Gordo
@gallowglass.bsky.social
he/him. old enough to know better, dumb enough to try anyway.
An ambulatory pile of expensive hobbies in an overcoat.
I'm here for TTRPGs, retro tech, heavy metal, illustration, and genre fiction.
An ambulatory pile of expensive hobbies in an overcoat.
I'm here for TTRPGs, retro tech, heavy metal, illustration, and genre fiction.
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Please, if you love anything about this life, stop using ChatGPT and other GenAI. Just stop. Don't use it to dunk on it, don't use it for a laugh, just stop and let that shit wither.
April 2, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Please, if you love anything about this life, stop using ChatGPT and other GenAI. Just stop. Don't use it to dunk on it, don't use it for a laugh, just stop and let that shit wither.
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Ta da! It's cover reveal day for my new book, THE FLESH KING, the sequel to THE PALE HOUSE DEVIL. It will be out in October. I hope you enjoy it.
March 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Ta da! It's cover reveal day for my new book, THE FLESH KING, the sequel to THE PALE HOUSE DEVIL. It will be out in October. I hope you enjoy it.
If you made a list of things that could be done to make Battletech better as a game and setting, "make it more like 40K" wouldn't be at the bottom of it. It would be on another sheet of paper in a garbage can down the block, covered in old coffee and pizza grease. BT Gothic looks like a bad joke.
March 25, 2025 at 9:36 PM
If you made a list of things that could be done to make Battletech better as a game and setting, "make it more like 40K" wouldn't be at the bottom of it. It would be on another sheet of paper in a garbage can down the block, covered in old coffee and pizza grease. BT Gothic looks like a bad joke.
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“Speak up, speak out, get in the way. Get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America.” – John Lewis
March 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
“Speak up, speak out, get in the way. Get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America.” – John Lewis
Looks like I survived the last round of layoffs, but the messaging from management definitely reads like a threat. "Oh we're done with the Reduction in Force, *unless* we fail to hit every one of our goals for the next three months."
In other words, everyone is on probation.
In other words, everyone is on probation.
March 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Looks like I survived the last round of layoffs, but the messaging from management definitely reads like a threat. "Oh we're done with the Reduction in Force, *unless* we fail to hit every one of our goals for the next three months."
In other words, everyone is on probation.
In other words, everyone is on probation.
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Brand matters. And positioning your brand to be “booze for chickenshits and racist grandpas” is definitely a choice.
March 5, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Brand matters. And positioning your brand to be “booze for chickenshits and racist grandpas” is definitely a choice.
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Shadowrun (1996) | Sega Mega CD | Adventure with light RPG elements | Compile, Group SNE
It's 2053 and in Tokyo, corporations vie for dominance in the shadows via proxies. Unlike the earlier Sega Genesis and SNES adaptations of FASA's TTRPG, this Japan-only adaptation was more of a 'visual novel'!
It's 2053 and in Tokyo, corporations vie for dominance in the shadows via proxies. Unlike the earlier Sega Genesis and SNES adaptations of FASA's TTRPG, this Japan-only adaptation was more of a 'visual novel'!
March 4, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Shadowrun (1996) | Sega Mega CD | Adventure with light RPG elements | Compile, Group SNE
It's 2053 and in Tokyo, corporations vie for dominance in the shadows via proxies. Unlike the earlier Sega Genesis and SNES adaptations of FASA's TTRPG, this Japan-only adaptation was more of a 'visual novel'!
It's 2053 and in Tokyo, corporations vie for dominance in the shadows via proxies. Unlike the earlier Sega Genesis and SNES adaptations of FASA's TTRPG, this Japan-only adaptation was more of a 'visual novel'!
Getting caught trying to cheat at poker, apparently.
March 4, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Getting caught trying to cheat at poker, apparently.
I think I may have finally burned out on making custom settings for my TTRPG campaigns. As fun as it is to get lost in world-building, it's difficult to replicate the level of group buy-in that you can get with players who are already fans of the setting.
March 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I think I may have finally burned out on making custom settings for my TTRPG campaigns. As fun as it is to get lost in world-building, it's difficult to replicate the level of group buy-in that you can get with players who are already fans of the setting.
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Just learned from one of his friends that George Lowe, voice of the titular character from Space Ghost: Coast to Coast, has died.
R.I.P., George
R.I.P., George
March 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Just learned from one of his friends that George Lowe, voice of the titular character from Space Ghost: Coast to Coast, has died.
R.I.P., George
R.I.P., George
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Need Games announces the Bestiary Kickstarter!
Also, famed artist Yoshitaka Amano of Final Fantasy fame, shall be doing the cover for the Kickstarter-exclusive deluxe edition of the Core Rulebook!!!
(O•O )
#fabulaultima
Also, famed artist Yoshitaka Amano of Final Fantasy fame, shall be doing the cover for the Kickstarter-exclusive deluxe edition of the Core Rulebook!!!
(O•O )
#fabulaultima
February 28, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Need Games announces the Bestiary Kickstarter!
Also, famed artist Yoshitaka Amano of Final Fantasy fame, shall be doing the cover for the Kickstarter-exclusive deluxe edition of the Core Rulebook!!!
(O•O )
#fabulaultima
Also, famed artist Yoshitaka Amano of Final Fantasy fame, shall be doing the cover for the Kickstarter-exclusive deluxe edition of the Core Rulebook!!!
