iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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この耐えがたい世界に残された最後の僅かな良心 @toskarin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

albums include my tabletop rpg soundtrack, my other tabletop rpg soundtrack, my slightly abstract ambient album, and more toskarin.bandcamp.com/album/nomad-... toskarin.bandcamp.com/album/omen-c... toskarin.bandcamp.com/album/bloodw...

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Dan Olson @foldablehuman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

People like to talk up how complicated and twisty the ending of American Psycho is, but the message is very simple and clear: real estate agents will gladly help you cover up a murder.

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lumpley @lumpley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

15 years ago when Apocalypse World was new and people were beginning to understand and work with it, it was seductive to look at "acting under fire" and see, not one basic move of several, but the template underlying all the game's moves. Like @kierongillen.bsky.social 's classic gag:

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lumpley @lumpley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

PbtA fans, here's my challenge to you. For the next 12 months, when somebody asks how PbtA works, tell them that normally a 10+ is a critical hit, a 7-9 is a hit, and a 6- is a compromise, but that unusually challenging or dangerous situations can bump itdown.

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この耐えがたい世界に残された最後の僅かな良心 @toskarin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

it really is remarkable how pulcharmsolis' crown plate set blends persian and japanese aesthetics so confidently. like jesus fucking christ

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Mae Reill, puppyshell 🏳️‍⚧️🔆 @maeday.dumbdolls.online · 28/09/2026

honestly I think this post is swag

A screenshot of a tumblr post by pixelguzzler that reads:
"yall i don't CARE if Lilith is "stereotypical" that's my name. I don't walk up to dudes named david or steve and tell them their name is stereotypical. Stop telling trans girls their names are stereotypes"

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Leopolitan @leopolitans.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The game as an object to be read and the game as the thing you play with other people are different things, and talking about one with someone who's talking about the other is endlessly frustrating.

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paisley ghostlywhispers @nerdywhispers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

look at some of these cool illustrations i did! they were commissions for an Under Hollow Hills campaign! #illustration #commission #ttrpg

Burning Jack, a kind-eyed older gentleman dressed in fancy red clothes.

Willow Briar, a performer in grandiose purple and gold clothing and large antlers.

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Sword-Saint Vitus @armoredprincess.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

the overlap between this and space marine shit funny as ever, “I wish I was a protocol-driven castrated supersoldier” you would not believe what my friends are writing ‘bro’

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Sword-Saint Vitus @armoredprincess.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

every three months a bunch of grandstanding machos do the “normal grizzled mech pilots would smoke one of those tranny sex dogs” as though the mecha genre hasn’t been about feminine losers having panic attacks in the cockpit since Gun Dam Seventy Nine

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Leopolitan @leopolitans.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Whenever I see people making the trickle-down economics argument for why D&D being popular is good, I wonder how many people have thought that roleplaying "isn't for them" because they don't like heroic fantasy 🙃

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Leopolitan @leopolitans.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Stonetop, one of the few 'team based fantasy games' I play does include these procedures! Persuade bakes some meta discussion into the move itself, and Interfere makes stopping another PC's action into an interesting story beat. This combination of moves does two things;

PERSUADE (vs. PCs)
When you press or entice a PC and
they resist, ask their player: “Could I
possibly get you to do this, yes or no?”
If they say “no,” let it drop.
If they say “yes,” you can roll +CHA:
on a 10+, they mark XP if they do
what you want, and if they don’t, they
must say how you could convince
them; on a 7-9, they mark XP if they
do what you want (but can refuse or
make a counter-offer if they like).

INTERFERE
When you try to foil another PC’s
action and neither of you back
down, roll...
... +STR to power through or test
your might
... +DEX to employ speed, agility,
or finesse
... +CON to endure or hold steady
... +INT to apply expertise or enact a
clever plan
... +WIS to exert willpower or rely on
your senses
... +CHA to charm, bluff, impress, or
fit in
On a 10+, they pick 1 from the list
below; on a 7-9, they pick 1 from the
list below but you are left off-balance,
exposed, or otherwise vulnerable.
Do it anyway, but with disadvan-
tage on their (next) roll
Relent, change course, or other-
wise allow their move to be foiled

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Leopolitan @leopolitans.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

If I can get on my soapbox today: there's a take I see way too often about TTRPGs, that posits that there exists a 'problem player' who will 'always try and ruin the game', and therefore designers should not account for these players when creating a game.

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Radmad is Unplugging his PAX @radmad.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Quinns in ten episodes of your podcast you've interviewed one woman and ten men

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Russell Irving @rginteger.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I'm not much of a Pokémon person, but my son is & trying to buy him cards at retail prices has been nigh on impossible the last couple of years, and I refuse to pay scalpers for anything. So it warms the cockles of my heart to see so many of them having a full meltdown about the recent set. Enjoy!!

