Jack Norris
@jackno.bsky.social
Game designer, writer, consultant, attorney, scholar on various topics, and all around professional nerd.
(Apologies if sometimes my phone decides real words needs changing and I don't catch it)
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Jack Norris
@jackno.bsky.social
· Sep 16
▶️▶️ Learn all about character creation for our new anthro sci-fi RPG Untamed Worlds - out this week - in the author Jack Norris's design diary on our website blog: bit.ly/46JN2Ov
Osprey put together a fun package to go with my blog on character generation in Untamed Worlds.
Had to finally punt an admittedly good guy on my feeds who, while he does pushback against them some, just can't seem to not let the shitty racist, bigoted, pompous, lying pedophile defender on his feed go.
I'm just done with that.
I'm just done with that.
January 20, 2026 at 3:46 AM
Had to finally punt an admittedly good guy on my feeds who, while he does pushback against them some, just can't seem to not let the shitty racist, bigoted, pompous, lying pedophile defender on his feed go.
I'm just done with that.
I'm just done with that.
My mom cracks me up sometimes. She doesn't get tech. I regularly have to explain nuances of politics and history and such to her. She's a sweet lady but she's out of a lot of loops.
But then randomly: "Have you seen how much weight Jelly Roll lost recently?"
But then randomly: "Have you seen how much weight Jelly Roll lost recently?"
January 20, 2026 at 1:30 AM
My mom cracks me up sometimes. She doesn't get tech. I regularly have to explain nuances of politics and history and such to her. She's a sweet lady but she's out of a lot of loops.
But then randomly: "Have you seen how much weight Jelly Roll lost recently?"
But then randomly: "Have you seen how much weight Jelly Roll lost recently?"
I'm not a huge Pete fan. Nor do I hate the guy.
But he's right here. It's both. It's also an Epstein deflection. And other things.
No need to screech "how dare you bring up these other things". This is an old rich powerful asshole trick: layer your evil shit so you always have a "win."
But he's right here. It's both. It's also an Epstein deflection. And other things.
No need to screech "how dare you bring up these other things". This is an old rich powerful asshole trick: layer your evil shit so you always have a "win."
Buttigieg: "So a lot of folks are asking whether the President's behavior toward Norway, Denmark and Greenland is something to take seriously, or whether it's a deflection of the President's failure to help with America's domestic, economic problems here at home. The true answer is that it's both!"
January 19, 2026 at 10:21 PM
I'm not a huge Pete fan. Nor do I hate the guy.
But he's right here. It's both. It's also an Epstein deflection. And other things.
No need to screech "how dare you bring up these other things". This is an old rich powerful asshole trick: layer your evil shit so you always have a "win."
But he's right here. It's both. It's also an Epstein deflection. And other things.
No need to screech "how dare you bring up these other things". This is an old rich powerful asshole trick: layer your evil shit so you always have a "win."
I think we need to start to accept when we discuss the largely useless media? We need to include in that the terminally online wannabe tastemakers and political pundits who haunt this and other social sites.
January 19, 2026 at 7:07 AM
I think we need to start to accept when we discuss the largely useless media? We need to include in that the terminally online wannabe tastemakers and political pundits who haunt this and other social sites.
Look I don't think Bernie should endorse politicians anymore with his record with Fetterman and others but for fuck's sake, how dense must one be to not understand the mix of bitterness and sarcasm this message is expressing?
It's like just deciding to be mad at shit.
It's like just deciding to be mad at shit.
i feel like Americans don't get the level of eye-rolling this is getting from Europe
January 19, 2026 at 6:32 AM
Look I don't think Bernie should endorse politicians anymore with his record with Fetterman and others but for fuck's sake, how dense must one be to not understand the mix of bitterness and sarcasm this message is expressing?
It's like just deciding to be mad at shit.
It's like just deciding to be mad at shit.
Robert Morris, one of Trump's cronies and a "spiritual advisor" got about 25 days per count he plead guilty to of molesting a 12 year old.
Go talk back to ICE when they're abusing a kid and see if you get off that light.
But yes yes, nation of laws.
