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A human online resisting the AI slop economy. Games, hobbies, musings. Consulting, design and marketing. I also have a blog at manastone.ca . Occasional YouTube content at https://www.youtube.com/@AlexAshpool

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Omg she's just like us.

10.03.2026 21:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Don't worry everybody, they've put a venture capitalist in charge.

10.03.2026 19:58 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Damn Katie, don't forget about us little guys when you're running everything.

10.03.2026 19:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'll put this one on my radar too! Thank you for the suggestions.

10.03.2026 12:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah I'm surprised I never heard of it because this is extremely my shit.

10.03.2026 03:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I can see myself losing a lot of time to DROD over the next while.

10.03.2026 02:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

So I somehow hadn't heard about DROG and now I've picked it up on Steam thanks to this recommendation.

This game rules, so thank you!

10.03.2026 02:57 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Reflections on The Alchemist – H. P. Lovecraft’s First Weird Tale - Manastone The first of Lovecraft's published stories, and an intimate story of supernatural vengeance.

Every so often, I revisit the works of H. P. Lovecraft.

We all know about cosmic horror, but he also wrote some very personal, small scale stories as well.

manastone.ca/2026/03/08/r...

08.03.2026 19:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I only really played Gold as a kid, but I agree. It isn't the best quest but people make it sound like a hopeless minotaur labyrinth and it really isn't that bad.

08.03.2026 15:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My mom would make a tuna casserole that is probably my platonic ideal of comfort food.

08.03.2026 13:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Happy International Women's Day.

08.03.2026 12:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I love your drawings.

07.03.2026 18:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I can't believe you were all too sexist to let a woman do a genocide smh my head.

07.03.2026 18:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I guess she should have tried to win.

07.03.2026 12:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hell yeah Thief is the best.

07.03.2026 12:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Social media has broken everyone's brains. Nothing is a discussion, you have to persistence hunt each other until one party collapses like a deer. No one expresses their thoughts then goes separate ways. Some weirdo proclaims themselves the winner because they can argue in circles for 7 hours.

06.03.2026 22:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah but did you know neopets is still going?

06.03.2026 20:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe you're stupid.

06.03.2026 20:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Another man making IWD about himself? Typical.

06.03.2026 20:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If a drywaller could stop eating the drywall long enough to listen to you they'd be upset, Mr. Friendship.

06.03.2026 20:17 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just another day in the Hamburger Empire.

06.03.2026 19:41 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

For all intensive porpoises he's right.

06.03.2026 19:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Brand Shield is bad because "Brand Management" will run antithetical to FFI's stated values.

License is confusing and imposes only restrictions. Also gives the rights to creations to FFI, whether they choose to exercise that right or not.

That's my piece, take it or leave it. I'm not litigating.

06.03.2026 17:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

The license is nonsense and Brand Shield is to keep you from infringing on Trench Crusade's rights, it doesn't Shield them from GW.

06.03.2026 16:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I have reviewed the Trench Crusade license stuff and can only comment that you should be careful when you hire a lawyer, because they might not understand your project.

This is a real "we're slamming our dick in the car door" situation. Hopefully they fix it.

The use of Brand Shield fucking sucks.

06.03.2026 16:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They've hired the wrong lawyer I think and released a confusing and honestly poor community license. They've also partnered with Brand Shield, who will use AI to send questionable copyright claims against... who knows? Anything with a trench coat and armour on?

Dick slammed in car door situation.

06.03.2026 16:37 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

That's right, I am.

06.03.2026 00:16 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We have a white nationalism problem in Canada, don't let journalists deal with it alone. These losers are trying to intimidate Rachel because they are cowards who want to play Nazi but not face any public scrutiny for it.

Fuck em, out these pricks.

06.03.2026 00:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So these fucking losers want to be neo-nazis, but when someone points that out they want to intimidate them so they can hide?

Boy, the "master race" really isn't living up to its reputation, huh?

06.03.2026 00:06 πŸ‘ 231 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Nah.

05.03.2026 22:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0