Andrew Doull
@andrewdoull.bsky.social
16th level information technologist, 12th level game designer | 60y in space https://half-apress.itch.io/60-years-in-space | pronoun he/him/his/his/himself
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Andrew Doull
@andrewdoull.bsky.social
· Jun 14
60 Years in Space by half-a.press
2000+ pages of hard sci-fi space sim crunch
half-apress.itch.io
Sixty Years in Space is a hard sci fi TTRPG that allows you to create the future: you explore first the solar system then the rest of the galaxy, discovering worlds and technologies to define what humanity will become. You won’t have played anything like it. half-apress.itch.io/60-years-in-...
Do I rebrand my TTRPG as 60 Neopets in Space to get more coverage?
February 14, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Do I rebrand my TTRPG as 60 Neopets in Space to get more coverage?
Reposted by Andrew Doull
If y'all want to get your sci-fi groove on without having to buy into a streaming service...
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cordcuttersnews.com/babylon-5-is...
Babylon 5 Is Now Free to Watch On YouTube | Cord Cutters News
In a move that has delighted fans of classic science fiction, Warner Bros. Discovery has begun uploading full episodes of the iconic series Babylon 5 to YouTube, providing free access to the show just...
cordcuttersnews.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:56 PM
If y'all want to get your sci-fi groove on without having to buy into a streaming service...
cordcuttersnews.com/babylon-5-is...
cordcuttersnews.com/babylon-5-is...
Militaries are one of the few multigenerational organisations that will remember and learn from this.
Laughing how the easiest way to dismantle NATO was just to keep funding US white supremacy influence operations and corporate capture.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
World's rules-based order 'no longer exists', Germany's Merz warns
"Our freedom is not guaranteed" in an era of big powers, the German chancellor tells Munich's security summit.
www.bbc.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Militaries are one of the few multigenerational organisations that will remember and learn from this.
Reposted by Andrew Doull
We can use this as an opportunity to assuage ourselves about how we're the Good Guys who would never, or we can ask some hard questions about what actually makes humans go against the collective good and do harm, and what we can do to fix the rot within our social systems.
Can people with bad political beliefs change?
100% of the people we need to talk to in order to grow the movement have some weird and harmful beliefs. We still need to build with them.
hilaryagro.com
January 31, 2026 at 3:47 PM
We can use this as an opportunity to assuage ourselves about how we're the Good Guys who would never, or we can ask some hard questions about what actually makes humans go against the collective good and do harm, and what we can do to fix the rot within our social systems.
As of next month, Marvel Snap is switching to releasing 4 ultimates each month. As a free to play player, this means I won’t be able to keep up without spending resources I’d prefer to devote to getting Super Rares. I have 4 ultimates left to go but the treadmill is speeding up to much to stay on.
February 12, 2026 at 11:50 PM
As of next month, Marvel Snap is switching to releasing 4 ultimates each month. As a free to play player, this means I won’t be able to keep up without spending resources I’d prefer to devote to getting Super Rares. I have 4 ultimates left to go but the treadmill is speeding up to much to stay on.
Been using a USB-C phone for a year now and have broken so many connectors in a way a lightning connector would have just shrugged and ignored.
February 12, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Been using a USB-C phone for a year now and have broken so many connectors in a way a lightning connector would have just shrugged and ignored.
This is as insane as fixing the Y2K bug and then continuing to use non-ISO date formats.
the rollout of the mRNA vaccines was one of the greatest public health triumphs in history and the end result has been the all-around triumph of the antivax movement and I will never get over it
I genuinely cannot believe the degree to which we are pissing away this generational breakthrough, even given the fuckmuppets who are involved www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
February 11, 2026 at 5:12 AM
This is as insane as fixing the Y2K bug and then continuing to use non-ISO date formats.
January was my best month ever for
sales on Drive Thru RPG, so this strategy of keeping working on the game for almost no financial gain is paying off.
sales on Drive Thru RPG, so this strategy of keeping working on the game for almost no financial gain is paying off.
