deptofmeteors
@deptofmeteors.bsky.social
Editor & Narrative Consultant: Perfect Tides: Station to Station, NORCO
Editor & Designer: The Creation of Wonder
Designer: air light water moon shadow sky
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Editor & Designer: The Creation of Wonder
Designer: air light water moon shadow sky
https://bathers-library.square.site/product/air-light-water-moon-shadow-sky-by-matt-carney/
What a loss. Reading about “vocational awe” early in my MLIS program meant so much, and I know plenty of booksellers and game designers who found something necessary in there as well. www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2018/vocatio...
February 5, 2026 at 12:51 AM
What a loss. Reading about “vocational awe” early in my MLIS program meant so much, and I know plenty of booksellers and game designers who found something necessary in there as well. www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2018/vocatio...
Paper Labyrinths is such a good podcast with such insightful conversations that, even having spent over two years talking with @meredithgran.com about Perfect Tides: Station to Station, I still hit play the minute it appeared in my feed.
This month on PAPER LABYRINTHS, @nictringali.bsky.social and I talk with @meredithgran.com about her new game Perfect Tides: Station to Station, as well as making comics, satisfying endings, and the power of time and place.
sites.libsyn.com/568595/site/...
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February 1, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Paper Labyrinths is such a good podcast with such insightful conversations that, even having spent over two years talking with @meredithgran.com about Perfect Tides: Station to Station, I still hit play the minute it appeared in my feed.
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Wrote a post on my blog today about some of the people who helped make Perfect Tides: Station to Station.
It's not a complete list, but I hope you'll join me in awestruck gratitude. This game required a lot of hearts and minds.
meredithgran.com/post-release...
It's not a complete list, but I hope you'll join me in awestruck gratitude. This game required a lot of hearts and minds.
meredithgran.com/post-release...
Post-Release Acknowledgments - Meredith Gran
Perfect Tides: Station to Station has been out for 1 week today. To my surprise, it has taken a long time to recover physically from the long sprint
meredithgran.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Wrote a post on my blog today about some of the people who helped make Perfect Tides: Station to Station.
It's not a complete list, but I hope you'll join me in awestruck gratitude. This game required a lot of hearts and minds.
meredithgran.com/post-release...
It's not a complete list, but I hope you'll join me in awestruck gratitude. This game required a lot of hearts and minds.
meredithgran.com/post-release...
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Thank you to everyone who has reviewed Perfect Tides: Station to Station on steam! Some really nice recent ones:
January 28, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Thank you to everyone who has reviewed Perfect Tides: Station to Station on steam! Some really nice recent ones:
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Anyone who is part of the federal government who is not doing everything in their power to stop this administration, regardless of the assumed cost to normalcy or career, is a coward and a collaborator.
January 24, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Anyone who is part of the federal government who is not doing everything in their power to stop this administration, regardless of the assumed cost to normalcy or career, is a coward and a collaborator.
playing COMMONWEALTH via Discord was some of the most fun I had with anything last year, and the way that so many small moments & rolls carry you forward and create the bigger arc of just being a little shit Barry Lyndon-ing your way through Book of the New Sun is something really special
COMMONWEALTH is OUT NOW.
It is a "far-future social climbing simulation" inspired by En Garde!, The Book of the New Sun, and Barry Lyndon.
@nictringali.bsky.social did the layout and graphic design and the cover and interior art is from @amandalee.bsky.social
👉 modality.itch.io/commonwealth 🍷🌹
It is a "far-future social climbing simulation" inspired by En Garde!, The Book of the New Sun, and Barry Lyndon.
@nictringali.bsky.social did the layout and graphic design and the cover and interior art is from @amandalee.bsky.social
👉 modality.itch.io/commonwealth 🍷🌹
COMMONWEALTH by Michael Hansen
A far-future social climbing simulation
modality.itch.io
January 23, 2026 at 11:59 PM
playing COMMONWEALTH via Discord was some of the most fun I had with anything last year, and the way that so many small moments & rolls carry you forward and create the bigger arc of just being a little shit Barry Lyndon-ing your way through Book of the New Sun is something really special
Now to go take a walk and revisit a certain special album in celebration.
