Mackyuu
@kmacku.bsky.social
He/Him. Voice and stage actor. Sometimes Game Master. Trans rights are human rights.
Should still display it, calling it, "The Fragility of Empires"
February 8, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Should still display it, calling it, "The Fragility of Empires"
Some people really pushed back on the idea that 5e is a combat-focused game. But you give a fluffy Cloud Dragon a stat block, or make the whole fiction about Neopets without changing the rules, and suddenly it becomes much clearer.
February 8, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Some people really pushed back on the idea that 5e is a combat-focused game. But you give a fluffy Cloud Dragon a stat block, or make the whole fiction about Neopets without changing the rules, and suddenly it becomes much clearer.
"If [GenAI] is the disease, human connection is the cure."
I know there is a dark corner of TTRPG space that uses AI, but by and large, this is a hobby that *demands* human connection.
If you're in this hobby as a player, practice GMing, friends. There will come a day your services are needed.
I know there is a dark corner of TTRPG space that uses AI, but by and large, this is a hobby that *demands* human connection.
If you're in this hobby as a player, practice GMing, friends. There will come a day your services are needed.
February 8, 2026 at 4:43 PM
"If [GenAI] is the disease, human connection is the cure."
I know there is a dark corner of TTRPG space that uses AI, but by and large, this is a hobby that *demands* human connection.
If you're in this hobby as a player, practice GMing, friends. There will come a day your services are needed.
I know there is a dark corner of TTRPG space that uses AI, but by and large, this is a hobby that *demands* human connection.
If you're in this hobby as a player, practice GMing, friends. There will come a day your services are needed.
Bad Bunny wearing a blue bunny hat at the Super Bowl would be a power move, just saying.
February 2, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Bad Bunny wearing a blue bunny hat at the Super Bowl would be a power move, just saying.
Just a reminder: there is no "right way" to enjoy Harry Potter.
"But this podcast" No.
"But the fanworks" No.
"But it was my childhood" Don't care. Read better fantasy. Cut this one out of your life.
"But this podcast" No.
"But the fanworks" No.
"But it was my childhood" Don't care. Read better fantasy. Cut this one out of your life.
JK Rowling's team invited Jeffery Epstein to the deathly hallows play and to a Harry potter dinner.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov
February 1, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Just a reminder: there is no "right way" to enjoy Harry Potter.
"But this podcast" No.
"But the fanworks" No.
"But it was my childhood" Don't care. Read better fantasy. Cut this one out of your life.
"But this podcast" No.
"But the fanworks" No.
"But it was my childhood" Don't care. Read better fantasy. Cut this one out of your life.
I still think about my game of Harvest from time to time.
Belonging Outside Belonging games do not get anywhere near the love or attention they deserve.
They never disappoint.
They never disappoint.
January 31, 2026 at 9:44 PM
I still think about my game of Harvest from time to time.
I've been sick for like, a solid week. And I felt bad because I've used it as an excuse to not do things I normally like doing. Felt like burnout.
Now I'm looking at the clock and it's past 1 AM. I have work tomorrow, but the word doc has a lot more words added to it.
Feels good to be back.
Now I'm looking at the clock and it's past 1 AM. I have work tomorrow, but the word doc has a lot more words added to it.
Feels good to be back.
January 31, 2026 at 7:13 AM
I've been sick for like, a solid week. And I felt bad because I've used it as an excuse to not do things I normally like doing. Felt like burnout.
Now I'm looking at the clock and it's past 1 AM. I have work tomorrow, but the word doc has a lot more words added to it.
Feels good to be back.
Now I'm looking at the clock and it's past 1 AM. I have work tomorrow, but the word doc has a lot more words added to it.
Feels good to be back.
5 classes I took in college:
Masks
The History of Masculinity
Foreign Films
Movement for the Actor III: Stage Combat
Interpersonal Relationships
Masks
The History of Masculinity
Foreign Films
Movement for the Actor III: Stage Combat
Interpersonal Relationships
5 classes I took in Uni
Number Theory
Real Analysis
Groups and Galois Theory
Canadian Masculinities
Multivariate Analysis
Number Theory
Real Analysis
Groups and Galois Theory
Canadian Masculinities
Multivariate Analysis
Tell me 5 classes you took in college (university)
Environmental philosophy
Parks planning and management
Woody plants (the full name of the course)
Rangeland management
Wetland ecology
Environmental philosophy
Parks planning and management
Woody plants (the full name of the course)
Rangeland management
Wetland ecology
January 31, 2026 at 3:55 AM
5 classes I took in college:
Masks
The History of Masculinity
Foreign Films
Movement for the Actor III: Stage Combat
Interpersonal Relationships
Masks
The History of Masculinity
Foreign Films
Movement for the Actor III: Stage Combat
Interpersonal Relationships
An ugly truth I don't think gets mentioned enough:
Some people's problems with fascism as it manifests isn't that there is fascism; it's that they aren't the ones benefiting from it.
