Jack Norris
@jackno.bsky.social
Game designer, writer, consultant, attorney, scholar on various topics, and all around professional nerd.
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Jack Norris
@jackno.bsky.social
· Sep 16
▶️▶️ Learn all about character creation for our new anthro sci-fi RPG Untamed Worlds - out this week - in the author Jack Norris's design diary on our website blog: bit.ly/46JN2Ov
Osprey put together a fun package to go with my blog on character generation in Untamed Worlds.
Its not normal to have your streets looking like people need Batman to and them from the bad guys and then turns out the bad guys are Fascist Border Patrol.
January 15, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Its not normal to have your streets looking like people need Batman to and them from the bad guys and then turns out the bad guys are Fascist Border Patrol.
Yes, this. I'll go to the grave regretful I've only seen hundreds or even thousands of my ideas in print.
If you need a machine to give you that "great idea". You're not a writer and you should give up and step aside.
If you need a machine to give you that "great idea". You're not a writer and you should give up and step aside.
This also is why I don’t buy the “I need ChatGPT to generate ideas” argument. Ideas aren’t the problem. As a writer, you’ll die full of them.
January 15, 2026 at 3:22 AM
Yes, this. I'll go to the grave regretful I've only seen hundreds or even thousands of my ideas in print.
If you need a machine to give you that "great idea". You're not a writer and you should give up and step aside.
If you need a machine to give you that "great idea". You're not a writer and you should give up and step aside.
ICE has apparently found out that when you run concentration camps and murder moms in their cars? Someone is going to find out who you are and let others know.
I won't say doxxing is a good thing. It's not. But it feels like ICE opted into being an exception with all this.
I won't say doxxing is a good thing. It's not. But it feels like ICE opted into being an exception with all this.
January 15, 2026 at 3:06 AM
ICE has apparently found out that when you run concentration camps and murder moms in their cars? Someone is going to find out who you are and let others know.
I won't say doxxing is a good thing. It's not. But it feels like ICE opted into being an exception with all this.
I won't say doxxing is a good thing. It's not. But it feels like ICE opted into being an exception with all this.
The right is making a big deal about the ICE murderer's "internal bleeding" but I'm seriously guessing it's a bruise from the out of shape fuck not knowing how to properly wear all that tacti-cool gear he's got on.
January 15, 2026 at 1:46 AM
The right is making a big deal about the ICE murderer's "internal bleeding" but I'm seriously guessing it's a bruise from the out of shape fuck not knowing how to properly wear all that tacti-cool gear he's got on.
Finally watching American Primeval. I need a break from the world so I'm watching...a show about masked fanatics killing women and brown folks in the name of their fucked up ideology and their sense the everything belongs to them.
Maybe not the best choice but it's quite good.
Maybe not the best choice but it's quite good.
January 15, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Finally watching American Primeval. I need a break from the world so I'm watching...a show about masked fanatics killing women and brown folks in the name of their fucked up ideology and their sense the everything belongs to them.
Maybe not the best choice but it's quite good.
Maybe not the best choice but it's quite good.
Watching writers I know bury all sorts of clues and nods and such in their work roll their eyes at the idea the Russos might be telling the truth about doing the same with their Doomsday trailers is...a thing I guess. Yes, yes, only you are that deep.
January 14, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Watching writers I know bury all sorts of clues and nods and such in their work roll their eyes at the idea the Russos might be telling the truth about doing the same with their Doomsday trailers is...a thing I guess. Yes, yes, only you are that deep.
Aw, Scott Adams died. Oh well...
For those who don't understand my bone-deep apathy, google that dude and see the reasons you don't tend to see Dilbert strips in the papers much anymore.
For those who don't understand my bone-deep apathy, google that dude and see the reasons you don't tend to see Dilbert strips in the papers much anymore.
January 14, 2026 at 7:07 AM
Aw, Scott Adams died. Oh well...
For those who don't understand my bone-deep apathy, google that dude and see the reasons you don't tend to see Dilbert strips in the papers much anymore.
For those who don't understand my bone-deep apathy, google that dude and see the reasons you don't tend to see Dilbert strips in the papers much anymore.
TFW a license you wanted to do an rpg for didn't happen so its being done by another company and a bunch of people are sure its gonna be totally great and not only are you skeptical, you can't help but remember various shitty things the head of that publisher did that never seemed to stick.
January 14, 2026 at 6:39 AM
TFW a license you wanted to do an rpg for didn't happen so its being done by another company and a bunch of people are sure its gonna be totally great and not only are you skeptical, you can't help but remember various shitty things the head of that publisher did that never seemed to stick.
There comes a time certain people should go find a mirror, stare intensely into it, study the person they see and say to themselves:
"At this point, my insistence I must have a dialogue with those who want the rest of us to suffer and die is really just about my own bullshit."
Until it sticks.
"At this point, my insistence I must have a dialogue with those who want the rest of us to suffer and die is really just about my own bullshit."
Until it sticks.
January 14, 2026 at 4:12 AM
There comes a time certain people should go find a mirror, stare intensely into it, study the person they see and say to themselves:
"At this point, my insistence I must have a dialogue with those who want the rest of us to suffer and die is really just about my own bullshit."
