picric
@picric.bsky.social
One trick puny ex-press. Teutorgs, narrative constructs et RT de baleines volantes. Proto/playtests lezgo... Il/lui/him/he/yellow gief/l'autre là... eng/fr
former @walkav
former @walkav
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While it's true you can't fully trust player opinions on balance for this reason, devs in charge of game tuning must also realize that data lies too.
Balance isnt real. Only the perception of balance is. It's all vibes. Balance isnt a viable OR desirable goal. You want fun, variety, and retention.
Balance isnt real. Only the perception of balance is. It's all vibes. Balance isnt a viable OR desirable goal. You want fun, variety, and retention.
One of the producers on Guilty Gear Strive said it was basically impossible to source player feedback on balance changes online because nobody had original opinions and would just parrot what the most popular content creators said and so they had to rely on data and I think about that every day.
November 25, 2025 at 3:14 AM
While it's true you can't fully trust player opinions on balance for this reason, devs in charge of game tuning must also realize that data lies too.
Balance isnt real. Only the perception of balance is. It's all vibes. Balance isnt a viable OR desirable goal. You want fun, variety, and retention.
Balance isnt real. Only the perception of balance is. It's all vibes. Balance isnt a viable OR desirable goal. You want fun, variety, and retention.
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Great thread and investigation. Exactly what we all assumed: the ‘confidential information’ was wages and work conditions discussed in a worker-only Discord, not leaking anything about the game. Pure union busting.
EXCLUSIVE: So far it's been unclear what proof Rockstar Games has to justify its firing of 34 union members, who it claims were leaking "confidential information in a public forum".
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
The Messages Rockstar Saw Before Firing 34 Union Members
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Great thread and investigation. Exactly what we all assumed: the ‘confidential information’ was wages and work conditions discussed in a worker-only Discord, not leaking anything about the game. Pure union busting.
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Je pense que vous allez le voir beaucoup passer aujourd'hui. Le dernier @xkcd.com est incroyable 😭
xkcd.com/3172/
xkcd.com/3172/
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Je pense que vous allez le voir beaucoup passer aujourd'hui. Le dernier @xkcd.com est incroyable 😭
xkcd.com/3172/
xkcd.com/3172/
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We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.
November 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.
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Le fichier TES centralise les photos et empreintes digitales que nous donnons pour faire nos titres d'identité. Nous révélons que la police se sert allègrement dans cette base de données pour identifier des personnes lors de ses enquêtes, en violation du droit. www.laquadrature.net/2025/11/24/l...
La police détourne le fichier des passeports et des cartes d’identité
Fournir sa photographie et ses empreintes quand on demande son passeport ou sa carte d’identité est plus lourd de conséquence que ce qu’on imagine. Ces données, qui sont enregistrées dans le fichier…
www.laquadrature.net
November 24, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Le fichier TES centralise les photos et empreintes digitales que nous donnons pour faire nos titres d'identité. Nous révélons que la police se sert allègrement dans cette base de données pour identifier des personnes lors de ses enquêtes, en violation du droit. www.laquadrature.net/2025/11/24/l...
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Getting ready to see @darmato.bsky.social speak. "Defeating Impostor Syndrome: The Threepwood Method"
November 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Getting ready to see @darmato.bsky.social speak. "Defeating Impostor Syndrome: The Threepwood Method"
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Ouh, un message clair et net pour rappeler que rien ne tient dans les différents communiqués d'Elder Craft. 😬
November 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Ouh, un message clair et net pour rappeler que rien ne tient dans les différents communiqués d'Elder Craft. 😬
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everything that is wrong with Elon Musk can be summed up in the fact that there’s nobody in his life who can sit him down and tell him how embarrassing this is
November 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
everything that is wrong with Elon Musk can be summed up in the fact that there’s nobody in his life who can sit him down and tell him how embarrassing this is
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Old-School Essentials Month is a cross collab that's happening in May 2026. It's all about demons, devils, and hells, and we're working on a hexcrawl module called No Devil's Land!
www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
Check out the other projects:
www.backerkit.com/c/collection...
www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
Check out the other projects:
www.backerkit.com/c/collection...
Will you venture into No Devil's Land?
From The Merry Mushmen - Will you venture into No Devil's Land?
www.backerkit.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Old-School Essentials Month is a cross collab that's happening in May 2026. It's all about demons, devils, and hells, and we're working on a hexcrawl module called No Devil's Land!
www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
Check out the other projects:
www.backerkit.com/c/collection...
www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
Check out the other projects:
www.backerkit.com/c/collection...
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The Castle Automatic is a dungeon where you control the time of year, time of day, and the weather to solve puzzles, avoid vampires, and reclaim the world's most magical treasures.
