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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 15h

Pleikalla pelaan, ohjaimella. Erittäin hyvin toimii!

Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 16h

Playing two new games today! Ace Combat 8 is exactly what I wanted, and the Star Wars racing game is intense arcade fun, the best since the last Wipeout and Burnout 3.

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Sheesh, caught up with DIE: Loaded 5-7 and The Power Fantasy 16 and let’s just say Gillen’s fans know better than to get attached to their favorite characters, but man! It’s a lot. A lot of emotion packed in these beautiful pages. #comicsky @kierongillen.bsky.social @imagecomics.com

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Support is support and aesthetics beats most other reasons anyway. Do it

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Life is a lot right now, but last night I made amazing bruschetta with anchovy butter and tonight I get to eat the leftovers

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

2026, that is. Been a very quiet year for roleplaying for life reasons

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

My first #ttrpg of 2025 was a game of HYBAGG over Discord DMs. We became a singularity and ate a moon. Loved it, playing again!

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Näin pienessä yhteisössä kuin Suomi ei ole varaa jättää osaajia osattomiksi

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Love it, great animation! What product is this? I have a need for more miniature mecha

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

This is a very pleasing piece. Useful as scatter, beautiful to look at ❤️

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

First impressions of the first #Daggerheart expansion, Hope & Fear: exceeds all expectations. Ridiculous production values, Wizards has nothing comparable. All the new options sound fun, and the new campaign frames deliver on imagination and fun, new mechanics. Will definitely run this. #ttrpg

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Odyssey time. First time I’m going to the movies in the morning, I think, but I had to see this in the first week

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

It feels decidedly wrong to be playing Halo on PlayStation.

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

This is a really good piece! Thank you

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

I read The Fall of Hyperion (Dan Simmons, 1990). That was a very satisfying follow up to the original, building on it substantially, while leaving plenty to be discovered later. The ending has somewhat worrying time fuckery, but I’m excited to see if Simmons can hold it together.

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Now there’s a book! The Song of Achilles is the more likely to be adopted though, I feel... I’d take that, too! I thought I didn’t care for Greek mythology until I discovered Miller. Also: I can totally hear you scoring either.

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Holy shit. Hoping this puts them on a sustainable trajectory. I’m happy they’re doing right by the studios they’re divesting from.

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Also this outfit would’ve benefitted from sunglasses regardless of if they’re warranted for not. Regrets

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Works every time: leave the house without sunglasses and what do you know, the first full blast of the day hits you in five minutes

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Uhh yes please. Been binging Marathon and starting to miss TTRPGs after a half year break

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

This looks dope. Unsure if I can fit it anywhere as I hope to start a long Delta Green game after I wrap Masks, but looking forward to at least reading this!

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

I mean, it’s a thing. Hits you when you realize you need to deactivate the alarm when you step in.

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Returned from a work trip last night to an empty home for the first time ever

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Seeing a divorce lawyer with your ex is a hell of a thing. Never thought I’d find myself at that table. We’re as amicable as can be, but damn it felt real.

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

I’m a straight cishet guy in my late 40s. Today I’ve had a great time buying makeup and getting tips from the staff on how to apply it, shopped for accessories, and cried to Taylor’s Long Live (Eras live). Don’t let your idea of masculinity stop you from living.

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I started Metal Gear Solid 1 last night. Got a game over like fifteen times in the first area. Yes I’ve played it previously, but man stealth games are more forgiving these days

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Divorcing after 25 years is as big of a deal as I thought it would be. Also big, and something I don’t really understand yet: being single makes me feel separated and excluded from the world of pairs and families. Like I took a side step into a slightly skewed reality.

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

I don’t think there’s a living artist who’s had a bigger influence on me than John Blanche. What a legend.

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Social media for me is IG, this (Bluesky), and Threads. I feel Threads is going through the lifecycle of a social media in fast forward. I already feel like I’m going to be dropping it in a year. For now my well curated feed works well to entertain, but there’s more and more bad actors at the door.

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

I did not expect to enjoy the latest Fantastic movie. The cast’s chemistry carried a lot, and the retro future design was fun throughout. I am mighty tired of all CGI scenes these days though.

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

These are my favorite BTs I’ve seen in a while. I would never dare but know I kinda want to!

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

The Boys stuck the landing against all odds. I did not expect to feel (cry) that much in the finale.

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

See my trick is to always sidestep that. Talk about “the interface”, UX, or UI instead

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Eating chips and drinking alcohol free Asahi while working on 360 feedback. Hour 11 of this working day

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

We often overestimate the quality of writing at our tables, yet underestimate the value of that human connection. It raises the significance of the whole effort. An LLM can for sure generate pretty good narrative, I don’t think that’s controversial at all. Whether that’s a value add, I’m not sure.

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

That’s just it. Players will be so used to rote RPG tropes they won’t think to imagine anything better, is my concern.

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

As a GM lifer, I don’t feel personally intimidated by AI in the least. But I do wonder what this will do to the hobby as a whole. To me the whole magic of TTRPGs is the human connection, and voluntarily removing that feels, well, wrong.

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

And to be clear: I am in no way saying this is a good thing or something I’d want to use myself. But it’s going to happen regardless, and I find it interesting to think about how it will shape our hobby.

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

(I know how LLMs work, I use them for work (not creative or indeed RPGs) on a daily basis.) The angle to consider here is that to a lot of people, that low barrier interaction is more valuable than rolling their own story. Low value interaction beats no interaction, I suspect.

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Of course you can’t, but you don’t get that with a human GM either. I’d wager the AI is probably more consistent. What I’m saying is that there’s probably an audience who struggles to get a human GM, they’ll settle for the AI…and I’m wondering what that’ll do to the hobby in the long run.

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

It’s not the same, no, but I feel there’s probably room for different types of experiences. If people are willing to go to the trouble of generating all that with an oracle…they’ll be happy to skip the effort and just get a response to continue their play. I’m not sure that’s wrong.

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Today I learned about AI game masters for #ttrpg I have a lot of thoughts, first one being “heresy”. Then I considered solo gaming, oracles, and CRPGs, and I feel it’s more nuanced.

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Gym update: moved up to pistol squats and bar dips now, two exercises that seemed out of the world of what’s possible half a year ago.

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Season’s first shorts, T-shirts, sunscreen weather in Helsinki. Don’t remember this hitting in May. Grand circumstances for the season close of FCF Wrestling tonight!

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

I don’t recall who taught me the oil on the rim of the rice cooker to keep it from boiling over tip but you’re a god among men and why isn’t this part of the operating manual

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Played a test game of a friend’s zombie scifi solo #miniatures game. He has the very nicest space zombies. Everything painted by @merilainen.bsky.social

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