Gritty Grazen
@seeker8998.bsky.social
Christian small tabletop RPG hobby dev.
See my first ZineQuest game finished here: https://seeker8998.itch.io/here-lies-a-city
And pick up my other stuff: https://seeker8998.itch.io
See my first ZineQuest game finished here: https://seeker8998.itch.io/here-lies-a-city
And pick up my other stuff: https://seeker8998.itch.io
This is circular.
Utility is the best utility.
I'm not gonna disagree, but it doesn't speak at all to the objection that grounding in some value other than utility might be desirable.
Utility is the best utility.
I'm not gonna disagree, but it doesn't speak at all to the objection that grounding in some value other than utility might be desirable.
November 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
This is circular.
Utility is the best utility.
I'm not gonna disagree, but it doesn't speak at all to the objection that grounding in some value other than utility might be desirable.
Utility is the best utility.
I'm not gonna disagree, but it doesn't speak at all to the objection that grounding in some value other than utility might be desirable.
Trump has class consciousness, but it's firstly on a moral and internal constitutional level. It just so happens that people of his economic class often share his moral makeup.
November 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Trump has class consciousness, but it's firstly on a moral and internal constitutional level. It just so happens that people of his economic class often share his moral makeup.
That's true of all expertise to greater and lesser extents. This person has interests that might not align with mine, but they know something and I need that knowledge.
The populist solution is to pretend we don't need the expert. The liberal solution is to limit conflicts of interest.
The populist solution is to pretend we don't need the expert. The liberal solution is to limit conflicts of interest.
November 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
That's true of all expertise to greater and lesser extents. This person has interests that might not align with mine, but they know something and I need that knowledge.
The populist solution is to pretend we don't need the expert. The liberal solution is to limit conflicts of interest.
The populist solution is to pretend we don't need the expert. The liberal solution is to limit conflicts of interest.
The Engadget article says, "It’s a lot more voice work than I’m used to in a Metroid game, and it goes a long way towards making the journey feel less isolated."
It's like a producer swung by the Zodiac set and saw a fudged blooper take then said, "We need more of that; my 7yo will love it."
It's like a producer swung by the Zodiac set and saw a fudged blooper take then said, "We need more of that; my 7yo will love it."
November 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The Engadget article says, "It’s a lot more voice work than I’m used to in a Metroid game, and it goes a long way towards making the journey feel less isolated."
It's like a producer swung by the Zodiac set and saw a fudged blooper take then said, "We need more of that; my 7yo will love it."
It's like a producer swung by the Zodiac set and saw a fudged blooper take then said, "We need more of that; my 7yo will love it."
Man, I'm so grateful that the founders fought and argued for bubbles of First Amendment protection in a sea of armed federal officers. It's up there with the promise that soldiers won't be quartered in the main and guest bedroom at the same time.
November 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Man, I'm so grateful that the founders fought and argued for bubbles of First Amendment protection in a sea of armed federal officers. It's up there with the promise that soldiers won't be quartered in the main and guest bedroom at the same time.
Well, Mr. Hat, are YOU twice as likely in a foster the general population? Is it second nature?
November 13, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Well, Mr. Hat, are YOU twice as likely in a foster the general population? Is it second nature?
Grand jury transcripts going missing feels less likely than "We dropped the tapes in the mop bucket." The latter is entirely within the control of bad actors. The transcripts, though...I'd think those are handled entirely by, and I say this with respect, professional apolitical pencil pushers.
November 13, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Grand jury transcripts going missing feels less likely than "We dropped the tapes in the mop bucket." The latter is entirely within the control of bad actors. The transcripts, though...I'd think those are handled entirely by, and I say this with respect, professional apolitical pencil pushers.
@speterdavis.com I don't know where you got your sense of what will become relevant in politics within the next 3 months but this re:Krauss is uncanny.
November 13, 2025 at 5:19 PM
@speterdavis.com I don't know where you got your sense of what will become relevant in politics within the next 3 months but this re:Krauss is uncanny.
I don't like that "Maybe if the world had been nicer" has been applied both to this guy and to Musk. Musk is surely the much smaller man - who wouldn't that be true of? - but it feels like a condescending frame all the same.
November 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I don't like that "Maybe if the world had been nicer" has been applied both to this guy and to Musk. Musk is surely the much smaller man - who wouldn't that be true of? - but it feels like a condescending frame all the same.
I had not been waiting. Had not heard of it. But dang I'm intrigued now
November 13, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I had not been waiting. Had not heard of it. But dang I'm intrigued now
Ooo, I love evoking bad feels with gameplay for thematic purpose!
A friend of mine works for a group that specializes in anti-rivalry research and education. That idea has inspired some anti-violent RPGs from me, where violence is very possible and also very bad.
A friend of mine works for a group that specializes in anti-rivalry research and education. That idea has inspired some anti-violent RPGs from me, where violence is very possible and also very bad.
Tooth for Tooth by Seeker8998
A two-page game of hazy truth and costly violence illuminated by LUMEN
seeker8998.itch.io
November 12, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Ooo, I love evoking bad feels with gameplay for thematic purpose!