January 22, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Now to go take a walk and revisit a certain special album in celebration.
It has been an incredible experience working with @meredithgran.com on Perfect Tides: Station to Station.
So much thought and care went into the words, story, art, music, and systems (yes, systems), and it is amazing to see it already resonating so much with players who value those things.
So much thought and care went into the words, story, art, music, and systems (yes, systems), and it is amazing to see it already resonating so much with players who value those things.
January 22, 2026 at 9:43 PM
It has been an incredible experience working with @meredithgran.com on Perfect Tides: Station to Station.
So much thought and care went into the words, story, art, music, and systems (yes, systems), and it is amazing to see it already resonating so much with players who value those things.
So much thought and care went into the words, story, art, music, and systems (yes, systems), and it is amazing to see it already resonating so much with players who value those things.
Perfect Tides: Station to Station comes out this Thursday m.youtube.com/watch?v=6I_r...
cub - New York City (Official Video)
YouTube video by Mintrecs
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January 20, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Perfect Tides: Station to Station comes out this Thursday m.youtube.com/watch?v=6I_r...
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jack asked if i would sketch up a poster to tell people in nearby neighborhoods about the partnership between flock and ring, and this is what i came up with. it can be printed on an 8.5x11 sheet of paper.
![YOUR RING CAMERA IS AN ICE AGENT
[a drawing of a ring camera with an ice agent dragging a person away in its field of vision]
"In October of 2025, Amazon's Ring announced its partnership with FLOCK, an A.I. surveillance group that freely shares its footage with ICE, the secret service, and the navy. Flock customers can use A.I. tools to sift through footage to assist in all manner of operations (like raids and deportations) without a warrant. Unplug Ring! Melt ICE! Protect your neighbors!
See: https://blog.ring.com/about-ring/ring-expands-community-requests-to-additional-community-safety-partners/
https://www.404media.co/ice-secret-service-navy-all-had-access-to-flocks-nationwide-network-of-cameras/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp9MwZkHiMQ
https://www.aclum.org/campaigns-initiatives/get-the-flock-out-resource-guide/](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:p2aefnvhb3zmkrazk67dppxw/bafkreic7teyeocg7k5qcqxnc666k7clyiislh2zfi6iopcz6fs3e3lt6xy@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 8:15 PM
jack asked if i would sketch up a poster to tell people in nearby neighborhoods about the partnership between flock and ring, and this is what i came up with. it can be printed on an 8.5x11 sheet of paper.
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anything can happen in a video game. anything.
January 17, 2026 at 3:05 AM
anything can happen in a video game. anything.
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I continue to live out certain corny countercultural ideals like the value of technology sourcebooks for education and empowerment. so, also just to say: there are still copies of the second printing of #othernetworks shop.mexicansummer.com/merch/495898... 1/2
Lori Emerson - Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook. Mexican Summer & Anthology.
Buy Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook by Lori Emerson on Mexican Summer & Anthology.
shop.mexicansummer.com
January 11, 2026 at 8:14 PM
I continue to live out certain corny countercultural ideals like the value of technology sourcebooks for education and empowerment. so, also just to say: there are still copies of the second printing of #othernetworks shop.mexicansummer.com/merch/495898... 1/2
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Perfect Tides: Station to Station has been nominated for two IGF awards:
-Excellence in Narrative
-Seumas McNally Grand Prize
This is such a tremendous honor, and what a nice hurrah as and the team and the playtesters and I race towards the finish line.
Nomination list: tinyurl.com/2zzt8sw4
-Excellence in Narrative
-Seumas McNally Grand Prize
This is such a tremendous honor, and what a nice hurrah as and the team and the playtesters and I race towards the finish line.
Nomination list: tinyurl.com/2zzt8sw4
January 9, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Perfect Tides: Station to Station has been nominated for two IGF awards:
-Excellence in Narrative
-Seumas McNally Grand Prize
This is such a tremendous honor, and what a nice hurrah as and the team and the playtesters and I race towards the finish line.
