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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Went to the Darwin Undeground Tunnels today for WW2 insights, and was pleasantly surprised to discover an Australiana klanka artifact, "Puppetry and Empathy" crafted by artist Robyn Davy. The silo tunnel had many stories to tell, building them and then defending them in WWII was tough and deadly.

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Dr Strange or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Croc

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Darwin bush holiday day one hobby results: Land Raiders and Fellblades exit the manufactorum, ready to join the Iron Warrior Grand Battalion under Warsmith Zhorisch.

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

A Walkable ASCII Cyberpunk City in One HTML File 🤯 via Grow Now Games, a one person indie game developer. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Yty...

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A Walkable ASCII Cyberpunk City in One HTML File

YouTube video by Grow Now! Games

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

I enjoyed this year's Queensland Games Festival, visual highlights included Cloudlings, Wild n Chill, and Keyboard Warriors. Full list: www.queenslandgamesfestival.com Shout out Ardent Roleplay www.ardentroleplay.com and the Tabletop Game Designers Australia www.tgda.org.au

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Agreed, there is an excessive amount of amazing MTG art that deserves to be displayed in a museum wing.

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

"Wait wait wait wait.. you didn't think about that?" "No. I attempt to think as little as possible. I want it to be as random as possible." A great mini-doc video by @itsquinns.bsky.social on Jerry Gretzinger and his disciplined divergent design process: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is8N...

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He Won’t Stop Building a Map to an Imaginary Place

YouTube video by People Make Games

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Fresh LLM agents act like 'genies' determined to discover and act on loopholes. This can (sometimes) be counter-acted through recon, audits, and a tightly written hand-over brief. This process is neatly illustrated in this video skit by comedians Chris and Jack: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM0t...

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The perfect wish to outsmart a genie | Chris & Jack

YouTube video by Chris and Jack

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Its amazing to be able to watch this live from Youtube, check it out if you have the chance: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3kR...

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

‘The Turing Registry isn’t Hiring. Yet.’ My reflections after attending a cybersecurity x AI event: www.linkedin.com/pulse/turing...

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The Turing Registry Isn’t Hiring. Yet.

Dr James J. Dillon's reflections from 6Degrees.

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

A fun interactive recap from YouTube Music depicting my recent music tastes. I'm pleased to see Four Tet at the top, recently discovering his music had been revelatory.

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

There was lots to enjoy and learn at the Griffith University Film School Expermental Games Lab today. Plenty of AR/XR games to play, plus extensive industry representation.

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Holiday coming to an end, check list review: sea ✅ surf ✅ sand ✅ 400 points of Legions Imperialis built ✅

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Another excellently produced #ttrpg review from @itsquinns.bsky.social showcasing Mythic Bastionland, a streamlined myth-chasing ‘hexcrawl’ with sharp rules, no skills, and lots of character. And rules for warbands! Is it Pendragon uber-lite?

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Lots of fun and inspo to be found at the Queensland Games Festival today. I'm feeling energised from the experience.

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

"In fact, I don't want to learn anything at all. I want to preserve my brain." Some mind-bending quotes in this Business Insider article: 'Inside Silicon Valley's anti-college movement' www.businessinsider.com/gen-z-tech-f...

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For tech's new generation, college is an expensive waste

Inside tech's anti-college movement: "If you have to go to college, it's probably because you're mediocre."

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

The Maya interactive tutorial is great. It's turned learning into a game, using the tools it provides as part of the software. An enjoyable way to learn, @autodeskedu.bsky.social.

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Nice! Listening has commenced. I just discovered this one, I think you may like it: music.youtube.com/watch?v=RdMx...

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The Combine

YouTube video by John Maus - Topic

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Today's ‘Heroic Powers‘ 0.951 Minor Update includes significant changes and improvements to Chapter 3: Heroic Professions for the #Seablight Antilles #TTRPG Setting Guide: www.seablight.com/news/heroic-...

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Intriguing, thanks for sharing your experience

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

"The world's only Warhammer academic conference is returning in September to present more talks like 'The ethical implications of the Imperium’s war with chaos and the inverted meaning of order'" @pcgamer.com article by Lincoln Carpenter, consider me tempted! www.pcgamer.com/games/board-...

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Finally, some good news: The world's only Warhammer academic conference is returning in September to present more talks like 'The ethical implications of the Imperium’s war with chaos and the inverted...

In the grim darkness of the 21st century, there is only scholarly analysis of the grim darkness of the 41st millennium.

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

I enjoyed watching the quick virtual production demo at Brisbane's Griffith University today. I also enjoyed their game design presentation. I'm feeling inspired to undertake Unreal Engine accreditation.

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Chaosium @chaosium.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

We are LIVE NOW with Age of Vikings: The Roleplaying Game! Come on in and watch our all-stars learn the ropes! twitch.tv/chaosiuminc

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

It's a good group, fun to watch, well done.

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Livestreaming now: a fun @chaosium.bsky.social Actual Play for Age of Vikings, great job James Coquillat and team www.twitch.tv/chaosiuminc

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Great promo, thanks for sharing. This is now on my London activities bucket list.

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Agreed, that's me at the moment. Focused on starting a creative studio and living supervisor-free. Each day I can focus on what's best for me, not someone else.

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Congrats tackling the concept. As mentioned by Redditors and YouTube comments, the design constraints enforce creative solutions.

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Will do Jason. I've been steadily introducing my partner to sci-fi and fantasy film classics. This will be a fun experiment.

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Yep Ben, good bloke. Amazing what he's done with Netherworld. I was going to attend this event earlier in the year but got sick.

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Great idea Smoggy! I have my sights set on Netherworld and Vault Games. I spoke to the Netherworld co-owner earlier this year about Seablight. I will next publish a small print run for testing, and complete the adventure supplement. I'm also going to submit to Queensland Games Festival. Lots to do.

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

#Seablight Antilles #TTRPG 'Copper Nickel Iron' 0.95 Major Update published today, free to download and enjoy. Feedback welcome. Designed for @chaosium.bsky.social's Basic Roleplaying (BRP) rule book. Available here: www.seablight.com/news/0-95-ma...

Seablight Antilles TTRPG front cover, showcasing action, adventurers, mutants, cibernetic creatures,

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Gold discovered via Reddit: the trailer for the unique side-scrolling action movie The Waves of Madness www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9dD...

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The Waves of Madness (OUT NOW) Official Trailer

YouTube video by Jason Trost

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Congrats on the publication and the awesome quinns review, a pity about the unfortunate authorship mix up. Thanks for the link Dennis.

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