Gala
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Long ago on the hell site I made long list of historically interesting things to use in dnd ttrpgs and I'll start dragging them over here starting with
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
November 13, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Long ago on the hell site I made long list of historically interesting things to use in dnd ttrpgs and I'll start dragging them over here starting with
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
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Happy birthday to Dragon Age: Inquisition 🖤
November 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Happy birthday to Dragon Age: Inquisition 🖤
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‘Look, I’ve had a miserable week or two. Don’t test me, because I am losing my patience.’
Aka first date ideas (followup comic doodle in the reply) 💕😌
#dragonage
Aka first date ideas (followup comic doodle in the reply) 💕😌
#dragonage
November 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
‘Look, I’ve had a miserable week or two. Don’t test me, because I am losing my patience.’
Aka first date ideas (followup comic doodle in the reply) 💕😌
#dragonage
Aka first date ideas (followup comic doodle in the reply) 💕😌
#dragonage
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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The Coffin’s Tale~ more designs for @realgdt.bsky.social FRANKENSTEIN! The coffins were based on real Fisk coffins of the time & great ref pitched by awesome Costume Designer @katehawleycostume.bsky.social (an example of wonderful collab between depts) & worked up to final design through art dept.
November 19, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The Coffin’s Tale~ more designs for @realgdt.bsky.social FRANKENSTEIN! The coffins were based on real Fisk coffins of the time & great ref pitched by awesome Costume Designer @katehawleycostume.bsky.social (an example of wonderful collab between depts) & worked up to final design through art dept.
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starting to think we shouldn't host some of our most crucial sites and services through one mega corp
November 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
starting to think we shouldn't host some of our most crucial sites and services through one mega corp
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This is the weirdest fandom I've ever seen because you will have full on cosplayers saying they hate the show in cosplay, while perfectly lipsyncing the lyrics. I don't understand why so many of you have such an aversion to admitting you're a fan of a piece of media as if its a moral failing.
November 16, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This is the weirdest fandom I've ever seen because you will have full on cosplayers saying they hate the show in cosplay, while perfectly lipsyncing the lyrics. I don't understand why so many of you have such an aversion to admitting you're a fan of a piece of media as if its a moral failing.
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The most important thing in writing is to finish. A finished thing can be fixed. A finished thing can be published. A finished thing can be made into a movie.
An unfinished thing is just a dream. And dreams fade if you don't hold on tight enough.
So finish the thing.
An unfinished thing is just a dream. And dreams fade if you don't hold on tight enough.
So finish the thing.
November 13, 2024 at 2:38 PM
The most important thing in writing is to finish. A finished thing can be fixed. A finished thing can be published. A finished thing can be made into a movie.
An unfinished thing is just a dream. And dreams fade if you don't hold on tight enough.
So finish the thing.
An unfinished thing is just a dream. And dreams fade if you don't hold on tight enough.
So finish the thing.
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Bava is a mighty God
I wonder if this influenced @realgdt.bsky.social on Crimson Peak.
October 23, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Bava is a mighty God
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October 20, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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repeating my sentiment from the first time this made the rounds
September 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
repeating my sentiment from the first time this made the rounds
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literally bigots on all platforms would have dramatically less reach if we weren't utterly obsessed with finding their content explicitly to dunk on it.
I get it, I do, as a Former Dunkee I get it!
but like a fire-without oxygen it fucking dies. Deprive them of oxygen!
I get it, I do, as a Former Dunkee I get it!
but like a fire-without oxygen it fucking dies. Deprive them of oxygen!
Transphobes would have a lot less reach on here if everyone stopped arguing with them and quoting their posts to dunk on them, they don't give a rat's ass about your arguments and enjoy wasting your time.
September 2, 2025 at 6:56 PM
literally bigots on all platforms would have dramatically less reach if we weren't utterly obsessed with finding their content explicitly to dunk on it.
I get it, I do, as a Former Dunkee I get it!
but like a fire-without oxygen it fucking dies. Deprive them of oxygen!
I get it, I do, as a Former Dunkee I get it!
but like a fire-without oxygen it fucking dies. Deprive them of oxygen!
