Bryan Smart
@smartone.bsky.social
Oregonian. #RPG writer at Altered Worlds Press, audiobook narrator, and lover of tabletop games, painting minis, comics, and wrasslin’.
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If you ever wonder why your artist friend is so pissed off whenever they see AI slop used instead of real, human-created art, it's exactly what you think:
How is AI *really* impacting jobs?
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
What’s really going on with AI and jobs?
Record-breaking layoff reports, Amazon's mass firings, and a slump in entry level employment. Is AI behind it all?
www.bloodinthemachine.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
If you ever wonder why your artist friend is so pissed off whenever they see AI slop used instead of real, human-created art, it's exactly what you think:
Same.
getting a text in the middle of the night and it's just my loathsome vizier saying "Your enemies lie in wait, my lord!!" what am I supposed to do with that. its four in the morning
November 14, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Same.
I’m a fan of Purple Sorcerer’s zero level party generator has created the sheets for many a DCC funnel for us over the years.
For years Jon Marr and his company, Purple Sorcerer, have been supporting Dungeon Crawl Classics with an amazing set of tools to help players and judges maximize their game. And he's done all of this for FREE.
Check it out: goodman-games.com/helpful-dcc-...
#DCCRPG
Check it out: goodman-games.com/helpful-dcc-...
#DCCRPG
November 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I’m a fan of Purple Sorcerer’s zero level party generator has created the sheets for many a DCC funnel for us over the years.
Cue the shut up and take my money gif.
Announcing Pinball Crawl Classics Crowdfunding in January!
Pinball Crawl Classics is a line of Dungeon Crawl Classics adventures inspired by classic fantasy and science fiction pinball machines from the 1970’s and 1980’s.
Learn more: goodman-games.com/announcing-p...
Pinball Crawl Classics is a line of Dungeon Crawl Classics adventures inspired by classic fantasy and science fiction pinball machines from the 1970’s and 1980’s.
Learn more: goodman-games.com/announcing-p...
October 31, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Cue the shut up and take my money gif.
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I checked out the link and it's legit. If you need help, this could be a good place to start.
via White Rose Resistance
via White Rose Resistance
October 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I checked out the link and it's legit. If you need help, this could be a good place to start.
via White Rose Resistance
via White Rose Resistance
Just finished the two novel collection that is John C. Hocking’s Conan: City of the Dead. Absolutely amazing. Especially the second story. Five stars. Hocking might be the best Conan pastiche writer since Robert E. Howard himself penned the Cimmerian. Fantastic.
October 13, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Just finished the two novel collection that is John C. Hocking’s Conan: City of the Dead. Absolutely amazing. Especially the second story. Five stars. Hocking might be the best Conan pastiche writer since Robert E. Howard himself penned the Cimmerian. Fantastic.
BBSes were the coolest. In my teen years I spent a lot of time calling local BBSes with my trusty Commodore Amiga 500 and 2400 baud modem.
Get back to BBSing!
AMIS XE online — powered by the Southern Amis Projects running on real #Atari hardware.
Log in for pure ATASCII art and 8-bit nostalgia: southernamis.com
Web,Dial,Telnet
amis86.ddns.net:port 9000
#BBSing #FujiNet #RetroComputing #ATASCII
AMIS XE online — powered by the Southern Amis Projects running on real #Atari hardware.
Log in for pure ATASCII art and 8-bit nostalgia: southernamis.com
Web,Dial,Telnet
amis86.ddns.net:port 9000
#BBSing #FujiNet #RetroComputing #ATASCII
October 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
BBSes were the coolest. In my teen years I spent a lot of time calling local BBSes with my trusty Commodore Amiga 500 and 2400 baud modem.
Real talk.
I don't like him personally, but David Simon on AI is the final word on the subject.
October 9, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Real talk.
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In other news, continued our Shadow of the Weird Wizard game last night. Lately they’ve been plowing through enemies without much issue. Lots of whiz bang killer abilities. I think they’re having fun and the mood of the game is cool. But I would like it to be more of a challenge.
September 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
In other news, continued our Shadow of the Weird Wizard game last night. Lately they’ve been plowing through enemies without much issue. Lots of whiz bang killer abilities. I think they’re having fun and the mood of the game is cool. But I would like it to be more of a challenge.
Had my friend ask when we were resuming our megadungeon crawling game again and that she’d like to get back to it. Schedules are a bit tough lately, but I’m hoping it happens sometime in October.
