Doc Steve
@docsteve2020.bsky.social
Gamer, husband, father, and grandfather. Grizzled veteran of the Edition Wars. Our hobbies are better when everyone gets to participate. He/Him.
Quote with a robot that's not Star Wars or Transformers
December 24, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Quote with a robot that's not Star Wars or Transformers
Maybe as a director, but please keep him away from scripts…or at least tell him he has to actually have a cool mystery before spending all that time crafting a “mystery box” story around it.
Rewatched STAR TREK ‘09. We gotta get JJ out of director jail, man.
December 23, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Maybe as a director, but please keep him away from scripts…or at least tell him he has to actually have a cool mystery before spending all that time crafting a “mystery box” story around it.
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Gentle Reminder that you can enjoy a game without playing its older versions.
I love playing Monster of the Week even though I never played Monster of the Day or Monster of the Hour.
I love playing Monster of the Week even though I never played Monster of the Day or Monster of the Hour.
December 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Gentle Reminder that you can enjoy a game without playing its older versions.
I love playing Monster of the Week even though I never played Monster of the Day or Monster of the Hour.
I love playing Monster of the Week even though I never played Monster of the Day or Monster of the Hour.
Show me how your 2025 went.
December 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Show me how your 2025 went.
For me: Maybe a whole bunch of English-retools of shows like Battle of the Planets and Robotech.
Pure Anime? Either Silent Moebius or Ghost in the Shell.
Pure Anime? Either Silent Moebius or Ghost in the Shell.
December 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
For me: Maybe a whole bunch of English-retools of shows like Battle of the Planets and Robotech.
Pure Anime? Either Silent Moebius or Ghost in the Shell.
Pure Anime? Either Silent Moebius or Ghost in the Shell.
@pugsteady.com I have a Pugmire question - I get that it’s hinted that Mancers (like the other “magic” callings like Artisan and Shepherd) get their abilities from nanites.
But where do Ministers get their mojo from? Any hints in the text have gone over my head…
But where do Ministers get their mojo from? Any hints in the text have gone over my head…
December 17, 2025 at 10:50 PM
@pugsteady.com I have a Pugmire question - I get that it’s hinted that Mancers (like the other “magic” callings like Artisan and Shepherd) get their abilities from nanites.
But where do Ministers get their mojo from? Any hints in the text have gone over my head…
But where do Ministers get their mojo from? Any hints in the text have gone over my head…
Though Star Frontiers was the first game I played, the first one I bought was the original (not revised) version of Heroes Unlimited…
December 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Though Star Frontiers was the first game I played, the first one I bought was the original (not revised) version of Heroes Unlimited…
And it’s a shame that Paradox no longer allowed it to continue…
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December 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
And it’s a shame that Paradox no longer allowed it to continue…
I watched it again recently and yeah, I still like it. I mean, there are things I wouldn’t have done, sure, but every SW movie is like that for me. TLJ tried to do something different with the tropes of the Skywalker Saga and I’ll always respect that.
A film I still love. Saw it twice in theaters, both times in packed audiences that were fully hooting and hollering; came out both times buzzing, spent weeks talking with friends near and online about how much we'd enjoyed it and how excited we were. Genuinely feels impossible to imagine now
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI was released on this day 8 years ago
December 15, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I watched it again recently and yeah, I still like it. I mean, there are things I wouldn’t have done, sure, but every SW movie is like that for me. TLJ tried to do something different with the tropes of the Skywalker Saga and I’ll always respect that.
Okay I might get some grief but still like TLJ. Oh, it’s a flawed movie but of all the Sequels, it was the one that tied to do something different with the tropes of the Skywalker Saga, and for that alone it earns my respect.
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI was released on this day 8 years ago
December 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Okay I might get some grief but still like TLJ. Oh, it’s a flawed movie but of all the Sequels, it was the one that tied to do something different with the tropes of the Skywalker Saga, and for that alone it earns my respect.
