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Rumelis Morin

@rumelismorin.bsky.social

Furry, bear/moth, writer, talker. Forever GM. You know. Regular stuff. He/Him. One of those bisexuals. Makes a lot of different kinds of art (writing, music, drawing etc)

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✺ 𝕸𝖔𝖙𝖍 ✺ @LVFC

@mothsprout.bsky.social

Literally obsessed with this pic I got of one Cedar Waxwing getting very mad at another for drinking in the same spot as him despite there being a whole stream

January 30, 2026 at 2:34 AM

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laney

@saltmalk.in

🌼

December 31, 2025 at 10:11 PM

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans)

@iwriteok.bsky.social

this is like the wargames nerd equivalent of an anarchist feeling patriotic while reading about the Union Army during the Civil War

Warhammer Maker Games Workshop Bans Its Staff From Using AI in Its Content or Designs, Says None of Its Senior Managers Are Currently Excited About the Tech - IGN

Warhammer maker Games Workshop has banned the use of AI in its content production and its design process, insisting that none of its senior managers are currently excited about the technology.

www.ign.com

January 14, 2026 at 11:14 PM

Rumelis Morin

@rumelismorin.bsky.social

Post a game you remember playing that nobody else remembers

What? You're telling me you were unaware of Asteroids (1998)(PC, Activision)?

A gameplay screenshot of Asteroids (1998, PC, Activision). Two small ships float in space towards the eponymous asteroids, intent on destroying them.

The top left and top right of the image show UI for lives remaining and score. A powerup of uncertain purpose sits tantalizingly in the center of the screen.

The backdrop is in space, near a barren rock planet (the Pluto level of the game).

January 15, 2026 at 1:07 AM

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Cat Manning

@catacalypto.bsky.social

someone in the replies asked, and now I also want to know—is this Hugo eligible?

Stephen Granade @granades.com · 22d

“Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death,” an AO3 fic in which Isaac Chotiner interviews the guy who runs the lottery in Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”, is astounding. archiveofourown.org/works/73396436

Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death - Charlotte_Stant - The Lottery - Shirley Jackson [Archive of Our Own]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

archiveofourown.org

January 13, 2026 at 8:21 AM

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Skeletonized Fat Wizard

@thefatwizard.bsky.social

January 12, 2026 at 10:51 AM

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chirasul

@moth.gay

i'll be honest i usually dont prefer caramelized onions. would rather just have onion. like when i want onion i dont want something really sweet; i want something that harbors a terrible evil

January 9, 2026 at 12:26 AM

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Melo

@letitmelo.bsky.social

I think a lot about this bit by Kazuya Niinou about how an RPG can be one thing on your screen and another thing in your brain

How to use your imagination

When your party stays at the Inn overnight, what do they eat?

If you ever catch yourself wondering that, then you know you've formed an attachment to your characters.

With Etrian Odyssey's characters, you only give them a name and a portrait, so no matter how you think of the character, it's technically just your imagination. But even in that case, without your imagination, the character is nothing.

For example, a landsknecht who uses an axe might eat his meat with his bare hands and no utensils, but one who wields a sword might prefer a knife and fork at dinner. You might think differently, but... If you can imagine small details like that, you might find that you enjoy this kind of RPG even more.

The essence is an RPG is using numbers to make calculated decisions, but if you invest those "numbers" with your own feelings, you can spice up the game a little. Think about this:

In your party of five, three characters are dead. Two of them are alive, but they only have a couple of HP left, and no TP. They're certain to die in their next turn, giving you a game over. Number-wise, those characters are useless, but how do you imagine they feel about that? What kind of people are those 2 characters who are about to die? Try to imagine things like that in the brief time before your game ends.

Are they a landsknecht and a ronin, who'll die facing the enemy and laughing? Is it a protector, ordering the weak medic to run with his last breath?

The game over screen looks the same every time, but in your imagination, it could play out very differently.

The game itself isn't that big of a thing; what you imagine for yourself is much more fun. We hope that the player uses this game as a tool, to create dramatic and fun situations in your own minds.

January 3, 2026 at 12:50 AM

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tobyfox

@tobyfox.undertale.com

guy who pronounces ".png" as "dot pinge"

January 2, 2026 at 12:23 AM

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Possessed opossum

@possessedopossum.bsky.social

Open mic night 🎤🦇

My OC Brewster, an anthropomorphic bat and beatnik standing stiffly and nervously in front of a microphone

December 29, 2025 at 11:59 PM

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MBeanDoodles

@mbeandoodles.bsky.social

The snake in the coffee shop (1/2)

May 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM

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Joan Zahra Dark 🔥 جون زهر درك

@joandark.com

Today's the only day you can post this, get it while it's hot

December 25, 2025 at 5:07 AM

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Jae 🐀

@jaesekki.bsky.social

I haven't posted in a while since I've started work, no promises but I'll try to drop stuff every once in a while.

Here's another process practice I've done a while ago that I never got around to posting.

December 25, 2025 at 3:06 AM

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Lily / Paraply

@paraplyshop.com

to those who celebrate

#art #cuteart

Illustration on a green background: Skit the black cat is wearing an oversized christmas tree costume with one decoration lying broken on the floor, the caption says "merry crisis" in slightly shaky cursive

December 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM

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ここだり

@kokodari.bsky.social

December 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM

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Colin Spacetwinks

@spacetwinks.bsky.social

you already know what's up

(steam sale rec thread is what's up)

as always, i focus primarily on older, obscure, and just plain weird games, as big name titles don't need the help.

so, onwards!

an edited version of the box for the amiga version of Megatraveller 2, which features three space travelers on an alien world, gazin at a crystal tower, and in the distance, a space ship, a saturn esque planet, and one giant red planet

at the top: SPACETWINKS REC THREAD
below: Quest For some Weirdass Games

left sidebar: VIDEO GAMES - A strange starfaring force that fills up your backlog and possibly alters your brain chemistry with some fucky thief raccoon or I guess it's some bug lady nowadays, w/e, followed by a picture of my fursona, a kangaroo

bottom sticker: AMIGA
yes, the Amiga had things other than crack screens and skunk furries
like there were some really terrible licensed games too
keyboard AND mouse supported. holy shit. unreal
she amiga on my darkmere till joke to be determined later

and where PARAGON SOFTWARE would normally be, PINK KANGAROO has replaced it

December 19, 2025 at 11:31 PM

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@winter.etheirys.social

friend just made this shit a sticker im sobbing

December 19, 2025 at 3:43 AM

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Yiff! Magazine

@yiffmagazine.bsky.social

Introducing: the cover for issue N°3 of Yiff! Magazine!
Our third issue is all about the cartoon world. Having a piano fall on your head, drinking from jugs labeled "XXX", uncannily long appendages, all things cartoon logic!
Cover art by @critterdome.bsky.social!
More news soon!!