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Jack Shirai @yourgmjack.itch.io · 28/09/2026

Sorting through things to start the week, I chucked a few new community copies of my worldbuilding game Wiztographer up onto itch! It's honestly my favorite full tabletop thing that I've made thus far. yourgmjack.itch.io/wiztographer

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Wiztographer by Jack Shirai

Solo or collaborative map-making with wizards and legacy rule unlocks

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Mike X. Nichols @mikexnichols.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Thinking about this exchange today

A YouTube video for the Water Temple in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. The comments section has an exchange as detailed below. “@TheMrdangles16 • 11y ago:
i hate the water temple... too confusing :(“ “@KeithHalsell • 2y ago:
it's been 9 years, i hope you are doing great in life now.” “@TheMrdangles16 • 2y ago: it couldn't be going worse Keith.”

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Jack Shirai @yourgmjack.itch.io · 31/08/2026

this is legit good, but for some reason it suddenly made me sad that we've never got a knopfler version of private dancer, either with him singing or tina

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Jack Shirai @yourgmjack.itch.io · 19/08/2026

“i would have liked nolan’s odyssey a lot less if i hadn’t just listened to the @morecivilized.bsky.social run about the thrawn trilogy” was a real position i just took

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Dr. Kill Everyone (Eclipse) @eclipse.gay · 15/08/2026

if you're somehow still alive, and you're seeing this, please - pokemon go to the escape pods

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Jack Shirai @yourgmjack.itch.io · 08/08/2026

“Important” tweets? Milkshake Duck Torment Nexus Leopards Eating People's Faces Someone Good At The Economy Please Help Me Tweets that have most infected my vocab? Torment Nexus Charlie Brown Had Hoes Looks Like He Brought a Bag Lunch, Smart ”Not Involved in Human Trafficking" Shirt

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Stilgherrian @stilgherrian.com · 23/07/2026

I don’t care whether this actually happened or not. I want it to be true.

Social media screenshot, in theory:

@whyuhhhhhhhhhh
So last week, I noticed my coworker kept saying weird phrases in meetings. Stuff like:
"We'll take this to the synergy zone."
"Let's triangle back on that."
"Put that in the idea fridge."

No one reacted. Everyone just nodded like it was normal. I figured it was some corporate lingo I missed.

Day two, I hear: "We'll verticalize that bandwidth."

I write it down to Google later. Nothing.

By day three, I'm starting to use them, too. "Yeah, we should put that in the idea fridge." People nodded. I felt included.

Friday rolls around. He pulls me aside and goes:
"I've been making them all up. No one knows what they mean."

HE GOT THE ENTIRE TEAM SAYING NONSENSE. Even the manager threw out "triangle back" in a call.

Now the whole office is trapped in fake jargon with no way out.

I respect it. I fear it.

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Gingerspiced @gingerspiced.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Pete Hegseth: "We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset" U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians*

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chris “bluesky” poster @chrisrd19.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

It’s like when your food is taking a long time to come out so your server brings some free bread to apologize for the wait.

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Alex Blechman @alexblechman.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Maine officials search the rocky beach for a new senate candidate. They find an unconscious man clad in tattered rags washed upon the shore. The sea provides for Maine, it always does

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Jack Shirai @yourgmjack.itch.io · 03/07/2026

i can’t believe this is how i learned how stoppage time actually works

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Jack Shirai @yourgmjack.itch.io · 01/07/2026

Yeah, ultimately I just want you to play (and hopefully enjoy!) what I make. Most of my digital output is free and/or massively multiplayer stuff, but as far my tabletop designs go, if there aren't community copies readily available, just reach out and I will set you up. We're in this together.

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Jack Shirai @yourgmjack.itch.io · 21/06/2026

every day we are confronted with difficult choices

A picture of a strip mall in winter containing two businesses: one labelled as the Marketplace of Ideas, and the other an Arby's restaurant

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Jack Shirai @yourgmjack.itch.io · 21/06/2026

having a mini-existential crisis this morning after realizing that my ability to condense a large text into a smaller summary tailored for particular audiences, one that i'm proud of and have spent years honing, is maybe A Part Of The Problem

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leon @leyawn.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

i went to costco for the first time last weekend. membership fee is $65 a year. but a hot dog + soda combo is $1.50. if you assume a hot dog + soda elsewhere is like $3.50, that's $2 in savings. so if i eat a hot dog + soda at costco 33 times a year i break even. now if i eat there 300 times a year,

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Mark E. Poasts @lolphillies.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

“Scots discovering tailgating” could be a real Prometheus stealing fire moment

Facebook post from Scottish soccer fan - The busses have stopped at some park thing near the ground and there's American guys making food and giving people free beers and stuff
Some Haiti fans here as well, what a bunch of good guys
wtf is going on man, what an experience this is man holy shit

