Scampir
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Rural Canuck/Game Player/Junkspace Enthusiast
Write the post about TTRPGs that you want to read.
Rural Canuck/Game Player/Junkspace Enthusiast
Write the post about TTRPGs that you want to read.
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The downside to D&D4E being so hugely influential in the indie RPG sphere in spite of Hasbro's best efforts to kill is that we've now got a whole new species of fantasy heartbreaker where the problem isn't a failure of imagination, but the fact that the author can't do technical writing for shit.
November 26, 2025 at 6:31 AM
The downside to D&D4E being so hugely influential in the indie RPG sphere in spite of Hasbro's best efforts to kill is that we've now got a whole new species of fantasy heartbreaker where the problem isn't a failure of imagination, but the fact that the author can't do technical writing for shit.
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And just like that, we have reached the end of KOTOR II. Enjoy us discussing one of the most famously rushed (in both production and outcome) endings in video games!
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November 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
And just like that, we have reached the end of KOTOR II. Enjoy us discussing one of the most famously rushed (in both production and outcome) endings in video games!
amorecivilizedage.net/website/123-...
amorecivilizedage.net/website/123-...
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I love this part of the game. After seeing so much general fantasy weirdness, you go to the wizard tower populated by daughter-wive clones and the last of the dwarves (in a spider-mech) and *you're* the asshole.
November 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I love this part of the game. After seeing so much general fantasy weirdness, you go to the wizard tower populated by daughter-wive clones and the last of the dwarves (in a spider-mech) and *you're* the asshole.
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Though Cryptic being sold off is sad news for sure, star trek online itself is still going under deca games, with ops and many former cryptic devs transferring over to deca to keep it running.
"The games industry's biggest fire sale continues, as Embracer Group has sold Star Trek Online developer Cryptic Studio."
"Both Arc Games and Cryptic were purchased by Embracer back in 2021, during its apparent effort to hoover up half the games industry into one giant, private equity vacuum bag."
"Both Arc Games and Cryptic were purchased by Embracer back in 2021, during its apparent effort to hoover up half the games industry into one giant, private equity vacuum bag."
Embracer Group sells publisher Arc Games and Star Trek Online developer Cryptic Studios, but once again clings on to the publishing rights for Remnant 2
Old-school MMO Fellowship has its rights transferred to Coffee Stain.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Though Cryptic being sold off is sad news for sure, star trek online itself is still going under deca games, with ops and many former cryptic devs transferring over to deca to keep it running.
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When they say 'gatekeeping', they mean that they were told they have to practice to get good, or pay an artist if they won't do the practicing.
They're being handed every single resource they need to practice (aside from probably materials), but actually putting in the work is anathema to them.
They're being handed every single resource they need to practice (aside from probably materials), but actually putting in the work is anathema to them.
November 25, 2025 at 12:58 AM
When they say 'gatekeeping', they mean that they were told they have to practice to get good, or pay an artist if they won't do the practicing.
They're being handed every single resource they need to practice (aside from probably materials), but actually putting in the work is anathema to them.
They're being handed every single resource they need to practice (aside from probably materials), but actually putting in the work is anathema to them.
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When ever one of those AI bros tires to tell you that artist are gatekeeping art remember that pros, armatures, hobbyist all stopped what they where doing to provide guidance to a newbie artist over the shared experience that "this one angle is hard to draw"
The "Frieren Looking Up" Art Trend attracted some Big Names in Animation! Excited for Season 2?
November 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
When ever one of those AI bros tires to tell you that artist are gatekeeping art remember that pros, armatures, hobbyist all stopped what they where doing to provide guidance to a newbie artist over the shared experience that "this one angle is hard to draw"
Sam Pearson's youtube video on wargaming campaigns is like, the rubric that i needed to write a star wars legion: tours of duty campaign. Picked kashyyyk and hammered it out in two days. It feels like doing ttrpg game jams again.
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Sam Pearson's youtube video on wargaming campaigns is like, the rubric that i needed to write a star wars legion: tours of duty campaign. Picked kashyyyk and hammered it out in two days. It feels like doing ttrpg game jams again.
Living the Vida Loca was on the radio tonight and I think Ricky really kicked a fascination with crazy goth girls for me as soon as my brain turned on.
November 25, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Living the Vida Loca was on the radio tonight and I think Ricky really kicked a fascination with crazy goth girls for me as soon as my brain turned on.
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hmmmmm 🧐 (from peripathetic by cher tan)
November 25, 2025 at 3:20 AM
hmmmmm 🧐 (from peripathetic by cher tan)
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This is what games discourse sounds like from time to time.
establishing clear boundaries and definitions is how you arrive at objectively better jokes!!! the fiction must form a bedrock for the subversion otherwise we’re just saying things!!!
November 25, 2025 at 3:42 AM
This is what games discourse sounds like from time to time.