Some people's problems with fascism as it manifests isn't that there is fascism; it's that they aren't the ones benefiting from it.
January 30, 2026 at 9:20 PM
An ugly truth I don't think gets mentioned enough:
Some people's problems with fascism as it manifests isn't that there is fascism; it's that they aren't the ones benefiting from it.
Some people's problems with fascism as it manifests isn't that there is fascism; it's that they aren't the ones benefiting from it.
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To recap: Don Lemon has been arrested, Renee Good and Alex Pretti’s killers have not.
January 30, 2026 at 4:10 PM
To recap: Don Lemon has been arrested, Renee Good and Alex Pretti’s killers have not.
Just a bit of joy (yes, the world at large sucks right now).
The weather has a lot of my friends working from home today, and something about online connectivity (i.e. Discord) has today feeling like an Adult Snow Day. In a way that even COVID wasn't.
The weather has a lot of my friends working from home today, and something about online connectivity (i.e. Discord) has today feeling like an Adult Snow Day. In a way that even COVID wasn't.
January 26, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Just a bit of joy (yes, the world at large sucks right now).
The weather has a lot of my friends working from home today, and something about online connectivity (i.e. Discord) has today feeling like an Adult Snow Day. In a way that even COVID wasn't.
The weather has a lot of my friends working from home today, and something about online connectivity (i.e. Discord) has today feeling like an Adult Snow Day. In a way that even COVID wasn't.
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Abolish ICE, prosecute and imprison its leaders, impeach and remove the President from office. This is the only sane reaction to a group of armed men kidnapping and gunning down our neighbors in the street.
As tens of thousands across America protest the violence that ICE sows with impunity, federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis today.
ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE.
January 24, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Abolish ICE, prosecute and imprison its leaders, impeach and remove the President from office. This is the only sane reaction to a group of armed men kidnapping and gunning down our neighbors in the street.
Not everyone can be Mon Mothma, but you can be the two IT workers.
Andor Season 2 | Mon Mothma’s Senate Speech | Now Streaming on Disney+
YouTube video by Star Wars
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January 24, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Not everyone can be Mon Mothma, but you can be the two IT workers.
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Our warehousing & fulfillment is based in Minnesota. The company is closed today (their employees are getting paid). We fully support them in their struggle against federal occupation of the state.
If you are not in MN, here's a link to some ways you can stand up and take action.
iceoutforgood.org
If you are not in MN, here's a link to some ways you can stand up and take action.
iceoutforgood.org
ICE Out for Good
On January 23, people across the country are taking action in solidarity with Minnesota to demand ICE out of our communities. Join the day of action.
iceoutforgood.org
January 23, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Our warehousing & fulfillment is based in Minnesota. The company is closed today (their employees are getting paid). We fully support them in their struggle against federal occupation of the state.
If you are not in MN, here's a link to some ways you can stand up and take action.
iceoutforgood.org
If you are not in MN, here's a link to some ways you can stand up and take action.
iceoutforgood.org
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Watching this project come together and it's going to be so good! One shot RPG anthology for Trophy Gold and Trophy Dark coming to Kickstarter March 1, 2026.
From the publisher that brings you Sprigs & Kindling (that's me!), in collaboration with @jesseross.com and @pemetawe.bsky.social comes a new anthology of one shot incursions for Trophy! Sign up to be notified of launch 😄 www.kickstarter.com/projects/fir...
Coming soon: Ruin: An Anthology of One Shot Incursions for Trophy
A collection of 14 new incursions for Trophy Gold and Trophy Dark.
www.kickstarter.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Watching this project come together and it's going to be so good! One shot RPG anthology for Trophy Gold and Trophy Dark coming to Kickstarter March 1, 2026.
"There will be a lightsaber fight in the new Star Wars Starfighter film."
I cannot adequately express how quickly my interest left the room.
I cannot adequately express how quickly my interest left the room.
January 20, 2026 at 5:49 PM
"There will be a lightsaber fight in the new Star Wars Starfighter film."
I cannot adequately express how quickly my interest left the room.
I cannot adequately express how quickly my interest left the room.
