Reposted by TomHouse House @househouse.com · 15/10/2026An explanation on why Big Walk isn't available on Xbox. bigwalk.game/xbox 0299239368 0
Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I can't buy R18 games on Steam and people can't even get them gifted to me I can't believe how cooked we are!!! This fucking sucks!!! 111 0
Reposted by TomBrendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social · 09/09/2026This is also why I don't know about and have not replied to any Bluesky DMs you may have sent me btw 1343 0
Reposted by TomBrendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Remember when the government was rushing through its social media age ban that every expert said wouldn't work and they kept reassuring everyone it wouldn't apply to videogames or videogame websites? 5495271 0
Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I can't joke about Terranigma being announced in the next Nintendo direct anymore. Death of a joke that was only funny to me. 000 0
Reposted by Tombarenuckelavee.bsky.social @barenuckelavee.bsky.social · 21/08/2026I have a blog now and wrote about playing a bastardized version of OD&D in prison and how the DIY spirit of the OSR is most alive when you don't buy anything at all barenuckelavee.bearblog.dev/no-one-can-t...barenuckelavee.bearblog.devNO ONE CAN TAKE YOUR GAME FROM YOUThere is a sickness in the modern tabletop hobby, a kind of creeping, insidious consumerism that tries to convince you that you need things to play. We get c... 34303143 0
Reposted by TomFelipe Pepe @felipepepe.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Ah man, they're doing a huge museum exhibit about Chinese single-player games in Shanghai! Look at that giant wall of games the West knows nothing about! How I wish I could visit! D: Only issue is that it's a political statement as well, since many (if not most) of those games are from Taiwan... 529160 0
Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 09/08/2026I finally got around to making a new edition of my newsletter about what on in Melbourne for in person role-playing events. games-in-melbourne.ghost.io/august-2026/games-in-melbourne.ghost.ioAugust 2026This edition we have two new old school RPG conventions, a battle LARP with no battling, a games market and a semi-academic LARP convention all about theory. Note: You might be wondering why it's bee... 000 0
Reposted by TomMallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · 03/08/2026Seconding others, content note for non graphic depictions of surviving family abuse as a kid, but this is really good. 218347 0
Reposted by TomLeif/Trip/Moon/Lunar @hollowleif.bsky.social · 13/07/2026This is still my favorite instance of grok auto-translate making shit up (It wasn't even a foreign language, it was just a decipherable message making fun of Sonic LMAO) 91231406 0
Reposted by Tombees 🐝 go play snap & grab k thx @bees.nogoblin.social · 11/07/2026Like everything built in this era, the answer is "someone writing wild VU code then them giving designers and artists an Excel sheet to deal with it" 3356135 0
Reposted by Tomian @iantothemax.bsky.social · 26/05/2026i disagree with aftermath's justifications for covering forza horizon 6 because even small acts of solidarity are meaningful but also because they've abdicated responsibilities they gave themselves tellthemidied.blog/2026/05/25/i...tellthemidied.blogi’m not mad, i’m just disappointedlet’s talk about aftermath’s coverage of its forza horizon 6 coverage 27595262 0
Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 08/05/2026I personally think that if I email someone and then they rely to me - that reply should be in my "inbox" and not in my "spam" but I'm not gmail so what would I know. 010 0
Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Made a really dogshit aeropress. Just - absolutely ruined it. 000 0
Reposted by TomEctoplasma Ring @plasmaring.bsky.social · 09/04/2026"all art is political and says something about your worldview" yes that means that when I write a fictional construct suffering the horrors you can tell that the horrors weigh on my mind and I'm scribbling big crayon marks about it, not that I'm secretly overjoyed when a real person is hurt 210827 0
Reposted by TomRobert Yang @radiatoryang.bsky.social · 05/04/2026it's pretty skilled poetry that can stand by itself. let all life flourish - wait, no, things? what's a graceful thing, a malign thing? are graceful and malign actually opposites? who wants the malign to flourish? am I malign? does my mom want me to flourish regardless of my nature? I love you mom 11955 0
