Matt!
@mattlibs.xyz
🤠 Honky tonkin’
💸 Hobby hoppin’
🎲 TTRPG tinkerin’
💸 Hobby hoppin’
🎲 TTRPG tinkerin’
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You can kitbash a little Cow Tools. as a treat.
November 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
You can kitbash a little Cow Tools. as a treat.
Hard agree- getting Qud going on the Steam Deck really opened it up for me!
November 25, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Hard agree- getting Qud going on the Steam Deck really opened it up for me!
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I just tried visiting the old Arcane Kids site (the indie dev group) and was suddenly reminded of how UNUTTERABLY STUPID the internet has become.
November 16, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I just tried visiting the old Arcane Kids site (the indie dev group) and was suddenly reminded of how UNUTTERABLY STUPID the internet has become.
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It really needs to emphasised as strongly as possible:
Do not eat Tasmanian farmed salmon.
Do not eat Tasmanian farmed salmon.
Lobster fishery off Bruny Island in TAS closed on eve of the opening of fishing season due to antibiotic use by the salmon farms.
No indication of how long for. Must be a devastating blow for fishermen approaching Xmas.
No indication of how long for. Must be a devastating blow for fishermen approaching Xmas.
Crayfish Closure Follows Salmon Antibiotic Deployment - Tasmanian Times
The commercial rock lobster fishery south of the D'Entrecasteaux Channel is now closed effective 15 November 2025
tasmaniantimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:13 AM
It really needs to emphasised as strongly as possible:
Do not eat Tasmanian farmed salmon.
Do not eat Tasmanian farmed salmon.
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Clive Barker's "In the Hills, the Cities" is an all-timer, and John Bolton's art is equally awesome/nightmarish.
November 15, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Clive Barker's "In the Hills, the Cities" is an all-timer, and John Bolton's art is equally awesome/nightmarish.
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It's Friday, so that means we've got a new @certifiedforgot.bsky.social podcast episode up!
We welcome @byodinsbeardrpg.com for a guest episode to talk about tabletop RPGs, wintery horrors, and why BLACK MOUNTAIN SIDE is a The Thing copycat that rises above others.
We welcome @byodinsbeardrpg.com for a guest episode to talk about tabletop RPGs, wintery horrors, and why BLACK MOUNTAIN SIDE is a The Thing copycat that rises above others.
Do you like your cosmic horror to come with a side of folklore? Then you'll want to check out this week's episode with tabletop designer @byodinsbeardrpg.com about BLACK MOUNTAIN SIDE.
Podcast: Colin Le Sueur on 'Black Mountain Side'
Tabletop designer Colin Le Sueur talks cosmic horror in game design and his love of Nick Szostakiwskyj's 'Black Mountain Side.'
certifiedforgotten.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:12 PM
It's Friday, so that means we've got a new @certifiedforgot.bsky.social podcast episode up!
We welcome @byodinsbeardrpg.com for a guest episode to talk about tabletop RPGs, wintery horrors, and why BLACK MOUNTAIN SIDE is a The Thing copycat that rises above others.
We welcome @byodinsbeardrpg.com for a guest episode to talk about tabletop RPGs, wintery horrors, and why BLACK MOUNTAIN SIDE is a The Thing copycat that rises above others.
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Penguin Colony is BASED
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3695930/Penguin_Colony/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3695930/Penguin_Colony/
November 12, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Penguin Colony is BASED
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3695930/Penguin_Colony/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3695930/Penguin_Colony/
We’re missing every Melbourne screening for an out of town wedding, so please see it once for me and once for Ali ❤️
AUSTRALIA! My friends have made an incredible horror film called Bunny which is basically Mad Max meets Trouble Every Day, and they are doing it full indie and self-distributing its theatrical release.
Naarm screenings are this weekend, times/dates/places below.
Please help me spread the word!
Naarm screenings are this weekend, times/dates/places below.
Please help me spread the word!
BUNNY | Official Trailer
YouTube video by Sneaky Films
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:15 AM
We’re missing every Melbourne screening for an out of town wedding, so please see it once for me and once for Ali ❤️
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I don't hate on bad games if they clearly make an effort. I will forever love The Demon Rush for shooting for the moon and blowing its own legs off.
