Steven Vesci
@vescis.bsky.social
Cishet white male card and board game designer. I'm sorry.
Proprietor of necessarydiversiongames.com
(he/him)
Black lives matter.
Trans rights are human rights.
Proprietor of necessarydiversiongames.com
(he/him)
Black lives matter.
Trans rights are human rights.
Pinned
Steven Vesci
@vescis.bsky.social
· Jan 2
I am pleased to announce that Necessary Diversion Games' first offering will be 'Snacksquatch' where adventurous kids use sugary sweets to catch cryptid kids! A face-down bidding game where giving too much sugar to a monster will get the highest bidder swatted away. Here's a preview of kid Nessie!
I haven't done nearly as much game design work recently, because I have been working on becoming a game publisher! Starting with a co-design of mine that I really believe in, but hoping to move beyond that if it goes well 😀
Please come along on this journey with me - we all need good diversions!
Please come along on this journey with me - we all need good diversions!
Now allow me to enumerate the many game design flaws of the Puppy Bowl...
As a game designer, I've come to recognize that football is a fundamentally flawed game held up by an ever increasing number of rules patches.
Let's start with the snap. 22 very large people need to see/ hear a small ball move in a deafening stadium before they go 0 to 100%. Insane core loop.
Let's start with the snap. 22 very large people need to see/ hear a small ball move in a deafening stadium before they go 0 to 100%. Insane core loop.
February 8, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Now allow me to enumerate the many game design flaws of the Puppy Bowl...
Would have been quite a coup if they kept this aspect of the story out of the marketing and build up and left it as a organic surprise, however..
Rocky puppet AMAZE AMAZE AMAZE!
youtu.be/P0XN3-n-2Lo?...
Rocky puppet AMAZE AMAZE AMAZE!
youtu.be/P0XN3-n-2Lo?...
Project Hail Mary | Final Trailer
YouTube video by Amazon MGM Studios
youtu.be
February 8, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Would have been quite a coup if they kept this aspect of the story out of the marketing and build up and left it as a organic surprise, however..
Rocky puppet AMAZE AMAZE AMAZE!
youtu.be/P0XN3-n-2Lo?...
Rocky puppet AMAZE AMAZE AMAZE!
youtu.be/P0XN3-n-2Lo?...
The correct way to respond to crocodile tears
February 8, 2026 at 3:06 PM
The correct way to respond to crocodile tears
Contrast with non-American football. Core loop (you kick the ball) is clear, smooth, and mostly uninterrupted. There are safety rules on contact and tackling, and they aren't perfect, but critically they don't change quickly in context. But there is one standout inelegant rules patch, offsides
As a game designer, I've come to recognize that football is a fundamentally flawed game held up by an ever increasing number of rules patches.
Let's start with the snap. 22 very large people need to see/ hear a small ball move in a deafening stadium before they go 0 to 100%. Insane core loop.
Let's start with the snap. 22 very large people need to see/ hear a small ball move in a deafening stadium before they go 0 to 100%. Insane core loop.
February 8, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Contrast with non-American football. Core loop (you kick the ball) is clear, smooth, and mostly uninterrupted. There are safety rules on contact and tackling, and they aren't perfect, but critically they don't change quickly in context. But there is one standout inelegant rules patch, offsides
As a game designer, I've come to recognize that football is a fundamentally flawed game held up by an ever increasing number of rules patches.
Let's start with the snap. 22 very large people need to see/ hear a small ball move in a deafening stadium before they go 0 to 100%. Insane core loop.
Let's start with the snap. 22 very large people need to see/ hear a small ball move in a deafening stadium before they go 0 to 100%. Insane core loop.
February 8, 2026 at 1:07 PM
As a game designer, I've come to recognize that football is a fundamentally flawed game held up by an ever increasing number of rules patches.
Let's start with the snap. 22 very large people need to see/ hear a small ball move in a deafening stadium before they go 0 to 100%. Insane core loop.
Let's start with the snap. 22 very large people need to see/ hear a small ball move in a deafening stadium before they go 0 to 100%. Insane core loop.
- The president kicked 4 Republican Senators in the balls this week. Here's why that's great news for Republicans.
- Democrats soft on ball-kicking
- It's time we starting kicking balls again as a country
- KABA - Kick America's Balls Again
- Democrats soft on ball-kicking
- It's time we starting kicking balls again as a country
- KABA - Kick America's Balls Again
February 8, 2026 at 4:23 AM
- The president kicked 4 Republican Senators in the balls this week. Here's why that's great news for Republicans.
