Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by Ursidice

Mike Harrison-Wood @mikeharrisonwood.bsky.social · 13m

Role announcement!

I play as Clive Donahue (narrator and protagonist) in Paraspective, a free to play visual novel!

Without saying too much it involves some awesome meta-narrative stuff that keeps you on your toes and leads to the "true" ending. Can you find it?

housewrennt.itch.io/paraspective

Paraspective by housewrennt

What if you were the monster?

housewrennt.itch.io

1 1 1

Reposted by Ursidice

Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 21h

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

24 550 1.2K

Ursidice @ursidice.bsky.social · 1h

For those unsure, here are 1d6 leftovers:
1 Just over a mouthful of curry
2 Bowl of stir fry, where you ate all the bits you like most already
3 Too much rice
4 Between 1/4 and 1/8 of a pizza
5 Meat of an age you are still willing chance
6 Pasta bake that has t h i c k e n e d

2

Ursidice @ursidice.bsky.social · 1h

I would be in favour of Mr Beast if he were forcing billionaires to perform demeaning tasks for the right to retain their wealth.

2

Ursidice @ursidice.bsky.social · 1h

Unreasonably incensed by an advert that describes making a meal out of "leftovers", then proceeds to make a toastie using a new, unopened jar of pasta sauce, some grated cheese, and two slices of sourdough.

1 5

Ursidice @ursidice.bsky.social · 5h

Stirges just pufferfishing and dropping to the ground like a fat blood balloon.

1

Reposted by Ursidice

Merely 🦇 Matt @merelymatt.bsky.social · 5h

On the board at 35!!

Digital Media World Cups | WSWC & AFWC @dmwcinfo.bsky.social · 18h

🚨🚨🚨 October 2025 AFWC Update! 🚨🚨🚨

There's a *ton* of movement on the ranking with a lot of festivals still to go in 2025 with a ton of movement yet to come!

Many 2026 festivals are open! Submit your work to them today! https://digitalmediaworldcups/audio-fiction-world-cup

The updated rankings for the Audio Fiction World Cup as of October 8, 2025.
1 - Merona Grant & The Lost Tomb of Golgotha
2 -Leylines
3 - Planet Arcana
4 - My First Dungeon: The Wildsea
5 - Godkiller: Last Hope
6 - Curious Matter Anthology
7 - Fables of Eyrde: Lost Mine of the Colossus
8 - The Witches of Wederra Keep
9 - The Adventures of Bud & Herb
10 - DINK: The Musical
11 - The Storyteller Squad, The Fourth Age
12 - Dark Dice
13 - KIND: An LGBTQ+ Mythical Noir
14 - The Caller

The updated rankings for the Audio Fiction World Cup as of October 8, 2025.
15 - Wayward Autumnal
16 - Fawx & Stallion
17 - Unbalanced Encounters: Small Gods Scatter, The Spectral Silhouette Radio Show
18 - Twilight Meridian
19 - Table Read Podcast
20 - Levian, Godkiller: Balance
21 - Liberty: Tales from the Tower
22 - We’re Alive: Descendants, Tales Yet Told: 2048 AM Voices in the Wood
23 - Observable Radio
24 - The Book of War, Silvertongues
25 - The Treacle People: Still Sticky

The updated rankings for the Audio Fiction World Cup as of October 8, 2025.
26 - Howl
27 - Beneath the Surface, A Haunting, Beloved
28 - Gather by the Ghost Light (The Other Me), 5 GMs in a Trenchcoat
29 - The Corner of Pleasure & West River, Murderer’s Murder, Mage Hand High Five: The Badlands
30 - Moose on a Highway
31 - The All-American Ruins Podcast
32 - Unlicensed Magic
33 - The Cleanup Crew
34 - Windfall, Quest Friends!, Malevolent

The updated rankings for the Audio Fiction World Cup as of October 8, 2025.
35 - Unbalanced Encounters: Rally, The White Vault: Goshawk, Kobalt Pier, I Need a Miracle, Ghost InSpectors
Demons & Daughters
37 - True Crime Rectum, Partial Veil
38 - The City: Revolution, RPG for You and Me - Absolute Zero, Forsaken
39 - Stowaway, Old Cove, Alpha 8
40 - What Will Be Here?

1 2 2

Ursidice @ursidice.bsky.social · 5h

5-7 LITRES!

1

Ursidice @ursidice.bsky.social · 5h

Hold up now, because a Commoner only has 4 HP.
So if that's the average, we can assume a Stirge is draining roughly 5-7 on a single schlurp.
The theory still stands, but we're getting MUCH MORE BLOOD FOR OUR MONEY.

Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 10h

OK. Last time.
A D&D Stirge detaches after draining 10 HP of blood. Therefore HP are a measurable unit of blood (I estimate 200ml per HP).

Characters with high HP might have hundreds of liters contained in their bodies at high pressure. Even light nicks tend to spray anime-style.
It's science.

1

Ursidice @ursidice.bsky.social · 5h

People approach alt text like English grammar, but they should approach it like German grammar.
No, I will not elaborate.

1

Reposted by Ursidice

Lux Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 16h

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

32 690 3.9K

Ursidice @ursidice.bsky.social · 18h

Getting more and more into the mindset that the only correct response to anyone saying that AI will replace a job is “ah, so you’re a person of little taste and no imagination?”

1 2

Reposted by Ursidice

Chris Bissette 🐻🌈 @loottheroom.bsky.social · 1d

I'm putting more focus on my Patreon again. If you're interested in the things I make and the way I make them, this is the best way to see more. Tiers start at £3 a month and every sub makes a huge difference to me.

Here's the most recent post: www.patreon.com/posts/writin...

Writing Mörktober | Chris Bissette

Get more from Chris Bissette on Patreon

www.patreon.com

3 4

Reposted by Ursidice

Kath @kathyburke.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, yes I know I keep banging on about my fucking book! However, if you want one repost this and I’ll do a random winner pick thing by the end of the week because I’m great like that. ♥️📚
#amindofmyown

48 1.1K 940

Ursidice @ursidice.bsky.social · 2d

Frankenstein's Monzo

Reposted by Ursidice

W.H. Arthur RPG—Mud Ghost Estate Redux🔜Kickstarter @wharthur.bsky.social · 2d

It's my birthday today! 🎈
Please check out my birthday sale so that I can afford coffee and cake and pay my bills!
itch.io/s/160877/wh-...

20 27 37

Ursidice @ursidice.bsky.social · 2d

Happy birthday!

1 1

Reposted by Ursidice

Rowan Rook and Decard @rowanrookanddecard.bsky.social · 2d

Surprise! I have joined the fearsome and terrible hive at RRD, and will be the new Soc Media wretch!
Lots of love and mouth full of dice, Naomi xoxo

Graphic to introduce Naomi as the new social media manager. There's a smiling close up on a polaroid, an ink drawing of Heike by Sar Cousins and a photo of Naomi on a podcast stage at dragonmeet. A piece of paper has some notes on it. It says "hello" "I'm taking the social media going forward, made HEART an actual play podcast and played heike. Secretly plans to kill grant in a pit trap by 2035"

7 6 87

Reposted by Ursidice

Josh Fox 🔜 Ex Tenebris coming to Kickstarter @armadajosh.bsky.social · 2d

3 DAYS LEFT on Ex Tenebris. AMA?

www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...

Ex Tenebris: A star-spanning gothic investigation TTRPG

Unravel mysteries, battle horrors, protect the stars

www.kickstarter.com

4 8

Ursidice @ursidice.bsky.social · 3d

British political zeitgeist can be summed up as “I don’t want charity, I just want £300”

Reposted by Ursidice

Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 5d

Blustery day, isn't it? Here's the National Grid: Live generation data. Wind and solar are generating 74.2% of our electricity. Gas is generating 13.1%. And yet our household electricity prices are pegged to... the volatile price of gas. Which is the basis on which the right attacks... renewables.

19 270 590

Reposted by Ursidice

Mat Pringle @matpringle.bsky.social · 4d

And the process video.

Check out @wyrdscience.bsky.social if you enjoy RPGs and tabletop gaming.

2 6 28

Reposted by Ursidice

Becky Annison 🔜 Ex Tenebris is Kickstarting now! @beckyannison.bsky.social · 6d

Now into the final week of Ex Tenebris, our gothic space horror #ttrpg

If you like investigation games, dark gothic settings in a star spanning universe and being a frail line of defence against horrors from another realm...

Check it out!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...

Picture of a futuristic hive city with alien structures. Interior art for Ex Tenebris a ttrpg currently kickstarting.

10 19

Ursidice @ursidice.bsky.social · 5d

Refusing to allow “existential” dread in any game set pre-1940s, for the sake of historical accuracy

1 1 16

Reposted by Ursidice

Jean Verne @jeanverne.bsky.social · 5d

Wyrd Science's Gazetteer is always a nice read, but finding my newsletter in it made it extra nice ✨

Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 6d

Friday, why not enjoy a gazetteer on us...

Systems Matter

In this week's Gazetteer we look at preserving games, pushing coins and more!

wyrd.science

3 14