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nerdyalan.bsky.social
I'm a giant nerd that makes stuff with words and Linux. D&D, Star Wars, Star Trek, video games, horror, it's all good. 🌈, poly, and dedicated to leaving today better than I found it
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I'm at a Buffalo Wild Wings in Medina, OH. It's 930 pm. I feel like this is the opening scene of a Call of Cthulhu scenario.

submitted 48 days ago • 1 comment

I've recently picked up an itch to write like mad again. Between a couple projects and my own notes/ongoing thing, I think I'm around 30k words in the last 10 days. That's one benefit of work travel: I hole up in the hotel room and scribble each night.

submitted 58 days ago • 0 comments

Oh hot damn. @steamforgedgames.bsky.social is bringing back the Pressgang program for Warmachine - just announced at Adepticon in Milwaukee. Not sure if it will cover their RPG play, but having this program return is HUGE.

submitted 66 days ago • 1 comment

Gary Con is all done, and now I've gotta get these TTRPG products wrapped up. Boston next week, and d8 Summit on the near horizon!

submitted 66 days ago • 0 comments

From a lunch conversation today: Henry Cavill as Sabertooth, and Daniel Radcliffe as Wolverine. I'm in favor!

submitted 75 days ago • 0 comments

Ever been at a game store and had the feeling of "I should buy that pack right there"? Well, sometimes it pays off.

submitted 82 days ago • 0 comments

I want to write more, but it's an expensive proposition. People rages against realistic prices for PDFs, scream "PDFs should be FrEe!!", etc. Time is expensive. Art is expensive, be it visual or text. I'm asking myself more and more "is publishing this worth my time?" a lot. Mental health, yo.

submitted 85 days ago • 0 comments

My Cthulhu? Called.

submitted 86 days ago • 0 comments

HAHAHAHAHA there's no syntax checking or anything, you can make up source email addresses and hit this form. I mean, if you were into such things.

submitted 93 days ago • 0 comments

Oh hey, the [email protected] address is accepting emails again. We should be reporting what we did last week, right?

submitted 97 days ago • 0 comments

UK Games Expo is a pretty fantastic event, and congrats to the designers running their own AL stuff!

submitted 98 days ago • 0 comments

⏰Tomorrow (Feb 23) is the last day to apply for the Digital Media Specialist position! www.takethis.org/2025/02/were...

submitted 99 days ago • 0 comments

Who's gonna find me at Gary Con in a couple weeks? I'm running some preview games for the upcoming Gamehole Con "Wardens of the Eastern Marches" campaign but I have plenty of available time as of right now!

submitted 100 days ago • 0 comments

D&D @ Gen Con is moving from the JW Marriott over the Lucas Oil Stadium. I think this means that they're either gonna fight the True Dungeon folks, or combine forces for what is possibly the most epic LARP event Indy has ever seen. www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1914-d...

submitted 102 days ago • 2 comments

I WAS gonna attend Magic Con Chicago this weekend, but a confluence of events has resulted in that plan being canceled. SO! I guess I'm reading up on Call of Cthulhu 7th edition this weekend instead :)

submitted 103 days ago • 0 comments

I've long looked at the LEGO Harry Potter kits and thought "those are pretty cool" which was immediately followed by "but JK Rowling is a piece of work". Anyways, don't look at aliexpress. Definitely don't look at sets that are like 20% of the original price.

submitted 109 days ago • 0 comments

The ENNIES have rescinded the "we'll allow AI" stance they had adopted, which is good. BUT. Why was it permitted in the first place? The ENNIES are to celebrate creators. Human creators. AI isn't a creator, it's a mathematical algorithm. It doesn't create, it extrapolates and expounds.

submitted 125 days ago • 0 comments

If you can't afford to be in business without stealing from others, YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO BE IN BUSINESS. Fuck out of here with that bullshit noise. AI -can- be done ethically. GPT is not, never has been, never will be, ethical.

submitted 161 days ago • 0 comments

John does amazing work. BUY JOHN'S ART!

submitted 161 days ago • 1 comment

Necropolis of Ythyrn, created for “Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frost Maiden” (WotC)

submitted 169 days ago • 1 comment

I'm considering running some Kyuss-themed D&D gamedays. Online games, running through my Kyuss content... and possibly more! Likely kick off in January. Would be weekend games, 6 hour blocks with a break in the middle, online. Not sure that running these at our house is feasible currently, heh.

submitted 172 days ago • 0 comments

Am I at PAX-U? No. Am I writing? Also no. What I'm doing, though, is working on Christmas presents while prepping for some True Dungeon games this weekend - and panels for The Illusion. Next up, The Role of Isolation panel, Sat Dec7 @ ~11:10am Eastern! www.twitch.tv/illusionhorror

submitted 177 days ago • 0 comments

Come talk with us about body horror in gaming! The Illusion, an online horror convention, has panels and I'm a guest on this one - right now! www.twitch.tv/illusionhorror

submitted 177 days ago • 0 comments

I've got about 7 hours in on BG3 and I think that's enough for me. I get why people enjoy it, but it's not for me. I may try again with casual multiplayer eventually, but for now it's gone to the ranks of the uninstalled.

submitted 180 days ago • 1 comment