Kyle Marquis
@moochava.bsky.social
he/him. Writer and game designer. Silverworld, V:TM—Night Road, Pon Para. Werewolf: The Apocalypse — The Book of Hungry Names is out now! https://www.choiceofgames.com/werewolf-the-apocalypse/book-of-hungry-names/
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Kyle Marquis
@moochava.bsky.social
· Oct 22
Werewolf: The Apocalypse — The Book of Hungry Names
Save the living earth with Rage and spirit! Can your shattered werewolf pack defeat a Wyrm Spirit who manifests as a lie that you want to believe?
www.choiceofgames.com
Werewolf: The Apocalypse — The Book of Hungry Names is a horror text adventure set in the World of Darkness. Face monsters and mysteries as a werewolf determined to rebuild a shattered pack. Play the first five chapters for free!
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Lossthedrals everywhere for those with eyes to see
Marlow Moss, Composition in Black and White Number 4, 1949
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135948
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135948
November 30, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Lossthedrals everywhere for those with eyes to see
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i cannot believe i caught him stretching out his toesies under the tree
November 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM
i cannot believe i caught him stretching out his toesies under the tree
New neighbors have a trans pride flag, that's nice to see. A little mark of civilization out here in the hinterlands.
November 30, 2025 at 1:48 AM
New neighbors have a trans pride flag, that's nice to see. A little mark of civilization out here in the hinterlands.
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
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A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
Okay, just hit 70k words and the rough version of this chapter is done. Gonna relax for a few, then start editing, debugging, spellchecking, etc.
November 29, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Okay, just hit 70k words and the rough version of this chapter is done. Gonna relax for a few, then start editing, debugging, spellchecking, etc.
A good (depressing) thread on the ongoing polycrisis in education
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
A good (depressing) thread on the ongoing polycrisis in education
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Leave little Saruman alone.
Some of those dogs at the dog show are just obscene abominations unto the lord.
November 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Leave little Saruman alone.
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feels like the K-Pop demon hunters should've already teamed up with Baby Yoda to save Santa Claus by now, like, if any company wanted to make money by offering products and services
November 29, 2025 at 2:13 PM
feels like the K-Pop demon hunters should've already teamed up with Baby Yoda to save Santa Claus by now, like, if any company wanted to make money by offering products and services
Thoroughly enjoyed Deathstalker (2025). Fun schlock, doesn't take itself too seriously but also doesn't obviously hate its genre or hide behind camp. Some incredible creature effects and monster designs, and everyone in front of the camera seems happy to be having fun.
November 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Thoroughly enjoyed Deathstalker (2025). Fun schlock, doesn't take itself too seriously but also doesn't obviously hate its genre or hide behind camp. Some incredible creature effects and monster designs, and everyone in front of the camera seems happy to be having fun.
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I like how Stephen King invents a third congressional district for New Hampshire in The Dead Zone. It’s an unnecessary embellishment, and it just makes me imagine that all the people fleeing the crazy shit happening in Maine in his other books reshaped apportionment in the census
March 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I like how Stephen King invents a third congressional district for New Hampshire in The Dead Zone. It’s an unnecessary embellishment, and it just makes me imagine that all the people fleeing the crazy shit happening in Maine in his other books reshaped apportionment in the census
This is a fantastic essay on a fantastic essay and I made the mistake of baking and eating cookies after reading it but before writing down my thoughts, so now I forgot what I was going to say
A couple weeks back, I read a great essay by @colindickey.com called "Without Care." Over the last couple weeks, I've been working on a response piece. It's done. Enter with caution.
www.highway62press.com/single-post/...
www.highway62press.com/single-post/...
FULL BLEED: DE/VOID
I’m not particularly good at this. As it’s neither a formal essay nor an informal response to a piece of writing, I don’t exactly know where to start. So I’ll just keep writing until something catches...
www.highway62press.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:56 PM
This is a fantastic essay on a fantastic essay and I made the mistake of baking and eating cookies after reading it but before writing down my thoughts, so now I forgot what I was going to say
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When I was in grad school, I found there's only six hours of useful thinking I could do a day. After ten hours you're just piling on mistakes, there's lots of research on this
Saying you "coded for 36 hours straight" is something only people who have never programmed, and have no idea what programming is, would think is an impressive thing.
It is a claim that literally would not even fool a first year CS student. They'd laugh at you for saying it.
It is a claim that literally would not even fool a first year CS student. They'd laugh at you for saying it.
November 28, 2025 at 9:17 PM
When I was in grad school, I found there's only six hours of useful thinking I could do a day. After ten hours you're just piling on mistakes, there's lots of research on this
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The reason we got and cannot get rid of Trump is that America is a business and he is a cash cow for way way way too many people including his ostensible opponents. He’s the Beatles of news, and that is an indicator that the news itself is broken.
