Jim Rossignol
@rossignol.bsky.social
Writer. Makes games. Co-founded Rock, Paper, Shotgun and Big Robot (Sir, You Are Being Hunted). Now: TEETH RPG, MILESHIPS.
And https://oldmenrunningtheworld.com/
email: jim at big-robot.com
And https://oldmenrunningtheworld.com/
email: jim at big-robot.com
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Guest Post: On OVER/UNDER, by Our Man In California
Ahoy! You probably know what this newsletter is, since you signed up for it. But if you don’t, why not come by the Discord and ask someone? Perhaps Marsh or...
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The latest TEETH newsletter features a guest essay on OVER/UNDER by prolific journalist and role-player @markwallace.bsky.social
It's really good. Have a read!
It's really good. Have a read!
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in a cab and a lawyer ad offering representation for victims of Roblox grooming is playing on the radio. wild stuff
December 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
in a cab and a lawyer ad offering representation for victims of Roblox grooming is playing on the radio. wild stuff
Brief window into selling decade-old games on Steam: my sales flatlined from 2022 to 2024, but have recovered in 2025, seemingly because of being on Bluesky. The increased attention here has drawn the notice of streamers who played Sir and so on, leading to wishlists and sales. Odd business.
A week of 50% off our blue-skies-and-space-ruins robot ghost story:
Save 50% on The Signal From Tölva on Steam
The Signal From Tölva is an open-world first-person shooter set on a distant, haunted, future world. Unlock savage weapons and recruit robots to fight alongside you as rival factions struggle to disco...
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December 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Brief window into selling decade-old games on Steam: my sales flatlined from 2022 to 2024, but have recovered in 2025, seemingly because of being on Bluesky. The increased attention here has drawn the notice of streamers who played Sir and so on, leading to wishlists and sales. Odd business.
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The Between is now available to preorder! If you missed the crowdfunding campaign, now is your chance to grab the books, plus a few delicious add-ons.
Please re-post!
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Please re-post!
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Pre-order The Between on BackerKit
The Between is a tabletop roleplaying game about monster-hunters in Victorian-era London. It's inspired by the TV show Penny Dreadful, British horror classics, and pulp media. Its rules are based on t...
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December 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The Between is now available to preorder! If you missed the crowdfunding campaign, now is your chance to grab the books, plus a few delicious add-ons.
Please re-post!
the-between.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...
Please re-post!
the-between.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...
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Going to shamelessly use this to remind people that if you’d like a historian who is also a writer and narrative designer to bring some of these perspectives to your game, then in the new year I’m available for work
Made my day to read this great post and see this!
November 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Going to shamelessly use this to remind people that if you’d like a historian who is also a writer and narrative designer to bring some of these perspectives to your game, then in the new year I’m available for work
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A week of 50% off our blue-skies-and-space-ruins robot ghost story:
Save 50% on The Signal From Tölva on Steam
The Signal From Tölva is an open-world first-person shooter set on a distant, haunted, future world. Unlock savage weapons and recruit robots to fight alongside you as rival factions struggle to disco...
store.steampowered.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:28 PM
A week of 50% off our blue-skies-and-space-ruins robot ghost story:
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Re-upping this. I have had an overwhelming number of applicants.
Did most of them read it properly? No. But that’s fine, we’ll get there.
Leaving it open until next week.
Did most of them read it properly? No. But that’s fine, we’ll get there.
Leaving it open until next week.
VOICE ACTORS AND PERFORMERS OF BLUESKY
I am casting for 2026 and have some V/O work that needs doing at the start of January. Very quick & easy, but it is PAID, so that is at least something.
Interested? Fill out this form, where you will find all the details: forms.gle/EwMTLfjsozrF...
I am casting for 2026 and have some V/O work that needs doing at the start of January. Very quick & easy, but it is PAID, so that is at least something.
Interested? Fill out this form, where you will find all the details: forms.gle/EwMTLfjsozrF...
Sundered Isles Voice Work Form
Hello! I am looking for voice actors and performers to record short excerpts of sea shanties that I play at the beginning of each of my episodes of The Last Starmarked, my Sundered Isles Actual Play c...
forms.gle
December 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Re-upping this. I have had an overwhelming number of applicants.
Did most of them read it properly? No. But that’s fine, we’ll get there.
Leaving it open until next week.
Did most of them read it properly? No. But that’s fine, we’ll get there.
Leaving it open until next week.
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ReStory Is A "Wholesome" New Game All About Fixing Busted Atari Consoles & Other Retro Tech.
ReStory Is A "Wholesome" New Game All About Fixing Busted Atari Consoles & Other Retro Tech
File this under "oddly satisfying"
www.timeextension.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:45 AM
ReStory Is A "Wholesome" New Game All About Fixing Busted Atari Consoles & Other Retro Tech.
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Hello #WishlistWednesday! Hot off the Wholesome Snack showcase, may we present Mandrake?
In our rural life sim, you'll meet neighbours of many kinds, including the Yolf.
In our rural life sim, you'll meet neighbours of many kinds, including the Yolf.
Mandrake & Wholesome Snack || Meet your furry neighbour, the Yolf
YouTube video by Failbetter Games
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December 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Hello #WishlistWednesday! Hot off the Wholesome Snack showcase, may we present Mandrake?
In our rural life sim, you'll meet neighbours of many kinds, including the Yolf.
In our rural life sim, you'll meet neighbours of many kinds, including the Yolf.
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December 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today:
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
December 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today:
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
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One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
December 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
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December 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Get 4 issues of Wyrd Science, the world’s best currently published tabletop game magazine that is mainly about RPGs but also covers boardgames & wargames & films & bands & books & art & toys &, well, you get the idea, for just £25 and treat someone you love to THE GIFT OF READING this Christmas!