Go talk back to ICE when they're abusing a kid and see if you get off that light.
But yes yes, nation of laws.
January 19, 2026 at 4:08 AM
Robert Morris, one of Trump's cronies and a "spiritual advisor" got about 25 days per count he plead guilty to of molesting a 12 year old.
Go talk back to ICE when they're abusing a kid and see if you get off that light.
But yes yes, nation of laws.
Go talk back to ICE when they're abusing a kid and see if you get off that light.
But yes yes, nation of laws.
Watching Sinners again. We got a lot of very entertaining vampire media in the last few years but this one is probably the top.
January 19, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Watching Sinners again. We got a lot of very entertaining vampire media in the last few years but this one is probably the top.
TIL John Denver was in a trio (The Mitchell Trio) that among other things absolutely enviscerated the KKK through song.
It's amazing. And yet more proof that the idea that resistance to evil bigoted crap started in like 2012 or something is just silly.
It's amazing. And yet more proof that the idea that resistance to evil bigoted crap started in like 2012 or something is just silly.
January 19, 2026 at 1:59 AM
TIL John Denver was in a trio (The Mitchell Trio) that among other things absolutely enviscerated the KKK through song.
It's amazing. And yet more proof that the idea that resistance to evil bigoted crap started in like 2012 or something is just silly.
It's amazing. And yet more proof that the idea that resistance to evil bigoted crap started in like 2012 or something is just silly.
Bunch of folks are scoffing at the idea of a verbal assault because ICE is whining that people get yelled at. They're being a bit bro-y about how it's "not a thing" unless you're a "baby" and such.
And yes I get that ICE sucks. You can see on my feed how I feel about them.
However...
And yes I get that ICE sucks. You can see on my feed how I feel about them.
However...
January 19, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Bunch of folks are scoffing at the idea of a verbal assault because ICE is whining that people get yelled at. They're being a bit bro-y about how it's "not a thing" unless you're a "baby" and such.
And yes I get that ICE sucks. You can see on my feed how I feel about them.
However...
And yes I get that ICE sucks. You can see on my feed how I feel about them.
However...
In truth you can absolutely have verbal assault. But you generally must threaten violence in such a way a reasonable person would believe your threats will manifest as violence.
"I'm gonna kill you and your family at (says address)" might be assault.
"You're a fucking Nazi." Is not.
"I'm gonna kill you and your family at (says address)" might be assault.
"You're a fucking Nazi." Is not.
Verbal assault or, as it's legally known, "not assault"
"We've seen over a thousand percent increase in assaults on ICE officers, 8,000 verbal assaults on them...."
January 19, 2026 at 12:39 AM
In truth you can absolutely have verbal assault. But you generally must threaten violence in such a way a reasonable person would believe your threats will manifest as violence.
"I'm gonna kill you and your family at (says address)" might be assault.
"You're a fucking Nazi." Is not.
"I'm gonna kill you and your family at (says address)" might be assault.
"You're a fucking Nazi." Is not.
Dear video "wholesome digital content" creators. AI puppies and babies are only cute for a moment and then they start to look weird. Unless you blur the image and then it looks like you suck at filming. Maybe just use live subjects.
January 18, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Dear video "wholesome digital content" creators. AI puppies and babies are only cute for a moment and then they start to look weird. Unless you blur the image and then it looks like you suck at filming. Maybe just use live subjects.
Saw a jiu jitsu guy all "stop telling us to call you sensei! I'm not doing it bro, that's stupid. Just be coach or teacher!"
Jiu jitsu is a Japanese martial art. The Japanese word for teacher is...sensei.
What a weird "that guy" hill to die on.
Jiu jitsu is a Japanese martial art. The Japanese word for teacher is...sensei.
What a weird "that guy" hill to die on.
January 18, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Saw a jiu jitsu guy all "stop telling us to call you sensei! I'm not doing it bro, that's stupid. Just be coach or teacher!"
Jiu jitsu is a Japanese martial art. The Japanese word for teacher is...sensei.
What a weird "that guy" hill to die on.
