Tamar Kalir

Tamar Kalir

@tkalir.bsky.social

Here, queer, having some fear. Programmer, loves musicals , and talks too much about geeky stuff and Survivor.

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Honestly I get that the show wants to discourage ties, but I am not sure what is the narrative logic that says that if the tribe can't decide between 2 people then someone else needs to be eliminated at random instead one of those two.

Jessica Lewis @jessicalewis89.bsky.social

No. No, it's not epic. #Survivor

Honestly I get that the show wants to discourage ties, but I am not sure what is the narrative logic that says that if the tribe can't decide between 2 people then someone else needs to be eliminated at random instead one of those two.

Jessica Lewis @jessicalewis89.bsky.social

No. No, it's not epic. #Survivor

It kinda feels like someone asked an LLM for an elimination algorithm 1. If there is a majority vote they go home (cool) 2. still a tie after revote? use rocks (ok) 3. We have 2 elim candidates so we don't need everyone to draw rocks (right) 4. Let everyone else draw rocks (???)

The short version of what I want to say is that every time a RPG is having a comic relief character I feel like they are trying to do a Minsc, and when I see a video game doing a twist I think about KOTOR. As they say, "Was I a good studio?" "No, I am told you were the best" Thanks for everything

Jason Schreier@jasonschreier.bsky.social

BioWare, which was once hundreds of employees across three offices, had around 50 staff remaining when EA closed the studio this morning. EA gutted BioWare after the release of Dragon Age: The Veilguard last year, as we reported then: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

At first I thought the show dunked on him a bit excessively, but you know what, he deserves it

lukielovely SUCKERS4HOPE@lukielovely.bsky.social

this is actually one of the funniest attempts of using your platform to launch a career as a far right grifter 😭 #Survivor51

I feel similarly that life is much about applying a bag of tricks against depressive thoughts and feelings. Sometimes it's saying nice things to yourself, sometimes it's trying to watch these feelings pass, sometimes you try to make fun of them to get yourself into a less fatalistic mood

Katie Mack@astrokatie.com

Productivity as an adult is just an endless process of applying new psychological tricks and operant conditioning to yourself until an acceptable number of tasks are completed.

זה פאזל מעוצב טוב מהבחינה שיש כמה דרכים לפתור אותו (ידע זאולוגיה או סקיל פרספשן מספיק גבוה, יש כיתוב מתחת לתמונות) כמו כן למה התחלנו לעשות מבחני קפצ'ה בריל לייף בשביל לדעת לאיזה שירותים להכנס

Yaara@yaaracs.bsky.social

היכולת האנושית הבלתי נלאית למגדר כל דבר הכתה שנית, והניסיון האקטיבי להבין האם מדובר בפוני בן או עז בת נגמר בזה שנכנסנו לשירותים הלא נכונים. פעמיים.

Started catching up with ep 3 of #Survivor51 I always say about this show that when it's good you enjoy it because it's good, and when it's bad it's fun to laugh about with the buddies on the internet. And boy, the way they threw Rob under the boss is just ridiculous

Anyway beside the decision to really throw Rob under the bus production didn't make awful decisions this week. The mutiny and stuff was actually fun. Is this bizarro world

Started catching up with ep 3 of #Survivor51 I always say about this show that when it's good you enjoy it because it's good, and when it's bad it's fun to laugh about with the buddies on the internet. And boy, the way they threw Rob under the boss is just ridiculous

Also the episode went so hard on "Kilby is in a bad position" I really didn't think he is going to go. However this was Thein An's plan who has a really bad edit though she seems like a very fun player. I guess her and Christian ran over Jeff's cat. Or they go out in a twist.

Started catching up with ep 3 of #Survivor51 I always say about this show that when it's good you enjoy it because it's good, and when it's bad it's fun to laugh about with the buddies on the internet. And boy, the way they threw Rob under the boss is just ridiculous

I know people are going to talk about a lof of other stuff from this episode, but "I don't even want a cheeseburger, I kind of just want revenge" is iconic.

Intergenerational transmission of RTV trauma is when your RTV daddy spared his RTV dependant who later backstabbed him, causing your RTV dad to backstab you, which in turn makes you backstab your RTV dependant later In this essay I will.. #bb28 #survivor

As an internatioal fan of rhap it's always too late at night for me to catch anything live, but 4pm (11pm for me) is great, woop woop (Also interested in writing)

Stephen Fishbach@stephenfishbach.bsky.social

I'm teaching an hourlong craft class through @onestorymag.bsky.social on how to create conflict in fiction that feels rooted in character. Sign up now through the aforementioned periodical's website!