But when I see an RPG Maker game proudly announcing that it's part-written by ChatGPT? Fuck everyone involved in that game. Absolute losers.
But when I see an RPG Maker game proudly announcing that it's part-written by ChatGPT? Fuck everyone involved in that game. Absolute losers.
November 9, 2025 at 3:50 AM
I don't hate on bad games if they clearly make an effort. I will forever love The Demon Rush for shooting for the moon and blowing its own legs off.
But when I see an RPG Maker game proudly announcing that it's part-written by ChatGPT? Fuck everyone involved in that game. Absolute losers.
But when I see an RPG Maker game proudly announcing that it's part-written by ChatGPT? Fuck everyone involved in that game. Absolute losers.
Quick everyone, listen to @eggplantshow.bsky.social’s “Into the Depths” series on Caves of Qud before they get any deeper!
we recorded like 4 hours with @eggplantshow.bsky.social and it was not enough time
November 8, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Quick everyone, listen to @eggplantshow.bsky.social’s “Into the Depths” series on Caves of Qud before they get any deeper!
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I'm trying to determine how our view of social media went from "spaces where we interact with people of our choosing to discuss topics of our choosing" to "it's incumbent upon you to actively, regularly consume content you don't wish to/aren't interested in - or else you're an insufferable scold"
November 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I'm trying to determine how our view of social media went from "spaces where we interact with people of our choosing to discuss topics of our choosing" to "it's incumbent upon you to actively, regularly consume content you don't wish to/aren't interested in - or else you're an insufferable scold"
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"Return of the Obra Dinn" is seven years old this week.
For this not-particularly-special anniversary, here's a re-cammed and narrated timelapse of (nearly) all character creation, object modeling, scene posing, and general 3D work for Obra Dinn from 2015 to 2018:
youtu.be/90vqCKEEj3s
For this not-particularly-special anniversary, here's a re-cammed and narrated timelapse of (nearly) all character creation, object modeling, scene posing, and general 3D work for Obra Dinn from 2015 to 2018:
youtu.be/90vqCKEEj3s
Return of the Obra Dinn - Narrated Modeling Mega Timelapse
YouTube video by Lucas Pope
youtu.be
October 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"Return of the Obra Dinn" is seven years old this week.
For this not-particularly-special anniversary, here's a re-cammed and narrated timelapse of (nearly) all character creation, object modeling, scene posing, and general 3D work for Obra Dinn from 2015 to 2018:
youtu.be/90vqCKEEj3s
For this not-particularly-special anniversary, here's a re-cammed and narrated timelapse of (nearly) all character creation, object modeling, scene posing, and general 3D work for Obra Dinn from 2015 to 2018:
youtu.be/90vqCKEEj3s
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This is such a funny redux of the bad baby Jesuses in medieval art
Kids in hyperrealistic modern triple-A video games continues to be the funniest hurdle.
October 20, 2025 at 1:10 AM
This is such a funny redux of the bad baby Jesuses in medieval art
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It's kinda cool that Gary Larson is doing new cartoons because he picked up a digital tablet, taught himself how to use it, and it made him love drawing again.
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
New Work by Gary Larson | TheFarSide.com
Get an exclusive look at brand new cartoons and artwork from cartoonist Gary Larson, creator of the iconic comic strip The Far Side®.
www.thefarside.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
It's kinda cool that Gary Larson is doing new cartoons because he picked up a digital tablet, taught himself how to use it, and it made him love drawing again.
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
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Can you think of a single movie in which there is a video from the government denouncing its political opponents playing on a loop in public spaces in which that government was the good guy?
A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.
October 11, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Can you think of a single movie in which there is a video from the government denouncing its political opponents playing on a loop in public spaces in which that government was the good guy?
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humans are a kind of ape that loves fermenting stuff
October 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
humans are a kind of ape that loves fermenting stuff
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since we're now in Garden Wall season, I am once again sending out this post into the autumnal air
🚨 new blog post 🚨
What can OVER THE GARDEN WALL teach us about creating adventures? A whole lot, it turns out! Let's break down the structure so we can use it for our own designs.
www.mindstormpress.com/under-the-ho...
What can OVER THE GARDEN WALL teach us about creating adventures? A whole lot, it turns out! Let's break down the structure so we can use it for our own designs.
www.mindstormpress.com/under-the-ho...
