imagine an Observation Duty-type game, but there actually. aren't any anomalies. and if you sit through the full game doing nothing, the music will ramp up and you'll get multiple warning messages, but you'll still always win so long as you don't report anything. because there were never any anomalies to report in the first place

...but if you do try to report an anomaly, the second you do it, shit starts for real. you'll have walls changing texture, stuff falling from the ceiling, ghost intruders poking their heads through doors, the works.

it'll be immediate hard mode, ramping up to the point where the game is near-impossible, with sneaky anomalies along with very obvious ones, as well as some that the game will just simply refuse to fix, because fuck you that's why

and the streamers and the youtube gamers will suffer, and pull their hair out, and find themselves in an endless loop, never to truly feel the satisfaction of victory

because I don't think a single one of them could go the full length of a game without either imagining an anomaly where there isn't one, or getting desperate and guessing wildly out of anxiety and because they think it'll help

anyway I'd probably title it something like "Unobservant", because somewhere in the tutorial it'll have a guy full-on saying, "but don't worry! surely this house doesn't have any anomalies! >:3" and honestly, it's the gamers' own faults at that point if they choose not to believe him

You know, a bonus to designing the oc is that other people will drawn them in the scenarios you share! I know your lore really made me excited to see your little fella ^^) it's so nice to encounter someone eho likes SDV in the wild and your world building makes me want to boot up my computer and deal with the lag to see everyone again. I do have to wonder though, what's your take on how the valley feels about JojaMart? It seems like it replaces extensions on the Vally's magic if you fund it.

TRUE…U ARE SO RIGHT!!! Luckily I have a small little ref sheet for him already made heehee. But ill post it on my sdv blog (when i make it). I can put it here too but ill do that under a readmore 😌

Also. U are so sweet 😭 I am so sorry ur game is too laggy to play but i am touched that my little bit of lore is enough for u to want to brave through that mess anyway LMAO

FIRST OF ALL….here is my boy….

His name is June and ive since tweaked some stuff about him. You dont need to know much about him, just that hes a bit of a cryptid among the town for almost two years before townspeople start interacting w him on their own volition. His best friends are Marnie, Kent, and Caroline, and he is really cool w Willy, Linus, and Marlon (old men gang rise up). Also romances Shane which is funny to Me bc whenever shane gets a male farmer to romance i am constantly rotating this image of vincent getting upset and saying ‘gee jas how come YOU get two cool godfathers’

To answer ur question about Jojamart; i feel like it truly wouldnt mess with the balance of magic in the valley. Magic is powerful BUT. It is adaptive. The Junimos harness the magic of the valley to fix things in the broken down community center, but if someone else came along and fixed it for them, well thats one less thing the magic of the valley is used for. Theres plenty of talented people in the valley that dont need magic to get things done 😉 (Robin my beloved)

But i do think jojamart is a big indicator that something is amiss with the town. I think it is a common idea to believe that jojamart is like. Evil. And like. Its totally a soulless corporation, but i think its filling a very specific Need of this town. Pelican town has some very skilled laborers that sell their work and services to help provide not just for themselves, but FOR pelican town; if that still leaves people unable to pay rent/mortgage or groceries, then people will absolutely swoop in and offer ‘solutions’.

I have more Thots but basically……magic is powerful, but it cant do anything on its own. Its utilized by magical beings to make tangible change in the world. But humans are capable of making real and tangible change without the use of magic. Jojamart says ‘here, give me money and time and ill fix this stuff 😉’ and that is not anymore different than Robin, Clint, the junimos, etc saying ‘give me some money and time and i can do this thing for u 😉’. Jojamart is like. Bad. But bad in the same way Pierre owning the only grocery store in town wo employing anyone is bad, and how Lewis is okay with all of this Mess. Its indicative of a bigger problem in the valley that magic cant really fix

someone needs to make a video game that's a fantasy rpg where you fight dragons and shit but everyone dresses like this

and uses random garbage as weapons (baseball bats and hammers and shit as weapons and garbage can lids as shields, armor is like football helmets and hockey pads, etc.)

nightbringer lesson 14 FUCKED ME UP in several ways but primarily I've spent the last 48 hours making myself sad over the solomon backstory we got. specifically I have, for no reason, latched onto that one chapter in the Kids event where baby solomon cried because he felt so guilty over being responsible for that spell. and that just feels a touch more depressing in context