- Democrats soft on ball-kicking
- It's time we starting kicking balls again as a country
- KABA - Kick America's Balls Again
- Democrats soft on ball-kicking
- It's time we starting kicking balls again as a country
- KABA - Kick America's Balls Again
Starfleet Academy ep 3 was a crime against television. I've heard later episodes really pick up but man that was rough
February 8, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Starfleet Academy ep 3 was a crime against television. I've heard later episodes really pick up but man that was rough
People who desperately want to host The Muppet Show but never will:
Elon Musk
Zachary Levi
Elon Musk
Ben Shapiro
Mark Zuckerberg
Elon Musk
Elon Musk
Elon Musk
Zachary Levi
Elon Musk
Ben Shapiro
Mark Zuckerberg
Elon Musk
Elon Musk
People who should host The Muppet Show:
Ke Huy Quan
Brandi Carlile
Dessa
Bowen Yang
Alexandria Ocacio-Cortez
Weird Al
Ke Huy Quan
Brandi Carlile
Dessa
Bowen Yang
Alexandria Ocacio-Cortez
Weird Al
People who should host The Muppet Show:
Quinta Brunson
Mel Brooks
Connor Storrie
Chelsea Perretti and Jordan Peele
Stephen Colbert
Fiona Apple
Quinta Brunson
Mel Brooks
Connor Storrie
Chelsea Perretti and Jordan Peele
Stephen Colbert
Fiona Apple
February 7, 2026 at 3:04 AM
People who desperately want to host The Muppet Show but never will:
Elon Musk
Zachary Levi
Elon Musk
Ben Shapiro
Mark Zuckerberg
Elon Musk
Elon Musk
Elon Musk
Zachary Levi
Elon Musk
Ben Shapiro
Mark Zuckerberg
Elon Musk
Elon Musk
People who should host The Muppet Show:
Ke Huy Quan
Brandi Carlile
Dessa
Bowen Yang
Alexandria Ocacio-Cortez
Weird Al
Ke Huy Quan
Brandi Carlile
Dessa
Bowen Yang
Alexandria Ocacio-Cortez
Weird Al
People who should host The Muppet Show:
Quinta Brunson
Mel Brooks
Connor Storrie
Chelsea Perretti and Jordan Peele
Stephen Colbert
Fiona Apple
Quinta Brunson
Mel Brooks
Connor Storrie
Chelsea Perretti and Jordan Peele
Stephen Colbert
Fiona Apple
February 7, 2026 at 12:42 AM
People who should host The Muppet Show:
Ke Huy Quan
Brandi Carlile
Dessa
Bowen Yang
Alexandria Ocacio-Cortez
Weird Al
Ke Huy Quan
Brandi Carlile
Dessa
Bowen Yang
Alexandria Ocacio-Cortez
Weird Al
Can someone tell me who today's main character is with the wild AI take is? I support not QTing to dunk, but seeing so many oblique references and not the name it's driving me nuts
February 6, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Can someone tell me who today's main character is with the wild AI take is? I support not QTing to dunk, but seeing so many oblique references and not the name it's driving me nuts
He is SO F***ING GOOD AT THIS
Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
February 6, 2026 at 1:35 PM
He is SO F***ING GOOD AT THIS
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is everything good about Game of Thrones and none of the awful parts. Remarkable really.
Spot on casting, class consciousness, realistic politics and intrigue, no sexposition, no plot bloat
Spot on casting, class consciousness, realistic politics and intrigue, no sexposition, no plot bloat
February 6, 2026 at 1:24 PM
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is everything good about Game of Thrones and none of the awful parts. Remarkable really.
Spot on casting, class consciousness, realistic politics and intrigue, no sexposition, no plot bloat
Spot on casting, class consciousness, realistic politics and intrigue, no sexposition, no plot bloat
Media has taught me that there's always one grizzled agent, broken and compromised but clinging to a shred of honor, who can't act directly because of a niece but finds a way to leak the key information to a spunky young reporter to bring down the monsters in charge.
Not gonna happen
Not gonna happen
February 6, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Media has taught me that there's always one grizzled agent, broken and compromised but clinging to a shred of honor, who can't act directly because of a niece but finds a way to leak the key information to a spunky young reporter to bring down the monsters in charge.
Not gonna happen
Not gonna happen
Introduce yourself with 5 songs:
Roundtable Rival - Lindsey Stirling
Call Off Your Ghost - Dessa
The Shape I Found You In - Girlyman
American - Janelle Monae
The Story- Brandi Carlile
I mean this is just peak earnest dorky cool
Roundtable Rival - Lindsey Stirling
Call Off Your Ghost - Dessa
The Shape I Found You In - Girlyman
American - Janelle Monae
The Story- Brandi Carlile
I mean this is just peak earnest dorky cool
February 5, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 songs:
Roundtable Rival - Lindsey Stirling
Call Off Your Ghost - Dessa
The Shape I Found You In - Girlyman
American - Janelle Monae
The Story- Brandi Carlile
I mean this is just peak earnest dorky cool
Roundtable Rival - Lindsey Stirling
Call Off Your Ghost - Dessa
The Shape I Found You In - Girlyman
American - Janelle Monae
The Story- Brandi Carlile
I mean this is just peak earnest dorky cool
Paradox of tolerance, folks. When you tolerate a creeper, a bigot, a transphobe, basically any person who endangers or drives away others, you also drive those people away.