Jiu jitsu is a Japanese martial art. The Japanese word for teacher is...sensei.
What a weird "that guy" hill to die on.
So glad to see Trek trending tonight because folks are watching and enjoying and not trying to push that daft "I left Trek cause fascist dipshits bought Paramount and you should too because the way to fight Nazi fucks is to walk away from cool shit" article I saw floating about.
January 18, 2026 at 6:16 AM
So glad to see Trek trending tonight because folks are watching and enjoying and not trying to push that daft "I left Trek cause fascist dipshits bought Paramount and you should too because the way to fight Nazi fucks is to walk away from cool shit" article I saw floating about.
Saw a clip from Babylon 5 when they're fighting against President Clark and too many dumb motherfuckers are all "Clark is Biden! The Night Watch is Antifa! Sheridan is Trump!"
Yeah, great take...dipshit.
Yeah, great take...dipshit.
January 17, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Saw a clip from Babylon 5 when they're fighting against President Clark and too many dumb motherfuckers are all "Clark is Biden! The Night Watch is Antifa! Sheridan is Trump!"
Yeah, great take...dipshit.
Yeah, great take...dipshit.
"my distaste for you as a human being is Brobdingnagian." -The Question, Question Authority
I've reach peak JLU Question with my general feelings about much of the world. Don't recommend it or like it, but need to be honest about it or it'll take root in ugly ways.
I've reach peak JLU Question with my general feelings about much of the world. Don't recommend it or like it, but need to be honest about it or it'll take root in ugly ways.
January 17, 2026 at 10:30 AM
"my distaste for you as a human being is Brobdingnagian." -The Question, Question Authority
I've reach peak JLU Question with my general feelings about much of the world. Don't recommend it or like it, but need to be honest about it or it'll take root in ugly ways.
I've reach peak JLU Question with my general feelings about much of the world. Don't recommend it or like it, but need to be honest about it or it'll take root in ugly ways.
I'm not going to share it but the piece going around that calls being a fan of some fictional world or work a "disease" while trying to make that merely smug and not deeply insulting did not strike me as the amazing hot take some are claiming. It felt insufferable.
January 17, 2026 at 9:51 AM
I'm not going to share it but the piece going around that calls being a fan of some fictional world or work a "disease" while trying to make that merely smug and not deeply insulting did not strike me as the amazing hot take some are claiming. It felt insufferable.
Accidentally didn't disable an AI "assistant" and it summarized an email chain for me.
And you know? It did okay at that. Which has me wondering... why not push that kind of thing? Why use art and writing without consent to create meh content? Make it a low key assistant for a few targeted tasks.
And you know? It did okay at that. Which has me wondering... why not push that kind of thing? Why use art and writing without consent to create meh content? Make it a low key assistant for a few targeted tasks.
January 17, 2026 at 7:58 AM
Accidentally didn't disable an AI "assistant" and it summarized an email chain for me.
And you know? It did okay at that. Which has me wondering... why not push that kind of thing? Why use art and writing without consent to create meh content? Make it a low key assistant for a few targeted tasks.
And you know? It did okay at that. Which has me wondering... why not push that kind of thing? Why use art and writing without consent to create meh content? Make it a low key assistant for a few targeted tasks.
Bamf by Trent Reznor.
"I bamfed myself today, to see if I still feel. I focused on the 'port, the only thing that's real. The brimstone really smells, an old familiar stench. I try to bamf it all away, but I remember mein liebchen."
"I bamfed myself today, to see if I still feel. I focused on the 'port, the only thing that's real. The brimstone really smells, an old familiar stench. I try to bamf it all away, but I remember mein liebchen."
January 17, 2026 at 7:22 AM
Bamf by Trent Reznor.
"I bamfed myself today, to see if I still feel. I focused on the 'port, the only thing that's real. The brimstone really smells, an old familiar stench. I try to bamf it all away, but I remember mein liebchen."
"I bamfed myself today, to see if I still feel. I focused on the 'port, the only thing that's real. The brimstone really smells, an old familiar stench. I try to bamf it all away, but I remember mein liebchen."
