Jesse Burneko

I'm pretty sure @anim-ttrpgs.bsky.social was single handedly responsible for six month run of (small) but steady sales for Unchained Mysteries.

Kodi Gonzaga On Ten Candles In which Kodi and I discuss: Bringing emotions to the game. Games as safe spaces for bad feelings. Emotionally connecting with your character. RPGs as “therapy” and self-expression. Being emotionally disconnected from overly scripted moments. Resonating with biracial themes in our game. Struggling with awkward resolutions. The difficulty with mixed-successes. The myth of agency through narrative control. Why math shouldn’t pace your games. Thirsty Sword Lesbians, game or meta-game?

Season 2 begins with @jaztice.bsky.social discussing Ten Candles.

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It was excellent.

Patrick McGrath’s “Dr. Haggard’s Disease” makes excellent use of second person.

Anyway, seeing Amadeus in 45 mins.

One of my pet peeves is that I don’t want dinner/coffee/dessert/a drink BEFORE the theater, I want those things AFTER the theater so we can discuss what we just saw but all The restaurants and cafes around the theaters are setup the opposite.

This is how I feel when people talk about RPGs being therapy just because they imbued their character with emotional stuff they’re personally invested in.

Yes! And the “I’m going to catch you in a lie with audio clips” is one of the best investigation mechanics I’ve ever seen.

I loved it too. It did feel like a tech demo built for attracting investors to make something longer.

Time to watch “God of Carnage”!

Those are neat!

It’s getting to the point where the majority of RPG art is actively turning me off games.

One week…

This was a great production!

About to see the great romantic comedy, “Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf”.

The People I Play With (@PeopleIPlayWith) • Activity “The People I Play With” is an interview podcast where I talk one-on-one with people with whom I have recently played a role-playing game. It is not a product review show. In fact I try to keep the specifics of the game to a need-to-know minimum in order to focus on the guest’s insights into their own play process.

In two weeks…

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Pencil sketch of a robust warrior woman with big hair and horns. Axe and sword.

Old sketch for a Trollbabe illustration for Adept Press way back in early 2000s. I love trollbabes!

Today I learned the gum wall exists.

Honeydew Melon.

Requiem For A Dream (although I did end up seeing it again)

Black Death

I irresponsibly ordered a bunch of Philip K. Dick and Kurt Vonnegut novels.

Herman Melville wept.

The problem with having a blog where I complain about things it can be hard to remember if I've complained about something before.

"...an artificial inhuman terrarium of fear and alienation." is also a phrase I just wrote.

"You can’t hurt the feelings of an exquisite corpse." - sentence I just wrote.

Sure?