Stephen Brough
@kiaorabrough.bsky.social
Writer, gamer, roleplayer, occasionally human.
New Succession dev blog, discussing recent changes to Adventurer Attributes & Equipment lostarcana.net/games/succes...
Succession
lostarcana.net
November 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
New Succession dev blog, discussing recent changes to Adventurer Attributes & Equipment lostarcana.net/games/succes...
Gotta love how Facebook's all "I'm going to only show you the Most Relevant™ comments!" then it shows you every comment which is just someone you don't know tagging their friend you also don't know and hides every comment which contains actual text content a real person wrote.
October 31, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Gotta love how Facebook's all "I'm going to only show you the Most Relevant™ comments!" then it shows you every comment which is just someone you don't know tagging their friend you also don't know and hides every comment which contains actual text content a real person wrote.
So when Blizz inevitably comes out with Hardcore WotLK Classic, will rolling a DK just make you immediately fail as soon as you log in for the first time? After all, your character died.
October 24, 2025 at 3:16 AM
So when Blizz inevitably comes out with Hardcore WotLK Classic, will rolling a DK just make you immediately fail as soon as you log in for the first time? After all, your character died.
Succession dev blog update: lostarcana.net/games/succes...
Succession
lostarcana.net
October 20, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Succession dev blog update: lostarcana.net/games/succes...
New Succession dev blog - just a short update regarding what I'm currently working on: Boss encounter design/generation! lostarcana.net/games/succes...
Succession
lostarcana.net
September 16, 2025 at 1:21 AM
New Succession dev blog - just a short update regarding what I'm currently working on: Boss encounter design/generation! lostarcana.net/games/succes...
Weird af that when Americans couldn't find Wally they gifted him half of Cluedo as if a longer name would make him easier to see.
September 6, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Weird af that when Americans couldn't find Wally they gifted him half of Cluedo as if a longer name would make him easier to see.
In the last 12 hours my Twitter feed seems to have decided it's now an "indie game devs I've never seen before posting about their WIP" feed. I wish there was a way to make it stay like this (or at least 80-90% like this) forever, because I love it.
September 1, 2025 at 10:28 PM
In the last 12 hours my Twitter feed seems to have decided it's now an "indie game devs I've never seen before posting about their WIP" feed. I wish there was a way to make it stay like this (or at least 80-90% like this) forever, because I love it.
Succession is an in-development strategy game drawing inspiration from XCOM, World of Warcraft, and Rolemaster.
First dev blog is up now.
lostarcana.net/games/succes...
First dev blog is up now.
lostarcana.net/games/succes...
Succession
lostarcana.net
August 13, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Succession is an in-development strategy game drawing inspiration from XCOM, World of Warcraft, and Rolemaster.
First dev blog is up now.
lostarcana.net/games/succes...
First dev blog is up now.
lostarcana.net/games/succes...
New coat of paint for the ol' digs
Lost Arcana
We all know the internet is a great place to find nothing but the unembellished truth; this website is no different. Everything you'll find on these pages is a true story that actually happened, espec...
lostarcana.net
August 9, 2025 at 7:12 AM
New coat of paint for the ol' digs
The problem with any Avatar sequel series is always going to be that, by definition, many of our favourite characters aren't in it... so even in a best-case scenario it's bittersweet because of missing the gaang.
July 25, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The problem with any Avatar sequel series is always going to be that, by definition, many of our favourite characters aren't in it... so even in a best-case scenario it's bittersweet because of missing the gaang.
Me at home: "I couldn't possibly take the clean laundry out of the laundry basket and put it away, then where would the neighbour's cat sleep?"
July 22, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Me at home: "I couldn't possibly take the clean laundry out of the laundry basket and put it away, then where would the neighbour's cat sleep?"
It is Sunday, and for me that means two things:
1: Visiting open homes.
2:
1: Visiting open homes.
2:
July 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
It is Sunday, and for me that means two things:
1: Visiting open homes.
2:
1: Visiting open homes.
2:
Good software QA is so important. So, so important. I wish like crazy my company would hire people with brains to do it, instead of complete incompetents with no capacity for curiosity or critical thinking; it would save so much time and make us look much better in UAT.
May 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Good software QA is so important. So, so important. I wish like crazy my company would hire people with brains to do it, instead of complete incompetents with no capacity for curiosity or critical thinking; it would save so much time and make us look much better in UAT.
Felt this Mage: The Awakening character concept deserved to be seen here as well.
May 19, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Felt this Mage: The Awakening character concept deserved to be seen here as well.
If the witch was Hansel and Gretel's secret birth mother, would that make her house an oedible complex?
May 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
If the witch was Hansel and Gretel's secret birth mother, would that make her house an oedible complex?
I don't really understand why so many people are flipping out over an Oblivion remake. I mean, yes, it's very pretty... but it's still Oblivion, isn't it? That RPG where the entire world gets stronger at you because you improved your lock picking?
April 28, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I don't really understand why so many people are flipping out over an Oblivion remake. I mean, yes, it's very pretty... but it's still Oblivion, isn't it? That RPG where the entire world gets stronger at you because you improved your lock picking?
Now just to be clear... this is, in fact, the official White House Twitter account saying the quiet part out very loud.
