The Carrot Clarinet
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King Termite On His Hill
Enjoy art and ttrpgs immensely || 24 || He/Him || <3 @nebulilac.bsky.social <3
Enjoy art and ttrpgs immensely || 24 || He/Him || <3 @nebulilac.bsky.social <3
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If you’re a fan of TTRPGs and are coming from Twitter, first off congratulations for leaving this aweful platform.
Second, the community here is great so here’s a nice starter pack of great TTRPG content creators to follow on Bluesky
Welcome!
go.bsky.app/BrCdFvX
Second, the community here is great so here’s a nice starter pack of great TTRPG content creators to follow on Bluesky
Welcome!
go.bsky.app/BrCdFvX
December 27, 2025 at 3:54 AM
If you’re a fan of TTRPGs and are coming from Twitter, first off congratulations for leaving this aweful platform.
Second, the community here is great so here’s a nice starter pack of great TTRPG content creators to follow on Bluesky
Welcome!
go.bsky.app/BrCdFvX
Second, the community here is great so here’s a nice starter pack of great TTRPG content creators to follow on Bluesky
Welcome!
go.bsky.app/BrCdFvX
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A reminder that The Escapist that people remembered does not exist anymore. Almost all the core staff packed up and left. Most reformed as Second Wind, which is doing decent work.
The Escapist now exists to promote online gambling and act as a mouthpiece for unhinged venture capitalists. Let it die
The Escapist now exists to promote online gambling and act as a mouthpiece for unhinged venture capitalists. Let it die
The Escapist accused Blue Prince developer Dogubomb of using generative AI. This is patently false and an utterly gross accusation.
The story has since been amended, but the damage has been done. You can search out the current version if you want, but here’s the original.
archive.ph/CKiOB
The story has since been amended, but the damage has been done. You can search out the current version if you want, but here’s the original.
archive.ph/CKiOB
archive.ph
December 22, 2025 at 4:06 AM
A reminder that The Escapist that people remembered does not exist anymore. Almost all the core staff packed up and left. Most reformed as Second Wind, which is doing decent work.
The Escapist now exists to promote online gambling and act as a mouthpiece for unhinged venture capitalists. Let it die
The Escapist now exists to promote online gambling and act as a mouthpiece for unhinged venture capitalists. Let it die
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I know it won’t matter because democrats are useless and even if they take back power they’ll just have some limpdick reconciliation message, but this is literally going to kill people and RFK Jr should spend the remainder of his life in a cell in a just world, just as Musk should.
BREAKING: RFKJr directs that the US instantly stop recommending all vaccinations for children. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Under RFK Jr., U.S. plans to stop recommending most vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I know it won’t matter because democrats are useless and even if they take back power they’ll just have some limpdick reconciliation message, but this is literally going to kill people and RFK Jr should spend the remainder of his life in a cell in a just world, just as Musk should.
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Apocalypse World is profoundly important work. It has shaped the landscape of roleplaying games for over a decade, and with this third edition, I'm sure it'll continue to shape it for a decade more. Clever, gripping, and human. There's still a few hours to snag your kickstarter copy!
Here it is. The final 24 hours. You've helped coax banked embers into a steady flame. Tell me, what is one thing you'll bring with you into What-Comes-Next? Seeds? Thread? A good kitchen knife? What will you make of what's left? Together, let's light up the world.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Apocalypse World: Burned Over
The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.
www.kickstarter.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Apocalypse World is profoundly important work. It has shaped the landscape of roleplaying games for over a decade, and with this third edition, I'm sure it'll continue to shape it for a decade more. Clever, gripping, and human. There's still a few hours to snag your kickstarter copy!
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That’s a wrap for us! It’s been a career highlight to work on Lonely Magic! I’m a big fan of Rebecca’s work and getting to work on and be trusted with her personal music is a huge honor and I’m incredibly proud of what we made!
Truly cannot thank Rebecca enough for having Jellybox on this project!
Truly cannot thank Rebecca enough for having Jellybox on this project!
LOVE THE WAY IT FEELS IS OUT NOW!!!
This music video acts as the end credits to Ice Water as the anime OP!! It features credits for the entire Lonely Magic album and all its music videos!!!