A week of 50% off our blue-skies-and-space-ruins robot ghost story:
Save 50% on The Signal From Tölva on Steam
The Signal From Tölva is an open-world first-person shooter set on a distant, haunted, future world. Unlock savage weapons and recruit robots to fight alongside you as rival factions struggle to disco...
store.steampowered.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:28 PM
A week of 50% off our blue-skies-and-space-ruins robot ghost story:
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Delighted this piece is now live on @theverge.com: I've spent months investigating how a supposed war against the "censorship-industrial complex" has been used by the US right to wage war against misinformation research – and free speech itself – across the world. Please do give it a read.
The disinformation wars are here
How Joe Biden’s administration caved to the right in the battle for truth.
www.theverge.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Delighted this piece is now live on @theverge.com: I've spent months investigating how a supposed war against the "censorship-industrial complex" has been used by the US right to wage war against misinformation research – and free speech itself – across the world. Please do give it a read.
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Absolutely stunning to see Australia's teen social media ban rushed through while every single government, educational institution and probably a huge number of parents are frantically force-injecting chatbot slop into the mind of every single child in the country without a second's hesitation
‘I feel it’s a friend’: quarter of teenagers turn to AI chatbots for mental health support www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘I feel it’s a friend’: quarter of teenagers turn to AI chatbots for mental health support
Experts warn of dangers as England and Wales study shows 13- to 17-year-olds consulting AI amid long waiting lists for services
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Absolutely stunning to see Australia's teen social media ban rushed through while every single government, educational institution and probably a huge number of parents are frantically force-injecting chatbot slop into the mind of every single child in the country without a second's hesitation
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Welcome to Britain, a country so short of dentists that an MP's 87-year-old mum pulled her teeth out with pliers. Also a country with thousands of foreign-qualified dentists who can’t work until they pass an exam so oversubscribed it’s like trying to book Glasto tickets. www.ft.com/content/f4e5...
December 9, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Welcome to Britain, a country so short of dentists that an MP's 87-year-old mum pulled her teeth out with pliers. Also a country with thousands of foreign-qualified dentists who can’t work until they pass an exam so oversubscribed it’s like trying to book Glasto tickets. www.ft.com/content/f4e5...
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so many of the small indignities of daily life come from us being denied the ability to tell a rich man in a tech company to fuck off. minesweeper has microtransactions. paid services have ads. the opt out says maybe later. the drive thru is a broken chatbot. your car is an ipad. fuck off! fuck off!
August 31, 2025 at 7:01 AM
so many of the small indignities of daily life come from us being denied the ability to tell a rich man in a tech company to fuck off. minesweeper has microtransactions. paid services have ads. the opt out says maybe later. the drive thru is a broken chatbot. your car is an ipad. fuck off! fuck off!
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An economist from Ghana told me that a bonus reason for promoting wind and solar power is that it’s much harder to use for corruption and repressive geopolitics.
Remind me again. Who is in favour of fossil fuels?
Remind me again. Who is in favour of fossil fuels?
December 8, 2025 at 2:38 PM
An economist from Ghana told me that a bonus reason for promoting wind and solar power is that it’s much harder to use for corruption and repressive geopolitics.
Remind me again. Who is in favour of fossil fuels?
Remind me again. Who is in favour of fossil fuels?
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"If everyone who streamed All Hell on Spotify had done so using Tidal instead, we would have received an extra £31,847.38, which would double the amount we made from streaming of the album in this time period. Or if everyone used Apple Music it would have been £12,331 more."
Los Campesinos:
Los Campesinos:
Here’s how much money Los Camp! make from streaming… - Los Campesinos!
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December 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
"If everyone who streamed All Hell on Spotify had done so using Tidal instead, we would have received an extra £31,847.38, which would double the amount we made from streaming of the album in this time period. Or if everyone used Apple Music it would have been £12,331 more."
Los Campesinos:
Los Campesinos:
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If you are still looking for a "stocking filler" please bear in mind that "The Anechoic Chamber" is a slimline A-format paperback, so it fits snugly in a standard men's sock or the pocket of a winter coat. This also means savings on wrapping paper, postage, etc. and it's only £9.99.
December 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
If you are still looking for a "stocking filler" please bear in mind that "The Anechoic Chamber" is a slimline A-format paperback, so it fits snugly in a standard men's sock or the pocket of a winter coat. This also means savings on wrapping paper, postage, etc. and it's only £9.99.
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Flying machines collection.
How about yours?
How about yours?
December 8, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Flying machines collection.
How about yours?
How about yours?
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December 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Writing a boot disk.
But i suppose you never know.
But i suppose you never know.
What skill did you master that you will never, ever use again?
Archival research feels like it’s full of these, but then there’s always one throwback archive with a microfiche machine or a paper catalogue (or, indeed: NARA)
Archival research feels like it’s full of these, but then there’s always one throwback archive with a microfiche machine or a paper catalogue (or, indeed: NARA)
What skill did you master that you will never, ever use again?
Summer of '95 I had a job assembling single-use film cameras, which I did enough that I can still perform the actions. I don't think they even sell them anymore, but even if they do I'm certainly never going to be making them again!
Summer of '95 I had a job assembling single-use film cameras, which I did enough that I can still perform the actions. I don't think they even sell them anymore, but even if they do I'm certainly never going to be making them again!
December 8, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Writing a boot disk.
But i suppose you never know.
But i suppose you never know.
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can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
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So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10
The Tasselled Wobbegong is a master of disguise that can eat a fish almost as big as itself in one gulp. It's classified as a shark, but when it lays on the sea floor it looks like a harmless rug if you manage to see it. But with powerful jaws and sharp teeth they are no fish to mess with.
December 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10