Trace 🏴☠️
@rulezero.media
Earthling | Analog Game Designer | Musician
As a sign of good faith let's brainstorm names for Greg Bovino's inevitable podcast. I'll start:
-All Quiet in the Kids Shoe Aisle
-Little People Big Hate
-Tall is a Mindset Not A Measurement
-All Quiet in the Kids Shoe Aisle
-Little People Big Hate
-Tall is a Mindset Not A Measurement
January 27, 2026 at 12:28 AM
As a sign of good faith let's brainstorm names for Greg Bovino's inevitable podcast. I'll start:
-All Quiet in the Kids Shoe Aisle
-Little People Big Hate
-Tall is a Mindset Not A Measurement
-All Quiet in the Kids Shoe Aisle
-Little People Big Hate
-Tall is a Mindset Not A Measurement
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Morning, bitches!
This morning, I'm going to talk about EXCUSES. Excuses are the things we tell ourselves because making #art is hard.
I HAVE TOO MUCH OTHER WORK. I NEED THE PROPER TOOLS. SOMEONE IS GATEKEEPING ME. I HAD A BETTER IDEA.
None of this means anything if you truly want to #create.
This morning, I'm going to talk about EXCUSES. Excuses are the things we tell ourselves because making #art is hard.
I HAVE TOO MUCH OTHER WORK. I NEED THE PROPER TOOLS. SOMEONE IS GATEKEEPING ME. I HAD A BETTER IDEA.
None of this means anything if you truly want to #create.
January 26, 2026 at 2:19 PM
What I've learned in recent times is that if your minis look cool people don't care about how shit your company is.
Imagine if you could find good minis made for a game by a good company.
Imagine if you could find good minis made for a game by a good company.
January 25, 2026 at 3:11 PM
What I've learned in recent times is that if your minis look cool people don't care about how shit your company is.
Imagine if you could find good minis made for a game by a good company.
Imagine if you could find good minis made for a game by a good company.
I haven't played Sea of Thieves in quite some time but I have thought about going back for the occasional event weekend or something.
After the dubloon reset? Forget it.
After the dubloon reset? Forget it.
January 21, 2026 at 11:11 PM
I haven't played Sea of Thieves in quite some time but I have thought about going back for the occasional event weekend or something.
After the dubloon reset? Forget it.
After the dubloon reset? Forget it.
You can't have:
-Healthcare
-Food
-Student loan forgiveness
-Subsidies to make your life easier
Cause there's just no money.
But there's 700 billion laying around to buy a melting island and pay off its residents with 6 figures.
This is insanity manifest.
-Healthcare
-Food
-Student loan forgiveness
-Subsidies to make your life easier
Cause there's just no money.
But there's 700 billion laying around to buy a melting island and pay off its residents with 6 figures.
This is insanity manifest.
January 21, 2026 at 9:58 PM
You can't have:
-Healthcare
-Food
-Student loan forgiveness
-Subsidies to make your life easier
Cause there's just no money.
But there's 700 billion laying around to buy a melting island and pay off its residents with 6 figures.
This is insanity manifest.
-Healthcare
-Food
-Student loan forgiveness
-Subsidies to make your life easier
Cause there's just no money.
But there's 700 billion laying around to buy a melting island and pay off its residents with 6 figures.
This is insanity manifest.
What bothers me most about GenAI and its users is the wholesale outsourcing of your brain and the human experience.
With any creative endeavor there is a level of "wanting it" you have to have. And all the positive and negative that comes with that.
With any creative endeavor there is a level of "wanting it" you have to have. And all the positive and negative that comes with that.
January 21, 2026 at 4:13 AM
What bothers me most about GenAI and its users is the wholesale outsourcing of your brain and the human experience.
With any creative endeavor there is a level of "wanting it" you have to have. And all the positive and negative that comes with that.
With any creative endeavor there is a level of "wanting it" you have to have. And all the positive and negative that comes with that.
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A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO TTRPG ART COMMISSIONING AND LICENSING
It's done! Here is my guide to art commissioning, licensing, and art direction in TTRPGs. It's free to see, has contract and brief templates, and plenty of resources to aid in art literacy in the space.
www.patreon.com/posts/compre...
It's done! Here is my guide to art commissioning, licensing, and art direction in TTRPGs. It's free to see, has contract and brief templates, and plenty of resources to aid in art literacy in the space.
www.patreon.com/posts/compre...
A Comprehensive Guide to TTRPG Art Commissioning & Licensing | Araukana
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August 26, 2025 at 4:31 AM
A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO TTRPG ART COMMISSIONING AND LICENSING
It's done! Here is my guide to art commissioning, licensing, and art direction in TTRPGs. It's free to see, has contract and brief templates, and plenty of resources to aid in art literacy in the space.
www.patreon.com/posts/compre...
It's done! Here is my guide to art commissioning, licensing, and art direction in TTRPGs. It's free to see, has contract and brief templates, and plenty of resources to aid in art literacy in the space.
www.patreon.com/posts/compre...
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Pulling CPUs and RAM sticks out of AI datacenters will force them to close in the same way that removing a Sigil Stone does to an Oblivion Gate.
#TheElderScrolls #Oblivion
#TheElderScrolls #Oblivion
January 5, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Pulling CPUs and RAM sticks out of AI datacenters will force them to close in the same way that removing a Sigil Stone does to an Oblivion Gate.
#TheElderScrolls #Oblivion
#TheElderScrolls #Oblivion
Storing stolen blood oil money in offshore bank accounts.
