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Chris Mooney

@chriskmooney.bsky.social
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they/them, non-binary, #wotcstaff Principal Game Designer, Great Designer Search 3 Lead for Avatar, SNC cmdr, LCI cmdr, Ponies the Galloping, and more All opinions my own.

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Chris Mooney @chriskmooney.bsky.social · 1h
The story and writing are classic sports anime tropes with a little star wars seasoning, no more than that but certainly no less. I think this would be a decent game with just the core racing (which is really fun), but the roguelike implementation really elevates it in a way I didn't expect.
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Chris Mooney @chriskmooney.bsky.social · 1h
Gameplay wise, the primary campaign is a roguelike, which adds a ton for me. Each run feels different, and the stakes feel way more engaging when there's something to lose. Beyond that, I think they do a pretty good job of populating the paddock with characters that have just enough personality.
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Chris Mooney @chriskmooney.bsky.social · 4h
Unironically this is what Galactic Racer feels like.
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Chris Mooney @chriskmooney.bsky.social · 15h
Galactic Racer has the sauce
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Chris Mooney @chriskmooney.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I don’t want to dunk on innocent folks, but I will admit I see way too many restaurant posters with AI generated food and it does really churn my stomach in a way that has nothing to do with the ethics of using AI
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Chris Mooney @chriskmooney.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Fell asleep with my noise cancelling headphones on. Had a dream where I was going deaf
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Chris Mooney @chriskmooney.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Knights of Quinevere is really good, but honestly I don’t feel like I can handle the release cadence. Feels like something I’ll wait to be fully released before diving into as one big chunk, like Over the Garden Wall or Deltarune
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Chris Mooney @chriskmooney.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I read this as “Me (43F) on a walk this morning” Maybe I am too online
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Chris Mooney @chriskmooney.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
You did in fact call it
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United Wizards of the Coast - CWA @uwotc-official.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Curious how you can help? We ask that you sign our petition for Wizards to voluntarily recognize our union, share it with your communities, and keep an eye on this account for future updates! actionnetwork.org/forms/uwotcp...
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Stand with Dungeons & Dragons and Magic Workers Forming a Union!
The Dungeons & Dragons team and Studio X (Magic: The Gathering; Duel Masters) are forming a union! We are joining the ranks of United Wizards of the Coast - CWA (UWOTC-CWA) and following in the fo...
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United Wizards of the Coast - CWA @uwotc-official.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This morning, the D&D team and Magic's Studio X informed our leadership of our intent to unionize. We love the games we make and the work we do, and unionizing is how we protect that work. unitedwizardsofthecoast.com/news/dnd-stu...
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Dungeons & Dragons and Studio X Join United Wizards of the Coast - CWA
Today, October 6, 2026, the designers, artists, writers, producers, and workers behind Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, Duel Masters, D&D Beyond, and countless other games are uniting in soli...
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Chris Mooney @chriskmooney.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Did yall start without me?
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Chris Mooney @chriskmooney.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Seems like it would be confusing applying to just one leader. I wonder if it was just a default if people would still be confused. Especially if you’re new to the game, it just becomes a default rule.
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Chris Mooney @chriskmooney.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
@davflamerock.bsky.social I’m thinking about putting together a SWU cube and I was wondering if yall have ever tested a variant where you could put leader units in your deck and play them for their cost?
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Chris Mooney @chriskmooney.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I agree, tho the fact that other games have been calling it that for years and years makes me think that it is us, not the children, who are wrong
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Chris Mooney @chriskmooney.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hundreds of Beavers was very funny. Check it out on dropout if you can. (CW: extreme amounts of cartoon violence)
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Chris Mooney @chriskmooney.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I was considering being “Echoverse me” for Halloween but it would involving cutting all of my hair off and I’m just not sure I have the commitment.
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Chris Mooney @chriskmooney.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Part of me wants to believe that this was the one you wrote first and had to write the others to justify it
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Chris Mooney @chriskmooney.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
How many of you have played a five player magic game with the “Star” rules. It’s one of my favorites and I always thought it was pretty well known, but I’m realizing that it’s not actually very well documented online and maybe it’s just a holdover from my time as a kid.
