cans. people muttering about it next time on the train. i had no choice
"how did you get into ttrpgs"
The moment I was born, TTRPGs pinned my shadow to the earth with a large brass nail and tore it from me. This is my first memory, the seed of many hours of therapy to come.
The moment I was born, TTRPGs pinned my shadow to the earth with a large brass nail and tore it from me. This is my first memory, the seed of many hours of therapy to come.
"how did you get into ttrpgs"
i got hit by a truck and woke up here
i got hit by a truck and woke up here
November 20, 2025 at 12:38 AM
“how did you get into ttrpgs”
i saw them first on the web, thought cool but no one will do this with me. but then i started seeing it everywhere, it followed me into the streets, written on the signs and on the labels of cans. people muttering about it next time on the train. i had no choice
i saw them first on the web, thought cool but no one will do this with me. but then i started seeing it everywhere, it followed me into the streets, written on the signs and on the labels of cans. people muttering about it next time on the train. i had no choice
my hobby is watching food related videos at 1am when i’m very hungry (every night)
November 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
my hobby is watching food related videos at 1am when i’m very hungry (every night)
insightful reflection on the nature of the spaces we had and the space we have now online
November 17, 2025 at 2:55 AM
insightful reflection on the nature of the spaces we had and the space we have now online
been a while since i’ve had a media crit video essay engage me like this - it talks about a more ephemeral genre by linking thoughts and feelings about many different works across mediums and conveys the experience of relating to them and finding meaning in them youtu.be/yr4KAuqVglI?...
The Cure to Nonchalant Energy (Grind fiction)
YouTube video by Mayorski
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 4:33 AM
been a while since i’ve had a media crit video essay engage me like this - it talks about a more ephemeral genre by linking thoughts and feelings about many different works across mediums and conveys the experience of relating to them and finding meaning in them youtu.be/yr4KAuqVglI?...
Reposted by Aki's Perspectives
"The AI industry’s most important product at this moment is not a chatbot or a video generator; it’s the story the AI industry is telling about itself.... According to an MIT study, 95% of businesses that have deployed generative AI have gotten no value from it." www.theringer.com/2025/11/04/t...
How Catastrophic Is It If the AI Bubble Bursts? An FAQ.
The AI industry's most important product is not a chatbot or a video generator; it's the story the AI industry is telling about itself
www.theringer.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"The AI industry’s most important product at this moment is not a chatbot or a video generator; it’s the story the AI industry is telling about itself.... According to an MIT study, 95% of businesses that have deployed generative AI have gotten no value from it." www.theringer.com/2025/11/04/t...