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sdesatoff.bsky.social

Board games and coffee. Occasional games journalist. He/Him. https://samdesatoff.journoportfolio.com/ Email: sdesatoff at gmail dot com

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Criminalize encumbrance limits in RPGs. Let me carry every twig and bone I come across, cowards. Let me collect my trinkets.

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I probably rewrote this a dozen times. I still don't think it's perfect. But it's a start. Real solidarity will come with peril necessitated by the fact we'll have to learn to trust people competing for the same scraps. But if we can do that, we might be able to build something sustainable.

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A protein powder brand called Carry on My Wheyward Son

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It feels like a narc is asking me this question. “Hello, fellow teens. Happen to know where I can score some…nose candy?”

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Support independent journalism

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Folks, it's time for that. You know, the part where we ask for money. We've shown you we can do the work, but if we want to keep doing the work, we need some support. Help us prove there's an audience for good writing, and better writing about games and other media. Here's the pitch:

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Trying not to become a Fantasy Life Bitch because I know it will consume me

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Petition to universalize the option heading for subtitles in games. No more wondering if it's under "video" or "display" or "accessibility." This is my platform for running for office.

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Trans rights are human rights. With every ounce of anger in my gut: fuck this administration

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GDC 2019 was the first event I went to as press. brb getting emotional over a broken mug

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new shirt delivery from @theyetee.com

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Oh hey, I'm proud to contribute to worker-owned and independent new site Skybox! This is my essay about having a stroke, losing the ability to write or walk or play video games, and digging myself out of that depressive hole using video games. It's maybe the most vulnerable writing I've ever done.

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Reviewed the Onimusha 2 remaster and I was mostly enjoying it until I wasn't. www.pcgamer.com/games/action...

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Every time I see a post from Polygon I get angry all over again. Fuck Valnet

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God I need Anno 117 immediately

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Every day there are tasks and I am sick of it

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

There’s a house in my sister-in-law’s neighborhood that sells tacos and also enormous baked potatoes with asada out of the backyard???

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

Logs occupy the same role in the Final Destination franchise as Nick Fury does in The Avengers

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Did you know they made a novelization of Blue Prince?

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

Unwinnable launched in 2010. I am viscerally aware when a post of "indie media" outlets to support goes around that just promotes the 3-4 best funded outlets.

submitted 13 days ago • 4 comments

Quick reminder that I reviewed Doom: The Dark Ages! Would appreciate if you checked it out on this, the day of its release.

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

Hey! What's your favorite piece of writing you or someone else has done? It doesn't have to be about games!! I'm looking to include these at the bottom of my newsletter each week to highlight good writing that is still being done (or has been done) despite everything

Criminalize encumbrance limits in RPGs. Let me carry every twig and bone I come across, cowards. Let me collect my trinkets.

I probably rewrote this a dozen times. I still don't think it's perfect. But it's a start. Real solidarity will come with peril necessitated by the fact we'll have to learn to trust people competing for the same scraps. But if we can do that, we might be able to build something sustainable.

A protein powder brand called Carry on My Wheyward Son

It feels like a narc is asking me this question. “Hello, fellow teens. Happen to know where I can score some…nose candy?”

Support independent journalism

Folks, it's time for that. You know, the part where we ask for money. We've shown you we can do the work, but if we want to keep doing the work, we need some support. Help us prove there's an audience for good writing, and better writing about games and other media. Here's the pitch:

Trying not to become a Fantasy Life Bitch because I know it will consume me

Petition to universalize the option heading for subtitles in games. No more wondering if it's under "video" or "display" or "accessibility." This is my platform for running for office.

Trans rights are human rights. With every ounce of anger in my gut: fuck this administration

GDC 2019 was the first event I went to as press. brb getting emotional over a broken mug

new shirt delivery from @theyetee.com

Oh hey, I'm proud to contribute to worker-owned and independent new site Skybox! This is my essay about having a stroke, losing the ability to write or walk or play video games, and digging myself out of that depressive hole using video games. It's maybe the most vulnerable writing I've ever done.

Reviewed the Onimusha 2 remaster and I was mostly enjoying it until I wasn't. www.pcgamer.com/games/action...

Every time I see a post from Polygon I get angry all over again. Fuck Valnet

God I need Anno 117 immediately

Every day there are tasks and I am sick of it

There’s a house in my sister-in-law’s neighborhood that sells tacos and also enormous baked potatoes with asada out of the backyard???

Logs occupy the same role in the Final Destination franchise as Nick Fury does in The Avengers

Did you know they made a novelization of Blue Prince?

Unwinnable launched in 2010. I am viscerally aware when a post of "indie media" outlets to support goes around that just promotes the 3-4 best funded outlets.

Quick reminder that I reviewed Doom: The Dark Ages! Would appreciate if you checked it out on this, the day of its release.

Hey! What's your favorite piece of writing you or someone else has done? It doesn't have to be about games!! I'm looking to include these at the bottom of my newsletter each week to highlight good writing that is still being done (or has been done) despite everything

Going to the grocery store in your late thirties

Going to the grocery store in your late thirties