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Canada is releasing a set of stamps celebrating the nation's graphic novelists.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
November 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Canada is releasing a set of stamps celebrating the nation's graphic novelists.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
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Ah, well, nevertheless,
November 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Ah, well, nevertheless,
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Suffice to say I’m looking for work so if you like what I do and had anything in mind, please hit me up at [email protected]
Well, not only has my day job not paid me in over a calendar month, they’re also expecting me to be the singular employee on staff, both back and front of house, for a full service sit down restaurant that also does online orders. So I might need to quit before lining something else up.
November 25, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Suffice to say I’m looking for work so if you like what I do and had anything in mind, please hit me up at [email protected]
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the first level of nier: automata goes so hard
November 25, 2025 at 1:35 AM
the first level of nier: automata goes so hard
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Any one of these massive AAA videogame companies could file suit against the 6-piece Chicken McNobody ringleaders harassing their employees, and that they don't is a choice. I said before of goobergate that the industry enjoys having a bunch of unpaid Pinkertons around too much to ever give it up.
Two months after firing over Charlie Kirk comments, Ghost of Yotei dev blames harassment campaign, not 'bad joke'
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November 24, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Any one of these massive AAA videogame companies could file suit against the 6-piece Chicken McNobody ringleaders harassing their employees, and that they don't is a choice. I said before of goobergate that the industry enjoys having a bunch of unpaid Pinkertons around too much to ever give it up.
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Miracle. The scar of the Bontive Valley. The final #Palisade post card is a collaboration between myself and @badbucket.bsky.social. We traded sketches back and forth to land on the comp. I painted the environment, Conner did the ships, the finishing touches, the typography etc. #friendsatthetable
November 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Miracle. The scar of the Bontive Valley. The final #Palisade post card is a collaboration between myself and @badbucket.bsky.social. We traded sketches back and forth to land on the comp. I painted the environment, Conner did the ships, the finishing touches, the typography etc. #friendsatthetable
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And lastly Kell Morn form Austin Walker PL of KOTOR 2 as a part of AMCA coverage. (it was a lot of fun)
November 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
And lastly Kell Morn form Austin Walker PL of KOTOR 2 as a part of AMCA coverage. (it was a lot of fun)
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type of enemy that teaches you how to parry
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
November 23, 2025 at 6:17 AM
type of enemy that teaches you how to parry
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👀 Twaincut out in the world! What a fun compositional challenge this was.
So that you can enjoy it in its full beauty, here's the PAXU Realis postcard image in high quality, along with the in-game text & Sentences of Halfmoon Twaintcut's that Si was working from!
November 22, 2025 at 8:59 PM
👀 Twaincut out in the world! What a fun compositional challenge this was.
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Yesterday I vagued about whether or not to do a weird TTRPG thread. Then I slept on it. And it's still rattling around in my brain.
OK. So. Let's get into it.
There's a couple of phrases in the TTRPG sphere which are discourse dogwhistles and I wanna talk about one of them, and all of them.
OK. So. Let's get into it.
There's a couple of phrases in the TTRPG sphere which are discourse dogwhistles and I wanna talk about one of them, and all of them.
November 22, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Yesterday I vagued about whether or not to do a weird TTRPG thread. Then I slept on it. And it's still rattling around in my brain.
OK. So. Let's get into it.
There's a couple of phrases in the TTRPG sphere which are discourse dogwhistles and I wanna talk about one of them, and all of them.
OK. So. Let's get into it.
There's a couple of phrases in the TTRPG sphere which are discourse dogwhistles and I wanna talk about one of them, and all of them.
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D&D elves: lol you die?? You die of old age?? After like 70 years? Lmao. You're like vermin to us. You're like a shitty animal
Silmarillion elves: you can "die"?? What the FUCK is that??? Where do you GO? Why can't I come??? *foaming at mouth* why the fuck do you get to go to 'Die' and not me
Silmarillion elves: you can "die"?? What the FUCK is that??? Where do you GO? Why can't I come??? *foaming at mouth* why the fuck do you get to go to 'Die' and not me
November 22, 2025 at 9:54 AM
D&D elves: lol you die?? You die of old age?? After like 70 years? Lmao. You're like vermin to us. You're like a shitty animal
Silmarillion elves: you can "die"?? What the FUCK is that??? Where do you GO? Why can't I come??? *foaming at mouth* why the fuck do you get to go to 'Die' and not me
Silmarillion elves: you can "die"?? What the FUCK is that??? Where do you GO? Why can't I come??? *foaming at mouth* why the fuck do you get to go to 'Die' and not me
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A thing people don’t know that may underlie this decision: a “professional degree” gives a Canadian or a Mexican a right to a TN visa, which allows you to show up at the border with your diploma and a job offer and get a visa on the spot. That may be what’s going on here.
In case you missed it: The DoEd has proposed a new definition of "professional degrees," reducing the list from roughly 2,000 programs to fewer than 600. This change limits loan accessibility for though no longer considered professional, in particular, many healthcare degrees 🧵
November 21, 2025 at 1:38 AM
A thing people don’t know that may underlie this decision: a “professional degree” gives a Canadian or a Mexican a right to a TN visa, which allows you to show up at the border with your diploma and a job offer and get a visa on the spot. That may be what’s going on here.