Inside every designer are two wolves:
One leads the pack, charging toward possibility,
One gnaws at the back of your brain, begging you not to risk failure
...wait where did all these other little wolves come from? NEW ideas?! Now?! No! Shoo! I need to focus!
... damnit
I finally playtested the game and it was terrible. Irredeemably so.
Time well spent. I regret nothing. 🎲✂️
The autistic spectrum has been stretched to breaking point. Being autistic used to mean you were either
a) a young boy who only communicates in six-digit primes & is the sole witness to a terrible murder
b) Dustin Hoffman
Now they've grandfathered in ladies, folk with *zero* Sonic OCs, the Dutch etc
We've just had several days in a row when it didn't rain. This was confusing to me. It is raining again now and the world feels like it is back to a semblance of normality. Or what passes for normality this year.
Security vendors have discovered AI. So have the attackers.
Every booth at RSA will say "AI-powered". Ask any of them what they're doing about prompt injection or context poisoning and watch the subject change.
Compliance theatre got a software update.
Convention Organizers:
If you have invite a guest from a minority demographic
👏Invite👏them👏to👏participate👏in👏more👏than👏just👏the👏diversity👏panel👏
PLEASE
AND
THANK
YOU
❤️ Very timely message to game designers from Matthew...
Time again for one of the greatest videos in board game history.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjHa...
Love how this claims to be complete and unabridged while censoring the cover
...and then continues by figuring out how to spell Brawndo correctly! 🤣
I believe it starts by having regular discussions about how the electrolytes in Bwando energy drink make it great for watering plants
Just program it to say "what", "I don't understand", and "where's the tea?" and nobody would tell the difference.
TBH I still love this album, even the "filler". It would be one of my desert island albums, if that was a thing.
I DO NOT want AI to come up with game ideas and playtest them for me
I DO want robots to do the tedious painful parts like cut out a card sheet and then stuff them in sleeves for me
I SHOULD NOT make robots that have access to the sharp edges necessary to cut cards
Open up my torso and you'll find this etched onto my ribcage like the zinger to some cosmic horror novel.
Or The Archers
Wow.
Anyone in need of cash and looking to do some grotty art? Looking to spend £40, I'd like an A5 re-imagining of this piece from an Arthur Conan Doyle short story. I feel it's likely AI has been used on this version, so I'd like to commission someone to draw something with the same proportions
In today's video I go over what I earnt as a full time game designer in 2025, comparing my income over the past few years and how it varies from game to game.
My aim has always been to increase transparency in the industry and help newer designers with what to expect.
youtu.be/avLL2siSmyc
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Wanted: Regional Director to work for an organisation opposed to home working. The successful applicant will be expected to work from home.
This is one hell of a public service announcement from Mr Wild that I can very much get behind...
Something compelled me to make this
I was invited to a con in Puerto Rico soon after the hurricane. They were rebuilding everywhere, parts of the island were still without power. Trump was of course screwing them over.
I didn't feel it was right to go, but I was told repeatedly to please come, they needed tourism back.
1/
Today I delve into the topic of balance in games, and discuss why there might be some much more important things to do than optimising for a perfectly balanced game. I also look at feelings that players might ascribe to imbalance, but that are actually caused elsewhere.
youtu.be/7fpbTsZI3EI
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Wow, some people really need to get out more. Or less. Not sure.
Sorry to see you've been getting this crap aimed at you.
Ahh, a classic passage from the Tao of Zaphod
A board game with loads of tokens, including poo tokens, on various parts of the board.
Just had a nice evening playing @jontexmo.bsky.social's game about renaissance poo, Night Soil. Lots of fun, but I did sooo, sooo badly. I got the hang of things by the end, but it was way too late. Looking forward to another try tough.
I don't like being this vulnerable in public but I also felt like I had to say something. youtu.be/1qlEn8ob2ns
