A matryoshka of successively older wizards
chatsubo.cafe
A matryoshka of successively older wizards
@chatsubo.cafe
Mod @ lobste.rs

RPG, SFF, and Mystery enthusiast

Enjoyer of many cinnamon lattes.

I write too much Rust and Erlang to the sadness of my coworkers.

Really into Battletech

Currently reading: The CRPG Book
Currently reading: Hello My Name is Ice Cream
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November 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Wife: Please listen.. I am tired… The chores are piling up

Husband: (looking up from Conan the Barbarian novelette) By Crom! You hector me like a Kushite copper merchant! Though you yourself are as comely as a Hercanian courtesan.. Aah, you flee from me like a Shemite sellsword.. Babe.. Woman..
November 17, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Bastard in Arc Raiders got me earlier this morning. Had a bunch of looted epics and my nice and shiny legendary grapple gun on me. Got shot in between a pvp'er and a turret getting up to Dam Control tower.

Least I had the key still in my pocket...
November 17, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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November 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Continuing to improve in Arc Raiders. Keep getting runs of fat epic/legendary loot. Now if only I could get an Anvil Blueprint finally...
November 17, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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November 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Every day I work at Big Tech I understand this guy more and more
November 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Been pretty good so far. Gotten some epic and legendary loot, slowly grinding away at trying to find an Anvil blueprint so I can just handcannon robots.
Got Arc Raiders today, decently fun so far if infuriating when I wipe with good loot. Definitely less sweaty than Tarkov.

Also very funny I keep choosing hectic games as my wind down game heh.
November 16, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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POV: you have just done 2 dmg to the ogre
John Fetterman has released a picture showing the injuries he sustained after falling on his face:
November 15, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Got Arc Raiders today, decently fun so far if infuriating when I wipe with good loot. Definitely less sweaty than Tarkov.

Also very funny I keep choosing hectic games as my wind down game heh.
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
"Cool" I guess GCP support cases go through Gemini first before allowing you to speak to a support rep. Fucking gross.
November 14, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Well I guess I spend my mornings watching scenic landscape videos from the pov of a train?

At least this is relaxing enough. Might just take an early nap after I get some work done.
November 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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"What most clearly sets it apart from other genres is that it’s so rooted in anger and sadness — or their common ancestors: terror, lack, isolation and despair. Metal, one fan told me, is 'a strange road to joy.'" This is so lovely, @btoastie.bsky.social:
Heavy metal is healing teens on the Blackfeet Nation - High Country News
In response to youth suicides, teachers show students the power of headbanging at Fire in the Mountains festival.
www.hcn.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Honked my way through Untitled Goose Game yesterday. 10/10 honks. It even got my very non-gamer partner interested for a bit heh.
November 14, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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and one day we will die
and our old posts will fly
in the protocol over blue skyyy
November 13, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Black coat, white shoes, black hat, Cadillac yeah

The pope’s a time bomb
November 13, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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Just for laughs...
November 12, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Announcing: New @steampowered.com Hardware, coming in 2026:

Steam Controller
Steam Machine
Steam Frame. 

Watch our jazzy announcement video and wishlist now: steampowered.com/hardware
Steam Hardware
The Steam Hardware family officially expands in early 2026.
steampowered.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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November 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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new Steam Machine revealed store.steampowered.com/sale/steamma...
November 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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new Steam Controller revealed store.steampowered.com/sale/steamco...
November 12, 2025 at 5:58 PM
All the new Steam stuff... my wallet is crying already in prep for next year.

I want that new steam controller and VR headset.
November 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Oh shit Rue Valley just dropped.

Okay I need to go blow through another two games on my list so I hit 52 and then I can dive into that for like a month lol.
November 12, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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if you can’t see the aurora borealis tonight, here is a sewer tunnel which is a wonder in itself.
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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November 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM