TT2CPU Nate
@mcpownsalot.bsky.social
HS Stem Teacher and Esports Coach
I have a podcast called Tabletop to CPU, go listen!
I have a podcast called Tabletop to CPU, go listen!
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TT2CPU Nate
@mcpownsalot.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Good Morning, here is the post with things I like:
👉 Game Design
👉 Indy Games
👉 Board Games
👉 Legend of Zelda
👉 Star Wars
👉 Marvel
👉 LOTR
👉 Coaching Esports
👉 TTRPG
👉 Magic
👉 The Bear
👉 Cooking
👉 Baking
👉 Valorant
👉 Halo
👉 Story Based games
👉 Watching speedrunners
👉 Avatar the Last Airbender
👉 Game Design
👉 Indy Games
👉 Board Games
👉 Legend of Zelda
👉 Star Wars
👉 Marvel
👉 LOTR
👉 Coaching Esports
👉 TTRPG
👉 Magic
👉 The Bear
👉 Cooking
👉 Baking
👉 Valorant
👉 Halo
👉 Story Based games
👉 Watching speedrunners
👉 Avatar the Last Airbender
Watching my buddy play Expedition 33, this game is super awesome, but I am really glad I dont have to dodge and counter my way through.
December 23, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Watching my buddy play Expedition 33, this game is super awesome, but I am really glad I dont have to dodge and counter my way through.
Well we got eliminated in quarter finals against the 1 seed for Splatoon. Took 1 game off them, almost 2, in our best of five. Really proud of the team.
December 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Well we got eliminated in quarter finals against the 1 seed for Splatoon. Took 1 game off them, almost 2, in our best of five. Really proud of the team.
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Taking my team to Esports playoffs today. Being an Esports coach is so fun, but in high stakes competition I get so much anxiety, much more than when I play. Hope we can take home a title today.
December 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Taking my team to Esports playoffs today. Being an Esports coach is so fun, but in high stakes competition I get so much anxiety, much more than when I play. Hope we can take home a title today.
I think one of the biggest mistakes when it comes to games is making the focus too narrow. When we open up and look to the wider scope of concepts, we find innovation for gamers everywhere. From things like Split Fiction to a Dead Cells board game, people love different experiences.
December 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I think one of the biggest mistakes when it comes to games is making the focus too narrow. When we open up and look to the wider scope of concepts, we find innovation for gamers everywhere. From things like Split Fiction to a Dead Cells board game, people love different experiences.
Just started Blue Prince. It is such a unique fun game. I love games that have a unique twist on Rogue Likes.
December 4, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Just started Blue Prince. It is such a unique fun game. I love games that have a unique twist on Rogue Likes.
Sports are in general only interesting if you understand them. Lacking a basic understanding of a sport makes it hard to enjoy watching. Video games are the same way. Designers and gamers often forget this when designing games based on affordances they have learned through a life time of gaming.
November 18, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Sports are in general only interesting if you understand them. Lacking a basic understanding of a sport makes it hard to enjoy watching. Video games are the same way. Designers and gamers often forget this when designing games based on affordances they have learned through a life time of gaming.
Ok, if we finish this discord bot, new side project will be working on an ode to Escape Velocity Nova.
November 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Ok, if we finish this discord bot, new side project will be working on an ode to Escape Velocity Nova.
I am making good progress on a Discord bot side project. If I have enough success, I amy even start on a video game side project.
October 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I am making good progress on a Discord bot side project. If I have enough success, I amy even start on a video game side project.
Programming can be very satisfying. I am currently doing a small side project of making a custom bot. Its been fun to just try out this API. Also tried to use ChatGPT as a starting point and it clearly pulled code from somewhere else and could not modify well or understand the shifts in current API
October 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Programming can be very satisfying. I am currently doing a small side project of making a custom bot. Its been fun to just try out this API. Also tried to use ChatGPT as a starting point and it clearly pulled code from somewhere else and could not modify well or understand the shifts in current API
I started playing Pikmin Bloom, which is a combination of a step counter game mixed with Pikmin by the people who brought you Pokémon Go. Mostly I am playing as I try to focus on better steps. Pikmin have to go on missions in the game to different locations and take a travel time.
September 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I started playing Pikmin Bloom, which is a combination of a step counter game mixed with Pikmin by the people who brought you Pokémon Go. Mostly I am playing as I try to focus on better steps. Pikmin have to go on missions in the game to different locations and take a travel time.
One of the negatives of being a high school coach is that they found my steam account. Someone asked me about the game Binding of Isaac. I said "It is a great game, but I don't care for it". Another student said "What would you know, you only have 14 minutes in it". SMH
September 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
One of the negatives of being a high school coach is that they found my steam account. Someone asked me about the game Binding of Isaac. I said "It is a great game, but I don't care for it". Another student said "What would you know, you only have 14 minutes in it". SMH
An element of Game Design can incorporate game types outside of the traditional tabletop to cpu. Survivor 49 starts soon. While I dislike a good portion of reality TV, Survivor's structure is such a unique look into the human condition.