Reposted by TomRobert Yang @radiatoryang.bsky.social · 05/04/2026fromsoft game narrative discourse often misses how the words are very good. item descriptions blah blah yeah sure. but "all things flourish, whether graceful or malign" is very good words 91584288 0
Reposted by TomStormCat @eyeofstormcat.bsky.social · 15/03/2026WIZARD PUNKS!!! is OUT RIGHT NOW! Go play it! store.steampowered.com/app/3332770/... #wizardpunks #indiedev #gamedev 15125 0
Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Because I can't verify age I've got an unknown DM that I'll never ever be able to read. 110 0
Reposted by TomMicah @rincewind.run · 03/02/2026this is what really killed the place even before the nazis fully took over the Venn diagram of “people willing to pay for Twitter so their replies are boosted” and “people capable of making funny comments” is just two completely separate circles side by side 414609831 0
Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Nobody does it like Patrick Stuart. This has convinced me we need 20 more Avatar movies. 010 0
Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Great post. I've had some good laughs getting ready for the game to come out and this post wraps it up nicely for me. Esp enjoyed the take that he game is trying to emulate the end of a BR (a genre I'm not that into). I also would be more interested if this were a 10v10 game. 010 0
Reposted by TomClayton @explorersdesign.bsky.social · 20/01/2026In tabletop rpg design, sometimes gameplay doesn't come from the mechanics we add, but the ones we omit. www.explorersdesign.com/dominant-mec...explorersdesign.comAgainst Dominant MechanicsSome rules guide play. And some rules monopolize it. Designing by omission. 1016368 0
Reposted by TomKara Ling @karaling.org · 17/11/2025I'm co-running a modified Cataphract game which starts in one week. It's a 'play-on-Discord' wargame set across two fantasy medieval continents and will run for 1 year realtime. We have 55 players(!!!) signed up but will need more, if you're interested let me know samsorensen.blot.im/cataphracts-...samsorensen.blot.imCataphracts Design Diary #1 - Sam SorensenCataphracts commanders: there is no actionable intelligence in this post. Read on. About two months ago, I reread several series on military 193 0
Reposted by TomBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Every episode of TOS was about racial discrimination, every ep of next gen was about Riker encouraging bisexual orgies, every episode of DS9 was about revolutionary politics, and every episode of Voyager was about an adult catman hosting a morning cooking show, so, alright, not all of them but most 661926245 0
Reposted by TomIdle Cartulary @idlecartulary.itch.io · 05/01/2026Surprise post! Randomisation errors and how to avoid sabotaging your model with bad use of randomisation! idlecartulary.com/2026/01/06/w... #osridlecartulary.comWhat to randomise when you’re randomisingYou may have noticed that a common theme in my reviews is that I criticise people’s random tables: Their wilderness generators, their wandering monsters, their weather tables, their treasure … 412647 0
Reposted by TomKalum 🔜 GrogLaw 2027 @rolistespod.itch.io · 05/01/2026I'm sad reading that Steve Dee passed. Please check everyone's posts about his cool games. Steve was a fellow fan of Nephilim, which was one of the inspirations for his Relics. I recommend checking it for its triggered memory-based system. www.tinstargames.com/relics/tinstargames.comRelics — Tin Star GamesAbandoned by God. Surrounded by Enemies. Desperate for Answers. RELICS: A GAME OF ANGELS is a unique storytelling experience in a world inspired by The Prophecy, Dogma, and Wings of Desire. It comes i... 34411 0
Reposted by TomZedeck Siew @zedecksiew.bsky.social · 05/01/2026This does mean you can be play-acting colonialism even in very aesthetically "benign" games / stories. Eg: a zero-combat, cozycore, hopepunk, radical-utopian-anarchist-etc settlement building game. Somehow the land is empty? Who emptied it? 6/ 210010 0
Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 04/01/2026It's that time of year again when I've got to figure out what game I'm going to be running at Conquest this year. Really leaning towards Cloud Empress since I just stared a PBP game of it and it seems to have a really strong starting adventure. 000 0
Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 04/01/2026Has anyone played this? It seems like such a strong premise I'm tempted to pick it up just to see what it's doing in the space. 000 0
Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 22/12/2025LRT - this particular bit was explored really well in the DIE comic (as is most things). 000 0
Reposted by TomHamnah ✨ // Lilith 😈 @lilithttrpg.bsky.social · 20/12/2025If you're wondering why creating faceless monsters you can kill without remorse because you feel you *have* to kill something is bad, please read this article I wrote ⬇️ & do read the *whole* article, not just what's available for free. www.rascal.news/ttrpgs-and-t...rascal.newsTTRPGs are part of the war machine—but they don’t have to beIs the military industrial complex at the table with us right now? 519393 0
Reposted by TomAsher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 09/12/2025“Too young for social media but old enough to be tried as an adult in a court of law” 12341139 0
Reposted by TomBrendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social · 10/12/2025This is so, so embarrassing from the prime minister! I hate it so much. I also am curious where Labor thinks under 16s are encountering this video. 4528 0
Reposted by TomHolly Brewer @earlymodjustice.bsky.social · 21/11/2025To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.” www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...huffpost.comI Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking."Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead." 361709661 0
Reposted by TomDan Salvato @dansalva.to · 18/11/2025This concept is often hard for devs to grasp too, not just players. I put it as "the joy of doing" vs. "the joy of being". Why does some grind or hard challenge feel joyful in game A, but a chore in game B? You enjoy *existing* in game A. The "thing to do" serves that joy. Pet the dog. Enjoy being 7614157 0
Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 18/11/2025This is drilled into my brain. I got into it with someone on reddit that was complaining that Apex is bad because they don't release cosmetics so you don't have anything to work towards. WHO CARES! Play something you actually just find fun instead! 020 0
Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Okay I had no idea that bluesky had started autolabelling certain posts as rude and completely hiding them from me. 000 0
Reposted by TomJack @kuuga.bsky.social · 06/11/2025I thought people were overreacting to the rude label but mine was set to hide and not warn and I didn't even know it. Go check your moderation settings and make sure that they're what you want. 6344235 0
Reposted by Tomsincerely, rob dubbin @robdubbin.bsky.social · 05/11/2025happy Q-UP day everybody!!! get on this one. it’s a love letter to randomness, a brilliant satire of esports, and a well-deserved sendup of tech visionaries. and yet! at the same time: it also runs so deep beyond its RNG, works great as an actual esport, and may even be a little bit visionary. 10/10 0174 0
Reposted by TomMelos 🌟🦋 @runlikemelos.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Kids are priced out of toys, they are priced out of video games, all they get are games like Roblox and Fortnite designed from the ground up to exploit them. 121087558 0
Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 23/10/2025I keep watching each new VHS, even though they keep getting worse, because occasionally there will be just one good segment. 110 0
Reposted by Tomエリむーと👾しゅみ @emut-m.bsky.social · 19/10/2025今日は あの日から私の心の片隅に残り続けるゲーム 「天地創造」の30周年たんじょうびです。 ていうかえ？天地も30周年？ ロマ３も30周年なんだが この年ちょっと濃密すぎませんかね？ 216978 0
Reposted by TomA Bluesky Name @movskyusc.bsky.social · 17/10/2025I first encountered Neural Nets at university in 2002. The lecturer had a quite successful project using NNs to detect Parkinson tremors vs conscious input for motorised wheelchairs. No manufacturers were interested in it, and as far as I'm aware it never went anywhere further. 1384 0
Reposted by TomDr. Nic Junius @quakefultales.bsky.social · 04/08/2025if you are interested in having a deep relationship with art of any kind, you owe it to yourself to start engaging with it the way Stacey describes here, you will have a much better time with every piece you come across and learn a ton in the process 014973 0
Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 02/08/2025A blog post in which I talk about different ways of playing games with your friends asynchronously online when you can't put aside a solid block of time. Replies to this post will appear on the blog blog.friendlyghosts.gay/posts/2025-0...blog.friendlyghosts.gayGhost TownHow to Play Games With Your Friends When You’re an Adult With No Free Time 020 0
