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pandatheist.bsky.social
Why aren't more corn mazes called maize mazes? Feels like a missed opportunity 🤔
October 9, 2025 at 1:32 PM
pandatheist.bsky.social
You have two stats: Game and Design...
jeeyon.bsky.social jeeyon shim 심지연 @jeeyon.bsky.social · Sep 12
Ttrpg friends and colleagues, are there any games where playing the game directly teaches you how to make another game like it? Not just through observation of its system, but where that is the central engine of play and learning design principles explicitly *is* the system?
ripperelse.bsky.social 🎃Philip and Rollie TF, rememberer of Aggie @ripperelse.bsky.social · Sep 11
I want an rpg making rpg. Is this weird?
September 12, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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jezgordon.bsky.social
Digital ice-nine.
dansheehan.bsky.social Sweet Daniel @dansheehan.bsky.social · Sep 9
I think if you listen to a podcast with fake AI people saying AI generated words you are functionally dead, you are basically a phone to me at that point
bnacker.bsky.social bnacker @bnacker.bsky.social · Sep 9
Starting to regret inventing the podcast
September 9, 2025 at 11:44 PM
pandatheist.bsky.social
Im sure there are more annoying sounding lawnmowers than what my neighbors have sacrificed in being, but its tough to imagine. The constant pitch and tone changes. The way it gets louder just as you start to ignore it. Repeatedly stopping just long enough to get your hopes up. Symphony of horror 🤬🤬🤬
September 3, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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sidneyicarus.bsky.social
New free game alert!

"Posting Through It"
A playful futures game that explores how social media has redefined what it means to “win” and “lose” in uncertainty.

I co-designed Posting Through It with @randylubin.com, so grab it over at his Itch page:

randylubin.itch.io/posting-thro...
Posting Through It by Randy Lubin, Sidney Icarus
Explore the consequences of a major disruption by playing organizations and influencers posting on social media
randylubin.itch.io
September 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
pandatheist.bsky.social
The Watchmen trailer really was a shockingly good Smashing Pumpkins music video
September 3, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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devinellekurtz.bsky.social
My Neighbor Demon-Tiger
A digitally painted fanart of Kpop Demon Hunters. Rumi, a Korean pop star in her early 20s, stands under a yellow umbrella in the pouring rain outside a glowing corner store. Next to her is the silly blue tiger derpy, sitting in the wet street with no umbrella. The tiny, six-eyed bird Sussie sits on top of Derpy's head with a tiny red umbrella. The colors skew toward a glowing magenta.
August 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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mazistyping.bsky.social
So, on 29th August, the US is ending de minimis treatment for parcels under $800 value globally. It's already done this for China; now it's going to come in for everyone. If you post parcels to America, this is going to affect you, in one of several ways.
August 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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aprildaniels.bsky.social
Gavin Newsom beckoning liberals down into the sewers like Pennywise.
August 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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tanaudel.bsky.social
By me!
August 20, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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shannonwildsmith.bsky.social
My latest book rebind!

#booksky #scifi #books
August 20, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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jeeyon.bsky.social
This is the best product listing copy I’ve ever read
Nothing lasts forever, and that includes the Roman Empire. The Fall of Rome-Scented Candle smells like cypress trees and red wine. Light it and watch the Roman forum melt into a puddle of wax while you quietly contemplate the impermanence of civilizations and/or candles. Do you think individual Romans understood that their civilization was collapsing? Or did it happen so gradually that they were able to ignore the warning signs—international trade breaking down, the senate becoming a rubber stamp for the supreme leader, and political violence becoming expected during transfers of power? It’s hard to say, because it’s impossible to imagine being in that kind of situation. In any event—hope you enjoy the candle!
August 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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lostpages.co.uk
just bookbinding things

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August 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
pandatheist.bsky.social
"Where we're going, we won't need eyes to see" 🖤😱🖤
reactorsff.bsky.social Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · Aug 20
Paul W.S. Anderson's Event Horizon isn't a perfect movie, but it's pretty great, in spite of what you might have heard! Let's reconsider the sci fi horror film that was pitched as "The Shining in space"!

reactormag.com/event-horizo...
Event Horizon: Bring All Your Bad Memories to the Blood Orgy - Reactor
Box-office bomb? Yes. But is this movie a pretty good sci fi horror movie? Also yes.
reactormag.com
August 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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shannonwildsmith.bsky.social
No one can hear you scream ✨
A dreamlike Illustration of a Xenomorph from Alien in outer space.
August 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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francescabaerald.com
Tiny shadows 🖌️🎨
Map in progress for @ryancahill.bsky.social
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#fantasymap #dragons #traditionalart #worldmap #fantasyart #cartography #inkdrawing #watercolor
August 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
pandatheist.bsky.social
Theres no such thing as a perfect ga...
gshowitt.bsky.social Grant Howitt @gshowitt.bsky.social · Aug 19
August's free 1-page RPG is It Didn't Say Anywhere In The Rules That A Dog COULDN'T Play Basketball, a harrowing experience of being beaten at sports by a golden retriever that shows up 30 years later to ruin your second wedding.