September 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Had my friend ask when we were resuming our megadungeon crawling game again and that she’d like to get back to it. Schedules are a bit tough lately, but I’m hoping it happens sometime in October.
Thought I’d drop a proof of life post. I’m still alive! Life is kicking my backside a bit, but I’m around. Running Shadow of the Weird Wizard for my Friday group, painting #Warhammer40k where I apparently started a new Thousand Sons army in time to see them get nerfed. Ah well.
September 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Thought I’d drop a proof of life post. I’m still alive! Life is kicking my backside a bit, but I’m around. Running Shadow of the Weird Wizard for my Friday group, painting #Warhammer40k where I apparently started a new Thousand Sons army in time to see them get nerfed. Ah well.
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Cool! Can confirm.
#dnd #funfact
Researchers at University College Cork found that playing Dungeons & Dragons benefits mental health by providing escapism, self-exploration, and social support.
psychiatrist.com/news/study-finds-dungeons-dragons-boosts-mental-health/
#ttrpg #gaming #gamedev #mtg
Researchers at University College Cork found that playing Dungeons & Dragons benefits mental health by providing escapism, self-exploration, and social support.
psychiatrist.com/news/study-finds-dungeons-dragons-boosts-mental-health/
#ttrpg #gaming #gamedev #mtg
Study Finds Dungeons & Dragons Boosts Mental Health
Researchers found that playing Dungeons & Dragons benefits mental health by providing escapism, self-exploration, and social support.
psychiatrist.com
August 28, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Cool! Can confirm.
Fear is the mind killer.
August 28, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Fear is the mind killer.
Yesssssss
A middle school I interact with is in a state with a school cellphone ban and y’all everybody in there is relieved. EVERYBODY. The kids, the teachers, the janitors. They are so relieved. Nobody is really uptight about it…except some parents.
August 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Yesssssss
This is the way.
A school near where I live used to be a warzone, and all the people I've spoken to there -- headteacher, teacher, *pupils* -- credit its turnaround over the past couple of years to the smartphone ban the new head brought in.
A middle school I interact with is in a state with a school cellphone ban and y’all everybody in there is relieved. EVERYBODY. The kids, the teachers, the janitors. They are so relieved. Nobody is really uptight about it…except some parents.
August 24, 2025 at 10:53 PM
This is the way.
Finished my first two Kastelan Robots and their Cybernetica Datasmith. #Warhammer40k #AdMech #Nerdlings #ForTheOmnissiah
August 19, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Finished my first two Kastelan Robots and their Cybernetica Datasmith. #Warhammer40k #AdMech #Nerdlings #ForTheOmnissiah
Just applied 6 slide transfers each to two different #Warhammer40k #AdMech bots. Only screwed up one and had to find another sheet to get it from. Letting them dry now. Micro Set and Micro Sol are your friend. After drying, it’s Micro Sol and dry once or twice, a dull coat, then weathering.
August 15, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Just applied 6 slide transfers each to two different #Warhammer40k #AdMech bots. Only screwed up one and had to find another sheet to get it from. Letting them dry now. Micro Set and Micro Sol are your friend. After drying, it’s Micro Sol and dry once or twice, a dull coat, then weathering.
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"If your books were uploaded to LibGen/fed into the LLMs, add your name to the potential class action lawsuit by tomorrow." Details:
LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
(This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)
LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
(This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
August 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"If your books were uploaded to LibGen/fed into the LLMs, add your name to the potential class action lawsuit by tomorrow." Details:
LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
(This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)
LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
(This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)
Lately I’ve been musing about marketing for indie RPG publishers. I was in a (non-BlueSky) thread yesterday with some more experienced folks and asked if giving away a small freebie product on DriveThru to build up your mailing list was a good idea and received an affirmative response.
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August 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Lately I’ve been musing about marketing for indie RPG publishers. I was in a (non-BlueSky) thread yesterday with some more experienced folks and asked if giving away a small freebie product on DriveThru to build up your mailing list was a good idea and received an affirmative response.
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Was musing on the differences between my #OSR #Megadungeon game and my published #RPG #Adventure group. The first is a sandbox campaign, with lots of choices, quests, and goals. It feels like an epic story. The second is episodic, like a series of short stories. They’re both fun but hit differently.
August 10, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Was musing on the differences between my #OSR #Megadungeon game and my published #RPG #Adventure group. The first is a sandbox campaign, with lots of choices, quests, and goals. It feels like an epic story. The second is episodic, like a series of short stories. They’re both fun but hit differently.