Well, quacking it anyway.
Well, quacking it anyway.
April 20, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Now just to be clear... this is, in fact, the official White House Twitter account saying the quiet part out very loud.
Well, quacking it anyway.
Well, quacking it anyway.
(Replaying Duke Nukem 3D) They just don't make 'em like this any more.
...which is really kind of a mixed bag.
...which is really kind of a mixed bag.
April 18, 2025 at 12:36 AM
(Replaying Duke Nukem 3D) They just don't make 'em like this any more.
...which is really kind of a mixed bag.
...which is really kind of a mixed bag.
@clareblackwood.bsky.social This checks out tbh
March 31, 2025 at 9:23 AM
@clareblackwood.bsky.social This checks out tbh
I really am very grateful to the people I follow who work in game dev for being so open about the state of the industry.
It's always been my dream (and still is) to make a living by making games, but working in that nightmare would have destroyed me by now.
You guys saved me from that. Thank you.
It's always been my dream (and still is) to make a living by making games, but working in that nightmare would have destroyed me by now.
You guys saved me from that. Thank you.
March 17, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I really am very grateful to the people I follow who work in game dev for being so open about the state of the industry.
It's always been my dream (and still is) to make a living by making games, but working in that nightmare would have destroyed me by now.
You guys saved me from that. Thank you.
It's always been my dream (and still is) to make a living by making games, but working in that nightmare would have destroyed me by now.
You guys saved me from that. Thank you.
Guess I'm not on Twitter any more because it force-logged me out and now won't recognise my username.
Broken-ass garbage website.
Broken-ass garbage website.
February 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Guess I'm not on Twitter any more because it force-logged me out and now won't recognise my username.
Broken-ass garbage website.
Broken-ass garbage website.
This.
LLMs just give you something that has the form of a statistically plausible response to your input. They work on resemblance, not content. That's why they hallucinate. If you ask for an address, they won't (can't) look it up; they'll just give you output that looks like a plausible address.
LLMs just give you something that has the form of a statistically plausible response to your input. They work on resemblance, not content. That's why they hallucinate. If you ask for an address, they won't (can't) look it up; they'll just give you output that looks like a plausible address.
There was a tool that allows access to an advanced education to self-learn anywhere, anytime. It was called the Internet.
AI LLMs have been slowly destroying it, by regurgitating the information on the internet without any capacity to evaluate truthfulness or things like humor or sarcasm.
AI LLMs have been slowly destroying it, by regurgitating the information on the internet without any capacity to evaluate truthfulness or things like humor or sarcasm.
I have to admit that I've been surprised at the level of hate at AI LLMs.
There is finally a tool that allows those without access to an advanced education to self learn, anywhere , anytime. To get answers to questions, (even if sometimes wrong) , that they would otherwise never have access to
There is finally a tool that allows those without access to an advanced education to self learn, anywhere , anytime. To get answers to questions, (even if sometimes wrong) , that they would otherwise never have access to
February 18, 2025 at 12:47 AM
This.
LLMs just give you something that has the form of a statistically plausible response to your input. They work on resemblance, not content. That's why they hallucinate. If you ask for an address, they won't (can't) look it up; they'll just give you output that looks like a plausible address.
LLMs just give you something that has the form of a statistically plausible response to your input. They work on resemblance, not content. That's why they hallucinate. If you ask for an address, they won't (can't) look it up; they'll just give you output that looks like a plausible address.
Haven't played a lot of @civgame.bsky.social yet, but imo people are being unreasonably harsh on it.
Every Civ has been a bit rocky at launch, but the ideas in 7 are SPECTACULAR. The ages, civs, crises, city layout, diplomacy, independent powers...
Design wise it rates the same as this good boi
Every Civ has been a bit rocky at launch, but the ideas in 7 are SPECTACULAR. The ages, civs, crises, city layout, diplomacy, independent powers...
Design wise it rates the same as this good boi
February 15, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Haven't played a lot of @civgame.bsky.social yet, but imo people are being unreasonably harsh on it.
Every Civ has been a bit rocky at launch, but the ideas in 7 are SPECTACULAR. The ages, civs, crises, city layout, diplomacy, independent powers...
Design wise it rates the same as this good boi
Every Civ has been a bit rocky at launch, but the ideas in 7 are SPECTACULAR. The ages, civs, crises, city layout, diplomacy, independent powers...
Design wise it rates the same as this good boi
Actually the real Gulf of America is what's inside the skulls of Trump supporters.
February 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Actually the real Gulf of America is what's inside the skulls of Trump supporters.
So many mobile game ads are "look how easy our game is! A drunk monkey could beat this game! But the monkey's standards are too high so the inputs you see here were generated by a brain-damaged goldfish headbutting its tank."
I've never figured out how they think that shit's going to make me play.
I've never figured out how they think that shit's going to make me play.
January 23, 2025 at 1:41 AM
So many mobile game ads are "look how easy our game is! A drunk monkey could beat this game! But the monkey's standards are too high so the inputs you see here were generated by a brain-damaged goldfish headbutting its tank."
I've never figured out how they think that shit's going to make me play.
I've never figured out how they think that shit's going to make me play.