DustyIsForever

it's really hard to write a bio that doesn't sound overwrought or cliché. oh well. these things aren't too-too important, so it's okay.

[ravenlynclemens]

stitches

[prokopetz]

I find the "rules are toys" framing of tabletop RPG design useful for several reasons:

The idea that system matters is reducible to recognising that toys have affordances; while there is of course no "wrong" way to play with a toy, no amount of open-mindedness will readily fit a bicycle through a basketball hoop.

It puts a line under one of the main objections to the "why not just freeform it?" thing; if folks are discussing how to make or modify a toy to achieve a particular set of affordances, blundering into the conversation going "why bother with toys when you can Use Your Imagination?" is unlikely to be well received!

Sometimes it's helpful to take a step back from a critique of a particular system and ask yourself: is this set of game mechanics really broken or incomplete, or have I mistaken a bicycle for a basketball?

[dustyisforever]

hmm.

[daughter-of-sapph0]

[badassdemonsword]

[gayweedanimal]

I think if I saw this image on a bad day I would straight up burst into ugly sobbing

[cerceos-deactivated20160308]

Calvin and Hobbes - It’s July Already

[pop-up-x]

Bruce Nauman - Model for Room with My Soul Left Out, Room That Does Not Care, 1984

[libido]

[spaceshipsandpurpledrank]

[anais-ninja-bitch]

unrestrained summer fun

[mircalla]

you've been summoned for july duty

[dailyclassicart]

Pierre-Auguste Renoir - "Julie Manet with Cat (detail)" (1877)

[leahberman]

past limbo; angeles national forest, california

instagram - twitter - website

[dustyisforever]

i know that restarting new york city from the beginning just to get a new character for staten island is like 100 hours of work but i actually loved it. the alternate progression system is cool and it rewards exploration. the new level design is creative. if youre into the lore there's a lot of new robert moses stuff to pore over. you know how things always get hate for being different, especially games. i promise you it's fun

[paper--machete]

it bothers me that you often don't really hear about people having a "favorite album" the way they might have a favorite movie or favorite video game

[paper--machete]

fuck it. reblog this and tell me in the tags what your favorite album is

[dustyisforever]

fortunately i keep the kind of company that has favorite albums.

[niceinchnails]

Universal seinfeld dialogue, can apply to any 2 characters in the show depending on the inflection you read it with.

Character 1: You idiot you cant eat that candy

Character 2: What? Why not?

Character 1: Because it's poison candy!

[targetedknowledge]