Ludovic Chabant
@ludovic.chabant.com
Gamedev on Unreal Engine (cinematics, cameras). Ex-Frostbite Engine gamedev. TTRPG nerd and occasional writer/illustrator. Even more occasional open source dev.
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It is that time of the year - a free Christmas present for everyone who has supported Mongoose!
Orbital Reds, a free mission for Traveller... Paranoia... Travenoia... is ready for you to download now!
www.mongoosepublishing.com/products/orb...
#ttrpg #TravellerRPG #AlphaComplex
Orbital Reds, a free mission for Traveller... Paranoia... Travenoia... is ready for you to download now!
www.mongoosepublishing.com/products/orb...
#ttrpg #TravellerRPG #AlphaComplex
December 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
It is that time of the year - a free Christmas present for everyone who has supported Mongoose!
Orbital Reds, a free mission for Traveller... Paranoia... Travenoia... is ready for you to download now!
www.mongoosepublishing.com/products/orb...
#ttrpg #TravellerRPG #AlphaComplex
Orbital Reds, a free mission for Traveller... Paranoia... Travenoia... is ready for you to download now!
www.mongoosepublishing.com/products/orb...
#ttrpg #TravellerRPG #AlphaComplex
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Cluster Truck, a complete campaign for Traveller, is out now!
www.mongoosepublishing.com/products/clu...
Your Travellers will take on the role of space truckers, hauling goods across backwater systems while avoiding over-eager law enforcement!
#ttrpg #TravellerRPG #SpaceTruckers
www.mongoosepublishing.com/products/clu...
Your Travellers will take on the role of space truckers, hauling goods across backwater systems while avoiding over-eager law enforcement!
#ttrpg #TravellerRPG #SpaceTruckers
December 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Cluster Truck, a complete campaign for Traveller, is out now!
www.mongoosepublishing.com/products/clu...
Your Travellers will take on the role of space truckers, hauling goods across backwater systems while avoiding over-eager law enforcement!
#ttrpg #TravellerRPG #SpaceTruckers
www.mongoosepublishing.com/products/clu...
Your Travellers will take on the role of space truckers, hauling goods across backwater systems while avoiding over-eager law enforcement!
#ttrpg #TravellerRPG #SpaceTruckers
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It is like that BECAUSE the largest company there is 10% the size of NVIDIA. Hope that helps there, John.
December 16, 2025 at 11:07 PM
It is like that BECAUSE the largest company there is 10% the size of NVIDIA. Hope that helps there, John.
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Ken and Robin Consume Media: Wake Up Dead Man, Predator: Badlands, The Whole Kill Bill, and a Giallo Tarot
Ken and Robin Consume Media: Wake Up Dead Man, Predator: Badlands, The Whole Kill Bill, and a Giallo Tarot « Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff
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December 16, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Ken and Robin Consume Media: Wake Up Dead Man, Predator: Badlands, The Whole Kill Bill, and a Giallo Tarot
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There are some fantastic submissions here that deserve your vote, even number 56…😉
December 15, 2025 at 7:48 PM
There are some fantastic submissions here that deserve your vote, even number 56…😉
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Hey you! Stop playing Fortnite!
December 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Hey you! Stop playing Fortnite!
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One way that the reaction to Rob Reiner's murder mirrors Charlie Kirk's is that the best way to eulogize each of them is to quote their words, and in both cases, doing so pisses off conservatives.
Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
December 15, 2025 at 8:52 PM
One way that the reaction to Rob Reiner's murder mirrors Charlie Kirk's is that the best way to eulogize each of them is to quote their words, and in both cases, doing so pisses off conservatives.
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oh god. finally figured for the first time in our existence we'd try running some adverts. so messing about with Canva for the first time, and this thing is killing me, it's like every creative idea I've ever had has just leached out of my brain resulting in this. back to the drawing board I guess..
December 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
oh god. finally figured for the first time in our existence we'd try running some adverts. so messing about with Canva for the first time, and this thing is killing me, it's like every creative idea I've ever had has just leached out of my brain resulting in this. back to the drawing board I guess..
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As an avid observer of algorithms I think I’ve figured out part of what happened here.
FB now explicitly looks for and directs posts you’re opposed to into your feed, to rage-bait engagement.
So now my posts are being actively boosted into people’s feeds of who reject climate. Ha! 😄😵💫
FB now explicitly looks for and directs posts you’re opposed to into your feed, to rage-bait engagement.
So now my posts are being actively boosted into people’s feeds of who reject climate. Ha! 😄😵💫
In 2018, Meta decided “clean energy” and “climate change” were politically sensitive topics, and demanded that I - a climate scientist - register as a political org to post and boost posts on them.
I refused, and my page has been shadow banned since then. For 7 years. Until this week, that is 😳
I refused, and my page has been shadow banned since then. For 7 years. Until this week, that is 😳
December 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
As an avid observer of algorithms I think I’ve figured out part of what happened here.
FB now explicitly looks for and directs posts you’re opposed to into your feed, to rage-bait engagement.
So now my posts are being actively boosted into people’s feeds of who reject climate. Ha! 😄😵💫
FB now explicitly looks for and directs posts you’re opposed to into your feed, to rage-bait engagement.