Be an Early Worm and back the preorder at a discounted price!
www.exaltedfuneral.com/pages/the-ca...
Be an Early Worm and back the preorder at a discounted price!
www.exaltedfuneral.com/pages/the-ca...
November 20, 2025 at 11:47 AM
The Castle Automatic is a dungeon where you control the time of year, time of day, and the weather to solve puzzles, avoid vampires, and reclaim the world's most magical treasures.
Be an Early Worm and back the preorder at a discounted price!
www.exaltedfuneral.com/pages/the-ca...
Be an Early Worm and back the preorder at a discounted price!
www.exaltedfuneral.com/pages/the-ca...
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Don't mention NSFW and don't mention the word commission as well, to be safe.
Sharing to help many. Keep going guys and be careful.
Sharing to help many. Keep going guys and be careful.
Apparently P*ypal now asks for customer opinions on accounts sending invoices.
If you are paying an invoice to a nsfw artist, do NOT mention NSFW in any way, keep it blank even. you risk both your account and the artists.
If you are paying an invoice to a nsfw artist, do NOT mention NSFW in any way, keep it blank even. you risk both your account and the artists.
November 20, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Don't mention NSFW and don't mention the word commission as well, to be safe.
Sharing to help many. Keep going guys and be careful.
Sharing to help many. Keep going guys and be careful.
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Blender is struggling. it's the best piece of 3d software on the market, and it's free. I'm not going back to autodesk.
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
Blender Development Fund
Join the Development Fund and support Blender Foundation to work on core Blender development.
fund.blender.org
November 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Blender is struggling. it's the best piece of 3d software on the market, and it's free. I'm not going back to autodesk.
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
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Wednesdays is ✨ free ✨ for World Children's Day in order to raise awareness about child sexual abuse.
Grab it on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2747770/...
or Itch: artefrance.itch.io/wednesdays
before November 21th 9PM CET!
Grab it on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2747770/...
or Itch: artefrance.itch.io/wednesdays
before November 21th 9PM CET!
November 19, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Wednesdays is ✨ free ✨ for World Children's Day in order to raise awareness about child sexual abuse.
Grab it on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2747770/...
or Itch: artefrance.itch.io/wednesdays
before November 21th 9PM CET!
Grab it on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2747770/...
or Itch: artefrance.itch.io/wednesdays
before November 21th 9PM CET!
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#over/under was not one of a kind. I have been playing similar games for the last EIGHT YEARS. Today, I give this medium a name - "Live Text Roleplay" - and help you build a community of your own.
www.valerialoves.com/how-to-repli...
www.valerialoves.com/how-to-repli...
How to Replicate Over/Under
A Guide to Live Text Roleplay
www.valerialoves.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
#over/under was not one of a kind. I have been playing similar games for the last EIGHT YEARS. Today, I give this medium a name - "Live Text Roleplay" - and help you build a community of your own.
www.valerialoves.com/how-to-repli...
www.valerialoves.com/how-to-repli...
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authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:35 AM
authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
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Je déclare ouverte ma liste personnelle de one-panel-comics préférés.
Pour marquer sa subjectivité elle commencera par la Joconde des one-panel, à savoir "Cow Tools", par Gary Larson.
Pour marquer sa subjectivité elle commencera par la Joconde des one-panel, à savoir "Cow Tools", par Gary Larson.
November 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Je déclare ouverte ma liste personnelle de one-panel-comics préférés.
Pour marquer sa subjectivité elle commencera par la Joconde des one-panel, à savoir "Cow Tools", par Gary Larson.
Pour marquer sa subjectivité elle commencera par la Joconde des one-panel, à savoir "Cow Tools", par Gary Larson.
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Que les parlementaires puissent faire payer leur consommation de drogue par les contribuables, ça reste quand même un des trucs les plus dingues de ce pays.
Un député se fait rembourser sa cave personnelle, des sénateurs se font financer leur apéro, des incidents en état d'ivresse se multiplient au Parlement... Et pourtant pour les élus, pas question de se remettre en question.
Enquête avec @paulinegraulle.bsky.social www.mediapart.fr/journal/fran...
Enquête avec @paulinegraulle.bsky.social www.mediapart.fr/journal/fran...
Les parlementaires veulent continuer à boire de l’alcool sur fonds publics
Un rapport préconisant d’interdire l’alcool à la buvette de l’Assemblée nationale suscite émoi et colère chez la plupart des députés. Que de l’argent public finance leur consommation, sur leur lieu d…
www.mediapart.fr
November 18, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Que les parlementaires puissent faire payer leur consommation de drogue par les contribuables, ça reste quand même un des trucs les plus dingues de ce pays.