(O•O )
#fabulaultima
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Hell yeah
Like most people I was perplexed by Megalopolis but Coppola's response to being singled out for scorn by the atrocious Razzies is better than the movie.
February 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Hell yeah
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doing this extra hard today because Brennan Lee Mulligan decided to do a wrestling themed mini campaign for Dimension 20, with 4 professional wrestlers as the party, and he's doing it in Dungeons And Fucking Dragons. its like a parody of itself
February 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
doing this extra hard today because Brennan Lee Mulligan decided to do a wrestling themed mini campaign for Dimension 20, with 4 professional wrestlers as the party, and he's doing it in Dungeons And Fucking Dragons. its like a parody of itself
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This painting of a slug by 18th century Japanese painter Nagasawa Rosetsu is my very favorite thing today
November 27, 2023 at 11:23 PM
This painting of a slug by 18th century Japanese painter Nagasawa Rosetsu is my very favorite thing today
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Honestly I'm glad that Warhammer: The Old World sets are as expensive as anything else GW makes, because there's not much else stopping me from coveting the Orc and High Elf army boxes. $350 for a kilo of injection molded plastic? Not today, thanks.
February 26, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Honestly I'm glad that Warhammer: The Old World sets are as expensive as anything else GW makes, because there's not much else stopping me from coveting the Orc and High Elf army boxes. $350 for a kilo of injection molded plastic? Not today, thanks.
Age yourself with a movie you saw in theaters
February 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Age yourself with a movie you saw in theaters
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Ursula le Guin, on the accusation that fantasy is an escape from reality
![[“Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisoned by the enemy, don’t we consider it his duty to escape? The moneylenders, the know-nothings, the authoritarians have us all in prison; if we value the freedom of the mind and soul, if we’re partisans of liberty, then it’s our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can.”]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hppum4l25hcczzffastsicpq/bafkreihuubdwcftfkvvlnepoaf6pfxqulryfp7ydrydi5fe2pflwz63wgm@jpeg)
February 23, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Ursula le Guin, on the accusation that fantasy is an escape from reality
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Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
February 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
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Hey android users, google just installed malware onto your phone. It’s called “android system safetycore” and it will not show up in your apps list unless you go into app settings, which you can then find it and uninstall it.
February 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Hey android users, google just installed malware onto your phone. It’s called “android system safetycore” and it will not show up in your apps list unless you go into app settings, which you can then find it and uninstall it.
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Famed fantasy and science fiction author Andre Norton was born on February 17, 1912. Join us, as we celebrate her birthday by taking a look at her works and their influences on both adventure gaming and genre fiction.
Learn more about Norton here: goodman-games.com/adventures-i...
#DCCRPG
Learn more about Norton here: goodman-games.com/adventures-i...
#DCCRPG
February 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Famed fantasy and science fiction author Andre Norton was born on February 17, 1912. Join us, as we celebrate her birthday by taking a look at her works and their influences on both adventure gaming and genre fiction.
Learn more about Norton here: goodman-games.com/adventures-i...
#DCCRPG
Learn more about Norton here: goodman-games.com/adventures-i...
#DCCRPG
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YOUNG CARTOONIST: Boy, I sure love drawing for a living. I could do it all day, every day.
SATAN: And so you shall!
YOUNG CARTOONIST: But I never agreed to any sort of--
SATAN: Keep your soul. This one's on me. As a connoisseur of suffering, I just enjoy watching it play out.
SATAN: And so you shall!
YOUNG CARTOONIST: But I never agreed to any sort of--
SATAN: Keep your soul. This one's on me. As a connoisseur of suffering, I just enjoy watching it play out.
February 20, 2025 at 5:37 AM
YOUNG CARTOONIST: Boy, I sure love drawing for a living. I could do it all day, every day.
SATAN: And so you shall!
YOUNG CARTOONIST: But I never agreed to any sort of--
SATAN: Keep your soul. This one's on me. As a connoisseur of suffering, I just enjoy watching it play out.
SATAN: And so you shall!
YOUNG CARTOONIST: But I never agreed to any sort of--
SATAN: Keep your soul. This one's on me. As a connoisseur of suffering, I just enjoy watching it play out.
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Hey, regarding Amazon disabling USB downloads:
It can be totally bypassed with a download of free software, and one can strip out the DRM, by following the instructions at the link. Then the files are yours to do with as you will, as they should be.
It can be totally bypassed with a download of free software, and one can strip out the DRM, by following the instructions at the link. Then the files are yours to do with as you will, as they should be.
3 Tried-and-True Ways to Remove DRM from Kindle Books
Here are 3 ways to remove drm from kindle books, a full tutorial about removing Kindle DRM with Shareware, Calibre plugin, and Python scripts.
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February 16, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Hey, regarding Amazon disabling USB downloads:
It can be totally bypassed with a download of free software, and one can strip out the DRM, by following the instructions at the link. Then the files are yours to do with as you will, as they should be.
It can be totally bypassed with a download of free software, and one can strip out the DRM, by following the instructions at the link. Then the files are yours to do with as you will, as they should be.
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I get where all the "cancel your flights and drive instead" posts are coming from but isn't driving still roughly a bajillion times more dangerous than flying
February 18, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I get where all the "cancel your flights and drive instead" posts are coming from but isn't driving still roughly a bajillion times more dangerous than flying