Eric Lang
@ericlang.bsky.social
Game designer. Radical optimist.
Play is essential. he/him
Play is essential. he/him
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“Players shouldn’t have bad turns”
Is some of the most useless, privileged, nonsense game design reductionism I’ve ever heard.
Ewwwwww 🤮
Is some of the most useless, privileged, nonsense game design reductionism I’ve ever heard.
Ewwwwww 🤮
November 12, 2025 at 1:41 PM
“Players shouldn’t have bad turns”
Is some of the most useless, privileged, nonsense game design reductionism I’ve ever heard.
Ewwwwww 🤮
Is some of the most useless, privileged, nonsense game design reductionism I’ve ever heard.
Ewwwwww 🤮
Wait, you don’t have a favourite dinosaur? Favourite shark? Favourite dog or cat breed?
Why are we even talking?
Why are we even talking?
November 12, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Wait, you don’t have a favourite dinosaur? Favourite shark? Favourite dog or cat breed?
Why are we even talking?
Why are we even talking?
Democrats all the fucking time.
a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
Alt: The iconic peanuts scene of Lucy snatching the football from Charlie Brown as he attempts a kick
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Democrats all the fucking time.
If you ever want to disabuse yourself of the notion that you’re good at video games, play with 10-12 year olds
November 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
If you ever want to disabuse yourself of the notion that you’re good at video games, play with 10-12 year olds
I desire to punch winter in the face
November 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I desire to punch winter in the face
I can't hear "multiplayer solitaire!!!1!!1!" except in the snootiest French accent.
November 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I can't hear "multiplayer solitaire!!!1!!1!" except in the snootiest French accent.
Rock and metal fans, fill in the blanks:
If you're from _____ (country), the law requires that you like ____ (band).
Getting the obvious ones out of the way
Canada = Rush
Brazil = Sepultura
France = Gojira
Germany = Rammstein
If you're from _____ (country), the law requires that you like ____ (band).
Getting the obvious ones out of the way
Canada = Rush
Brazil = Sepultura
France = Gojira
Germany = Rammstein
November 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Rock and metal fans, fill in the blanks:
If you're from _____ (country), the law requires that you like ____ (band).
Getting the obvious ones out of the way
Canada = Rush
Brazil = Sepultura
France = Gojira
Germany = Rammstein
If you're from _____ (country), the law requires that you like ____ (band).
Getting the obvious ones out of the way
Canada = Rush
Brazil = Sepultura
France = Gojira
Germany = Rammstein
"Ugh too many cozy games!"
I dunno man, maybe get some therapy?
I dunno man, maybe get some therapy?
November 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"Ugh too many cozy games!"
I dunno man, maybe get some therapy?
I dunno man, maybe get some therapy?
The best normie explanation for ADHD I've heard goes something like
"It's not that you can't pay attention to anything, it's that you have difficulty controlling what you're paying attention to."
"It's not that you can't pay attention to anything, it's that you have difficulty controlling what you're paying attention to."
November 6, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The best normie explanation for ADHD I've heard goes something like
"It's not that you can't pay attention to anything, it's that you have difficulty controlling what you're paying attention to."
"It's not that you can't pay attention to anything, it's that you have difficulty controlling what you're paying attention to."
Missing PAX Unplugged for the second year in a row, and will really miss my friends - particularly the ones I only get to see in Philly.
Next year (assuming they don't overlap directly with BGG Con again) I'll make attending a priority.
Next year (assuming they don't overlap directly with BGG Con again) I'll make attending a priority.
November 5, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Missing PAX Unplugged for the second year in a row, and will really miss my friends - particularly the ones I only get to see in Philly.
Next year (assuming they don't overlap directly with BGG Con again) I'll make attending a priority.
Next year (assuming they don't overlap directly with BGG Con again) I'll make attending a priority.
Zohran Mamdami is an exceptional political operator with an exceptional team, fighting and winning against exceptional odds.
He, or someone just like him, will be President someday—mark my words.
Be radically optimistic. Change what you can in the world for the better.
He, or someone just like him, will be President someday—mark my words.
Be radically optimistic. Change what you can in the world for the better.
November 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Zohran Mamdami is an exceptional political operator with an exceptional team, fighting and winning against exceptional odds.
He, or someone just like him, will be President someday—mark my words.
Be radically optimistic. Change what you can in the world for the better.
He, or someone just like him, will be President someday—mark my words.
Be radically optimistic. Change what you can in the world for the better.
Damn I typed “French” too often in a text chat and now I forget how to spell anything.
November 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Damn I typed “French” too often in a text chat and now I forget how to spell anything.
When evil men leave this world, celebrate the diminished evil.
November 5, 2025 at 4:28 AM
When evil men leave this world, celebrate the diminished evil.
Next time someone squawks about a game you like being “not even a game”
Just roll your eyes, fart loudly, and leave the room
Just roll your eyes, fart loudly, and leave the room
i wish people would be substantially more careful with their choice to dismiss art/games they don't like as "not art / not a game"
November 4, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Next time someone squawks about a game you like being “not even a game”
Just roll your eyes, fart loudly, and leave the room
Just roll your eyes, fart loudly, and leave the room
The modern metal sound just doesn’t move me at all.