February 10, 2026 at 11:09 AM
January was my best month ever for
sales on Drive Thru RPG, so this strategy of keeping working on the game for almost no financial gain is paying off.
sales on Drive Thru RPG, so this strategy of keeping working on the game for almost no financial gain is paying off.
Reposted by Andrew Doull
Hello nerds, my job searching continues, I'm looking for Table Top Miniature Companies in UK, Europe or USA - chances are they are on my list already, but I am not omniscient, so any recommendations or insider knowledge is welcome!
Page from my portfolio, unit design for Zeo Genesis!
Page from my portfolio, unit design for Zeo Genesis!
February 10, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Hello nerds, my job searching continues, I'm looking for Table Top Miniature Companies in UK, Europe or USA - chances are they are on my list already, but I am not omniscient, so any recommendations or insider knowledge is welcome!
Page from my portfolio, unit design for Zeo Genesis!
Page from my portfolio, unit design for Zeo Genesis!
Reposted by Andrew Doull
It's not possible to overstate how despicable it is that the US is currently essentially laying siege to Cuba by cutting it off from all supplies required to live because it objects to a collectivist politics of not allowing people to be denied the supplies required to live.
Pretty sick situation.
Pretty sick situation.
February 9, 2026 at 7:41 PM
It's not possible to overstate how despicable it is that the US is currently essentially laying siege to Cuba by cutting it off from all supplies required to live because it objects to a collectivist politics of not allowing people to be denied the supplies required to live.
Pretty sick situation.
Pretty sick situation.
Thinking about how deceptive this Marvel Snap offer is.
February 9, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Thinking about how deceptive this Marvel Snap offer is.
Gotta catch em all
February 9, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Gotta catch em all
Reposted by Andrew Doull
discovered some life-changing ttrpg tech during friday’s session: after taking a mid session break, before getting back into the scene, do a sports style locker room interview with each player (in character). it’s 1) funny 2) focusing 3) immediately and personally characterizing
February 8, 2026 at 5:04 PM
discovered some life-changing ttrpg tech during friday’s session: after taking a mid session break, before getting back into the scene, do a sports style locker room interview with each player (in character). it’s 1) funny 2) focusing 3) immediately and personally characterizing
I was always under the impression that games journalism was a medium that temporarily diverted incredibly talented people from fields where they could make money.
main argument has always been: Charlie Brooker was the cartoonist for PC Zone and made Nathan Barley, a show that made fun of gamer neo-Nazis before it was cool, and Black Mirror, and me and many ex-journo friends make money from countless other media post “game journalism”. eg, I have a TV BAFTA 🤔
both games writers & games journalists face the same misguided perception: that their experience is too niche & they can "only" do games writing/games journalism... even though they must consider angles & do the kind of work that no other non-games writer or journalist needs to think about
February 8, 2026 at 2:00 AM
I was always under the impression that games journalism was a medium that temporarily diverted incredibly talented people from fields where they could make money.
Relentless self promotion: 3 likes
Long thoughtful thread: 2 likes
Quote posting “Caves of Qud”: 200 likes
someone who is good at the economy please help me. my social media presence is dying
Long thoughtful thread: 2 likes
Quote posting “Caves of Qud”: 200 likes
someone who is good at the economy please help me. my social media presence is dying
February 8, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Relentless self promotion: 3 likes
Long thoughtful thread: 2 likes
Quote posting “Caves of Qud”: 200 likes
someone who is good at the economy please help me. my social media presence is dying
Long thoughtful thread: 2 likes
Quote posting “Caves of Qud”: 200 likes
someone who is good at the economy please help me. my social media presence is dying
Caves of Qud
Art is giving a baby a spray painter.
February 7, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Caves of Qud
What if I told you there was a 5 season sci fi TV show that ran consecutive to real world calendar time and kept predicting real world events?
February 7, 2026 at 11:56 PM
What if I told you there was a 5 season sci fi TV show that ran consecutive to real world calendar time and kept predicting real world events?