November 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The reason we got and cannot get rid of Trump is that America is a business and he is a cash cow for way way way too many people including his ostensible opponents. He’s the Beatles of news, and that is an indicator that the news itself is broken.
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nbd sobbing over this pic of a firefighter rescuing someone’s cat from the hong kong fire
November 28, 2025 at 5:01 AM
nbd sobbing over this pic of a firefighter rescuing someone’s cat from the hong kong fire
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Some of these are fun and comical, conveying the attitudes of developers, but -all- of them convey aspects of the game world and say things about the spaces where they're encountered. When your game has an ambient detail that's a magazine titled GREED, that says something very specific.
I'm concerned that one thing game companies will use genAI for is populating background details like fake magazines, store shelf products, and book covers. This is what they're trying to take from us. This is what's at stake. (Vampire Masquerade Bloodlines, Dead Rising, and Plastic Battlegrounds VR)
November 28, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Some of these are fun and comical, conveying the attitudes of developers, but -all- of them convey aspects of the game world and say things about the spaces where they're encountered. When your game has an ambient detail that's a magazine titled GREED, that says something very specific.
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The sale has started and my work is 70% off! It also happens to be Creator Day, which means 100% profits go to the creators, so boost a friend's page and maybe give your favorite writer, artist, or game dev a sale ✨️
If you're super unknown or just got started, reply with your store and I'll boost!
If you're super unknown or just got started, reply with your store and I'll boost!
Black Friday Creator Day 2025 by Vex Corvine
A bundle by Vex Corvine, $2.53 for Minty Fresh: A Vampire Pulp Novella, Phytophthora Nosferatu, Morning, Sunshine: A Werewolf Pulp Story
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November 28, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The sale has started and my work is 70% off! It also happens to be Creator Day, which means 100% profits go to the creators, so boost a friend's page and maybe give your favorite writer, artist, or game dev a sale ✨️
If you're super unknown or just got started, reply with your store and I'll boost!
If you're super unknown or just got started, reply with your store and I'll boost!
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when you’re trying to evade capture after WWII ends:
November 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
when you’re trying to evade capture after WWII ends:
I have a good relationship with my extended family, but visiting over Thanksgiving with people betting on football, typing prompt after prompt into ChatGPT, teaching "anti-terrorism" seminars to ICE agents, planning a DEA career…you can really feel the heat. You can smell something burning.
November 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I have a good relationship with my extended family, but visiting over Thanksgiving with people betting on football, typing prompt after prompt into ChatGPT, teaching "anti-terrorism" seminars to ICE agents, planning a DEA career…you can really feel the heat. You can smell something burning.
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A couple weeks back, I read a great essay by @colindickey.com called "Without Care." Over the last couple weeks, I've been working on a response piece. It's done. Enter with caution.
www.highway62press.com/single-post/...
www.highway62press.com/single-post/...
FULL BLEED: DE/VOID
I’m not particularly good at this. As it’s neither a formal essay nor an informal response to a piece of writing, I don’t exactly know where to start. So I’ll just keep writing until something catches...
www.highway62press.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
A couple weeks back, I read a great essay by @colindickey.com called "Without Care." Over the last couple weeks, I've been working on a response piece. It's done. Enter with caution.
www.highway62press.com/single-post/...
www.highway62press.com/single-post/...
Thinking again about how the Campbell's soup executive melted down about making "poor people" food, and the broad-ranging disgust rich people now for the very idea that their job might provide a product or service (especially to the poor) and not just siphon up money for no return and no reason.
November 28, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Thinking again about how the Campbell's soup executive melted down about making "poor people" food, and the broad-ranging disgust rich people now for the very idea that their job might provide a product or service (especially to the poor) and not just siphon up money for no return and no reason.
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This is why digital artists need to understand CYMK (crurple, yeige, mauvesque, karbrown)
Listen to me. Listen. If you're making images that will only be displayed on screens, YOU HAVE TO LET GO. You can calibrate your screens perfectly, but then 25k people will see it on their shitty $50 monitors or cracked phone and its out of your hands. Don't think of it. Achieve enlightenment.
October 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
This is why digital artists need to understand CYMK (crurple, yeige, mauvesque, karbrown)
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You pretty much never want to get into a situation where the location of an amulet is of any concern. By the time you're crying out the words "My amulet!" you're basically fucked
November 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
You pretty much never want to get into a situation where the location of an amulet is of any concern. By the time you're crying out the words "My amulet!" you're basically fucked