Until it sticks.
"At this point, my insistence I must have a dialogue with those who want the rest of us to suffer and die is really just about my own bullshit."
Until it sticks.
It's only okay with the right when some dipshit tries to beat a Capitol cop to death or bully some brown person who's telling them they're breaking some clearly posted and reasonable law.
"What do you mean I can't bring my M60 into this privately owned daycare. DEI Commies!"
"What do you mean I can't bring my M60 into this privately owned daycare. DEI Commies!"
Yeah it's called being an American, bitch. Smugness towards authority is our founding trait.
Fox News' Will Cain: “There's a weird kind of smugness... in the way that some of these liberal white women interact with authority”
January 14, 2026 at 2:39 AM
It's only okay with the right when some dipshit tries to beat a Capitol cop to death or bully some brown person who's telling them they're breaking some clearly posted and reasonable law.
"What do you mean I can't bring my M60 into this privately owned daycare. DEI Commies!"
"What do you mean I can't bring my M60 into this privately owned daycare. DEI Commies!"
Renee Good having a criminal record for child abuse is fake. Yes I know it's hard to believe but there are people in the world with the same name as other people and sometimes idiots with an agenda aren't thorough in their research.
a black and white photo of two men standing next to each other with the words `` i 'm shocked . ''
ALT: a black and white photo of two men standing next to each other with the words `` i 'm shocked . ''
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January 14, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Renee Good having a criminal record for child abuse is fake. Yes I know it's hard to believe but there are people in the world with the same name as other people and sometimes idiots with an agenda aren't thorough in their research.
We should stop giving props to the obvious derailing answer in discussions because it checks a box.
Saw a dude saying he wasn't raising his daughters to be accepting and submissive. Good, right?
Top fucking Comment: "great, now raise your sons to accept that!" Mountain of likes.
Except...
Saw a dude saying he wasn't raising his daughters to be accepting and submissive. Good, right?
Top fucking Comment: "great, now raise your sons to accept that!" Mountain of likes.
Except...
January 13, 2026 at 10:07 PM
We should stop giving props to the obvious derailing answer in discussions because it checks a box.
Saw a dude saying he wasn't raising his daughters to be accepting and submissive. Good, right?
Top fucking Comment: "great, now raise your sons to accept that!" Mountain of likes.
Except...
Saw a dude saying he wasn't raising his daughters to be accepting and submissive. Good, right?
Top fucking Comment: "great, now raise your sons to accept that!" Mountain of likes.
Except...
Thanks, I have a better answer now when some fan of Libby insists I simply must be using it because it's so great and positive and responsible.
Before it was just "keep hearing about it just haven't gotten it." Now its "AI enablers who refuse to keep out stuff trained on our work? No thanks."
Before it was just "keep hearing about it just haven't gotten it." Now its "AI enablers who refuse to keep out stuff trained on our work? No thanks."
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January 13, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Thanks, I have a better answer now when some fan of Libby insists I simply must be using it because it's so great and positive and responsible.
Before it was just "keep hearing about it just haven't gotten it." Now its "AI enablers who refuse to keep out stuff trained on our work? No thanks."
Before it was just "keep hearing about it just haven't gotten it." Now its "AI enablers who refuse to keep out stuff trained on our work? No thanks."
I'm literally baffled how anyone looks at this CPI report with energy costs up 6 to 10 percent except for a slight gasoline dip and says "this isn't so bad." Plus food still being up.
Does nobody eat or use lights anymore? Is this a trend I missed? If you starve in the dark its not so bad?
Does nobody eat or use lights anymore? Is this a trend I missed? If you starve in the dark its not so bad?
January 13, 2026 at 8:43 PM
I'm literally baffled how anyone looks at this CPI report with energy costs up 6 to 10 percent except for a slight gasoline dip and says "this isn't so bad." Plus food still being up.
Does nobody eat or use lights anymore? Is this a trend I missed? If you starve in the dark its not so bad?
Does nobody eat or use lights anymore? Is this a trend I missed? If you starve in the dark its not so bad?
This inflation report kinda shows how selective MAGA is in how things are "great."
Energy costs are spiralling upwards but... well gas is a bit down so suck that, libs!
Groceries are up and still going up. But stop eating your avocado toast and pack lunches, losers!
And so on.
Energy costs are spiralling upwards but... well gas is a bit down so suck that, libs!
Groceries are up and still going up. But stop eating your avocado toast and pack lunches, losers!
And so on.
January 13, 2026 at 8:34 PM
This inflation report kinda shows how selective MAGA is in how things are "great."
Energy costs are spiralling upwards but... well gas is a bit down so suck that, libs!
Groceries are up and still going up. But stop eating your avocado toast and pack lunches, losers!
And so on.
Energy costs are spiralling upwards but... well gas is a bit down so suck that, libs!
Groceries are up and still going up. But stop eating your avocado toast and pack lunches, losers!
And so on.
How mad do you think Roman Pulanski was Epstein had his island somewhere he could be extradited from?