Too many rpg gamers just don't get that in many games these days? You are flat out told the mechanics are for things that might go right or wrong in significant ways. If that's not a thing? Don't roll.
January 17, 2026 at 5:45 AM
Too many rpg gamers just don't get that in many games these days? You are flat out told the mechanics are for things that might go right or wrong in significant ways. If that's not a thing? Don't roll.
You know if Joe Rogan was the alpha badass deep free thinker he clearly thinks he is? He'd be able to stick with one of these "wait, no... this is Nazi shit" revelations for longer than the shelf life of a bannana.
January 16, 2026 at 6:16 PM
You know if Joe Rogan was the alpha badass deep free thinker he clearly thinks he is? He'd be able to stick with one of these "wait, no... this is Nazi shit" revelations for longer than the shelf life of a bannana.
This just an observation, I'm not suggesting anything.
But it's interesting how ICE has, through its agents' actions and faceless attire and willingness to jump to killing and assaulting unarmed civilians has dehumanized themselves to the point many would find it easier to do violence to them.
But it's interesting how ICE has, through its agents' actions and faceless attire and willingness to jump to killing and assaulting unarmed civilians has dehumanized themselves to the point many would find it easier to do violence to them.
January 16, 2026 at 5:44 PM
This just an observation, I'm not suggesting anything.
But it's interesting how ICE has, through its agents' actions and faceless attire and willingness to jump to killing and assaulting unarmed civilians has dehumanized themselves to the point many would find it easier to do violence to them.
But it's interesting how ICE has, through its agents' actions and faceless attire and willingness to jump to killing and assaulting unarmed civilians has dehumanized themselves to the point many would find it easier to do violence to them.
Just downloaded the Invincible Rpg and will be giving it a look. I generally like the Free League stuff but supers are tough and frankly not all designers really understand them. But I'm cautiously optimistic. I've been wanting to run a supers game again so this might be in competition for system.
January 16, 2026 at 7:05 AM
Just downloaded the Invincible Rpg and will be giving it a look. I generally like the Free League stuff but supers are tough and frankly not all designers really understand them. But I'm cautiously optimistic. I've been wanting to run a supers game again so this might be in competition for system.
Ryan Hurst is a great casting choice for Kratos. He's proven he can bring brutality, loss, anger, and yet surprising warmth to a story that also involves a lot of fighting, sex, and death.
January 16, 2026 at 6:53 AM
Ryan Hurst is a great casting choice for Kratos. He's proven he can bring brutality, loss, anger, and yet surprising warmth to a story that also involves a lot of fighting, sex, and death.
I've been playing Blue Prince on my xbox and it's a very good puzzle game. It also reminds me why I don't tend to put puzzle based traps and secrets in rpgs anymore or recommend others do.
Because what is "approachable" and "fun to figure out" for me is not necessarily that for others.
Because what is "approachable" and "fun to figure out" for me is not necessarily that for others.
January 16, 2026 at 4:12 AM
I've been playing Blue Prince on my xbox and it's a very good puzzle game. It also reminds me why I don't tend to put puzzle based traps and secrets in rpgs anymore or recommend others do.
Because what is "approachable" and "fun to figure out" for me is not necessarily that for others.
Because what is "approachable" and "fun to figure out" for me is not necessarily that for others.
I'm going to have to watch the TNA show myself to assess it because to be blunt? I can't trust the IWC to tell me stuff like "salt is salty".
And despite the folks who want to be all "oh don't be a simp! Listen to us telling you how it is!" Uh no... you're not reliable sources and never were.
And despite the folks who want to be all "oh don't be a simp! Listen to us telling you how it is!" Uh no... you're not reliable sources and never were.
January 16, 2026 at 3:33 AM
I'm going to have to watch the TNA show myself to assess it because to be blunt? I can't trust the IWC to tell me stuff like "salt is salty".
And despite the folks who want to be all "oh don't be a simp! Listen to us telling you how it is!" Uh no... you're not reliable sources and never were.
And despite the folks who want to be all "oh don't be a simp! Listen to us telling you how it is!" Uh no... you're not reliable sources and never were.