Nomination list: tinyurl.com/2zzt8sw4
-Excellence in Narrative
-Seumas McNally Grand Prize
This is such a tremendous honor, and what a nice hurrah as and the team and the playtesters and I race towards the finish line.
Nomination list: tinyurl.com/2zzt8sw4
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I am a simple person who thinks that telling the truth about things is important. I watched the video footage of this shooting, and the killing is casual and unhurried. DHS and aligned political actors are very ready to present a story of rushed, panicked violence, and it just is not true.
NEW: At least four videos show what really happened when ICE shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday.
DHS has established itself as an agency that cannot be trusted to live in or present reality.
Our latest:
DHS has established itself as an agency that cannot be trusted to live in or present reality.
Our latest:
DHS Is Lying To You About ICE Shooting a Woman
At least four videos show what really happened when ICE shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday. DHS has established itself as an agency that cannot be trusted to live in or present reality.
www.404media.co
January 7, 2026 at 11:14 PM
I am a simple person who thinks that telling the truth about things is important. I watched the video footage of this shooting, and the killing is casual and unhurried. DHS and aligned political actors are very ready to present a story of rushed, panicked violence, and it just is not true.
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#TTRPG Designers, players, & related nerds:
@ttrpgcataloging.bsky.social is a group of Library & Information Science MA students are working on a research project focused on improving cataloging for TTRPGs — unbelievably important work!
They’re seeking participants for interviews.
@ttrpgcataloging.bsky.social is a group of Library & Information Science MA students are working on a research project focused on improving cataloging for TTRPGs — unbelievably important work!
They’re seeking participants for interviews.
January 7, 2026 at 3:47 PM
#TTRPG Designers, players, & related nerds:
@ttrpgcataloging.bsky.social is a group of Library & Information Science MA students are working on a research project focused on improving cataloging for TTRPGs — unbelievably important work!
They’re seeking participants for interviews.
@ttrpgcataloging.bsky.social is a group of Library & Information Science MA students are working on a research project focused on improving cataloging for TTRPGs — unbelievably important work!
They’re seeking participants for interviews.
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An administration driven by greed, cruelty, and frankly a sort of empty-hearted boredom. The death of innocents so they can beat their chests and line their already fat wallets.
Whatever comes next has to at least look like justice. We cannot just turn the page for the sake of one party’s comfort.
Whatever comes next has to at least look like justice. We cannot just turn the page for the sake of one party’s comfort.
BREAKING: Venezuela’s government has accused the US of launching attacks on civilian and military installations across several states, rejecting what it described as a "military aggression," according to an official statement.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/p3fqh2
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/p3fqh2
January 3, 2026 at 8:41 AM
An administration driven by greed, cruelty, and frankly a sort of empty-hearted boredom. The death of innocents so they can beat their chests and line their already fat wallets.
Whatever comes next has to at least look like justice. We cannot just turn the page for the sake of one party’s comfort.
Whatever comes next has to at least look like justice. We cannot just turn the page for the sake of one party’s comfort.
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This is one of my games of the year. One of the best written games of all time imo, with simple but thematically elegant mechanics which help propel this coming-of-age narrative adventure forward. It’s just really properly good!
Hi new followers! If you don't already know I have a new game coming out on January 22nd! It's a narrative adventure set in the year 2003 where you are a young writer trying to make sense of the world:
store.steampowered.com/app/2088810/...
store.steampowered.com/app/2088810/...
Perfect Tides: Station to Station on Steam
A point n' click sequel to Perfect Tides about the momentum and whiplash of young adulthood. Explore the big city through 18-year-old Mara's eyes. Collect items, nurture ideas, and experience complex ...
store.steampowered.com
January 3, 2026 at 5:57 AM
This is one of my games of the year. One of the best written games of all time imo, with simple but thematically elegant mechanics which help propel this coming-of-age narrative adventure forward. It’s just really properly good!
