Huff

Captain Murphy: Well, stick a penny in there!

*hugs*

All kidding aside, I've had plans for a story touching on the history of AI development in the setting, and *then* the ChatGPT/LLM craze began, and I'm waiting until I can even guess at a good trajectory for that before I turn it into plot points.

Now I'm imagining him posting some sort of 'tail brushing ASMR' video online.

I believe half the purpose behind Blades in the Dark is to resolve that particular question.

I do the same. I'll flesh out their backstories too much to make them seem like complete people, and I'll become reluctant to put them in danger or make them antagonists, or players will mistake the apparent depth for stuff that's plot relevant and try to dig into it.

You've got skill and a medium through which you can share your interests, and lots of people vibe with that. That's the opposite of boring.

Depression is something we struggle with that *tells* us these things aren't enough, and being depressed doesn't inherently make you a loser.

That is so very cute. Wanna snuggle with him on a couch and watch him play. Not gonna be able to resist fiddling with his 'joystick,' though.