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Karla James Zimonja

@eternal.observer
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Indie games long-timer. A Good Narrative Collaborator. Dramaturge. Currently on something unannounced. Previously on Dr. Katz, Home Movies, BioShock 2 & Minerva's Den, Gone Home, Tacoma, and Wanderstop. Invite me to play TTRPGs!🙇

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Matt Round @mattround.com · 29/09/2026
Soon the misery of being unable to find crisp sandwich sound effects will be over
ButtyStock screenshot showing in-development sound effects section; “Crisp, crunchy sound effects, browse now"
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carlydraws @carlydraws.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A-F INDUSTRIES offer a wide variety of grimy spaceships for your every need Space Haulers! Rock breaking asteroid barging industrial spacetrucks! Sporty cruisers but now Weird infested horror ships (you probably should not have put that pulsating mass in the cargo bay tbh) #art #ttrpg #scifi
spaceships with alien growth on itrock breaking asteroid clearance spaceship
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Max Ernst @max-m-ernst.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Plate III from Let There Be Fashion, Down With Art (Fiat modes pereat ars) www.moma.org/collection/works/91110
Purchase
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𝔻𝕖𝕖𝕡 𝕋𝕙𝕠𝕥 @thatsgoodweb.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Michael Parkes
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Result of sneezing during CT scan Original post
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Katherine Lam @ LBX 431 @katherinelam.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
yay
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Karla James Zimonja @eternal.observer · 27/09/2026
just caught a glimpse of some Gender Demons: two people holding hands: one of them looked like Taffy from Female Trouble in tank top and sweatpants the same shade of bubblegum pink; and the other looked like Crank from Crank: the Movie but more of a square aspect ratio, in medium blue. chilling
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Karla James Zimonja @eternal.observer · 27/09/2026
I wonder what made "out of an abundance of caution" catch on as a phrase so fully. I feel like it's eclipsed all other less stilted ones? it seems like such a functionary kind of phrase, to me, that I can't imagine choosing it.
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Aimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · 27/09/2026
I showed my SO this meme and he didn't get the literary layer of the joke so here I present it to you
Tweet from Mike Scollins that reads: two wicked big roads split apaht and fuckin sorry I could not travel both
Accompanied with a road sign that says FOOD, an arrow pointing to the right for a Dunkin Donuts and an arrow pointing to the left for a Dunkin Donuts.
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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
was literally just referencing this—the “who is having the most fun, the player, the designer, or the computer” question—earlier today. it’s such a core concern when making something heavily systemic or relies a lot on procgen
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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
thinking about this again today, and not even in the context of procgen. The thing about systems design is that it's so easy to get excited about making little sandboxes for yourself that you forget the player needs insight into it, lest it simply appear the same as complete randomness.
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Karla James Zimonja @eternal.observer · 26/09/2026
behold, the closest dentist in the world... to this particular sign
a stand up sign outside a dentist office, proclaiming itself the Closest Dentist In The World?????
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Sleepaway Champ @sleepawaychamp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
i’m co-producing @505omatic.bsky.social ‘s Halloween show at the Jean Cocteau Cinema in #SantaFe #NewMexico We would like to share your TRUE personal paranormal stories for the audience. Please email text or a (short) voice memo to editor@505omatic.com with “halloween” in the subject line. 👻
“got a true-ish new mexico ghost or spooky story?”505omatic wants it! for a special edition of The Living Room! to be played for the oct. 15th show at jean cocteau cinema. email or send a voice memo to exitor@505omatic.com. subject line: halloween.
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Jackie Jackson died two days ago. His death did not get the fanfare that the big celebrities get but I assure you he was no less than any of them: a titan astride the earth. In this thread, a few of the songs he played bass on. You know these songs. You know their bass parts. youtu.be/DKVB_CtU8XQ
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Pressure Drop
YouTube video by Toots & The Maytals - Topic
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Jason Song Quinn (Comms Open) @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Made a 2 page ttrpg called “YOU ARE A REGULAR GUY!”. Based on a speech by Jacob Wysocki, it’s a game where you can do things a regular guy can do. If done right, you can achieve godly feats through actions as basic as answering a phone. Waking up is honestly OP.