This music video acts as the end credits to Ice Water as the anime OP!! It features credits for the entire Lonely Magic album and all its music videos!!!
Rebecca Sugar - Love The Way It Feels (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Rebecca Sugar
youtu.be
December 20, 2025 at 12:10 AM
That’s a wrap for us! It’s been a career highlight to work on Lonely Magic! I’m a big fan of Rebecca’s work and getting to work on and be trusted with her personal music is a huge honor and I’m incredibly proud of what we made!
Truly cannot thank Rebecca enough for having Jellybox on this project!
Truly cannot thank Rebecca enough for having Jellybox on this project!
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Quantic Foundry does legit trustworthy analysis of gamer behaviour, and these survey results are shockingly negative toward genAI, to the point where I’m more hopeful that data driven mobile and AAA backpedals on their uses.
everyone dislikes genai in games, but kids and story-focused players the most.
sounds like we'll be ok. just have to stay the course here and the "inevitable" new technology nobody likes will die. again.
quanticfoundry.com/2025/12/18/g...
sounds like we'll be ok. just have to stay the course here and the "inevitable" new technology nobody likes will die. again.
quanticfoundry.com/2025/12/18/g...
Gamers Are Overwhelmingly Negative About Gen AI in Video Games, but Attitudes Vary by Gender, Age, and Gaming Motivations.
Learn about how gender, age, and gaming motivations shape the perception of Gen AI in video games.
quanticfoundry.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Quantic Foundry does legit trustworthy analysis of gamer behaviour, and these survey results are shockingly negative toward genAI, to the point where I’m more hopeful that data driven mobile and AAA backpedals on their uses.
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RJ is absolutely right here, I would add that concept artists more often than not serve as the filter for reference going into the project. We build reference libraries and understandings of an exceptionally diverse range of information and how that relates to the project.
The thing thats so insidious about using AI this way is that one of the main ways artists get hired are studios looking for art references and they find us and reach out.
This is removing a major avenue to get work if they can just generate nameless derivations of our ideas.
This is removing a major avenue to get work if they can just generate nameless derivations of our ideas.
December 17, 2025 at 3:28 AM
RJ is absolutely right here, I would add that concept artists more often than not serve as the filter for reference going into the project. We build reference libraries and understandings of an exceptionally diverse range of information and how that relates to the project.
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In the CASTLE AUTOMATIC, the Outer Sanctuary has many sights both strange and majestic. Confess to the Queen of Cups, view a giant mummified vampire, or interrogate the anchorite King of Cups.
Art by Felipe Faria
(Join the Early Worm campaign! www.exaltedfuneral.com/pages/the-ca...)
Art by Felipe Faria
(Join the Early Worm campaign! www.exaltedfuneral.com/pages/the-ca...)
December 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
In the CASTLE AUTOMATIC, the Outer Sanctuary has many sights both strange and majestic. Confess to the Queen of Cups, view a giant mummified vampire, or interrogate the anchorite King of Cups.
Art by Felipe Faria
(Join the Early Worm campaign! www.exaltedfuneral.com/pages/the-ca...)
Art by Felipe Faria
(Join the Early Worm campaign! www.exaltedfuneral.com/pages/the-ca...)
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An interesting use of what I was originally calling a "stepladder table." (Not a good name for it. But this IS a good use for it.)
December 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
An interesting use of what I was originally calling a "stepladder table." (Not a good name for it. But this IS a good use for it.)
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So the guy himself is saying they arent really even seeing productivity gains? He said they are just using AI because they are afraid of being left behind. He is inviting this public scorn by repeating techbro talking points for no benefit at all. The mind of a CEO is fascinating.
If I had known the two paragraphs about genAI in my article today would be so controversial, I would have expanded them a bit! Here's a rough transcript of the relevant portion of my interview with Swen Vincke, so everyone has all the context. (Full article here: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...)
December 17, 2025 at 12:16 AM
So the guy himself is saying they arent really even seeing productivity gains? He said they are just using AI because they are afraid of being left behind. He is inviting this public scorn by repeating techbro talking points for no benefit at all. The mind of a CEO is fascinating.