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Chris Mooney @chriskmooney.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Every Smartyshorts cast is totally different and yet every single group kills it.
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Chris Mooney @chriskmooney.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My fiance just had her primary email hacked. Are there any services out there to help her sort out these kinds of situations?
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Chris Mooney @chriskmooney.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It is my dream to be on a crapshot lol
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Chris Mooney @chriskmooney.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I don’t really buy any game design argument of “you don’t miss BLAH you just miss being a kid” Cuz like yes that’s true, but also so what? Make me feel like a kid then! In the last 5 years I’ve played so many games that made me fall back in love with games just like I did when I was 10 or whatever.
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Chris Mooney @chriskmooney.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Easily in the top three counterspell designs of all time, possibly top 1
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Chris Mooney @chriskmooney.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Echoverse Chris makes NFTs
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Chris Mooney @chriskmooney.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Banning Bugs is actually an essential part of maintaining the traditional bsky ecosystem. If this site were ever to become too entertaining or too based, it would start to lose the very essence of mid-ness that serves as the foundation of its identity.
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Chris Mooney @chriskmooney.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I now pack in the hours before every flight. It’s been a real game changer.
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Chris Mooney @chriskmooney.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Makes sense, the 40k precons were released years before the bracket system was created.
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Corey Atad @coreyatad.com · 22/09/2026
“If you are staring at an example of social disorder or social inefficiency, and the left refuses to explain either why it has happened or how they will fix it, then the right gets to point at someone in the immediate area and say, ‘That’s who did it.’” crazy how much Mamdani speaks my language
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Chris Mooney @chriskmooney.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Very excited for the follow up, Vanishing
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Chris Mooney @chriskmooney.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
In fairness “it’s that good” is literally the only thing I’ve ever heard anyone say about that game.
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Chris Mooney @chriskmooney.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Chris Mooney @chriskmooney.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I believe firmly in quality of life improvements
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Chris Mooney @chriskmooney.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
(Also fwiw I think improving the way commander damage works is a better direction than removing it entirely, but that's more tangential.)
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Chris Mooney @chriskmooney.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is a very nuanced topic to discuss via tweet, but I think it's pretty fair to say that a rule that's present in 100% of games is not merely aesthetically different from card content. I play many games where no Cathar's Crusade (etc.) level tracking event occurs.
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Chris Mooney @chriskmooney.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I’m a little worried about Control Resonant. So much of why I loved Control was the overall SCP vibes. Such a <unique/specific> <setting/vibe>. All the stuff I’ve seen thus far about Resonant seems… totally <disconnected/uninteresting> to me.
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Chris Mooney @chriskmooney.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I understand your position, but I think there’s a substantially relevant difference between a base game rule and tracking introduced by cards.
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Chris Mooney @chriskmooney.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Chris Mooney @chriskmooney.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I think about this all the time. Seems like we should have had two medium+ sequels by now.
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Chris Mooney @chriskmooney.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
You KNOW I’ve been tryna work this angle
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Chris Mooney @chriskmooney.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Well of course, you’d need to die if you want to attend the party in the underworld!
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Chris Mooney @chriskmooney.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I said I wouldn’t do it happily
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Chris Mooney @chriskmooney.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I will not happily accept Yuriko anywhere
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Chris Mooney @chriskmooney.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I think he is one of the most joked about people ever at this point. It really blew up with the kids.
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Chris Mooney @chriskmooney.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Two things can be true at the same time: 1. Canonically, most of the Echoverse is comprised of unintended consequences of The Theorist's meddling, rather than purposeful decisions. 2. It is really funny to imagine Jace just personally dislikes Mowu.
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Chris Mooney @chriskmooney.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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Chris Mooney @chriskmooney.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
How could you bring a force of such evil into our LGBTQ+ community 🥲
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✨Sapphire Pyli Rose✨ on Etsy!! @pypixy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
It's eat or be eaten ⭐ #Kirby #Art #Metroid #Nintendodirect
Fanart for metroid ravenous and kirby. "we're gonna have to eat this guy, Kirby." "POYO <3"
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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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Chris Mooney @chriskmooney.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Unironically I don’t think reading text counts
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