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DEAD-PILLED is now available on The Gauntlet's $7+ Patreon feed (or available as a one-time purchase for $8). DEAD-PILLED is a new Carved from Brindlewood game by me!
Check it out! www.patreon.com/posts/gauntl...
Check it out! www.patreon.com/posts/gauntl...
The Gauntlet Presents... DEAD-PILLED! | The Gauntlet
Get more from The Gauntlet on Patreon
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January 19, 2026 at 3:47 PM
DEAD-PILLED is now available on The Gauntlet's $7+ Patreon feed (or available as a one-time purchase for $8). DEAD-PILLED is a new Carved from Brindlewood game by me!
Check it out! www.patreon.com/posts/gauntl...
Check it out! www.patreon.com/posts/gauntl...
I have heard of TTRPG mechanics being referred to as "a cage". I see them more as a ladder. Maybe in the style of a jungle gym. Still bars, will prevent forward motion. Can feel cage-like. But if you use them, you should achieve new heights. Good mechanics escalate a story, not confine it.
January 19, 2026 at 6:52 PM
I have heard of TTRPG mechanics being referred to as "a cage". I see them more as a ladder. Maybe in the style of a jungle gym. Still bars, will prevent forward motion. Can feel cage-like. But if you use them, you should achieve new heights. Good mechanics escalate a story, not confine it.
It's not very often that people talk about a game design in-progress. Sometimes you get interviews after the fact, but to follow along with this is a pretty neat perspective.
The first three episodes of The Lands Remaining Podcast are now available wherever you get podcasts. This podcast tracks the development and eventual release of my new game, The Lands Remaining. Check it out! www.gauntlet-rpg.com/the-lands-re...
January 18, 2026 at 12:33 AM
It's not very often that people talk about a game design in-progress. Sometimes you get interviews after the fact, but to follow along with this is a pretty neat perspective.
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Contributor Highlight: @kmacku.bsky.social is a freelance writer in New Orleans. He wrote “Of Masks and Murder” for Brindlewood Bay’s Deep Reaver Con, “Pale Horse” for Public Access, and “The House of Green Delights” for The Silt Verses RPG. He is also a contributing writer for The Between!
From the publisher that brings you Sprigs & Kindling (that's me!), in collaboration with @jesseross.com and @pemetawe.bsky.social comes a new anthology of one shot incursions for Trophy! Sign up to be notified of launch 😄 www.kickstarter.com/projects/fir...
Coming soon: Ruin: An Anthology of One Shot Incursions for Trophy
A collection of 14 new incursions for Trophy Gold and Trophy Dark.
www.kickstarter.com
January 17, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Contributor Highlight: @kmacku.bsky.social is a freelance writer in New Orleans. He wrote “Of Masks and Murder” for Brindlewood Bay’s Deep Reaver Con, “Pale Horse” for Public Access, and “The House of Green Delights” for The Silt Verses RPG. He is also a contributing writer for The Between!
I sometimes think emulation in TTRPGs is a trap. So many times in a video game I've said "I want to go over there", but you can't. It's a background. A designer didn't take time to render it.
But when I am writing something, that's often precisely where I want to go.
But when I am writing something, that's often precisely where I want to go.
January 16, 2026 at 9:33 PM
I sometimes think emulation in TTRPGs is a trap. So many times in a video game I've said "I want to go over there", but you can't. It's a background. A designer didn't take time to render it.
But when I am writing something, that's often precisely where I want to go.
But when I am writing something, that's often precisely where I want to go.
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Wednesday is TRANSPHOBES ARE TRASH DAY!
Congratulations to those who celebrate this wonderful day.
Also, every other day is also Transphobes are Trash Day, I forgot to mention that.
Congratulations to those who celebrate this wonderful day.
Also, every other day is also Transphobes are Trash Day, I forgot to mention that.
January 14, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Wednesday is TRANSPHOBES ARE TRASH DAY!
Congratulations to those who celebrate this wonderful day.
Also, every other day is also Transphobes are Trash Day, I forgot to mention that.
Congratulations to those who celebrate this wonderful day.
Also, every other day is also Transphobes are Trash Day, I forgot to mention that.
I cannot imagine a run of Deathmatch Island where I don't try to Break the Game. Which I find fascinating because I am very much someone who plays video games in a way where I hate abusing glitches or finding faults in the system to leverage.
January 11, 2026 at 9:41 PM
I cannot imagine a run of Deathmatch Island where I don't try to Break the Game. Which I find fascinating because I am very much someone who plays video games in a way where I hate abusing glitches or finding faults in the system to leverage.
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