So now my posts are being actively boosted into people’s feeds of who reject climate. Ha! 😄😵💫
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"A.i." is a tool of racists and fascists and liars. Do not use it and do not spread it. Abolish "A.i." from every space and org you have authority over - at the very least from your own computers and social media feeds.
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 8:19 PM
"A.i." is a tool of racists and fascists and liars. Do not use it and do not spread it. Abolish "A.i." from every space and org you have authority over - at the very least from your own computers and social media feeds.
I just realized that Sweet Shop (the upcoming potential answer to our prayers since ComiXology was eaten by capitalism) is now in private beta! Get on the waiting list!
Join the Sweet Shop waitlist!
Claim your username and be among the first to enter Sweet Shop.
sweetshop.app
December 14, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I just realized that Sweet Shop (the upcoming potential answer to our prayers since ComiXology was eaten by capitalism) is now in private beta! Get on the waiting list!
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Having been near the top of a large media corp., here's what I can tell you about the Disney decision re: OpenAI
-The execs have no idea what it means
-They have no idea how the tech "works"
-This decision is almost certainly due to direct, short-term gain for each person that approved it
-The execs have no idea what it means
-They have no idea how the tech "works"
-This decision is almost certainly due to direct, short-term gain for each person that approved it
December 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Having been near the top of a large media corp., here's what I can tell you about the Disney decision re: OpenAI
-The execs have no idea what it means
-They have no idea how the tech "works"
-This decision is almost certainly due to direct, short-term gain for each person that approved it
-The execs have no idea what it means
-They have no idea how the tech "works"
-This decision is almost certainly due to direct, short-term gain for each person that approved it
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Christmas night: "But Santa, you've hardly touched your Zardoz cookies."
December 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Christmas night: "But Santa, you've hardly touched your Zardoz cookies."
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One easy fix would be to eliminate categories based on genre or whatever “indie” means and instead get granular about craft (best level design, best world, best combat, etc) which would probably pose other problems but at least make for more interesting conversations and honor specific people
December 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
One easy fix would be to eliminate categories based on genre or whatever “indie” means and instead get granular about craft (best level design, best world, best combat, etc) which would probably pose other problems but at least make for more interesting conversations and honor specific people
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And here it is! My first published fiction for the Battletech universe. Another childhood dream realised and - with a bit of luck and a lot of hard work - there'll be more to come!
December 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
And here it is! My first published fiction for the Battletech universe. Another childhood dream realised and - with a bit of luck and a lot of hard work - there'll be more to come!
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I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
While living in Paris, for the "Fete de la Musique" (country-wide music festival/holiday), my band played a couple times at the western tip of the other island, Ile St-Louis, partially seen at the top of the map here. Such a great place to play music!
(until Sarkozy ruined it)
(until Sarkozy ruined it)
Detail of Île de la Cité, Le Marais, and Quartier latin from a map of Paris, 1550.
The map is rotated so that north is to the left. You can view the entire original here www.oldmapsofparis.com/map/1550
The map is rotated so that north is to the left. You can view the entire original here www.oldmapsofparis.com/map/1550
December 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
While living in Paris, for the "Fete de la Musique" (country-wide music festival/holiday), my band played a couple times at the western tip of the other island, Ile St-Louis, partially seen at the top of the map here. Such a great place to play music!
(until Sarkozy ruined it)
(until Sarkozy ruined it)
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December 12, 2025 at 6:50 PM
By the way, in last night’s RuneQuest game, one PC killed Harvar Ironfist in a Heroquest while another PC acting as Yelmalio was judging him for his crimes. Next: civil war in the Far Place! Woohoo!
December 12, 2025 at 7:05 PM
By the way, in last night’s RuneQuest game, one PC killed Harvar Ironfist in a Heroquest while another PC acting as Yelmalio was judging him for his crimes. Next: civil war in the Far Place! Woohoo!
“What is the conceptual nature of madness in a mythological context?”
That’s a question I got in last night’s RuneQuest game… I wouldn’t deal with that kind of bullshit if I GM’ed D&D 😅
That’s a question I got in last night’s RuneQuest game… I wouldn’t deal with that kind of bullshit if I GM’ed D&D 😅
December 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
“What is the conceptual nature of madness in a mythological context?”
That’s a question I got in last night’s RuneQuest game… I wouldn’t deal with that kind of bullshit if I GM’ed D&D 😅
That’s a question I got in last night’s RuneQuest game… I wouldn’t deal with that kind of bullshit if I GM’ed D&D 😅
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Ken and Robin talk dim mak in 70s NYC, busted Bulgarian spies, cutting your manuscript for length, and Douglas MacArthur shamanism.
Episode 679: His Frequency is Powerful « Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff
www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Ken and Robin talk dim mak in 70s NYC, busted Bulgarian spies, cutting your manuscript for length, and Douglas MacArthur shamanism.
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That the logo is so clearly a goatse is just *chef’s kiss*
December 12, 2025 at 1:49 PM
That the logo is so clearly a goatse is just *chef’s kiss*