Anyway speaking of the sun did I ever tell you about the tales of arise eclipses

it's fun to look through datamined stuff but I need some of you to stop getting mad at larian for scrapping ideas you thought were cool. cool doesn't mean it'll make sense in the overarching story, and maybe larian likes this version better, or sometimes ideas just didn't work well with what they had in mind. I know this first hand from writing stories, I'll have cool ideas but realize later it doesn't fit the original tone of the story. it's okay to scrap stuff, but you can always use it for something else.

also, like it or not, it's larians game first, their story, their characters (I know.), it doesn't matter if we think something is cool, the reality is that not everything works in the end. and that's fine. that's how all art is, it's alive and ever-shifting, it'll go through many, many, versions, to the point where you might get sick of chewing on the same plot, and in the end the final version might not be as good as you thought when you look back in a few months or years. and that's ok. art isn't supposed to be perfect.

everything is subjective and I think fandoms would be a more intellectual place if people learned to critique art for what it is not what it isn't.

The Dossier

The Dossier, B(l)ack Room Games, 2014

The Dossier's physical presentation is its best aspect. It was distributed in a manila envelope with tape across the flap. The rules are done in cheat-sheet format, with extra detail and clarifications provided on the website when the cheat sheet wasn't enough. Every page of handouts was photocopied multiple times before the version in the envelope was made, so they all have that distinctive "lost the originals" look. (The rule handouts are kept clean.) There are grainy washed-out photographs. There's even an envelope-within-the-envelope with the GM-only information. It's a great physical artifact.

Unfortunately, that's where the good stuff ends. The game's writing, art and system all fail where the physical presentation succeeds.

The game's concept is straightforward. There are aliens and/or monsters in the world and you must hunt them down. You're part of a federal bureau that no one respects and most people don't believe, so you have jurisdiction but not much authority. In this case, all the monsters are hiding as people. So far, fine. Except that the alien groups that are listed in the game are stolen from real-world conspiracy nonsense and frequently turn out to be racist or antisemitic if you look them up online.

The people in the photos, the ones supposedly taken over by aliens/monsters? They're clearly the author's friends with their clothing done weird and some mediocre stage makeup. The writing is trying to sound grown-up and mysterious but reads like a B-movie script.

The rules of the game are a little reminiscent of Unisystem. It's probably not a coincidence that Conspiracy X used Unisystem. The Dossier makes a large number of simplifications. It gives you a set of pregens instead of having more flexible chargen. These pregens are not the least bit balanced (nor would it be easy to explain why they keep hanging around each other). The dice system uses d6 instead of d10, which means botches happen more often. The outcome table is simplified to pass/fail. Everywhere the rules aren't cut down, they're excessively detailed. Lord save me from autofire rules. In short, the rules were simplified past the point where it was useful and ran headfirst into unbalanced characters and wacky antics with automatic weapons, which is definitely not the goal.

The game has a strong assumption of "You have run RPGs before", which, so does this blog, but a total lack of GM advice doesn't help get things going. The metaplot as outlined in the GM-only envelope commits the cardinal sin of not providing a central role for the PCs, and the venial sins of being boring and not providing enough detail for a starting scenario.

The game is not a total failure. I can imagine a group having a lot of fun with it before they realize how broken it is. It's a D-grade game. Judicious use of stock photos would bring it up to a C-. Trimming out the overly detailed gun porn and shifting back towards Unisystem's core would get us a C+. Balancing out the pregens could get us into the B range. To get an A it would need a total overhaul of the GM materials.

The website for B(l)ack Room Games can be accessed through Tor. At least it's appropriate to the name of the company. They theoretically sell copies of the game, but they're listed as out of print, probably because they all need to be assembled by hand.

i’m so sad that i have to add i/nscryption to my list of games with missed potential bc i think it’s a genuinely good game it’s just that the dev fucked it all up with the stupid arg 😭😭

I would like the world to slow down just for a little while?? Please????

Once the rain finally stopped, it was time to enjoy what GeekCon actually had to offer! Specifically, it was time to actually COMPETE in the Ultimate Gaming Test, the thing that had so screwed up Smiler the last time they were here. They flew over to an empty mat, and THIS time were able to get on and actually go through the various games! They blicblocked, swung their fantasy sword, matched all the pictures, and smashed their bat to get a final score of --

30. Out of what, I actually don’t remember, but it’s a lot higher than 30. Though, to be fair, that’s better than what I THOUGHT their final score was when the notification first popped up -- it was one of those you have to click on/hover over to open up all the way, meaning I initially believed they’d scored a THREE. XD Poor Smiler. . .they haven’t had much time to game the way I’ve been playing them, admittedly!