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I won’t pretend I influence, but as someone originally from Texas, please help prevent it from becoming more of a hell state than it already is. This shit will hit everything from Dress Up Darling to Dragon Ball and tons of queer media. They wont stop at Just Texas. Your freedoms are at stake. FIGHT
September 2, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I won’t pretend I influence, but as someone originally from Texas, please help prevent it from becoming more of a hell state than it already is. This shit will hit everything from Dress Up Darling to Dragon Ball and tons of queer media. They wont stop at Just Texas. Your freedoms are at stake. FIGHT
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September 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Becuase if one goes on about a lack of choices… then you’re just not being truthful which makes me rather uninterested in reading anything else they have to say.
But I guess it’s kick a game while it’s down day. BioWare in disarray is a story that gets clicks, it’s how the game is played. *sigh*
But I guess it’s kick a game while it’s down day. BioWare in disarray is a story that gets clicks, it’s how the game is played. *sigh*
June 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Becuase if one goes on about a lack of choices… then you’re just not being truthful which makes me rather uninterested in reading anything else they have to say.
But I guess it’s kick a game while it’s down day. BioWare in disarray is a story that gets clicks, it’s how the game is played. *sigh*
But I guess it’s kick a game while it’s down day. BioWare in disarray is a story that gets clicks, it’s how the game is played. *sigh*
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Same. As a fan of it; it’s hard.
I’m so tired of this discourse, especially as it’s tied into a framework that feels fundamentally dishonest, baked over via online hot-takes, and sent out to an audience with a wink and grin.
I have no desire to relitigate what I witnessed with my own eyes.
I’m so tired of this discourse, especially as it’s tied into a framework that feels fundamentally dishonest, baked over via online hot-takes, and sent out to an audience with a wink and grin.
I have no desire to relitigate what I witnessed with my own eyes.
June 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Same. As a fan of it; it’s hard.
I’m so tired of this discourse, especially as it’s tied into a framework that feels fundamentally dishonest, baked over via online hot-takes, and sent out to an audience with a wink and grin.
I have no desire to relitigate what I witnessed with my own eyes.
I’m so tired of this discourse, especially as it’s tied into a framework that feels fundamentally dishonest, baked over via online hot-takes, and sent out to an audience with a wink and grin.
I have no desire to relitigate what I witnessed with my own eyes.
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A game received solid reviews and then got mauled by an online backlash that was aided by the right wing cultural turn of the moment.
That this all morphed into a conventional wisdom of “failure” is why I don’t take much online gaming discourse especially seriously. Shallow and crowd driven.
That this all morphed into a conventional wisdom of “failure” is why I don’t take much online gaming discourse especially seriously. Shallow and crowd driven.
June 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
A game received solid reviews and then got mauled by an online backlash that was aided by the right wing cultural turn of the moment.
That this all morphed into a conventional wisdom of “failure” is why I don’t take much online gaming discourse especially seriously. Shallow and crowd driven.
That this all morphed into a conventional wisdom of “failure” is why I don’t take much online gaming discourse especially seriously. Shallow and crowd driven.
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We know what happened. We've read it dozens of times. Let's celebrate that we got a game as polished as it was, as amazing as it was, as emotional as it.
Devs, we love you. We appreciate everything you've done. Dragon Age has wormed its way into our hearts and we are happy its there.
Devs, we love you. We appreciate everything you've done. Dragon Age has wormed its way into our hearts and we are happy its there.
June 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
We know what happened. We've read it dozens of times. Let's celebrate that we got a game as polished as it was, as amazing as it was, as emotional as it.
Devs, we love you. We appreciate everything you've done. Dragon Age has wormed its way into our hearts and we are happy its there.
Devs, we love you. We appreciate everything you've done. Dragon Age has wormed its way into our hearts and we are happy its there.
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WHAT WENT RIGHT WITH VEILGUARD IS THE STORY
I'm eternally angry the press preps "fans" to engage with the game like goddamn shareholders
Sharing my thing I wrote fwiw
I'm eternally angry the press preps "fans" to engage with the game like goddamn shareholders
Sharing my thing I wrote fwiw
This Game Kills Fascists
Spoilers for all Dragon Age, y’all. I have always believed the world would be a kinder place if more people played Dragon Age games. It’s true that BioWare’s high fantasy series h…
culturalgutter.com
June 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
WHAT WENT RIGHT WITH VEILGUARD IS THE STORY
I'm eternally angry the press preps "fans" to engage with the game like goddamn shareholders
Sharing my thing I wrote fwiw
I'm eternally angry the press preps "fans" to engage with the game like goddamn shareholders
Sharing my thing I wrote fwiw
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Reposting without comment except: I refute that we made a bad or compromised game. We made the best version of what we released, warts and all. I'm damn proud of it and the team. We couldn't have made a _better_ Dragon Age, only a _different_ one.