Walking into 2026
December 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Walking into 2026
I guess I was too busy playing all these awesome new games over the years to notice any barriers…
I cannot express how pathetic you have to be to believe this happened in the TTRPG hobby in the last decade
December 13, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I guess I was too busy playing all these awesome new games over the years to notice any barriers…
I was one of them. Stuck in a small town, my ability to play RPGs was inconsistent. I bought A LOT of White Wolf in the 90’s specifically to read, because the World of Darkness fascinating to my then-sheltered mind.
I wonder sometimes about the market segment of game READERS: folks who sometimes buy entire TTRPG game lines just to read the books, but who have never had the opportunity (or sometimes even the desire) to play them.
Some of this is also because, in a big part of the era, more than half of the people -buying- weren’t -playing- but were instead reading these almost like periodicals, so there was a focus on advancing the narrative episodically.
December 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I was one of them. Stuck in a small town, my ability to play RPGs was inconsistent. I bought A LOT of White Wolf in the 90’s specifically to read, because the World of Darkness fascinating to my then-sheltered mind.
As @clovermouse.bsky.social can attest, our bonkers supers campaign had successive Santas. Odin was holder of the Essence of Christmas until he was eaten by Scar (yes, that one). It’s currently held by the Wizard Shazam. Not sure who will be Santa in our time-jumped sequel…
Is Santa real in your campaign?
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December 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
As @clovermouse.bsky.social can attest, our bonkers supers campaign had successive Santas. Odin was holder of the Essence of Christmas until he was eaten by Scar (yes, that one). It’s currently held by the Wizard Shazam. Not sure who will be Santa in our time-jumped sequel…
You will be visited by three spirits (because Disconnection sucks)
December 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
You will be visited by three spirits (because Disconnection sucks)
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 8, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
Sometimes your love of something is rooted in things already past. There is a time when a franchise ceases to provide you things you enjoy.
While I liked Strange New Worlds well enough, I am not really interested the Picard-era or 31st Century Trek.
Maybe its time to give Trek a rest for now...
While I liked Strange New Worlds well enough, I am not really interested the Picard-era or 31st Century Trek.
Maybe its time to give Trek a rest for now...
December 5, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Sometimes your love of something is rooted in things already past. There is a time when a franchise ceases to provide you things you enjoy.
While I liked Strange New Worlds well enough, I am not really interested the Picard-era or 31st Century Trek.
Maybe its time to give Trek a rest for now...
While I liked Strange New Worlds well enough, I am not really interested the Picard-era or 31st Century Trek.
Maybe its time to give Trek a rest for now...
“Future Site of Walmart”
November 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
“Future Site of Walmart”
I miss Forever Knight
Canada made weird tv shows because it was all being done with government funded art grant money so they fell in this wacky middle ground between “shoestring budget” and “no expectation to generate shareholder value” which is really the best way to make art
November 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I miss Forever Knight
Wing Commander Privateer. I loved that game.
November 27, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Wing Commander Privateer. I loved that game.
Darth Vader. Was the first character I ever saw of the franchise in ‘77 when I was five. Responsible for my love of imposing characters dressed in black
When yall were kids (think like.. age 4-12) what was the coolest character design you had ever seen that was super formative?
November 26, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Darth Vader. Was the first character I ever saw of the franchise in ‘77 when I was five. Responsible for my love of imposing characters dressed in black
Introduce yourself with four spaceships.
November 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Introduce yourself with four spaceships.
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Share a TV series you've watched from beginning to end more than once.
November 19, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Share a TV series you've watched from beginning to end more than once.
I am really struggling to understand the underlying reasons for the metaplot events in the current (6th) edition of Shadowrun, especially since some core sourcebooks have already been released. Seems like something that should have been done at the end of last edition... unless 7e is in the cards.
November 14, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I am really struggling to understand the underlying reasons for the metaplot events in the current (6th) edition of Shadowrun, especially since some core sourcebooks have already been released. Seems like something that should have been done at the end of last edition... unless 7e is in the cards.