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 21/09/2026

damn if only there were 300-500 devs who could help with that

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David J Prokopetz @prokopetz.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I understand that most people using the word "vizier" as a fantasy trope aren't actually aware of its etymological origin, and I'm not claiming I've never done it myself, but "we say the word 'advisor' in Arabic when we want to denote that the advisor in question is evil" still isn't a great look.

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gamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

incredibly well-done resident evil teaser from a movie theater

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Melsonian Arts Council @melsonian-arts-council.itch.io · 18/09/2026

Ok, so, back when social media ads were worth anything you'd target them based on what people were into. The funny thing is, for a crowdfunder, you target FIRST by "likes crowdfunding" and THEN refine by "... and also ttrpgs". But mainly crowdfunding. I think about that horrifying fact every day

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Melsonian Arts Council @melsonian-arts-council.itch.io · 18/09/2026

It's also a metaphor for 5e! It helps me if i think in terms of pinball machines: We are both playing the star wars pinball table, i think we share a hobby. I am wrong. You like pinball, i like disney films. We have almost nothing in common.

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Melsonian Arts Council @melsonian-arts-council.itch.io · 18/09/2026

Call back to me saying its easy to push people onto non 5e who come into a FLGS. Because OF COURSE IT IS, these are people who went out of their way to enter a specialist shop to look for something. "Likes unusually human contact... and ttrpgs"

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Melsonian Arts Council @melsonian-arts-council.itch.io · 18/09/2026

In conclusion, that Brennan comedian guy seems very nice but I must trust my gut which says "behold the wyrm that will consume the sun"

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tanze bravopueblo / w.s. healed @tattletale.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

really funny how people talk about pthk like the prozd ocean of poison bit www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8eB...

youtube.com

people complimenting your work in an anime dub

YouTube video by ProZD

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

New: Macklemore says Robert Kraft — who owns Gillette Stadium, where Macklemore & Ed Sheeran were to perform later this month — called Sheeran. Kraft rallied other owners together behind an ultimatum for Sheeran: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you won't be allowed in our venues.

I'm not sure how to start this. So I'm going to speak from the heart and share the truth. Ed Sheeran and his team have made the decision to remove me from The Loop tour.
But before I get into it, I want to say something that should be obvious. In this moment I think it matters. I am not a victim. Ed Sheeran is not a victim. Pink is not a victim. We have careers, money, opportunities, safety and audiences around the world. Whatever consequences any of us face for what we say, we get to go home to our families.

The victims are the Palestinian people. The men, women and children who have been killed, starved, displaced and forced to live through unimaginable violence. More than 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza alone. People are being killed today, and people will be killed tomorrow. I want to make sure that as I tell this story, we don't lose sight of that.

Ed is my friend. I've known him for 13 years. We've shared late nights, studio sessions and stages. He has this infectious magic about him that I've grown to love. I consider him a brother. And because of that, we've had some difficult conversations this past week. The type of talks rooted in love and respect for one another that still end in a place of fundamental disagreement. Nothing I'm writing here is out of spite or because I want to tear down his character. But as I told Ed multiple times on the phone, our friendship can't change my responsibility to tell the truth about what happened.

Last Monday, in the middle of all the media attention surrounding Pink and what I said at MetLife, Ed told me that Robert Kraft called him. We were scheduled to play Gillette Stadium later this month, which is owned by the Kraft Group. Ed told me that Kraft said I would not be allowed to perform in his stadium. Ed also told me that Kraft had rallied some of the other
stadium owners and collectively they gave him an ultimatum: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you will not be allowed to play in our venues.

Ed was in …

What I said at MetLife I have been saying on stages around the world for almost three years. So why is it an issue now? Because now I'm sharing a stage with one of the biggest artists in the world, in some of the biggest stadiums in America. At a certain level of exposure, "Free Palestine" becomes too much of a risk. If I kept doing the shows, saying Free Palestine, with Ed implicitly supporting it, the crowd getting loud and showing undeniable support for Palestinian liberation, what artist might speak out next? The stage becomes resistance. Maybe that's why this time it became so important to silence me.

And one of the most effective ways to enforce that silence has been to weaponize the accusation of antisemitism. Antisemitism is real. And that is exactly why the word matters too much to be used as a shield against criticism of the Israeli state. When criticizing Israel, opposing Zionism or saying "Free Palestine" gets conflated with hatred of Jewish people, it doesn't protect Jewish people. It protects Israel from accountability.

I hope this isn't the end of my relationship with Ed.
Thirteen years of friendship doesn't disappear because of one painful disagreement. I hope we both continue listening, studying what is happening in Palestine and wrestling with what neutrality means in a moment like this. My door will always be open to continuing that conversation.

When my brother Omar was doing the subtitles for the video I posted from MetLife, I thanked him. He told me there's a phrase in Arabic:
لا شكر على واجب
"La shukra ala wajeb." There is no thanks for a duty.
That stayed with me. Because that's what this has become for me and millions of others around the world. A duty. Not something deserving of praise or gratitude. Not brave. Human.

