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Steinar Bergstøl @itsacunningplan.bsky.social · 13h

I'd like to say "No, 'coz I'm a man's man and I fight through adversity with stiff upper lip and grim determination". I'd like to say that, but that would be a damn lie! Of course I reloaded! After throwing every insult and slur I could think of at the screen and questioning the devs' parentage. 😂

Steinar Bergstøl @itsacunningplan.bsky.social · 20h

Ah. Memories of just barely stepping off the Skyranger boarding ramp and having my best soldiers immediately be shot to death by hidden sectoids in the dark from halfway across the map.

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Steinar Bergstøl @itsacunningplan.bsky.social · 1d

Me and any game like Skyrim or Fallout. Oh, look! A random cave which might have something inside! Main quest? What main quest?

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Steinar Bergstøl @itsacunningplan.bsky.social · 1d

I'm shocked. Shocked and flabbergasted even. I might even go so far as to say I am dumbfounded, astounded and, yes, even bewildered that AI is complete and utter shit.

Let's just put all the AI-bros on a deserted island and let them live there with their delusions not bothering the rest of us?

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Steinar Bergstøl @itsacunningplan.bsky.social · 1d

Just picked it up on steam along with the rest of the games in your bundle. Looking forward to playing them all, they certainly look interesting.

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Jesse Makkonen @jessemakkonen.com · Jul 21

I self-published Without a Dawn in May. I made zero compromises, and I couldn't be happier how it turned out: store.steampowered.com/app/3145620/... 💛💚
Unfortunately, I've had very little luck with exposure, including the gaming press. 😩
#visualnovel #gamedev #steam

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Steinar Bergstøl @itsacunningplan.bsky.social · 1d

It makes less sense than some particularly bad fever dreams I've had.

It's the video game equivalent of that completely drunk out of his skull random guy at a party trying to tell you "a really cool story".

Steinar Bergstøl @itsacunningplan.bsky.social · 1d

I need the rest of the episodes! I need them yesterday! Waiting is cruel and unusual punishment!

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Steinar Bergstøl @itsacunningplan.bsky.social · 3d

Love it so far. Absolutely loved the interactions between Mecha Man and Invisibi... er.. gal! Invisigal! Gotta get that rebrand to stick. 😁

Only problem is I need all the episodes! Preferably yesterday, please.

Steinar Bergstøl @itsacunningplan.bsky.social · 3d

If there's one thing I know about the fae it's that you don't mess with the fae. This fae would seriously _mess_ you up! Love this take on the Swooping Hawks! I could definitely see the aspect shrine on an isolated craftworld evolving into this over time rather than the traditional look.

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Steinar Bergstøl @itsacunningplan.bsky.social · 4d

Vandalism? I'd call it vandalism.

Steinar Bergstøl @itsacunningplan.bsky.social · 4d

These are not the actions of someone who plans to leave when his second and last term is up.

Steinar Bergstøl @itsacunningplan.bsky.social · 10d

Rupert Murdoch is pure, distilled evil. The man has no redeeming qualities and his influence has made the world a significantly worse place than it would have been had he never been born.

Steinar Bergstøl @itsacunningplan.bsky.social · 10d

The old eldar sculpts were amazing for their time. They were _the_ reason I became an eldar player. Maybe that's part of the reason why it took GW so long to start updating the eldar line of minis. I mean, up until recently a most of the sculpts were old enough to vote and drink. 😆

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Steinar Bergstøl @itsacunningplan.bsky.social · 10d

As an eldar player since 2nd edition I always love it when people give our favourite arrogant space elves some love! 😁 These Wave Serpents are absolutely gorgeous. Love the colour scheme of bone and "the void of space" on select panels. That must take forever to get done!

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Steinar Bergstøl @itsacunningplan.bsky.social · 12d

Those look fantastic, and Battle Cat looks particularly awesome!

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Steinar Bergstøl @itsacunningplan.bsky.social · 12d

For a little while in the 80's when I was in my early teens Judge Dredd even had his own comicbook here in Norway. I was hooked immediately. I remember reading the Cursed Earth storyline and Judge Cal storyline back then in Norwegian. Was a pretty decent translation even.

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Steinar Bergstøl @itsacunningplan.bsky.social · 15d

Like every other teenage boy in the 80's I had a massive crush on her. Those eyes, man! Those eyes!

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Steinar Bergstøl @itsacunningplan.bsky.social · 18d

Battletech 2nd edition back in the mid 80's. This specifically was the haul I left the Friendly Local Games Store with:

An image of the box and contents of the 2nd Edition Battletech tabletop wargame box set from the mid-80's. Box with cover picture of a Warhammer battlemech, rulebook with cover of a Shadow Hawk battlemech, dice, mapsheets for playing on and sheets with cardboard standups for mechs and faction counters.

Cover image of the Battletech 3025 Technical Readout book from the mid-80's. Cover shows 3 images of a Marauder Battlemech, one in action, one partial cutaway image showing some of the mech's internals and structure and one partial blueprint image.

Image of BattleTechnology Issue 0102 (issue 2) cover. Image is a painting showing a battle between a Marauder heavy battlemech and a damaged Thunderbolt heavy battlemech with the Marauder attacking the Thunderbolt from behind.

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Steinar Bergstøl @itsacunningplan.bsky.social · 18d

How would you rate Mechwarrior Destiny? I've tried out several of the previous Mechwarrior TTRPGs in the past, from the 1st edition one and on, and most of them while fun enough my group found to be quite... fiddly. The character creation in particular was a sticking point for my players.

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Steinar Bergstøl @itsacunningplan.bsky.social · 18d

First Tabletop war game for me was Battletech as well. 2nd edition box set. The one with the cardboard stand-up mechs instead of plastic minis. Got it in the mid-80's along with the 3025 Tech Readout and an issue of Battletechnology Magazine, which _really_ hooked me on the setting.

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Steinar Bergstøl @itsacunningplan.bsky.social · 18d

I read that and started to wonder if I was having a stroke.

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Steinar Bergstøl @itsacunningplan.bsky.social · 18d

Fuck those guys. The current situation is, in a large part, their fault and nobody should ever forget or forgive that.

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Steinar Bergstøl @itsacunningplan.bsky.social · 19d

Gotta love that 80's Battletech art! She'd fit right in as a participant in any MTV music video from that era. 😆

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Steinar Bergstøl @itsacunningplan.bsky.social · 19d

They "went beyond his expertise" the day they asked him to read "See Spot run. Run, Spot! Run!"

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