AmErIcA fIrSt baybeeeeee
AmErIcA fIrSt baybeeeeee
January 15, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Storing stolen blood oil money in offshore bank accounts.
AmErIcA fIrSt baybeeeeee
AmErIcA fIrSt baybeeeeee
Post a game you remember playing that no one else remembers
January 15, 2026 at 3:52 AM
Post a game you remember playing that no one else remembers
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Farther Stars Online Kofi is open if you'd like to support the game's ongoing development!
I work in the service industry full time and it'd be a dream to shift more of those hours to FSO.
ko-fi.com/sainguinpixels
#indiedev #gamedev #ゲーム開発 #mmorpg
I work in the service industry full time and it'd be a dream to shift more of those hours to FSO.
ko-fi.com/sainguinpixels
#indiedev #gamedev #ゲーム開発 #mmorpg
Support SainguinPixels - Farther Stars Online
Support SainguinPixels - Farther Stars Online
ko-fi.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Farther Stars Online Kofi is open if you'd like to support the game's ongoing development!
I work in the service industry full time and it'd be a dream to shift more of those hours to FSO.
ko-fi.com/sainguinpixels
#indiedev #gamedev #ゲーム開発 #mmorpg
I work in the service industry full time and it'd be a dream to shift more of those hours to FSO.
ko-fi.com/sainguinpixels
#indiedev #gamedev #ゲーム開発 #mmorpg
Sun Tzu: If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.
Me: *starts reading*
Me: *starts reading*
January 14, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Sun Tzu: If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.
Me: *starts reading*
Me: *starts reading*
Finally some hope from notorious ethics focused company
*checks notes*
Games Workshop?!
*checks notes*
Games Workshop?!
'Warhammer' maker Games Workshop has banned the use of AI in its content production and its design process
• A small number of senior managers have experimented with GenAI tools — none are that excited about the technology
• The company plans to hire more human creatives
• A small number of senior managers have experimented with GenAI tools — none are that excited about the technology
• The company plans to hire more human creatives
January 14, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Finally some hope from notorious ethics focused company
*checks notes*
Games Workshop?!
*checks notes*
Games Workshop?!
I made a pact with my cousin at MAG.
He watches Ghibli, I watch Gundam.
I get to watch giant robots fight and he gets his emotions destroyed.
The fool
He watches Ghibli, I watch Gundam.
I get to watch giant robots fight and he gets his emotions destroyed.
The fool
January 14, 2026 at 12:18 AM
I made a pact with my cousin at MAG.
He watches Ghibli, I watch Gundam.
I get to watch giant robots fight and he gets his emotions destroyed.
The fool
He watches Ghibli, I watch Gundam.
I get to watch giant robots fight and he gets his emotions destroyed.
The fool
MAGFest was an awesome time. Very rejuvenating to hear how excited people are for Chronicler.
January 13, 2026 at 5:01 PM
MAGFest was an awesome time. Very rejuvenating to hear how excited people are for Chronicler.
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Archaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For Legislating https://theonion.com/archaeologists-d-c-capitol-may-have-once-been-used-for-legislating/
January 12, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Archaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For Legislating https://theonion.com/archaeologists-d-c-capitol-may-have-once-been-used-for-legislating/
MAGFest was great as always. Hearing people ask where they can buy a game that isn't even printed yet was a huge boost.
Now we keep the Chronicler machine rolling so when people ask to buy it, they can
Now we keep the Chronicler machine rolling so when people ask to buy it, they can
January 12, 2026 at 3:09 PM
MAGFest was great as always. Hearing people ask where they can buy a game that isn't even printed yet was a huge boost.
Now we keep the Chronicler machine rolling so when people ask to buy it, they can
Now we keep the Chronicler machine rolling so when people ask to buy it, they can
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The Lil guy with the hand grenade has big @voicesbyzane.bsky.social energy
January 12, 2026 at 2:59 PM
The Lil guy with the hand grenade has big @voicesbyzane.bsky.social energy
Once we survive the MAGFest showcase I'm diving into these beautiful books for the first time. I love the movie a lot and know of the comics but now I get to read them!
One of the best birthday gifts I've ever received.
One of the best birthday gifts I've ever received.
January 5, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Once we survive the MAGFest showcase I'm diving into these beautiful books for the first time. I love the movie a lot and know of the comics but now I get to read them!
One of the best birthday gifts I've ever received.
One of the best birthday gifts I've ever received.
I appreciate all the fanfare, fireworks, and hullabaloo...
But my birthday he tomorrow...
But my birthday he tomorrow...
January 1, 2026 at 3:19 PM
I appreciate all the fanfare, fireworks, and hullabaloo...
But my birthday he tomorrow...
But my birthday he tomorrow...
I'm a full day and a half ahead of schedule. Last 5 sticks get primed tonight. I can see the light!
December 30, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I'm a full day and a half ahead of schedule. Last 5 sticks get primed tonight. I can see the light!
Chronicler's debut at MAGFest is gonna be LIT
Just as soon as I finish painting. Cthulhu bless you SpeedPaint
Just as soon as I finish painting. Cthulhu bless you SpeedPaint
December 24, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Chronicler's debut at MAGFest is gonna be LIT
Just as soon as I finish painting. Cthulhu bless you SpeedPaint
Just as soon as I finish painting. Cthulhu bless you SpeedPaint
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The best American flag is the battle flag of Tecumseh Sherman’s 23rd Corps, made from the tattered remains of Confederate banners.
November 29, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The best American flag is the battle flag of Tecumseh Sherman’s 23rd Corps, made from the tattered remains of Confederate banners.