VanVelding
@vanvelding.bsky.social
I sometimes make things on the internet. Battletech. Star Trek. US politics. Video games.
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Winning the stakes is good, but a few well-played events might be able to reverse those point values:
December 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Winning the stakes is good, but a few well-played events might be able to reverse those point values:
Wouldn't be surprised.
December 10, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Wouldn't be surprised.
They could cook with it today. Just add Cartman in there. Stan gets sick and his family can't pay for it. Cartman convinces him to go on racist tirade to fundraise. Add some farts and pop culture references to season.
Is The Producers still topical?
Is The Producers still topical?
December 9, 2025 at 5:05 AM
They could cook with it today. Just add Cartman in there. Stan gets sick and his family can't pay for it. Cartman convinces him to go on racist tirade to fundraise. Add some farts and pop culture references to season.
Is The Producers still topical?
Is The Producers still topical?
It's not Central Planning if you ain't planning shit.
December 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
It's not Central Planning if you ain't planning shit.
L.A. YouTube drama:
December 5, 2025 at 6:43 AM
L.A. YouTube drama:
A 5:1 KDR seems like a lot to ask for a campaign mission. Wild that it's the one star outcome.
December 5, 2025 at 6:26 AM
A 5:1 KDR seems like a lot to ask for a campaign mission. Wild that it's the one star outcome.
The whole LLM-driven YouTube year end thing was awful--I didn't watch Elden Ring videos; I watched Monster Factory--but it's no surprise the raw data results are actually accurate.
December 5, 2025 at 1:17 AM
The whole LLM-driven YouTube year end thing was awful--I didn't watch Elden Ring videos; I watched Monster Factory--but it's no surprise the raw data results are actually accurate.
(the video looks good)
December 3, 2025 at 12:14 AM
(the video looks good)
And ending which with interactions and letters from supporting characters was a little better than the standard slide show ending. Good way to use mechanics to finish up the story. Lae'zel did not, in fact, get what was coming to her. (It's fine she was nice at the end, even sans an arc.)
December 2, 2025 at 6:15 AM
And ending which with interactions and letters from supporting characters was a little better than the standard slide show ending. Good way to use mechanics to finish up the story. Lae'zel did not, in fact, get what was coming to her. (It's fine she was nice at the end, even sans an arc.)
Or course, we would have betrayed The Emperor and freed the Gith prince just to get the achievements and see the different story unfurl, but...
December 2, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Or course, we would have betrayed The Emperor and freed the Gith prince just to get the achievements and see the different story unfurl, but...
Actually, we'd cultivated so many allies the final battle looked more like:
December 2, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Actually, we'd cultivated so many allies the final battle looked more like:
Welp, time to be hittin' the ol' dusty trail...
December 2, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Welp, time to be hittin' the ol' dusty trail...
When I browse the Baldur's Gate tag, see fanart of my latest custom PC--"Chad Tiefling" I call him--realize it's Dammon fanart and that I actually just made Dammon, and I have to redo my character:
November 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
When I browse the Baldur's Gate tag, see fanart of my latest custom PC--"Chad Tiefling" I call him--realize it's Dammon fanart and that I actually just made Dammon, and I have to redo my character:
Finishing the second #BaldursGate3 run tonight. We managed to have just about everyone we can on side. Feels good:
November 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Finishing the second #BaldursGate3 run tonight. We managed to have just about everyone we can on side. Feels good:
Having seen only two serials from this era, I thought: If they don't have Ace's baseball bat as an artifact in the MtG set, it's inexcusable. But:
November 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Having seen only two serials from this era, I thought: If they don't have Ace's baseball bat as an artifact in the MtG set, it's inexcusable. But:
I try to appreciate the aesthetics, budget constraints, and technological limitations of TV shows from different eras, but that Dalek Emperor is busted.
November 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I try to appreciate the aesthetics, budget constraints, and technological limitations of TV shows from different eras, but that Dalek Emperor is busted.
"If they didn't say they're in the Star Wars universe you'd never know (without force users)."
November 26, 2025 at 4:52 PM
"If they didn't say they're in the Star Wars universe you'd never know (without force users)."
jesus christ
5:2 KDR
5:2 KDR
November 25, 2025 at 2:15 AM
jesus christ
5:2 KDR
5:2 KDR
After all, why not? Why shouldn't I deploy pikemen two ranks deep?
November 25, 2025 at 2:13 AM
After all, why not? Why shouldn't I deploy pikemen two ranks deep?
Friend: "Are these two characters dating?"
Me:
Me:
November 20, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Friend: "Are these two characters dating?"
Me:
Me:
This is about Zhaban from Star Trek Picard, who died offscreen so Picard could pork his widow before dropping her cold (offscreen) for Beverly Crusher.
November 19, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This is about Zhaban from Star Trek Picard, who died offscreen so Picard could pork his widow before dropping her cold (offscreen) for Beverly Crusher.