NEW: What went wrong with Dragon Age: The Veilguard? Why was the writing so tonally inconsistent? Why did it feel so shallow? Why were there so few choices?
Really, after ten years of turbulence, it was a miracle that anything came out at all. This is the story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Really, after ten years of turbulence, it was a miracle that anything came out at all. This is the story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Inside the ‘Dragon Age’ Debacle That Gutted EA’s BioWare Studio
The latest game in BioWare’s fantasy role-playing series went through ten years of development turmoil
www.bloomberg.com
June 11, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Reposting without comment except: I refute that we made a bad or compromised game. We made the best version of what we released, warts and all. I'm damn proud of it and the team. We couldn't have made a _better_ Dragon Age, only a _different_ one.
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the worst part is that those issues were called out almost immediately, and the choice was made to push on.
this strategy backed the team into an impossible situation from the start, and it was a miracle we shipped at all, nevermind shipping at the quality we did.
our narrative team were heroes.
this strategy backed the team into an impossible situation from the start, and it was a miracle we shipped at all, nevermind shipping at the quality we did.
our narrative team were heroes.
a cartoon dog is carrying a box of food on a train .
Alt: Animated gif from Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers showing Gromit, a claymation dog, speeding along a non-existent train track laying pieces of the track in front of him at breakneck speed.
media.tenor.com
June 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
the worst part is that those issues were called out almost immediately, and the choice was made to push on.
this strategy backed the team into an impossible situation from the start, and it was a miracle we shipped at all, nevermind shipping at the quality we did.
our narrative team were heroes.
this strategy backed the team into an impossible situation from the start, and it was a miracle we shipped at all, nevermind shipping at the quality we did.
our narrative team were heroes.
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Re: the newest Scherier article
The main takeaway I want everyone to get is that EA and BW wanted the DAV devs to magically move mountains after EA/BW made bad decisions, and parts of the fandom/general public decided the best course of action was to verbally abuse the devs! Way to go kids!
The main takeaway I want everyone to get is that EA and BW wanted the DAV devs to magically move mountains after EA/BW made bad decisions, and parts of the fandom/general public decided the best course of action was to verbally abuse the devs! Way to go kids!
June 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Re: the newest Scherier article
The main takeaway I want everyone to get is that EA and BW wanted the DAV devs to magically move mountains after EA/BW made bad decisions, and parts of the fandom/general public decided the best course of action was to verbally abuse the devs! Way to go kids!
The main takeaway I want everyone to get is that EA and BW wanted the DAV devs to magically move mountains after EA/BW made bad decisions, and parts of the fandom/general public decided the best course of action was to verbally abuse the devs! Way to go kids!
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“Caitie- youre still upset?”
Actually yeah- I’ll probably die mad! A bunch of cool artists and devs were tossed to the lions and flipped off. How is that not upsetting? This isnt about ‘no more DA’. This is about the human cost people forget and willfully ignore all for a bit of money.
Actually yeah- I’ll probably die mad! A bunch of cool artists and devs were tossed to the lions and flipped off. How is that not upsetting? This isnt about ‘no more DA’. This is about the human cost people forget and willfully ignore all for a bit of money.
June 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
“Caitie- youre still upset?”
Actually yeah- I’ll probably die mad! A bunch of cool artists and devs were tossed to the lions and flipped off. How is that not upsetting? This isnt about ‘no more DA’. This is about the human cost people forget and willfully ignore all for a bit of money.
Actually yeah- I’ll probably die mad! A bunch of cool artists and devs were tossed to the lions and flipped off. How is that not upsetting? This isnt about ‘no more DA’. This is about the human cost people forget and willfully ignore all for a bit of money.
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It's time for all the Dragon Age folks who moan and whine about DATV ruining the Lore, to quite frankly shut the fuck up.
June 7, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It's time for all the Dragon Age folks who moan and whine about DATV ruining the Lore, to quite frankly shut the fuck up.