Cloudtender

Julia (she/her) thecloudtender.com jewelpit.itch.io me.thecloudtender.com

[jewelpit]

I picked up Expedition 33 again a year after putting it down following Act 1, and I'm pleasantly surprised by how well it runs on the Steam Deck now!

...at least on handheld mode. It still struggles on 1080p.

[jewelpit]

At 4:45 AM today I learned that Ulv, my delightful 7.5 kg needle baby, possesses the strength and determination to grab my blankets in his teeth and pull them off me like he's a dog if I'm too busy with frivolous things like "trying to get back to sleep before I need to wake up at 6:00" to pet him

[jewelpit]

I made banana agua fresca for the first time today, and wow! I could drink four liters of this stuff

[jewelpit]

I played my first few games of Space Weirdos tonight, and what a blast! I'll probably check out the fan expansion because I like my games with a touch more granularity, but for a $5 bring-your-own-minis game it was perfect

[jewelpit]

Ikaros Talent: Pierced by the World's Hatred

I’ve been more than a little bit obsessed with Revolutionary Girl Utena ever since bingeing the show while recovering from the flu, then catching the movie f...

New Ikaros talent: Pierced by the World's Hatred! Want to summon swords from your the chests of your loved ones? Now you can!

https://thecloudtender.com/2026/07/04/pierced-by-worlds-hatred.html

[jewelpit]

...what?

[jewelpit]

I googled one of my blog posts to send it to a friend and their AI overview bullshit actually knew who I was, so I asked it about my games and it’s telling lies 😭😭😭

#ttrpg

[jewelpit]

And yeah, the lying machine lied, but it was equal parts fascinating seeing what completely unrelated sources it was pulling and horrifying to see it so misrepresent something I spent months on

[jewelpit]

Oh this is the game, btw: https://jewelpit.itch.io/hespera. I made it eleven years ago so I no longer stand by many of the design decisions, but it still holds a special place in my heart

[jewelpit]

I googled one of my blog posts to send it to a friend and their AI overview bullshit actually knew who I was, so I asked it about my games and it’s telling lies 😭😭😭

#ttrpg

[jewelpit]

And yeah, the lying machine lied, but it was equal parts fascinating seeing what completely unrelated sources it was pulling and horrifying to see it so misrepresent something I spent months on

[jewelpit]

I googled one of my blog posts to send it to a friend and their AI overview bullshit actually knew who I was, so I asked it about my games and it's telling lies 😭😭😭

#ttrpg

[jewelpit]

Getting Char kicked into an Akira slide, which I come out of using an Utena lunge. My opponent responds by killing me instantly

[jewelpit]

WAS ANYBODY GOING TO TELL ME REDLINE IS UTENA!?

[vinegarss]

image that will be increasingly relevant in the coming months

[revelware]

March 6th

[jewelpit]

Me, getting a PrEP refill: "Yeah, I used to watch Drunk History, but I stopped watching it after they had a gay guy on to talk about how cool Reagan was. I guess he was one of those gay guys with infinite patience for anyone who starred in a Hollywood movie in the 50s and 60s." My very gay doctor: "That's such a weirdly specific stereotype." Me: "..." Doctor: "...but I know several."

[jewelpit]

I love how I ran Night's Dark Terror once, and my players are still so enamored with Loshad that they add cameos of him to their own campaigns

#ttrpg #loshad

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The "yeah yeah we get it, you listen to #KEXP" to "holy shit this actually is legitimately one of the best radio stations in the country" pipeline

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It's a pity that smart bulbs are so hideously insecure, since otherwise I'd really love if the lights in my house were white during the day and more yellow at night.

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Revolutionary Girl Utena? You mean Twin Six Billion Peaks?