A friend of mine works for a group that specializes in anti-rivalry research and education. That idea has inspired some anti-violent RPGs from me, where violence is very possible and also very bad.
A friend of mine works for a group that specializes in anti-rivalry research and education. That idea has inspired some anti-violent RPGs from me, where violence is very possible and also very bad.
Games of Pandemic and its relatives are generally better the fewer good turns the players collectively have.
November 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Games of Pandemic and its relatives are generally better the fewer good turns the players collectively have.
That said, I'm glad the thing is a nice to use product now. I've only recently started TTRPG design and even more only recently started using Affinity, so I don't have the domain experience to contribute more than "The gift is a little smelly."
November 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
That said, I'm glad the thing is a nice to use product now. I've only recently started TTRPG design and even more only recently started using Affinity, so I don't have the domain experience to contribute more than "The gift is a little smelly."
Forever is a long time, but there's a qualitative difference between the gift of RFC 9293 (TCP spec) and the gift of Entity Framework or password sharing.
When the pitch isn't just "we own your workflow" but "Our business model is selling GenAI," there's more than usual cause to be suspicious.
When the pitch isn't just "we own your workflow" but "Our business model is selling GenAI," there's more than usual cause to be suspicious.
November 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Forever is a long time, but there's a qualitative difference between the gift of RFC 9293 (TCP spec) and the gift of Entity Framework or password sharing.
When the pitch isn't just "we own your workflow" but "Our business model is selling GenAI," there's more than usual cause to be suspicious.
When the pitch isn't just "we own your workflow" but "Our business model is selling GenAI," there's more than usual cause to be suspicious.
I appreciate this, thank you.
My day job is software. My first job was at a former Silverlight shop. I have been trained to be suspicious of "gifts". Maybe being a curmudgeon for 5 years just means I have 5 years of less optimal tools. That's a me problem. Studio can't stay good indefinitely.
My day job is software. My first job was at a former Silverlight shop. I have been trained to be suspicious of "gifts". Maybe being a curmudgeon for 5 years just means I have 5 years of less optimal tools. That's a me problem. Studio can't stay good indefinitely.
November 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I appreciate this, thank you.
My day job is software. My first job was at a former Silverlight shop. I have been trained to be suspicious of "gifts". Maybe being a curmudgeon for 5 years just means I have 5 years of less optimal tools. That's a me problem. Studio can't stay good indefinitely.
My day job is software. My first job was at a former Silverlight shop. I have been trained to be suspicious of "gifts". Maybe being a curmudgeon for 5 years just means I have 5 years of less optimal tools. That's a me problem. Studio can't stay good indefinitely.
I think there's a stronger argument for Harambe (1999-2016), but it's an open question.
November 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I think there's a stronger argument for Harambe (1999-2016), but it's an open question.
I barely have room to consider how much I should or shouldn't hate on the Court in light of the incandescent malice emanating from a White House that is asking them to let the exec not give food with the In Case of Trouble, Give People Food Fund.
November 12, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I barely have room to consider how much I should or shouldn't hate on the Court in light of the incandescent malice emanating from a White House that is asking them to let the exec not give food with the In Case of Trouble, Give People Food Fund.
There's some incredible "Yes, And..." play in this thread exploring the academic retrieval of the Historical Darth Vader.
Made me think of the imaginary Elden Ring strategies.
Made me think of the imaginary Elden Ring strategies.
“Darth Vader” was an amalgamation of various Imperial Era generals and cyborgs that were combined in histories written centuries after the fact
November 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
There's some incredible "Yes, And..." play in this thread exploring the academic retrieval of the Historical Darth Vader.
Made me think of the imaginary Elden Ring strategies.
Made me think of the imaginary Elden Ring strategies.
Hat Guy 2: China was going to hit us with rare earth.
Woman in Red: What does that mean?
HG2: Magnets.
Woman in Red: What does that mean?
HG2: Magnets.
November 10, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Hat Guy 2: China was going to hit us with rare earth.
Woman in Red: What does that mean?
HG2: Magnets.
Woman in Red: What does that mean?
HG2: Magnets.
"The problem with the federal government is the concentration of corruption in the Executive Branch. Can we do something about that?"
The genie has heard our wish.
The genie has heard our wish.
November 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
"The problem with the federal government is the concentration of corruption in the Executive Branch. Can we do something about that?"
The genie has heard our wish.
The genie has heard our wish.
Breaking kayfabe: this is my favorite alt explanation for the elected queen since the idea that it's an allowance for a kid brought into an ongoing RPG who wanted to contribute but didn't grasp the intended flavor.
www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/002...
www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/002...
November 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Breaking kayfabe: this is my favorite alt explanation for the elected queen since the idea that it's an allowance for a kid brought into an ongoing RPG who wanted to contribute but didn't grasp the intended flavor.
www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/002...
www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/002...
You could make an argument for leaving in unexpected dinosaur behaviors that's probably even stronger than Goat Sim's argument for leaving in bugs.
November 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
You could make an argument for leaving in unexpected dinosaur behaviors that's probably even stronger than Goat Sim's argument for leaving in bugs.