Smiler didn’t let the low score get them down, though. After going around the food tables and giving everyone a nice Focus boost (because that’s what makes Sims happy at GeekCon), they hopped on another gaming mat to practice their Blicblock skills for the next time. Once that was over, though, I was wondering what to do with them --

And then I spotted the working rocket.

Space adventure it was! Smiler blasted off, and -- via text adventure pop-ups -- successfully landed on a lush planet, explored some alien ruins, but declined taking any of the important artifacts in favor of just grabbing a cool rock. :p (Hey, I know what’s up -- you gotta be careful with ancient ruins! Just ask “nearly poisoned fatally” Victor.) They took an awful long time to come back, though -- so long that I had to cancel the interaction to get the rocket to actually return. And then, when I did, I thought I could sneakily do some of Smiler’s homework before the end of the festival, to take advantage of some of the skill-boosting atmosphere --

And then the table vanished just as Smiler set their homework down on it.

Taking the homework with it.

. . .Welp, off to campus to buy a new notebook, I guess! Good thing it’s only one simoleon, given Smiler’s constant financial woes. They promptly caught up on their homework while they had it -- never know when it might disappear, after all!

I think A Hat in Time is the only game that can make me consistently rant aloud to myself in anger every time I think about it

The Dreamer dreamt their last as the chains tightened around their frail figure, and the uncomfortable sound of bones popping and cracking was loud as dark clouds descended upon them. Shadows of their past and their future cackled in unfamiliar voices as their body was forced to be smaller than it could.

"You have lost, dear heart," said one voice.

"Say hello to The Walker for us," said another.

In all their time as a Dreamer, they had never known such agony. Yes, Dreams were dangerous, they knew that, and they had felt the cold hands clawing at their mind with every step through the Mist, but this was the brutal force of structure and malice and fear of the unknown that they hated so.

And it would be their demise as they had always feared.

The chains snaked around and squeezed once more, tighter and tighter, winding ever faster until the Dreamer's last breath was pushed into the dark with a whispered prayer.

"Find the Mist."

Uhh, idk what this is, but ummm....

@marvelmaniac715 @lilacthebooklover continue and pass on to other people! See what we can make of this :)

[Hi, hello, I'm Wel and I'm the original poster of this little random thing I wrote. Please don't steal this or copy to other sites, but reblogs are absolutely wonderful, I'd love those. If I find out someone has taken this, not only will I track you down and report you, but I will also throw a brick at your face <;3]

✨ask game✨ since I've been busy lately and I want to interact with y'all a bit: send me a kpop song from the last year-ish* and I'll listen to it if I haven't already and tell you what I think!

some rules to limit the scope a bit:

-kpop releases only

-*must be released sometime from January 2023-present

-must be a title track with a music video

also disclaimer I like to be nice with these bc I hate yucking other people's yum, but I will be honest if something isn't my thing, so if you're sensitive and don't want to hear that something isn't for me, please don't send in your favorite song/artist!

I feel like the Hbomberguy plagiarism video has a lot of really good lessons about building an argument. Like, the thesis of the video isn't just "Plagiarism is rife on Youtube", although that point was certainly well made, it was specifically about James Somerton, who isn't mentioned until about halfway through the video. Before then, Hbomb goes through several creators who are already widely discredited as plagiarists, and in each section he introduces concepts that are later incorporated into the final takedown of Somerton, but each section also stands on it's own. Like, he starts with Filip, the game reviewer, which he uses to introduce the format of how he will discuss and expose plagiarists. Specifically, the graphic of displaying the source material while the plagiarist's voice plays, and marking up said source material every time the plagiarist changes some wording slightly. This is the method that Hbomb uses across the entire video. With Illuminaughtii, Hbomb introduces a few major concepts 1) The idea of Insufficient citation. Illuminaughtii "Cites" her sources by putting a plaintext pastebin link in her video descriptions with no indication of how each source was used. Technically, her source is CITED, but not in any relevant or useful way. She has a big list of stuff she read, and a random youtube link in there happens to be the source that she stole 90% of the video from. 2) He introduces the profit motive behind this approach. Putting out a lot of content very quickly is how one builds an audience, and therefore an income, out of making stuff on youtube. Plagiarism of this sort is a way to produce content very quickly and build a following. The Internet Historian section introduces two new concepts:

1) The behavior of an exposed plagiarist, taking down and reuploading videos with minor changes, awkwardly trying to insert credit without admitting guilt. 2) That the plagiarists are stealing not just research, but STYLE. Previous sections go over how the plagiarists are reusing the same words, but this section oozes over how much of the final product's quality was the result of how well the source material was written. TIH didn't just crib the notes from the Mentalfloss article, he created a video heavily dependent on the original author's skill as a writer. When TIH tried his own hand at presenting the same set of facts, it came out much worse. So that when the time comes for the Somerton takedown, Hbomb has already laid the groundwork to bring these concepts back. Somerton takes down and reuploads videos when he's caught, he declares this his video is "based on" work by somebody else without providing proper citation. He's not just stealing research done by somebody else, he's taking their insights and talent as a writer and regurgitating it as his own, and he's doing so to churn out a vast wall of content that he can financially benefit from, and he doesn't need to tell you why this is important, because he's already done so. He already convinced you that Illuminaughtii hiding a line in a pastebin didn't excuse her plagiarism, so you don't need to be told why Somerton saying his video is "Based On" somebody else's book doesn't excuse it.

WHEN DOES THIS GAME END????

Hockey player! Sukuna headcanons

Inspired by this lovely ask by @subarusuguru. You made my head spin with the idea of hockey player Sukuna!! Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts with me! I had to write a little something ��

Pairing: Hockey player!Sukuna x Reader (female) Genre: fluff + smut Word Count: 700 Warnings: 18+, smut, mentions of injuries, but nothing bad. All characters are of age. Divider by @/benkeibear

Hockey player!Sukuna, who is a devil on the ice. The rival teams always know they will have several injured players after each match against Sukuna. He has a very aggressive playstyle, and his speed and strength, combined with his quick mind, make him unstoppable.

Hockey player!Sukuna, whose maroon eyes always find you when he enters the ice. He winks at you and makes a kissy face, laughing when you blow him a kiss back. The whole hockey arena can know that you are his, and he is yours. And anyone who dares make a rude comment about him being so soft for his girl will receive a brutal body check that sends them facefirst onto the ice or into the boards.

Hockey player!Sukuna, who has a mad glint in his eyes during the whole match. He is ambitious and confident, and he always plays to win. He loves being an asshole and taunt his opponents, laughing when he can get under their skin with his snide comments. But no matter how much Sukuna riles them up, they still aren't able to stop him because he always puts his whole anger and strength into his game.

Hockey player!Sukuna, who is a completely different man when he goes on the ice with his princess. Treating you with so much care and being such a gentleman. He holds your hand to make sure you don't fall when he teaches you how to ice skate. And once he can see you are ready for the next step, he lets go of you and tells you to skate toward him to get a kiss.

Hockey player!Sukuna, who has so much fun when showing you how to play hockey. Your time on the ice is filled with playful fights and good-natured teasing comments that are so flirty that you get butterflies the whole time. His laugh sounds different too, happy and free, and he only uses his strength to pick you up and pin you against the boards so he can kiss you until you are breathless.

Hockey player!Sukuna, who grins that charming grin when he lets you score and praises you for being such a natural talent, even though you know you suck. Of course, Sukuna also has to show off a little in front of his girl, and he steals the puck from you easily, making you gasp at his speed and watch with wide eyes and a smitten expression on your face as your boyfriend skates across the ice and shoots the puck into the goal with so much force it almost rips the net.

Hockey player!Sukuna, who feels a proud buzz running through his veins anytime he sees you in his jersey. Somehow it drives him crazy to see you walking around with his last name on your back. It spurs him on to play even better and show you that he is worthy to be your man. Maybe he should buy a ring and give you his last name on your ID too, and not just on a jersey.

Hockey player!Sukuna, who loves to fuck you in the locker room after every match when his teammates have left. A victory fuck to celebrate when he is still pumped full of adrenaline and euphoria, pulling you onto his lap and bouncing you on his thick cock while groaning in your ear and telling you that it is all thanks to your love and support that makes him play so damn good. Or an angry fuck after a loss to make him feel ok again, lifting you up and slamming you against the shower wall, snapping his hips fast, fucking you hard and deep, growling your name when he cums in you and finds sweet relief in your warm cunt.

Hockey player!Sukuna, who can't stop smiling when you dote on him when he is injured after a rough match. He has a high pain tolerance and doesn't really worry all that much about the injuries, but he loves it when you take care of him and look at him with so much worry in your eyes. It makes him feel so warm, and so he happily plays along and lets you change his bandages, pet his hair, and cuddle him.

Hockey player!Sukuna, who loves to win, but who thinks his biggest victory was winning your heart.

I am so in love with him!! Thank you so much for sending me that prompt!! I hope you liked my little headcanons ;)

Comments and reblogs would be very sweet 💗