And those people mean so much more. Regardless of the prestige, the 'talent', the money, whatever it is of the intolerant one.
And those people mean so much more. Regardless of the prestige, the 'talent', the money, whatever it is of the intolerant one.
"We would have lost so much if we'd driven him away" is the justification.
But we lost all those girls. We lost the women they would have become. We lost the work they would have done. Why was his future work so much more valuable than theirs?
But we lost all those girls. We lost the women they would have become. We lost the work they would have done. Why was his future work so much more valuable than theirs?
February 5, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Paradox of tolerance, folks. When you tolerate a creeper, a bigot, a transphobe, basically any person who endangers or drives away others, you also drive those people away.
And those people mean so much more. Regardless of the prestige, the 'talent', the money, whatever it is of the intolerant one.
And those people mean so much more. Regardless of the prestige, the 'talent', the money, whatever it is of the intolerant one.
Why is the Masters of the Universe cast so stacked?
Idris frigging Elba is doing Masters of the Universe. And then they put Jared Leto to guarantee it will bomb.
I do not understand
Idris frigging Elba is doing Masters of the Universe. And then they put Jared Leto to guarantee it will bomb.
I do not understand
February 5, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Why is the Masters of the Universe cast so stacked?
Idris frigging Elba is doing Masters of the Universe. And then they put Jared Leto to guarantee it will bomb.
I do not understand
Idris frigging Elba is doing Masters of the Universe. And then they put Jared Leto to guarantee it will bomb.
I do not understand
Everyone should watch this
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Everyone should watch this
"The enterprise value of a human being is nonexistent"
JFC
To quote @remapradio.bsky.social
Fuck capitalism. Go home.
JFC
To quote @remapradio.bsky.social
Fuck capitalism. Go home.
February 5, 2026 at 12:55 PM
"The enterprise value of a human being is nonexistent"
JFC
To quote @remapradio.bsky.social
Fuck capitalism. Go home.
JFC
To quote @remapradio.bsky.social
Fuck capitalism. Go home.
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early interest check for simple drawing tarot commissions! starting price is 50€, 3 slots, to be done in March.
if anyone would like to grab a slot early, please reach out to [email protected] !
if anyone would like to grab a slot early, please reach out to [email protected] !
February 4, 2026 at 9:46 AM
early interest check for simple drawing tarot commissions! starting price is 50€, 3 slots, to be done in March.
if anyone would like to grab a slot early, please reach out to [email protected] !
if anyone would like to grab a slot early, please reach out to [email protected] !
If you or someone you know is knowledgeable about the trading card market (as opposed to TCGs) and would like to help slow JKR's oppression of trans people, I would love to introduce you or them to the @blockcollectives.bsky.social group to talk about Upper Deck's Potter trading cards. LMK!
February 4, 2026 at 12:12 PM
If you or someone you know is knowledgeable about the trading card market (as opposed to TCGs) and would like to help slow JKR's oppression of trans people, I would love to introduce you or them to the @blockcollectives.bsky.social group to talk about Upper Deck's Potter trading cards. LMK!
A gadget review podcast called Maslow's Hierarchy of Thneeds
The Sunday Times Rich List should be renamed as Maslow's Heirarchy of Greeds.
A bakery called Maslow’s Hierarchy of Kneads
February 4, 2026 at 11:22 AM
A gadget review podcast called Maslow's Hierarchy of Thneeds
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New fuck/marry/kill list just dropped
February 4, 2026 at 6:05 AM
New fuck/marry/kill list just dropped
Your periodic reminder that Upper Deck still hasn't substantially responded to the call for boycott over their pending wizard sh*t trading cards.
Upper Deck sucks.
Upper Deck sucks.
February 4, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Your periodic reminder that Upper Deck still hasn't substantially responded to the call for boycott over their pending wizard sh*t trading cards.
Upper Deck sucks.
Upper Deck sucks.
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Bitterness and cynicism are a form of surrender, when anger at injustice remains but the will to confront it is dulled by resignation. As true warriors, let anger at injustice be bright and righteous, and let it drive us to confront its cause, stand in its way, and cast it down.
February 1, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Bitterness and cynicism are a form of surrender, when anger at injustice remains but the will to confront it is dulled by resignation. As true warriors, let anger at injustice be bright and righteous, and let it drive us to confront its cause, stand in its way, and cast it down.