With photos of people boozing in a parking lot

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Nicky 2 @nickyflowers.com · 14/06/2026

they did it. the crazy bastards undid 9/11

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Cen Galdre @cengaldre.com · 09/06/2026

People are so hungry for cool weird original things and we would have an endless buffet if people had any kind of stability to work from. Its so frustrating that there maybe 10 guys holding back what could be an insane artistic, cultural, and economic renaissance and we get nothing in return

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Aevee Bee @mammonmachine.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Tutorial Eyes Tutorialize Tutorial Lies

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Jack Shirai @yourgmjack.itch.io · 01/06/2026

give 'em the ol' perimeter handshake

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Jack Shirai @yourgmjack.itch.io · 28/05/2026

I'm a pretty big "I don't think Marathon needs PvP and/or prox chat to be fun" guy, but I _did_ just have one of those Rook runs where a crew that's wiped the map downs you, picks you back up, and then adopts you, and that was kinda cute and fun. 😅

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Jack Shirai @yourgmjack.itch.io · 26/05/2026

they don't know that i hid in a vent solo for 20 minutes

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Sasho Todorov @sashotodorov.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Fun fact: a conclave burns black smoke to announce that no Pope has been chosen, white smoke to announce that a Pope has been chosen, and red smoke to announce to the faithful that it is time for the Butlerian Jihad.

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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

why are people arguing about bluesky this morning? it’s a rainy day. you could be out there getting drenched and falling ill

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Jack Shirai @yourgmjack.itch.io · 24/05/2026

last time this clip hit my feed, someone had quoted it saying, like, "i don't care if you're a dog, eating a glizzy sidesaddle is crazy" and every time i've seen a hot dog since, i've quietly pondered whether today is the day i go sidesaddle

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Jack Shirai @yourgmjack.itch.io · 18/05/2026

it’s maddening because if you were an institution right now with $10M, or even $5M, not only could you assemble the fucking avengers of game dev, you might even be guaranteed to break even based on their following/past projects

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Revan @revan.eurosky.social · 18/05/2026

> looking at tech sector layoffs > ask the hr manager if the layoffs are from ai or from the end of zirp > she doesn't understand > pull out illustrated diagram explaining what is ai replacement and what is zirp > she laughs and says "they’re good layoffs sir” > check the data > its zirp

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Jack Shirai @yourgmjack.itch.io · 14/05/2026

Very happy with everything they've outlined, but especially this part. I'm hoping folks who might not have jumped in yet will do so for Season 2!

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Jack Shirai @yourgmjack.itch.io · 14/05/2026

I don't usually do this sort of thing, but I tossed together a quick video overview of my game Wiztographer! I run through an example turn using a browser window and MS Paint, so the whole thing has a scrappy vibe to it that I kinda like. 🤣 youtu.be/dlhUk_X6pWg

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Let's Play Wiztographer! Designer Walkthrough

YouTube video by yourGMJack

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USER WAS BLOCKED FOR THIS POST @blockedforthispost.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

I wish you well in your adult literacy journey

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Jack Shirai @yourgmjack.itch.io · 11/05/2026

seems like the funding landscape has changed, time to dust off my pitch for a nostalgic video game about the roaring twenties that is actually set during the great depression and inexplicably has “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” on the soundtrack

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Jack Shirai @yourgmjack.itch.io · 07/05/2026

all this discourse and no one's asking the real question: when are they going to make a wing commander privateer set in the star fox universe? to hell with the lylat wars, someone's gotta move these consumer goods out of fortuna

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Sam @mardiroos.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

You are a skilful and trusted vizier. You will advise me wisely on how best to rule the kingdom. You will not scheme or plot. You will not inveigle my other courtiers into turning against me. You will not lie to me about scheming or plotting. If you scheme or plot against me, you have to tell me,

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Jack Shirai @yourgmjack.itch.io · 03/05/2026

thinking about potential gigs for my character when this campaign ends INTERVIEWER: What's this gap on your resume? ME: Oh, I was leading a rebellion.

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Nic McConnell @mcconnell.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

A class at my kids’ school put up little statements about the good they want to do in the world and I was over the moon about this one - then I learned they meant to say “teach people in jail” which is also good!

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Aura @aurahack.ca · 30/04/2026

Today is the last day you can back REALIS on Kickstarter, which I (and so many other incredible artists) did a ton of original art for! I can't remember what I posted already or not, so here's a bunch of it. bsky.app/profile/aust...

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Jack Shirai @yourgmjack.itch.io · 30/04/2026

taking bait Pain That I’m Used To - Depeche Mode Airbag - Radiohead Accidentally Like a Martyr - Warren Zevon Humiliation - The National In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel True Blue - boygenius Your Love - Outfield Anemone - BJM Darkness on the Edge of Town - Bruce Springsteen Grace, Too - Tragically Hip

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