September 25, 2025 at 12:25 PM
An element of Game Design can incorporate game types outside of the traditional tabletop to cpu. Survivor 49 starts soon. While I dislike a good portion of reality TV, Survivor's structure is such a unique look into the human condition.
We should design more games to solve real world problems. Having played mini metro where you build a simulated Metro system to solve loads on the system, can we capture specific scenarios from that and build trains based on that.
August 27, 2025 at 12:18 PM
We should design more games to solve real world problems. Having played mini metro where you build a simulated Metro system to solve loads on the system, can we capture specific scenarios from that and build trains based on that.
Learn game design means that engaging in lots of games is important. Board Game Arena has really helped me learn unique mechanics.
August 24, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Learn game design means that engaging in lots of games is important. Board Game Arena has really helped me learn unique mechanics.
A central problem with AAA games is they think the way to grow is in graphics and realism, but games like Donkey Kong, Astrobot, Dune, and Disco Ellysium show that new mechanics or refreshing old genres is just as good or better. The problem is when publishers get in the way of designers.
August 20, 2025 at 12:07 PM
A central problem with AAA games is they think the way to grow is in graphics and realism, but games like Donkey Kong, Astrobot, Dune, and Disco Ellysium show that new mechanics or refreshing old genres is just as good or better. The problem is when publishers get in the way of designers.
I'm impressed by how much Baldurs Gate 3 captures D&D undiluted. Pretty neat by and large. I wonder if it will make players want their DM to do more. I think the most annoying part of D&D is the length of combat and BG3 speeds it up so much.
August 8, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I'm impressed by how much Baldurs Gate 3 captures D&D undiluted. Pretty neat by and large. I wonder if it will make players want their DM to do more. I think the most annoying part of D&D is the length of combat and BG3 speeds it up so much.
Finally getting to this Baldur's Gate 3 thing. Fire hurts a lot.
July 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Finally getting to this Baldur's Gate 3 thing. Fire hurts a lot.
Been just poking around in EV: Nova again and was reading up on all the storylines. It really was an open world game well before the modern era. Old school developers were just built different.
May 2, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Been just poking around in EV: Nova again and was reading up on all the storylines. It really was an open world game well before the modern era. Old school developers were just built different.
Thinking about going in and actually building a game. I want it to be an ode to Escape Velocity: Nova, the only one I played in the series, but I have fond memories of. Anyhow... I am thinking about starting, just putting code to objects and stuff. I know Unity, but I am wondering how easy Godot is.
April 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Thinking about going in and actually building a game. I want it to be an ode to Escape Velocity: Nova, the only one I played in the series, but I have fond memories of. Anyhow... I am thinking about starting, just putting code to objects and stuff. I know Unity, but I am wondering how easy Godot is.
Andor Season 2 kicking off tonight, won't be able to watch until tomorrow, but I cannot wait.
April 22, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Andor Season 2 kicking off tonight, won't be able to watch until tomorrow, but I cannot wait.
The moment as an Esports coach and Game Design teacher where it would be helpful to play more games, but I don't have time to play more games.
February 23, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The moment as an Esports coach and Game Design teacher where it would be helpful to play more games, but I don't have time to play more games.
Note enough credit goes out to the Neopet ecosystem from back in the day. A fully functioning world and map with over a hundred games that generate points. A functioning stock market, bank system, auction system, pokemon style battles, browser strategy games, and story based JRPG. Pretty GOATed.
February 3, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Note enough credit goes out to the Neopet ecosystem from back in the day. A fully functioning world and map with over a hundred games that generate points. A functioning stock market, bank system, auction system, pokemon style battles, browser strategy games, and story based JRPG. Pretty GOATed.
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Many of the major winners who picked up trophies on music's biggest night have graced the Tiny Desk. Watch their performances here.
Before they were 2025 Grammy Award winners, they were Tiny Desk performers
Many of the major winners who picked up trophies on music's biggest night have graced the Tiny Desk. Watch their performances here.
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February 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Many of the major winners who picked up trophies on music's biggest night have graced the Tiny Desk. Watch their performances here.
Its impressive in teaching game design, an elective class with the only stipulation that you put in effort while in class, that kids just want to hit a minimum bar or come up against the first barrier in their abilities and freeze up. It's my job to reteach these kids how to learn and not just echo.
February 2, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Its impressive in teaching game design, an elective class with the only stipulation that you put in effort while in class, that kids just want to hit a minimum bar or come up against the first barrier in their abilities and freeze up. It's my job to reteach these kids how to learn and not just echo.