Jeff asking if anyone doesn't like twists is like if my group manager sat everyone in an office asking if anyone has an issue with how he's running things. "No? well turns out I'm the freaking greatest manager ever, screw anyone who told me otherwise"

Jeff: this is the open era! any twist from the past can come back at any moment! you don't know what's going to happen! Yes, Jeff, this is how every season works if you are not part of production. It's not like you told us ahead of time that from 41 to 49 you are going to run the same season

Thanks I hate it

Dexerto@dexerto.bsky.social

Microsoft has filed a patent for ads that could interrupt games after boss fights, cutscenes, quests and multiplayer rounds Players would receive credits granting temporary game access, while watching an ad would award another credit to let them resume

Trying again the janitor assistance simulator (Control) since the new one just came out. The first time I played I sucked at the gameplay, didn't understand anything going on and didn't find my way around the map at all.

Now I still suck at the gameplay and navigation but at being more familiar with the lore does make it less frustrating, and now I'm willing to lower the difficulty sooner just so I can experience the narrative.

Meanwhile I'm humming songs by Old Gods of Asgard, I believe there's only one in this game, when the Alan Wake-s had us fed so good.

Starting second playthrough of 3 Houses after playing Crimson Flower. I aim for the Dimitri path, but I'm not sure I am ready to fight against Edelgard. I would feel really silly giving up on 3/4 of the game just for not wanting to see her become a tragic figure.

Dave Gilbert@wadjeteyegames.com

Nighthawks launches TOMORROW!! Grifters. Magicians. Pirates. The Empress of the Rats. Vampires have all the best drinking buddies. Join them in Nighthawks, the vampire RPG where the secret is out, but the hunt continues... store.steampowered.com/app/1221950/...

לא בטוחה אם יש לי כוח להגיב בקבוצת ספרים על ביקורת רק בגלל שברשימת "טריגרים ותכנים רגישים" יש "להטב" (יכולתי גם לציין שהביקורת לא כתובה מדהים ושהייתי ממליצה למי ששוקל לקרוא את הספר לנסות קודם את הפרק לדוגמא באתר כי הוא לא נראה כתוב טוב, אבל בעיקר הדבר הראשון מפריע לי)

הלוואי שהחיים שלי לא היו עניין פוליטי. מעבר לזה שכל החיים שלנו בישראל ספוגים בפוליטיקה.

Alex Ip 葉清霖@alexip718.com

Well well well, someone said the quiet part out loud

I think my defining game is Pink Panther: Hocus Pocus. It was the first game I played that had real focus on narrative. It was also supernatural and smart and funny. I didn't know a lot of games until I was 13, mainly lack of English and internet. I did play Warcraft 2 and Heroes 3 >>

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Now I remember there were also Diablo 2 and Pokemon around that time. But KOTOR and WC3 were the first games I was really mind blown by their narrative and made me look for RPGs and games like these. >>

As a fan of Survivor I'm rooting for Dee and Devens. As a fan of social strategy games, I'm rooting against production. Maybe if one of the Survivors leave because of a twist they'll stop with the nonesense (though as they didn't stop after last season, not sure anything can help)

In Mourning@justhereforbb88.bsky.social

You’d have ruined the last great bastion of social strategy gaming. I feel like this is a direct response to Ashley’s win. #bb28

אני לא מאמינה שגוגל עדיין לא תיקנו את האינטגרציית ללמ שלהם שהוא ידע להבין שזה טקסט שמחפשים בגוגל ולא נותנים לו כהוראה. זה באמת גורם למנגנון שלהם להראות ככ מטופש ופתיר בקלות

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It's officially autumn so time to announce: @nnesk.bsky.social and I are debuting #STARDATE at Thought Bubble festival! It's a 20-page comic book that's best described as Dating Reality TV On A Spaceship. Cheeky lil' preview coming soon!

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Mrs. Betty Bowers@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social

Make your favorite film sound as boring as possible without giving away the title: A young woman travels to Florence with her chaperone who prefers accommodations that allow a peek at pleasant scenery.

As a fan of supernatural mysteries, Galley House is one of the best I know, and is in my top 2 games of this type that really requires you to think, along with Golden Idol. I can only hope it will have many spiritual successors.

Robin Ward@eviltrout.com

Our next game, The Incident at Galley House, is coming out July 14, 2026! You can wishlist now on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3641000/...

מעניין כי בסופו של דבר השאלה היא איזה סיפור הדת מעדיפה לספר, והדת העדיפה לספר שאלוהים מושלם ולהפיל את האשמה על חווה מאשר לספר סיפור שמוציא את אדם יותר מלך

Jon Adcock@jonadcock.bsky.social

#booksky #poetry #poetrysky

I consider getting this even though I don't play rpg and don't really read source books. But I'm really into DG actual plays (shout out to RPPR's run of Impossible Landscapes) and it's a really good price.

Dennis Detwiller@drgonzo123.bsky.social

It's the last day! $1 for 4 books $6.99 for 12 books $14.99 for 34 books Everything you need to play YEARS of #DeltaGreen including #GodsTeeth AND #ImpossibleLandscapes. Spread the word and get in there...while it lasts.

Tamar Kalir reposted

I hate packing so much and Ben went “well just pretend you’re just preparing to play unpacking” (which is one of my favorite games) and I hate that that worked even more