Who is winning the internet, who is getting canceled, who gets to play the stadium and who doesn't, all of it becomes so small when held against what we are actually witnessing in Gaza and the West Bank. An entire people be…

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Alexander the Fine @alexrineh.art · 13/09/2026

Sunlight breaks through the clouds, birds chirp as if for the first time. The smell of hope fills the air.

Comment on itch.io
I am new to TTRPGs, what is 5e?

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lumpenpoledancer @daturabombs333.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Nightmare just happened. Gabapentin got lost in move. My clinic isn’t open. No guarantee they will replace it - I just got refilled. GABA withdrawal almost killed me in past. This may be goodbye soon. I can’t beg and suffer like that too. Let alone be homeless in withdrawal Pls just help.

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Leopolitan @leopolitans.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I'm running a game of #Stonetop on StartPlaying! If you're interested in joining us, I'm looking for two more players who are ready to venture out into the wider world to defeat threats to their home and bring back resources to improve the lives of their friends and neighbors. Sundays at 5PM PST!

startplaying.games

Join A Home Worth Fighting For | Learn to Play Stonetop! 🏳️‍⚧🏳️‍🌈 - Discord - Stonetop | StartPlaying Games

Stonetop is a hearth fantasy game set in an iron age that never was. You'll play the heroes of a small village at the edge of the known world, venturing away from the safety of home to make allies, fa...

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Leopolitan @leopolitans.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

And of course if you're interested in playing but would require financial assistance to participate, please DM me on StartPlaying

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Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Read through all of these different unproduced American live action Akira attempts if you want to throw up en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_(...

en.wikipedia.org

Akira (unproduced film) - Wikipedia

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USER WAS BLOCKED FOR THIS POST @blockedforthispost.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I say any Zaku is a go for me.

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Leopolitan @leopolitans.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

startplaying.games

Join A Home Worth Fighting For | Learn to Play Stonetop! 🏳️‍⚧🏳️‍🌈 - Discord - Stonetop | StartPlaying Games

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julie muncy @julie.radiantarray.io · 07/09/2026

the most realistic part of the metal gear saga is the military industrial complex's dogged, decades-long dedication to developing and testing a weapon that has never, ever, ever won a fight

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🌶️ Motte! 🌶️🔞 @extra-spicymotte.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

grabbing your face and looking deep into your eyes... you have to play Enderal, the total conversion mod for Skyrim. it's free, you can just install it via Steam when you own Skyrim. it's an entirely new game using Skyrim's engine and it's dark and made with love and passion and it's so much fun

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Demon's Souls Dialog Bot @soulsdialogbot.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Why not try the magic of great Sage Freke?

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psychbomb @psychbomb.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

new article: THEY'RE ALL SAFE ROOMS exploring the value of horror beyond being scary, and how we owe it to ourselves to think deeper about the work we love systemdrift.neocities.org/blog/theyre-...

systemdrift.neocities.org

systemDrift | THEY'RE ALL SAFE ROOMS

There's so much more to horror than people seem capable of recognizing.

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Mando @mrmandolino.itch.io · 28/07/2026

A few days ago someone in a chat I’m in shared this screenshot and I genuinely, unironically dismissed it as a poorly made “modern AAA version of” meme because it didn’t even cross my mind this could be real

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Video Essay Bot @videoessaybot.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Tekken: The Most Disturbing Game You've Never Heard Of

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lincoln carpenter, skeleton @lincolnhello.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I'm sure Bluesky hacked off most of that headline on mobile, so:

PC Gamer headline: "Dwarf Fortress creator says we can learn something from simply walling up dwarf nobles to maintain an equal society—but notes you have to abolish the dwarf cops, too: 'Another lesson to be had there'"

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Annihilation is about a summer in a beautiful wilderness on the coast that brings four strangers closer together as they work for a crusty old lighthouse keeper.

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Lhuzie GET WINTRY SQUAMA! @strigarosa.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I know when I say it, it often comes as hater shit, but... Y'all know that Hasbro is just going to be gone next year, right? They just fired the WotC CEO, killed six video game studios that they been for two years hyping to investors, and told the investors they gonna fire everyone and move

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𓇢𓆸𝑭𝒆𝒅𝒆ꫂ❀ @fsohns.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Yes, but we also lose a ton of artists to the market forces of standardisation that have been turning most art into corporate art. GenAI is only a single iteration of that, one of a myriad different forms by which artistry is eroded together with art literacy. The sooner people realize the better

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𓇢𓆸𝑭𝒆𝒅𝒆ꫂ❀ @fsohns.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Creative monopolies have killed a thousand thousand more artist dreams than gen AI, but because the culture is so fucked, it can only react to the most aesthetically horrid manifestations of these engines. Without a paradigm shift, art will continue to be flattened well after the bubble burst.

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