Patrons get it a week early here:
www.patreon.com/posts/136764...
It was 1997. You were just a kid; in over your head, caught up in events beyond your control. You trained so hard to make the school basketball team - and against all odds, you made it to the final! It felt like your entire life was leading up to this moment. Things might not have been great at home since your parents split up - and you’d been struggling with classes, sure - but here, on the court, with your team-mates, things made sense. And then that fucking dog arrived. The referee let the opposition have it on their team. Like it was a human boy. (It was wearing shoes.) You and your friends laughed at it, of course, because you didn’t know - but that morning, before the dog got involved, was as good as your life was ever going to get. You never made it to the college leagues, like you’d planned; shit, you’ve not been able to hold down any job for more than a few months. Every partner you’ve ever had left you. Your mother can barely look you in the eye. That dog was the best basketball player that the Washington Under-14’s State Championship had ever seen. And now, thirty years later, on the day of your second wedding, it’s come back to ruin your life again. HEARTS - Obsession: Emotions The dog dunked on you. Your encounter left you humbled and introspective; perhaps manipulative. SECRET: You have always hated every other player character. DOOM: You realise, with shame, that you are in love with the dog. CLUBS - Obsession: Toughness The dog headbutted you in the testicles and the referee did nothing. You are determined to never be hurt again. SECRET: You have killed a man. His face haunts your dreams. DOOM: The actions of the dog result in your death. A screenshot from a PDF of the game. I have cut out a picture of a golden retriever and made a little basketball jersey for it out of paper that I coloured in. It reads "THE DOG 01" Next to it is the text: QUESTIONS TO ANSWER DURING PLAY - How has your life been plagued by memories of that fateful day? - How is the dog attempting to ruin the wedding? - What will you do to conceal your secret? - How is the dog still alive? - Why has it chosen you? - Will you ever be free?
August 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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gshowitt.bsky.social
August's free 1-page RPG is It Didn't Say Anywhere In The Rules That A Dog COULDN'T Play Basketball, a harrowing experience of being beaten at sports by a golden retriever that shows up 30 years later to ruin your second wedding.

Patrons get it a week early here:
www.patreon.com/posts/136764...
It was 1997. You were just a kid; in over your head, caught up in events beyond your control. You trained so hard to make the school basketball team - and against all odds, you made it to the final! It felt like your entire life was leading up to this moment. Things might not have been great at home since your parents split up - and you’d been struggling with classes, sure - but here, on the court, with your team-mates, things made sense. And then that fucking dog arrived. The referee let the opposition have it on their team. Like it was a human boy. (It was wearing shoes.) You and your friends laughed at it, of course, because you didn’t know - but that morning, before the dog got involved, was as good as your life was ever going to get. You never made it to the college leagues, like you’d planned; shit, you’ve not been able to hold down any job for more than a few months. Every partner you’ve ever had left you. Your mother can barely look you in the eye. That dog was the best basketball player that the Washington Under-14’s State Championship had ever seen. And now, thirty years later, on the day of your second wedding, it’s come back to ruin your life again. HEARTS - Obsession: Emotions The dog dunked on you. Your encounter left you humbled and introspective; perhaps manipulative. SECRET: You have always hated every other player character. DOOM: You realise, with shame, that you are in love with the dog. CLUBS - Obsession: Toughness The dog headbutted you in the testicles and the referee did nothing. You are determined to never be hurt again. SECRET: You have killed a man. His face haunts your dreams. DOOM: The actions of the dog result in your death. A screenshot from a PDF of the game. I have cut out a picture of a golden retriever and made a little basketball jersey for it out of paper that I coloured in. It reads "THE DOG 01" Next to it is the text: QUESTIONS TO ANSWER DURING PLAY - How has your life been plagued by memories of that fateful day? - How is the dog attempting to ruin the wedding? - What will you do to conceal your secret? - How is the dog still alive? - Why has it chosen you? - Will you ever be free?
August 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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adapalmer.bsky.social
Day 2 sharing teaser #HistoryPix for "Inventing the Renaissance" (out in one month!). Often in Florence one sees buildings like this, where one section is rough stone standing out amid stucco neighbors. It's actually a remnant of the old Guelph-Ghibelline feuds that so long rocked Medieval Italy 1/?
A photo of a street in Florence. Many tourists walk along and the buildings are all shops and eateries. In the center, conspicuous between buildings of yellow or beige stucco, is one building made of crude-looking yellowish stone, very rough and undecorated, with few windows and all small compared to its neighbors. A couple doors down, a second conspicuous stone section like this sticks up, also strangely blank and rough amid its yellow neighbors. Both stop about half a story above the roofs of the three-story buildings on either side of them. An orange book cover showing Cellini's statue of Perseus holding aloft the severed head of Medusa, her neck streaming gore. The title "Inventing the Renaissance: Myths of a Golden Age" is superimposed over the statue, with the word "the" pierced by the sword. The author's name "Ada Palmer" appears below.
January 14, 2025 at 8:35 PM
pandatheist.bsky.social
A nice surprise in the mail today 🎉💖
My Late Father's Correspondence by Hayley Gordon. Shows a woman looking towards a cloud shaped like a man, with multicolored flowers in the foreground
August 18, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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cavegirl.bsky.social
playbooks in a magical girl ttrpg i'm working on
August 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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rowanrookanddecard.bsky.social
A new delver descends into the Heart. Sketches by @felixmiall.bsky.social for @mytholder.bsky.social's brand new class, coming soon to Ways & Means
Felix Miall sketch timelapse for Heart: The City Beneath
YouTube video by Rowan, Rook and Decard
youtu.be
August 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM
pandatheist.bsky.social
Made a massive discovery this morning! Apparently refreshing a page continuously does not in fact make updates appear faster 🤯🤯🤯
a shooting star with the words " the more you know " behind it
ALT: a shooting star with the words " the more you know " behind it
media.tenor.com
August 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
pandatheist.bsky.social
Rufio! Rufio! Rufio! 🪝🏴‍☠️
August 17, 2025 at 10:07 PM