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Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 17h

Holy shit someone uploaded the entire stage play adaptation of the Yakuza videogame series with English subtitles and it’s glorious and 500x better than the Amazon show youtu.be/Z2Msr4si6dU?...

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Rascal News @rascal.news · 1d

Reshare: Even as TSR and D&D’s early periods receive the gold-standard treatment, there’s much more to the hobby than one game and one company. But are those histories actually important? What is at stake if we forget them?

www.rascal.news/we-cant-let-...

We can’t let the market decide what we remember and forget

Emily Friedman and Evan Torner on why gaming histories matter.

www.rascal.news

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The Orion @gettheorion.bsky.social · 2d

Even Klingons know the value of Mental Health.

World Mental Health Awareness Day. 🖖🏻💚

screenshot from Star Trek Deep Space Nine featuring General Martok. The text says "If you're still alive, you're not struggling with depression. Depression is struggling with you."

screenshot from Star Trek Deep Space Nine. Martok is speaking. the word box says "the battle against mental illness cannot be won decisively. it is a long campaign against an enemy who never tires, whose forces swell to twice their size whenever you look away. battle against a doe of such magnitude, who occupies your very mind... every moment you survive is a triumph against all odds. there is no more honorable combat."

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TheDiceGuru @diceguru.bsky.social · 1d

Oh god it’s been that long? My gosh I still love this series so much.

Harvey Smith @harvey1966.bsky.social · 1d

I think yesterday was the 13th anniversary of #Dishonored being launched. It snuck up on me.
This is from Dishonored 2, but I am forever thankful for getting to visit 3 cities in the Czech Republic as we shot this live action commercial.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=mi7n...

Dishonored 2 Official Live Action Trailer

YouTube video by IGN

m.youtube.com

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Bayleaf 🍃 @iceghost.bsky.social · 2d

Some good Nico and Wanda faces from today

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John Latta Art - TTRPG Illustrator @johnlattaart.bsky.social · 1d

This isn't a thing in any creative circles, ever. The only time you don't need to talk to an artist about using their work in your publication is if you buy their stock art, which comes with a license that covers a conversation about rights, usage. This person's explanation is extra ripe bullshit.

Allie Briggs @alliebriggsart.bsky.social · 1d

NO. IT. IS. NOT.
#art #ttrpg

Screencap from reddit.

"sorry I caught you off guard with the post. In the dnd homebrew space it isn't standard practice to gen in contact with artists for incorporation their work, provided that they are adequately credited and that the homebrew work is available for free, both of which are the case here."

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Dennis Detwiller @drgonzo123.bsky.social · 1d

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Manny Suazo @smokyburnout.bsky.social · 1d

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

media.tenor.com

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Alex Roberts @helloalexroberts.bsky.social · 2d

The KS for the SHIFT RPG is going so strong it was funded before I realized it was happening??

BUT they still haven't unlocked my romance-themed setting... and you're gonna want that imo

www.kickstarter.com/projects/shi...

SHIFT RPG - All-Ages Collaborative Roleplaying Game

A new tabletop roleplaying game that lets you collaboratively build, create & play in any world you can imagine. Your World, Your Rules

www.kickstarter.com

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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 2d

I was riding down the road one day
Someone hit a possum
I was riding down the road one day
Someone hit a possum
The road was his end
His end was the road
So they say

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TheDiceGuru @diceguru.bsky.social · 2d

… I hate this timeline so much.

Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 2d

Assassin's Creed pulls planned game about the Civil War, apparently because having a black protagonist fighting the KKK would offend too many Americans

www.polygon.com/assassins-cr...

The canceled Assassin's Creed Civil War game was a powder keg waiting to explode

Ubisoft was reportedly working on a game set after the Civil War era, but canceled it due to politics and Assassins Creed Shadows backlash.

www.polygon.com

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Steve 🔥🗡💀 @stevoyah.bsky.social · 3d

Imma wait till whole but

It's finally together lol

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 3d

just watched a dozen people ask microsoft copilot experts their most pressing questions and those questions were 90% “how do i turn it off?” and “when i turn it off, is it really off or is it spying on me?”

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 2d

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Isaiah D. Colbert @shineyezehuhh.bsky.social · 2d

Sensational

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

Everything Trump is doing now is a preamble for his regime's real goal: to invoke the Insurrection Act.

I don’t want to unduly alarm you, but you need to be aware of this imminent danger. Let me explain what’s going on.

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Isaiah D. Colbert @shineyezehuhh.bsky.social · 3d

More hard-hitting journalism from yours truly.

io9: Was the scene where Zero makes motorcycle noises in the premiere scripted, or was it improvised?

Yanaka: It was improvised by the voice actor.

Kamen Rider ZEZTZ still of Zero revving like a motorcycle with Baku on his back.

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No More Robots @nomorerobots.io · 3d

Here's how we handle manchildren on the Steam forums at No More Robots:

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 3d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 3d

Schiff Lists Every Question Pam Bondi Ignored as She Melts Down newrepublic.com/post/201437/... via @newrepublic.com

Schiff Lists Every Question Pam Bondi Ignored as She Melts Down

Senator Adam Schiff went toe to toe with Trump’s attorney general in a Senate hearing.

newrepublic.com

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Green Ronin Publishing @greenroninpub.bsky.social · 3d

It's the "Back to Ghoul" sale! Look for super discounts all month, like this bundle of Fantasy AGE Frights: Fantasy AGE Core Rulebook PDF and Print, Fantasy AGE Lairs PDF, Fantasy AGE Bestiary PDF, Cthulhu Mythos PDF, and Fantasy AGE Campaign Guide PDF! greenron.in/Getcreepy4ch...

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 3d

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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The Video Game Library 📚 @thevideogamelibrary.org · 4d

Well…looks like I’m extending my lunch break to 1 hour.

Just dropped from @square-enix-games.com:

“The Making of LOGOS: The World of Final Fantasy XVI” 📕

#FFXVI

The Making of LOGOS: The World of FINAL FANTASY XVI

YouTube video by Square Enix

youtu.be

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3d

Johnson and Lauer are stalling.

If Grijalva isn’t sworn in, it gives them time to pressure one of the 4 Republicans who signed the discharge petition to flip.

The reason they’re working this hard to shield the Epstein files is because Trump’s name is all over them.

RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES

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Writing on Games @writingongames.bsky.social · 3d

Working with editors early on made me realise that, truly, maybe the biggest problem with YouTube criticism is no one has to work with an editor

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 3d

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 4d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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