January 13, 2026 at 3:08 AM
How mad do you think Roman Pulanski was Epstein had his island somewhere he could be extradited from?
The people acting like it was heroic for wrestling fans to bully Priscilla Kelly after she took a booking in Israel, then thought better of it and apologized and withdrew frankly need to have the fuck punched out of them. No I don't care what political "side" they're on. Bullies deserve to get beat
January 13, 2026 at 2:46 AM
The people acting like it was heroic for wrestling fans to bully Priscilla Kelly after she took a booking in Israel, then thought better of it and apologized and withdrew frankly need to have the fuck punched out of them. No I don't care what political "side" they're on. Bullies deserve to get beat
Just saw some spineless Nazi dipshit blow off all the logical strife that comes with seizing Greenland as "worth it to get rid of the cumbersome". Which I'm sure he thought was super clever. Like some serious grad school way to say "get rid of the browns and poors and make the women mind!"
January 13, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Just saw some spineless Nazi dipshit blow off all the logical strife that comes with seizing Greenland as "worth it to get rid of the cumbersome". Which I'm sure he thought was super clever. Like some serious grad school way to say "get rid of the browns and poors and make the women mind!"
I think Mark Kelley should insist any possible settlement for him comes with Hegseth having to record an apology video where he admits to being a petty drunken vindictive little fake tough guy who's angry at his own impotence and idiocy and takes it out on better soldiers and civil servants.
January 13, 2026 at 2:20 AM
I think Mark Kelley should insist any possible settlement for him comes with Hegseth having to record an apology video where he admits to being a petty drunken vindictive little fake tough guy who's angry at his own impotence and idiocy and takes it out on better soldiers and civil servants.
Random superhero rpg hot take: if you can't make at least the "first appearance" versions of your settings big NPC heroes with it as a starting PC? Go back to the design board.
January 12, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Random superhero rpg hot take: if you can't make at least the "first appearance" versions of your settings big NPC heroes with it as a starting PC? Go back to the design board.
Dear social media algorithms...I don't need to hear what Jason Pargin has to say about comic book media. Yes he's more successful than me and has a bigger social media presence but I know way more than he will ever on this subject.
If you must use AI? Train it to filter these "hot takes" for us.
If you must use AI? Train it to filter these "hot takes" for us.
January 12, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Dear social media algorithms...I don't need to hear what Jason Pargin has to say about comic book media. Yes he's more successful than me and has a bigger social media presence but I know way more than he will ever on this subject.
If you must use AI? Train it to filter these "hot takes" for us.
If you must use AI? Train it to filter these "hot takes" for us.
Watching some news outlets being all "Trump is out of control" or "Trump has crossed the line."
Gee, you don't say? I'm so glad the media is here to tell us simple folk. We didn't know and it's clearly up to the press to champion the truth... when they get around to it.
Gee, you don't say? I'm so glad the media is here to tell us simple folk. We didn't know and it's clearly up to the press to champion the truth... when they get around to it.
January 12, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Watching some news outlets being all "Trump is out of control" or "Trump has crossed the line."
Gee, you don't say? I'm so glad the media is here to tell us simple folk. We didn't know and it's clearly up to the press to champion the truth... when they get around to it.
Gee, you don't say? I'm so glad the media is here to tell us simple folk. We didn't know and it's clearly up to the press to champion the truth... when they get around to it.
I'm baffled by the "smart" and "experienced" people who seem to actually believe stuff like "it doesn't matter if you've got moral objections or whatever, if you signed a contract you must do it!"
In reality there are all sorts of uninforcable terms that can get axed or even void the contract.
In reality there are all sorts of uninforcable terms that can get axed or even void the contract.
January 12, 2026 at 2:07 AM
I'm baffled by the "smart" and "experienced" people who seem to actually believe stuff like "it doesn't matter if you've got moral objections or whatever, if you signed a contract you must do it!"
In reality there are all sorts of uninforcable terms that can get axed or even void the contract.
In reality there are all sorts of uninforcable terms that can get axed or even void the contract.
This reminds me of the bit in Miracleman where they ask him to cure a girl injured in one of his battles and he's all "nah" and then some lady asks to be an artist despite never being good at it and he's all "for sure!" Its a good indicator he's not really a hero.
so fucking tired of people saying AI "democratizes" creative skills, it's fucking privatizing it you dumb fuck, they're stealing your creativity from you and selling it back to you at a premium
the ability to draw and write and sing and fucking whatever else came free with your fucking humanity
the ability to draw and write and sing and fucking whatever else came free with your fucking humanity
January 11, 2026 at 5:36 AM
This reminds me of the bit in Miracleman where they ask him to cure a girl injured in one of his battles and he's all "nah" and then some lady asks to be an artist despite never being good at it and he's all "for sure!" Its a good indicator he's not really a hero.
Look violence is rarely the answer but I am starting to seriously believe the world would be a better place if everyone who says "she should have just complied, idiot!" immediately got punched in the face.
January 11, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Look violence is rarely the answer but I am starting to seriously believe the world would be a better place if everyone who says "she should have just complied, idiot!" immediately got punched in the face.