Gareth-Michael Skarka

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Writer, Game Designer, Consultant and Publisher. He/Him.
Loudmouth Socialist Agitator, Anti-fascist and Abolitionist. Based in Lawrence, Kansas.

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Things are about to get so much worse.

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yes please

need this so bad

The core rulebook for FAR WEST ships to retailers on July 1st from Studio 2 Publishing! Tell your local game store! studio2publishing.com/products/far...

FAR WEST RPGstudio2publishing.com The Far West RPG is a 276-page hardcover book containing rules for creating heroes and running adventures in a unique setting combining steampunk, Chinese Wuxia, and Spaghetti Western elements. Learn ...

Watching Star Wars "fans" bitch about canon and Ki-Adi Mundi... and wondering if the Jedi in question in The Acolyte was even named, or if it's just another guy from the same species?

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My small team of freelancers at Clockpunk Studios build websites for creative folks with WordPress - authors, artists, publishers, RPG companies - you name it! The team has a lighter load this summer, so if you're interested in a quote, please get in touch! www.clockpunkstudios.com

Home - Clockpunk Studioswww.clockpunkstudios.com You have stories to tell. Let us handle the website. Clockpunk Studios builds websites for authors, publishers, magazines, and other small businesses. Affordable WordPress Design, Development, and Sup...

FAR WEST, The Western Wuxia Mash-Up Adventure Game, is now available for ordering by customers, retailers or distributors from STUDIO 2 PUBLISHING. For more information, visit studio2publishing.com/products/far...

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Absolutely amazing that the model for Patrick Nagel’s painting used on the cover of Duran Duran’s “Rio” has been found!! Thanks to Lyndsey Parker for quoting my Duran Duran book in her piece on this find. www.lyndsanity.com/music/duran-...

Fire away.

With the news that #WotC are seeking to "leverage" AI across their product lines, it makes me wonder if smaller games publishers making "NO AI. EVER" a marketing strategy would be a successful venture.

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Why hire writers and artists when you can get an AI engineer to replace entire teams of both? #WotC

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-He'll never be investigated -He'll never be charged -He'll never be arrested -He'll never go to trial -He'll never be convicted YOU ARE HERE -He'll never go to prison

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Everybody just gained SAN points

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The dog behind the "doge" meme has passed away. www.nbcnews.com/news/world/k...

Kabosu, the dog behind the 'doge' internet meme, has diedwww.nbcnews.com “She quietly passed away as if asleep while I caressed her,” the dog’s owner Atsuko Sato, a kindergarten teacher from the city of Sakura in Japan, wrote on Friday.

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The Senate Judiciary Committee should publicly investigate the political bias we have seen on display at the Supreme Court – doing so is both the right thing to do and politically popular:

BREAKING: Sens. Durbin, Whitehouse request meeting with Chief Justice Roberts over Alito ethics scandal, call for Alito’s recusal in Jan. 6 cases. www.whitehouse.senate.gov/wp-content/u...

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JFC, this photo of a pro-Palestinian student protestor at the University of Mississippi with a jeering crowd of white boys in the background thedmonline.com/may-2nd-pro-...

Introduce yourself with: One book: Ian Fleming's Casino Royale One film: The Rocketeer One album: The (English) Beat -- Special Beat Service One tv show: Doctor Who

One book: George Eliot's Middlemarch One film: John Sayles' Lone Star One album: My Bloody Valentine's Loveless One tv show: Ted Lasso

Huh. Somebody is doing a PLANET OF THE APES role playing game. I tried to get the license for that, back in 2000, but Fox was only interested in licensing for the at-the-time-forthcoming Tim Burton reboot film. They're also using a variant of WEG's d6 system, like we did with FAR WEST!

Official Planet of the Apes RPG Pre-registration - Magnetic Presswww.magnetic-press.com The Official PLANET OF THE APES Role-Playing GameComing to tabletops everywhere in 2024.

Is it too much to hope that all of the MAGAs go all Heaven's Gate, now that they haven't been Raptured?

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Fenrir! You spit that out right now!!

Getting Angry Robot to back off AI use in 4 hours is good, sure -- but honestly, a company who does this needs to suffer *permanent* damage for the lesson to be clear to everyone else -- use A.I., and you're done.

I'm so fucking disappointed. I really like Greg's work. For fuck's sake -- "don't be a sex pest, or defend them" is such a LOW BAR TO CLEAR... and yet, here we are.

Guys in comics like Greg accuse women and people of colour being part of a "whisper network," and then unironically go on to say they will try to blacklist those very same people from comics.

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The greatest proof that we live in the Matrix is that The Matrix’s 25th anniversary falls on both Easter AND Trans Day of Visibility.

The FAR WEST core rulebook starts shipping to Kickstarter backers on April 8th! If you missed your chance to back the original Kickstarter, visit our Pledgemanager platform and you can order a copy to ship out around the same time! pinnacle.pledgemanager.com/projects/far...

Participate :: Far West: Western/Wuxia Mashup adventure game by Pinnacle Entertainment Grouppinnacle.pledgemanager.com

Somebody at the BBC had a little word with The Boys From Marketing™...

The BBC Won't Use AI to Promote Doctor Who Again After Being Yelled at by Fansgizmodo.com The BBC announced its intent to experiment with generative AI weeks ago, only to learn that few forces on this Earth are as potent as annoyed Doctor Who fans

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as a heads up, the upcoming (cool looking) horror movie Late Night With The Devil used generative AI to make logos and other images, and so I would strongly urge you to completely boycott it. There needs to be the strong message: try to replace artists with AI garbage, get absolutely fucked

The new season trailer...

Doctor Who | Official Trailer | Disney+www.youtube.com The upcoming season of “Doctor Who” follows the Doctor and his companion Ruby Sunday as they travel across time and space, with adventures all the way from the Regency era in England, to war-torn future worlds. Throughout their adventures in the TARDIS – a time-traveling ship shaped like a police box – they encounter incredible friends and dangerous foes, including a terrifying bogeyman, and the Doctor’s most powerful enemy yet. “Doctor Who” begins streaming Friday, May 10 at 4:00 p.m. PT / 7:00 p.m. ET on Disney+. For more updates, subscribe to Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, and National Geographic. Disney+ is the streaming home of Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, National Geographic, and more. From new releases to your favorite classics and exclusive Originals, there's something for everyone. Follow Disney+ for the latest: Disney+: https://disneyplus.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@DisneyPlus Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DisneyPlus/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/DisneyPlus/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DisneyPlus/

Guess I'll be "Experimenting" with not seeing this, then. Shame. I was looking forward to it.

‘Late Night With the Devil’ Directors Explain Using AI Art in the Film, Say They ‘Experimented’ With Three Images Only (EXCLUSIVE)variety.com The