Under the Hood of the Garden Wall
Deconstructing Over the Garden Wall to help with RPG adventure design.
www.mindstormpress.com
September 25, 2025 at 8:27 PM
since we're now in Garden Wall season, I am once again sending out this post into the autumnal air
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Mars First Logistics, our open world physics game about building rovers and delivering stuff is coming out of Steam Early Access in 2 days with a big update!
Tag your favourite influencial person who you think might enjoy it!
Tag your favourite influencial person who you think might enjoy it!
September 24, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Mars First Logistics, our open world physics game about building rovers and delivering stuff is coming out of Steam Early Access in 2 days with a big update!
Tag your favourite influencial person who you think might enjoy it!
Tag your favourite influencial person who you think might enjoy it!
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An update on that insane lease term where the landlord owns everything you create during the tenancy:
September 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM
An update on that insane lease term where the landlord owns everything you create during the tenancy:
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I "made" @birdmichael.bsky.social come to the Western Treatment Plant with me on a workday to look for brolgas and orange-bellied parrots so I could write this article
September 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I "made" @birdmichael.bsky.social come to the Western Treatment Plant with me on a workday to look for brolgas and orange-bellied parrots so I could write this article
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so these chuds are "reviewing" my game now lmao.
If anyone has Coven and hasn't reviewed it yet, please do 🙏
If anyone has Coven and hasn't reviewed it yet, please do 🙏
September 17, 2025 at 8:29 AM
so these chuds are "reviewing" my game now lmao.
If anyone has Coven and hasn't reviewed it yet, please do 🙏
If anyone has Coven and hasn't reviewed it yet, please do 🙏
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Here's me. "Anti-Semitism envoy, condemner of watermelons, declines to comment on Nazi terror attacks on First Nations and Palestinians"
Anti-Semitism envoy, condemner of watermelons, declines to comment on Nazi terror attacks on First Nations and Palestinians - The Shot
Summary for flaky, attention-span deficient types: First Nations and Palestinian allies stood strong against Nazi assaults in the Melbourne CBD,...
theshot.net.au
September 5, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Here's me. "Anti-Semitism envoy, condemner of watermelons, declines to comment on Nazi terror attacks on First Nations and Palestinians"
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"Keep neo-nazi Thomas Sewell in Australia and deal with him like an actual fucking country with a conscience that can handle exactly one problem without shitting it out into the Pacific and leaving a trail of corpses"
www.change.org/p/stop-expor...
www.change.org/p/stop-expor...
Sign the Petition
Stop Exporting Australian Nazis To New Zealand
www.change.org
September 5, 2025 at 8:01 AM
"Keep neo-nazi Thomas Sewell in Australia and deal with him like an actual fucking country with a conscience that can handle exactly one problem without shitting it out into the Pacific and leaving a trail of corpses"
www.change.org/p/stop-expor...
www.change.org/p/stop-expor...
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but there's a rad fanmade beta tool that converts your images of battle maps for tabletop roleplaying, scales them to the proper size, then exports them to a PDF for printing and assembly on the tabletop. LITERAL game changer.
www.beta.arkanatools.com/papermap/
www.beta.arkanatools.com/papermap/
Paper Map Generator
www.beta.arkanatools.com
August 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but there's a rad fanmade beta tool that converts your images of battle maps for tabletop roleplaying, scales them to the proper size, then exports them to a PDF for printing and assembly on the tabletop. LITERAL game changer.
www.beta.arkanatools.com/papermap/
www.beta.arkanatools.com/papermap/
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With the world premiere of the forthcoming Shudder doc 1000 WOMEN IN HORROR next week at the Melbourne International Film Festival - inspired by my book of the same name - here's my just-published crash course on Australian women in horror, thanks to the Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Australian women in horror: a beginner's guide
ACMI is Australia's national museum of screen culture, located in Fed Square, Melbourne. Navigate the universe of film, TV, videogames and art with us.
www.acmi.net.au
August 14, 2025 at 4:50 AM
With the world premiere of the forthcoming Shudder doc 1000 WOMEN IN HORROR next week at the Melbourne International Film Festival - inspired by my book of the same name - here's my just-published crash course on Australian women in horror, thanks to the Australian Centre for the Moving Image