austin_walker
@austinwalker.bsky.social
Writer, Podcaster, Game Designer | Friends at the Table | A More Civilized Age | Shelved by Genre | Formerly: Possibility Space, Waypoint, Giant Bomb, Paste Games
"Yeah, I'm thinking I'm back."
November 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
"Yeah, I'm thinking I'm back."
Got it! Yeah, it's this board position (which I saw in this video: youtu.be/9yoXlr8x5xg) but abstracted! In this moment, black is drawing white into zugzwang.
November 4, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Got it! Yeah, it's this board position (which I saw in this video: youtu.be/9yoXlr8x5xg) but abstracted! In this moment, black is drawing white into zugzwang.
A lot of FatT listeners have heard me talk about the image of a wind turbine on fire as inspiration for our sixth season, PARTIZAN. But I cannot remember if I ever shared this MS Paint drawing which really locked in what the season Was for me, months before we started.
Good luck guessing what it is
Good luck guessing what it is
November 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
A lot of FatT listeners have heard me talk about the image of a wind turbine on fire as inspiration for our sixth season, PARTIZAN. But I cannot remember if I ever shared this MS Paint drawing which really locked in what the season Was for me, months before we started.
Good luck guessing what it is
Good luck guessing what it is
Yup, absolutely! Mentioned in an interview here: www.rascal.news/realis-ditch...
October 31, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Yup, absolutely! Mentioned in an interview here: www.rascal.news/realis-ditch...
i can't believe they have to play again today.
October 28, 2025 at 7:21 AM
i can't believe they have to play again today.
my partner and i often joke about it being 'the vitamin'
October 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
my partner and i often joke about it being 'the vitamin'
, and i say this as an eagles fan
October 14, 2025 at 3:24 AM
, and i say this as an eagles fan
trust me, it don't make it better
October 5, 2025 at 9:29 PM
trust me, it don't make it better
Tyler will follow up with a Real Email but for now:
October 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Tyler will follow up with a Real Email but for now:
There is neither a game high enough OR low enough for me, and that's how it should be. Not because the extremes of metric should not be used, but because I am both better than Baldur's Gate 3 and much, much worse than Family Party: 30 Great Games Obstacle Arcade for the Wii U.
September 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
There is neither a game high enough OR low enough for me, and that's how it should be. Not because the extremes of metric should not be used, but because I am both better than Baldur's Gate 3 and much, much worse than Family Party: 30 Great Games Obstacle Arcade for the Wii U.
@shoomlah.bsky.social look what I found on a stoop in my neighborhood
September 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
@shoomlah.bsky.social look what I found on a stoop in my neighborhood
it's SO funny you say this because I literally just pushed a playtest update with a class that basically has this sentence. (it is not the ex-wife)
September 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
it's SO funny you say this because I literally just pushed a playtest update with a class that basically has this sentence. (it is not the ex-wife)
This is all of us, doing our tasks along with you.
September 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This is all of us, doing our tasks along with you.
here's what i said in the discord this morning
August 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
here's what i said in the discord this morning
oh this rules. once, i was tasked with identifying options for designing open-ended ttrpg style play in a digital game. eventually i got to picture 1, with some big options, but i HAD to start with this little field of notes at the top of: what do you DO as a GM? left is UX-y, right is general play.
August 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
oh this rules. once, i was tasked with identifying options for designing open-ended ttrpg style play in a digital game. eventually i got to picture 1, with some big options, but i HAD to start with this little field of notes at the top of: what do you DO as a GM? left is UX-y, right is general play.
less than a minute away, effectively across the street.
August 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
less than a minute away, effectively across the street.
what's truly wild is that they were in the book from the very earliest version google docs has on file, 10 months before we'd even start Shelved By Genre, let alone get to the alzabo meal!!!!
my book of the new sun really just was a hole meant for me.
my book of the new sun really just was a hole meant for me.
August 23, 2025 at 6:33 PM
what's truly wild is that they were in the book from the very earliest version google docs has on file, 10 months before we'd even start Shelved By Genre, let alone get to the alzabo meal!!!!
my book of the new sun really just was a hole meant for me.
my book of the new sun really just was a hole meant for me.
it's like a combo of sweet shalquoir and the rat king from DS2
August 11, 2025 at 3:17 AM
it's like a combo of sweet shalquoir and the rat king from DS2
