Kurtis Bowling 🐠
@007goldfish.bsky.social
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I write, I left, I am. https://kurtisbowling.carrd.co/
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007goldfish.bsky.social
This is it, the moment itchio-ers can step into The Brink and come out Essentian.

Available Now!
007goldfish.itch.io/essentian-an...

Thanks everyone who helped get this project done, and to the folks who want to pick it up now that it's ready!
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#DrawSteel
Essentian Ancestry for Draw Steel by 007GoldFish
An Elemental Ancestry for MCDM's Draw Steel
007goldfish.itch.io
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stephank.bsky.social
I can't remember if I ever promoted this here, but I produced an album for the score I made for Tales Unwritten. I'm really taking it seriously and putting a LOT of thought and time into the music of the show.

Still happy with these tracks, which is a big deal for me lol
talesunwritten.com
We clearly don't have a social media manager, because we somehow forgot to actually post that the Book 1 Album was out!

You can find it on YouTube for free and also anywhere you can buy and stream music other than Spotify, because fuck Spotify.

- Stephan
Tales Unwritten: Book 1 (Original Score) | Full Album
YouTube video by Tales Unwritten
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oldmaddgaz75.bsky.social
RIP Drew Struzan I'd call him iconic but that's rather understated
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moreblueberries.bsky.social
The Time We Have: A Conversation Between Brothers is NOW AVAILABLE

A tragic two-player zombie roleplaying game played on opposite sides of a closed door. A game about what it means to be a brother.

Want to learn more about the game? It's time for a megathread ⬇️
A mockup of The Time We Have packaging surrounded by floating door cards. The cover features two brothers sitting on opposite sides of a door with a purple flower motif
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annacwebs.bsky.social
I wrote about this production, and the broader implications of adapting games to theater for @typebarmagazine.bsky.social last year and dare I say I slayed it as much as the Majima actor nails jumping out the window in-character
badideas.bsky.social
Holy shit someone uploaded the entire stage play adaptation of the Yakuza videogame series with English subtitles and it’s glorious and 500x better than the Amazon show youtu.be/Z2Msr4si6dU?...
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Hot off the presses! If you need a bigger size to print your stickers let me know!
The Portland frog as a founding father, surround by the words "give me ribberty or give me death"
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waveturtlejake.bsky.social
Tim Heidecker putting out an apology for performing at Riyahd (he did not) is such a good bit.
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bentobitt.bsky.social
The perfect game for Halloween 🎃
Black Powder and Brimstone is a gothic action adventure TTRPG published by Free Leage (Mörk Borg, Dragonbane, Alien RPG).
Play as a desperate rogue in a war torn land infested with religious extremism and monsters.
Easy to pick up, easy to play.
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odienator.bsky.social
In honor of Elmore Leonard's centennial today, here's the tribute I wrote in 2013 when he passed. This was the first of the @ebertvoices.bsky.social tributes I became known for (and still do on occasion) at the site. I became a writer, Dutch. Told you I would.

www.rogerebert.com/features/elm...
Elmore Leonard, 1925-2013: An Appreciation | Features | Roger Ebert
The first rule in Elmore Leonard's ten rules of writing is "Never open a book with the weather." It could never be a "dark and stormy night" in Leonard's
www.rogerebert.com
007goldfish.bsky.social
Ran Draw Steel for my main crew finally. Was sick, the sparks started immediately, instant winner.

One of 'em straight up bought the books after 2 rounds of combat!
A tabletop grid showing the first room of the Delian Tomb. The hero minis are the only that remain standing. There are two dozen enemy minis strewn about, defeated. So many dead goblins.
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gwensnyder.bsky.social
And let me highlight the DISCIPLINE at play here and across the country, too.

They are trying to goad protestors into lighting a Reichstag fire and those efforts are being met with suggestive hip thrusts from a giant inflatable frog.

This is movement not taking the bait.
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pestoenthusiast.bsky.social
MCDM just released the symbols they use in stat blocks under a free license.

mcdm.gg/DrawSteel/Dr...

If you've never worked with a CC-BY-SA license, check out the thread for some guidance.
mcdm.gg
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burrata.bsky.social
My daughter has a school assignment to write a scary story in just a few lines, and I showed her this from Clickhole, which is some of the most efficient horror scripting I've ever read.
Clickhole headline: "Incredible! We Asked These Astronauts What It's Like to Be In Space" Astronaut Barry Wilmore, pictured in an orange spacesuit, says "“You never know true beauty until you see Earth from space, or true terror until you hear someone knocking on the space station door from outside. You look through the porthole and see an astronaut, but all your crew is inside and accounted for. You use the comm to ask who it is and he says he’s Ramirez returning from a repair mission, but Ramirez is sitting right next to you in the command module and he’s just as confused as you are. When you tell the guy this over the radio he starts banging on the door louder and harder, begging you to let him in, saying he’s the real Ramirez. Meanwhile, the Ramirez inside with you is pleading to keep the airlock shut. It really puts life on Earth into perspective.”
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jackiev.bsky.social
I haven't done an 'inktober' in years because the concept sucks but I'm doing it this year! Gonna draw EVERY CONTESTANT from the Dragon Ball Budokai Tenkaichi tournaments (not Z!!!)
the Dragon Ball Budokai Tenkaichi tournament arena with "october" written on the sign and the tournament symbol on a pumpkin
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mikedrucker.bsky.social
It’s kind of crazy that Nazis and the KKK have recently become controversial bad guys because a bunch of bitter online dorks assumed it was about them
discussingfilm.net
Ubisoft canceled an ‘ASSASSINS CREED’ game set in the post-Civil War era

• Featured a Black Assassin who was formerly a slave

• Players would fight the emerging KKK

• Leadership canceled it after concerns with U.S. political climate & Yasuke backlash

(Source: www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...)
007goldfish.bsky.social
Judge. Cleric. Executioner.
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jackkaiser.bsky.social
Art rust is very crunchy as it comes off. 2-Hour Speedpainting done today on twitch.tv/thatartjack
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brendering.bsky.social
Miyazaki survived the bombing of Utsunomiya as a child. His family escaped in a car, but left a neighbor and her daughter behind to save themselves. Miyazaki regrets this, and said this has stayed with him and shaped his film making. He hopes his audience will learn the courage he lacked in 1945.
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tvaziri.com
Vanity Fair asked me to talk about visual effects, and it was my great honor to show off some of ILM’s terrific work over the years.

Todd Vaziri on Vanity Fair VFX
youtu.be/ERKEsIzTFas?...
ILM's VFX Secrets Behind Star Wars, Transformers & More | Vanity Fair
YouTube video by Vanity Fair
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