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ÇA, c'est inqualifiable.
« 42 % des victimes de violences sexistes et sexuelles par des policiers venaient chercher de l’aide » : le rapport accablant de NousToutes
➡️ https://l.humanite.fr/siS
➡️ https://l.humanite.fr/siS
November 17, 2025 at 12:54 PM
ÇA, c'est inqualifiable.
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your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
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Je me demande sincèrement si, un jour, les librairies, les festivals ou les manifestations LITTÉRAIRES inviteront les auteurs de livres sur le jeu video ?
Je ne parle pas que de mon cas, mais de presque tous les auteurs du genre qui me semblent être les parias de cet exercice...
Je ne parle pas que de mon cas, mais de presque tous les auteurs du genre qui me semblent être les parias de cet exercice...
November 15, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Je me demande sincèrement si, un jour, les librairies, les festivals ou les manifestations LITTÉRAIRES inviteront les auteurs de livres sur le jeu video ?
Je ne parle pas que de mon cas, mais de presque tous les auteurs du genre qui me semblent être les parias de cet exercice...
Je ne parle pas que de mon cas, mais de presque tous les auteurs du genre qui me semblent être les parias de cet exercice...
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🗣️ Abolir la validité.
Vous n'êtes pas valides, pas complètement, et votre écart à la norme valide variera souvent au cours de votre vie.
Moi pareil.
Quand vous aurez accepté ça, et constaté que l'idée de vivre en institution vous fait horreur, on pourra avancer.
Vous n'êtes pas valides, pas complètement, et votre écart à la norme valide variera souvent au cours de votre vie.
Moi pareil.
Quand vous aurez accepté ça, et constaté que l'idée de vivre en institution vous fait horreur, on pourra avancer.
Abolish gender. Abolish the family, abolish work and abolish sports.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 12:05 PM
🗣️ Abolir la validité.
Vous n'êtes pas valides, pas complètement, et votre écart à la norme valide variera souvent au cours de votre vie.
Moi pareil.
Quand vous aurez accepté ça, et constaté que l'idée de vivre en institution vous fait horreur, on pourra avancer.
Vous n'êtes pas valides, pas complètement, et votre écart à la norme valide variera souvent au cours de votre vie.
Moi pareil.
Quand vous aurez accepté ça, et constaté que l'idée de vivre en institution vous fait horreur, on pourra avancer.
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If you thought Frankenstein's Tower in the Guillermo del Toro movie looked cool, check out the real-world inspiration behind it...
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
If you thought Frankenstein's Tower in the Guillermo del Toro movie looked cool, check out the real-world inspiration behind it...
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L’IA générative n’est au final que le piratage mais adoubé par le capitalisme.
Car le capitalisme n’a jamais été l’allié de la culture et de l’art
Car le capitalisme n’a jamais été l’allié de la culture et de l’art
Pendant 20 ans, on m’a dit que pirater les œuvres des artistes c’était le mal absolu et que ça allait détruire la culture, et maintenant on me dit que oh bon, les IA génératives, qu’est-ce qu’on y peut, hein, les gens vont s’en servir de toutes façons.
November 10, 2025 at 8:34 AM
L’IA générative n’est au final que le piratage mais adoubé par le capitalisme.
Car le capitalisme n’a jamais été l’allié de la culture et de l’art
Car le capitalisme n’a jamais été l’allié de la culture et de l’art
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Hi I'm away from the big computer so I just want you to know you can buy HIS MAJESTY THE WORM from hismajestytheworm.games. The book is back in stock at Exalted Funeral! It is a good game and you should buy it.
His Majesty the Worm
His Majesty the Worm is a new-school game with old-school sensibilities: the classic megadungeon experience given fresh life through a focus on the mundanities and small moments of daily life inside t...
hismajestytheworm.games
November 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hi I'm away from the big computer so I just want you to know you can buy HIS MAJESTY THE WORM from hismajestytheworm.games. The book is back in stock at Exalted Funeral! It is a good game and you should buy it.
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La bataille présente en effet comme principale caractéristique d'être un jeu complètement stupide qui ne demande aucune réflexion, auquel on joue donc pour le simple plaisir de passer du temps avec quelqu'un, et non par goût pervers pour l'ingurgitation de livrets de règles de 500 pages.
November 8, 2025 at 11:18 AM
La bataille présente en effet comme principale caractéristique d'être un jeu complètement stupide qui ne demande aucune réflexion, auquel on joue donc pour le simple plaisir de passer du temps avec quelqu'un, et non par goût pervers pour l'ingurgitation de livrets de règles de 500 pages.