This week I dig into "At Midnight, We Mash" by @Samnite and talk about how the game uses the Monster Mash to tell a tale about social alienation, otherness, and the power of outsider communities.
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itās a strange thing to spend years assuming the task of oneās life is developing intellectual nuance only to realize that in fact itās moral clarity
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GM: @GRANKU_de_PANKU
Players: @JesseE_GM, @dewonatree, @GameRaterGirl and Keshia from Reel Scrolls Film Co.
System: Escape from Dino Island by @Samnite and @stung_art
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One thing about boygenius is they remember a core premise being a band is āwhat if you could make āhaving an awesome friend groupā your project and your job?ā
Itās absolute madness that this is being said when the US is providing the bombs that are causing the humanitarian crisis to escalate in the first place.
Illogical and inhumane.
Yesterday saw the largest delivery of life-saving humanitarian assistance into Gaza so far, and more trucks are being cleared to enter today.
But many more are needed.
I'm not done pushing for more aid and will continue to support safe passage for Gaza civilians seeking safety.
If I hadn't seen this with my own eyes I would have thought it was faked
ALT A screengrab from Disney that says "New to Disney " and features the following documentaries: 9/11 One Day in America, 2000s Greatest Tragedies, George W. Bush ā The 9/11 Interview, Bin Laden's Hard Drive, and Master & Apprentice ā A Special Look at Ahsoka
Was reading through the Mothership 1e pdfs last night and am increasingly convinced the layout is explicitly riffing on old Battletech books. @seanmccoy I must know if it's true!
ALT A spread from the Mothership Player Survival Guide
ALT A spread from the Battletech Fourth Edition rulebook
ALT A spread from the Mechwarrior 2nd Edition rulebook
It's official: SAG-AFTRA is on strike against the film and TV companies, marking only the second time in Hollywood history that actors have joined writers on the picket lines.
variety.com/2023/biz/news/saā¦
TAG launched an AI Task Force in May. We are committed to protecting and empowering the animation community against technology that can adversely impact the way we work. We are committed to safeguarding human artistry and the dignity of labor in the animation industry.
The next Twitter wonāt be some new Twitter-like place, it will emerge from a tweet-like activity that people enjoy doing and want to see other people do.
We live in a time where increasingly nobody even knows if youāre wearing pants and our evil overlords are envisioning virtual worlds where pants donāt even exist
I'm not that far in, so I reserve the right to be completely wrong, but I feel confident that, much like BotW, the story and mechanics are going to have deep thematic resonance when all's said and done