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good article though unfortunately the game industry is largely controlled by people who are unfamiliar with the history movies, theater, literature, or basically any art form that does not have stats
Despite the controversy, Horses is only shocking if you're unfamiliar with the history movies, theater, literature, or basically any art form that does not have stats. aftermath.site/horses-indie-g...
Horses Is Tame
Horses, the indie game that is too scandalous for either Valve or Epic, is only beyond the pale if you're not familiar with any other art form.
aftermath.site
December 5, 2025 at 12:21 AM
good article though unfortunately the game industry is largely controlled by people who are unfamiliar with the history movies, theater, literature, or basically any art form that does not have stats
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this is a real indie dev horror story
an unorthodox game getting pre banned by steam and the team patently and methodically attempting to get in touch with a human at valve to sort it out and just getting nowhere
an unorthodox game getting pre banned by steam and the team patently and methodically attempting to get in touch with a human at valve to sort it out and just getting nowhere
Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
November 26, 2025 at 5:56 AM
this is a real indie dev horror story
an unorthodox game getting pre banned by steam and the team patently and methodically attempting to get in touch with a human at valve to sort it out and just getting nowhere
an unorthodox game getting pre banned by steam and the team patently and methodically attempting to get in touch with a human at valve to sort it out and just getting nowhere
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defunctland videos are great because everyone in charge of disneyland for the past half century have been trying to carry out what they think walt would’ve wanted like they’re the patriots in MGS trying to carry out the boss’s will. coincidentally both involve giant robot dinosaurs
November 26, 2025 at 4:25 AM
defunctland videos are great because everyone in charge of disneyland for the past half century have been trying to carry out what they think walt would’ve wanted like they’re the patriots in MGS trying to carry out the boss’s will. coincidentally both involve giant robot dinosaurs
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can't believe i have to point to the sign in CAIN all the time lol
November 22, 2025 at 1:29 PM
can't believe i have to point to the sign in CAIN all the time lol
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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In case you missed it, I just launched a pre-order campaign for my upcoming 100+ room, 5 level dungeon The Castle Automatic.
Instead of doing a "traditional" Kickstarter, I opted for a pre-order campaign through Exalted Funeral instead. We're calling it the Early Worm campaign.
Why?
Instead of doing a "traditional" Kickstarter, I opted for a pre-order campaign through Exalted Funeral instead. We're calling it the Early Worm campaign.
Why?
Why the Castle Automatic is doing a preorder campaign instead of a Kickstarter
In case you missed it, I just launched a pre-order campaign for my upcoming 100+ room, 5 level dungeon The Castle Automatic . Click to bec...
riseupcomus.blogspot.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
In case you missed it, I just launched a pre-order campaign for my upcoming 100+ room, 5 level dungeon The Castle Automatic.
Instead of doing a "traditional" Kickstarter, I opted for a pre-order campaign through Exalted Funeral instead. We're calling it the Early Worm campaign.
Why?
Instead of doing a "traditional" Kickstarter, I opted for a pre-order campaign through Exalted Funeral instead. We're calling it the Early Worm campaign.
Why?
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please watch movies and read books and play games and look at art, please view it with your own eyes through a lens you made yourself and not just through video essayists and ending explained videos please im begging you
October 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
please watch movies and read books and play games and look at art, please view it with your own eyes through a lens you made yourself and not just through video essayists and ending explained videos please im begging you
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Hahahahaha
Hahahahaha
12 years in development.
Six months out.
Hahahahaha
12 years in development.
Six months out.
October 24, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Hahahahaha
Hahahahaha
12 years in development.
Six months out.
Hahahahaha
12 years in development.
Six months out.
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State of the TTRPG scene: running an exhibition stall next to the events stage (...) l. They have a well attended talk about getting in to TTRPGs. The question of games other than 5e comes up, and how theyre good to get into, using Pathfinder and playing Disco Elysium (the crpg) as only examples
October 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
State of the TTRPG scene: running an exhibition stall next to the events stage (...) l. They have a well attended talk about getting in to TTRPGs. The question of games other than 5e comes up, and how theyre good to get into, using Pathfinder and playing Disco Elysium (the crpg) as only examples
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ahh my favorite game of 2025 is out!!!!!
October 14, 2025 at 12:29 PM
ahh my favorite game of 2025 is out!!!!!