Seeing a lot of “they’re new, they didn’t know what they were doing [derogatory]” takes when I’m more of a “they’re new, they didn’t know what they were doing [complimentary]” kind of guy
February 7, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Seeing a lot of “they’re new, they didn’t know what they were doing [derogatory]” takes when I’m more of a “they’re new, they didn’t know what they were doing [complimentary]” kind of guy
Zach talks about a topic close to my heart at the end of this: “bullshit games”. Aka games that are only good because they spent the time getting some arbitrary numbers to feel right.
Most people know Zach Barth as the founder of Zachtronics. But we are not most people. Today on the Space-Cast!, Zach talks about his analog designs, including The Lucky Seven, Chemistry Set, and the scratch-off puzzle pack Zach Attack! Listen here: spacebiff.com/2026/02/04/s...
Space-Cast! #53. Scratch & Listen
Most people know Zach Barth as the founder of Zachtronics, purveyor of digital playthings such as SpaceChem, Opus Magnum, and EXAPUNKS. But we are not most people. Instead, we’re here to spea…
spacebiff.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:27 AM
Zach talks about a topic close to my heart at the end of this: “bullshit games”. Aka games that are only good because they spent the time getting some arbitrary numbers to feel right.
Sixty Years in Space
Have you considered making bad Art?
It's literally better than making nothing and crying about it.
No AI needed. There's all kinds of mediums. If you don't click with any of them make a new one up cuz that also is Art.
It's literally better than making nothing and crying about it.
No AI needed. There's all kinds of mediums. If you don't click with any of them make a new one up cuz that also is Art.
February 7, 2026 at 5:55 AM
Sixty Years in Space
Reposted by Andrew Doull
This galaxy is VERY tiny—much much smaller than our own Milky Way—& incredibly distant. But we can see it AND distinguish its shape!
How?
The light we see from it is from SO LONG AGO that the Universe was MUCH smaller at the time: we see it as it was when it was close enough to us to look big!! 🤯
How?
The light we see from it is from SO LONG AGO that the Universe was MUCH smaller at the time: we see it as it was when it was close enough to us to look big!! 🤯
This is what the most distant confirmed galaxy looks like. The light we're receiving was emitted when the Universe was ~15x smaller in linear size than today, and right now it's ~30 billion light-years away from us. The light was emitted when the Universe was <300 million years old. Pretty amazing!
News from the edge of the visible universe:
JWST has confirmed this galaxy, MoM-z14, as the most distant one yet studied. We're seeing it as it was 13.5 billion years ago, 98% of the way back to the beginning of time.
(MoM stands for "miracle or mirage.") 🧪🔭
science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
JWST has confirmed this galaxy, MoM-z14, as the most distant one yet studied. We're seeing it as it was 13.5 billion years ago, 98% of the way back to the beginning of time.
(MoM stands for "miracle or mirage.") 🧪🔭
science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
February 7, 2026 at 2:28 AM
This galaxy is VERY tiny—much much smaller than our own Milky Way—& incredibly distant. But we can see it AND distinguish its shape!
How?
The light we see from it is from SO LONG AGO that the Universe was MUCH smaller at the time: we see it as it was when it was close enough to us to look big!! 🤯
How?
The light we see from it is from SO LONG AGO that the Universe was MUCH smaller at the time: we see it as it was when it was close enough to us to look big!! 🤯
For no reason, thinking about the Al Capone theory of sexual harassment and how it applies to the games industry
February 7, 2026 at 2:35 AM
For no reason, thinking about the Al Capone theory of sexual harassment and how it applies to the games industry
There’s enough indie game designers doing this, that this post acts more as a Rorschach test than a subtweet.
When expressing your anger online in a small community, more people need to distinguish between leftist whose post you misread and self-promoting indie game designer who underpays their collaborators.
February 7, 2026 at 1:42 AM
There’s enough indie game designers doing this, that this post acts more as a Rorschach test than a subtweet.
When expressing your anger online in a small community, more people need to distinguish between leftist whose post you misread and self-promoting indie game designer who underpays their collaborators.
February 7, 2026 at 1:38 AM
When expressing your anger online in a small community, more people need to distinguish between leftist whose post you misread and self-promoting indie game designer who underpays their collaborators.