It feels like AI sound engineering to me at this point, and I yearn for the “record to tape together in the room” sound
(I’m also painfully aware that this officially makes me a metal boomer. I’ll wear it with…not pride, but not shame?)
It feels like AI sound engineering to me at this point, and I yearn for the “record to tape together in the room” sound
(I’m also painfully aware that this officially makes me a metal boomer. I’ll wear it with…not pride, but not shame?)
November 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The modern metal sound just doesn’t move me at all.
It feels like AI sound engineering to me at this point, and I yearn for the “record to tape together in the room” sound
(I’m also painfully aware that this officially makes me a metal boomer. I’ll wear it with…not pride, but not shame?)
It feels like AI sound engineering to me at this point, and I yearn for the “record to tape together in the room” sound
(I’m also painfully aware that this officially makes me a metal boomer. I’ll wear it with…not pride, but not shame?)
Surprisingly common journey I’ve observed:
Inexperienced but wildly creative designer makes magic
Then, as they absorb more game design rudiments, begin to disrespect the very innocent elements of their art that made it magic
Designer makes a “fixed” second edition that falls flat
Inexperienced but wildly creative designer makes magic
Then, as they absorb more game design rudiments, begin to disrespect the very innocent elements of their art that made it magic
Designer makes a “fixed” second edition that falls flat
November 4, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Surprisingly common journey I’ve observed:
Inexperienced but wildly creative designer makes magic
Then, as they absorb more game design rudiments, begin to disrespect the very innocent elements of their art that made it magic
Designer makes a “fixed” second edition that falls flat
Inexperienced but wildly creative designer makes magic
Then, as they absorb more game design rudiments, begin to disrespect the very innocent elements of their art that made it magic
Designer makes a “fixed” second edition that falls flat
I’m often proudly the dumbest person in the meeting asking the most basic common sense questions
Questions that much smarter folk have hypnotised themselves out of being able to answer clearly
Questions that much smarter folk have hypnotised themselves out of being able to answer clearly
November 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I’m often proudly the dumbest person in the meeting asking the most basic common sense questions
Questions that much smarter folk have hypnotised themselves out of being able to answer clearly
Questions that much smarter folk have hypnotised themselves out of being able to answer clearly
Social media survival tip:
Stop explaining yourself to people committed to misunderstanding you.
Stop explaining yourself to people committed to misunderstanding you.
November 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Social media survival tip:
Stop explaining yourself to people committed to misunderstanding you.
Stop explaining yourself to people committed to misunderstanding you.
People of colour can be racist.
Women can be sexist.
Gay people can be homophobic.
Trans people can be transphobic.
You owe bigots and grifters nothing.
(Re: Brianna Wu’s bullshit “apology” to trans people. Actions matter so much than words)
Women can be sexist.
Gay people can be homophobic.
Trans people can be transphobic.
You owe bigots and grifters nothing.
(Re: Brianna Wu’s bullshit “apology” to trans people. Actions matter so much than words)
November 1, 2025 at 8:04 PM
People of colour can be racist.
Women can be sexist.
Gay people can be homophobic.
Trans people can be transphobic.
You owe bigots and grifters nothing.
(Re: Brianna Wu’s bullshit “apology” to trans people. Actions matter so much than words)
Women can be sexist.
Gay people can be homophobic.
Trans people can be transphobic.
You owe bigots and grifters nothing.
(Re: Brianna Wu’s bullshit “apology” to trans people. Actions matter so much than words)
Every week, without fail, news of multiple friends losing their jobs. Their passions. Their livelihoods.
Breaks my fucking heart.
Breaks my fucking heart.
October 31, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Every week, without fail, news of multiple friends losing their jobs. Their passions. Their livelihoods.
Breaks my fucking heart.
Breaks my fucking heart.
Quote post your favourite reaction GIF of all time
October 31, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Quote post your favourite reaction GIF of all time
In a just world, we would be posting about US President Zohran Mamdami of the People's Democratic Party
Complaining about his UBI rollout taking slightly too long but still taking time to celebrate the fall of the RNC and DNC.
Alas.
Complaining about his UBI rollout taking slightly too long but still taking time to celebrate the fall of the RNC and DNC.
Alas.
October 31, 2025 at 12:58 AM
In a just world, we would be posting about US President Zohran Mamdami of the People's Democratic Party
Complaining about his UBI rollout taking slightly too long but still taking time to celebrate the fall of the RNC and DNC.
Alas.
Complaining about his UBI rollout taking slightly too long but still taking time to celebrate the fall of the RNC and DNC.
Alas.
Played Stratego with a bear
The bear won, handily. And yet
I got a bear into gaming, so
I feel like I won
The bear won, handily. And yet
I got a bear into gaming, so
I feel like I won
October 30, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Played Stratego with a bear
The bear won, handily. And yet
I got a bear into gaming, so
I feel like I won
The bear won, handily. And yet
I got a bear into gaming, so
I feel like I won