Page of game rules with a few illustrations of a man telling a smaller man that “you are a regular guy!”Page of charts for dice rolling with 3 spot images of a normal guy in dangerous situations
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bijan @bijan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
i think about this post all the time. you might too
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@DoBiddley1
I am paid a very high salary to design new ways to hurt innocent people. Please don't hurt me. I want to live. My job is to hurt your children. Please, don't do anything to me. I want to be safe. My job is to make your family sick. I want to live. Please, I deserve to live. Pleas
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Karla James Zimonja @eternal.observer · 24/09/2026
does any of you have an explanation for this
a sun-faded prayer with a close-up of a fish face in the foreground, probably going for a fishing lure. there's some white guy in the background, in a post-casting kind of pose. 
the text reads: 
WHY BE A TROUT BUM
when you can be a
TROUT 
SUPERHERO
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Maytera Marble @mayteramarble.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
use this image to tell your friends you're a fan of the Outbursts of Everett True @everetttrue.bsky.social
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ceej @ceej.online · 24/09/2026
getting withering looks from my fellow scientists as we wait in the uv decontamination tank after a long day at work on Covid 2
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antlers @cervine.online · 21/09/2026
draft of drawing "My dog prevents coastal flood damage - I heart my concrete tetrapod" bumper sticker in vectors
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Levi Stahl @levistahl.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This section is weird. Why a gourd? Why a worm? Is the gourd floating? Is the worm flying? Couldn’t god have chosen more effective tools? Why is he so worked up about the cattle? The part that resonates (though not for Jonah’s reasons) is “I do well to be angry, even unto death.” I feel ya, Jonah.
Text of Jonah 4:6–11.
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Karla James Zimonja @eternal.observer · 24/09/2026
some good Jameses Bond
someone from the Takarazuka Revue, looking cool over the shoulder of probably a sad lady also from said groupJoel Grey in Cabaret, who is perfect
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Design Reviewed @designreviewed.com · 23/09/2026
The work of Ikko Tanaka scanned from Idea 230, 1992-01 designreviewed.com/artefacts/id... #japanesedesign #ikkotanaka
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Karla James Zimonja @eternal.observer · 22/09/2026
damn what embarrassing straight ladies
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Daniel Kwan @danielhkwan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Putting a call out for TTRPG artists! Doing an initial discovery for an artist to work on a new cyberpunk, body horror action game I'm designing. Please link your portfolio! NO AI.
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Karla James Zimonja @eternal.observer · 22/09/2026
I dunno, I guess I'll wait for Thoth Body to open
a window wrap advertising a forthcoming... sound bath place? idk? called RA BODY
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Lane Moore @hellolanemoore.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
PSA: I just inherited HUNDREDS of teen magazines from the 1990s and 2000s and the y2k goodness is so abundant that I’m gonna deep dive into all of them right here so if that’s something you’re into, HI I HOPE THIS FINDS YOU!!! substack.com/home/post/p-...
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I Inherited Hundreds of Y2K Teen Girl Magazines That Need To Be Shared
I cannot keep this nostalgic treasure-trove to myself.
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Karla James Zimonja @eternal.observer · 21/09/2026
All right, I know it's ridiculous to just say 'you should play this' but I personally had a great time with it, and I found it very deft and pleasing.
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Cozy Snugglefield @garybutterfield.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Carolyn Petit @carolynmichelle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Paying my respects to the creepy Kennedys of Artichoke Pizza.
A portrait of JFK, RFK and I guess Ted Kennedy? The sidewalk outside Artichoke Pizza on MacDougal, showing the shop’s sign and so forth.
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Sooz EQ | Free Stars: Battles In The Beyond demo out now @soozwave.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Secretary: [pounding her clipboard] GAME, GAME, GAME!
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Bryan Blessed @bryb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This picture of the Pope at his 40th birthday party is everything to me.x
The Pope at his crazy as fuck 40th birthday party wearing a tiny sea captain hat, holding a tiny ice cream surrounded by THREE sad looking balloons. He's wearing a blue jacket and jeans with a brown belt and he's got a navy polo shirt on.
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Carol Mertz @carolmertz.itch.io · 21/09/2026
Send us your experimental game — we wanna help you show it off! Get a chance to share your project onstage at GDC next spring, and help us inspire more people to make strange and experimental projects that change how we think about games. <3
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Present & Correct @presentcorrect.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Typology of Pedestrian Walking Symbols walking-men.com/product/hood... Via @kottke.org
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an evan @elsplice.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
But what happens when a character needs to bite something? Well we have to 3D print at least a portion of that along with the face. The characters in Wildwood would NOT STOP biting things and every one of those things needed extra consideration and planning.
Maksim puppet hunched over in attack mode with a large club in his jaws. You can see the motion blur of an animator animating the sequence
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🪼Jellyfishlines 🔜 PaxU🪼 @jellyfishlines.itch.io · 20/09/2026
You KNOW the jam is good when people are waking up, bolt upright at 2:30AM, and writing down their inspiration for a noir game. So, uh, join us! There’s a server linked on the page :D itch.io/jam/noirvemb...
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NOIR-VEMBER TTRPG JAM
A game jam from 2026-11-01 to 2026-12-01 hosted by Jellyfishlines & Tyrastafr. The rain hits the pavement as the shadows grow long. The streetlights, ever silent watchers, flicker to life. She walks u...
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Karla James Zimonja @eternal.observer · 21/09/2026
he's right www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsjm...
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I Like Game
YouTube video by murderbees
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Karla James Zimonja @eternal.observer · 21/09/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsjm...
youtube.com
I Like Game
YouTube video by murderbees
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Karla James Zimonja @eternal.observer · 21/09/2026
All right, I know it's ridiculous to just say 'you should play this' but I personally had a great time with it, and I found it very deft and pleasing.
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WatsyWhat @watsywhay.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Anyone in Ohio want two kittens? Cream point in the pic but they also have a black tux sibling. Neighbor found them, some rando left them in the street. Seem to be in good health. Neighbor cant keep them.
Cream point kitten held by girl
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Karla James Zimonja @eternal.observer · 21/09/2026
joshuaroland.itch.io/game I just played this and also probably you should
joshuaroland.itch.io
GAME by Joshua Roland
Available for Windows, macOS
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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 19/09/2026
A reminder, just ’cause, that the singular is phenomenon, and phenomena is the plural. Ditto criterion and criteria. Word I do not want to see in my replies, fair warning: data
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Rain City Games @raincity.games · 18/09/2026
Green Oaks is a pleasant little roleplaying game in which you play as seniors at an elder care facility... saving the world from Eldritch monstrosities emerging from the depths. We're hosting a limited run of Green Oaks games at our Vancouver store - join us!
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In-Store RPGs - Vancouver - Wandering One-Shots
Wandering One-Shots is a series of self-contained, single-session adventures exploring different roleplaying game systems - with no prior experience required. We provide all the materials; all we…
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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 24/02/2024
today's completely not random theater photos four views of The Threepenny Opera, 1933, twelve performances and auf wiedersehen
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NotMatt @kh2007.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Gotta leave some gibs around your bloody wall paint for these bigger strokes. Half an arm with a bloody handprint around the wrist, so I think "Huh. That guy used a bloody stump to paint with. Industrious!"
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Karla James Zimonja @eternal.observer · 17/09/2026
the wall blood exposition looks like someone switched to a bigger round brush for the bigger text? (I mean, it's clearly a font.) If you make your wall graffiti out of smaller strokes, you can get a lot more leeway with how plausible it seems at different scales.
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Suehiro Maruo Art 🔞 @blincoln1.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Karla James Zimonja @eternal.observer · 17/09/2026
I would maybe wear a sweater with the WinRAR logo on it
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Karla James Zimonja @eternal.observer · 17/09/2026
fall objects
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jeeyon shim 심지연 @jeeyon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Onion's back in triage at the emergency vet, fingers crossed nothing serious is wrong and I hate to ask again after yesterday's visit, but I can't pay for the care he needs without help. My PayPal is jeeyon.shim@gmail.com and my Venmo is Jeeyon-Shim. Every little bit helps, thank you so much <3
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