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Mara Whitefish, the most realistic character to ever be in a video game
December 27, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Mara Whitefish, the most realistic character to ever be in a video game
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Hi new followers! If you don't already know I have a new game coming out on January 22nd! It's a narrative adventure set in the year 2003 where you are a young writer trying to make sense of the world:
store.steampowered.com/app/2088810/...
store.steampowered.com/app/2088810/...
Perfect Tides: Station to Station on Steam
A point n' click sequel to Perfect Tides about the momentum and whiplash of young adulthood. Explore the big city through 18-year-old Mara's eyes. Collect items, nurture ideas, and experience complex ...
store.steampowered.com
December 26, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Hi new followers! If you don't already know I have a new game coming out on January 22nd! It's a narrative adventure set in the year 2003 where you are a young writer trying to make sense of the world:
store.steampowered.com/app/2088810/...
store.steampowered.com/app/2088810/...
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Perfect Tides: Station to Station has been nominated for @indiecade.bsky.social awards in the Narrative + Impact categories!
Full list of nominees here:
www.indiecade.com/festival-202...
Full list of nominees here:
www.indiecade.com/festival-202...
December 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Perfect Tides: Station to Station has been nominated for @indiecade.bsky.social awards in the Narrative + Impact categories!
Full list of nominees here:
www.indiecade.com/festival-202...
Full list of nominees here:
www.indiecade.com/festival-202...
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Nic & I wrote hundreds of events for Amberspire, so I can say (with some bias) that the game’s world is so considered & interesting, but allows the player to form their own narrative that is reflected back at them in the cities they build.
I’m proud to work on it, and everyone should wishlist it!!
I’m proud to work on it, and everyone should wishlist it!!
And hey, wishlist Amberspire! tell a friend! store.steampowered.com/app/3350750/...
December 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Nic & I wrote hundreds of events for Amberspire, so I can say (with some bias) that the game’s world is so considered & interesting, but allows the player to form their own narrative that is reflected back at them in the cities they build.
I’m proud to work on it, and everyone should wishlist it!!
I’m proud to work on it, and everyone should wishlist it!!
and everyone should back @amandalee.bsky.social’s comradery for access to a trove of art (much of which you’ll see inside).
comradery.co/amandalee
comradery.co/amandalee
Amanda Lee Franck
Amanda Lee Franck - A Bestiary and Complete World Atlas
comradery.co
December 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM
and everyone should back @amandalee.bsky.social’s comradery for access to a trove of art (much of which you’ll see inside).
comradery.co/amandalee
comradery.co/amandalee
feel incredibly lucky that my introduction to TTRPGs, outside of a few one-shots, was this incredible beast of a campaign. @brendanmcleod.com did an excellent wrangling it all into a book, helping edit a portion of it was a boast unto itself.
Out now: WHALE ROADS
The chronicle of a year-long, 30+ player West Marches campaign of Wolves Upon the Coast by @lukegearing.bsky.social
A 250-page "zine" filled with play summaries, original art, and Referee commentary.
Available now, and it's 100% completely free.
sulcata.itch.io/whale-roads
The chronicle of a year-long, 30+ player West Marches campaign of Wolves Upon the Coast by @lukegearing.bsky.social
A 250-page "zine" filled with play summaries, original art, and Referee commentary.
Available now, and it's 100% completely free.
sulcata.itch.io/whale-roads
WHALE ROADS by sulcata | Brendan McLeod
A megazine about Wolves Upon the Coast
sulcata.itch.io
December 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
feel incredibly lucky that my introduction to TTRPGs, outside of a few one-shots, was this incredible beast of a campaign. @brendanmcleod.com did an excellent wrangling it all into a book, helping edit a portion of it was a boast unto itself.
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Coming soon.
A chronicle of adventure and glory in a time of monsters.
A chronicle of adventure and glory in a time of monsters.
December 2, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Coming soon.
A chronicle of adventure and glory in a time of monsters.
A chronicle of adventure and glory in a time of monsters.