the fascist attorney general of Missouri has set up a tip site for complaints about gender transition, hope it doesn't get spammed by long, fake complaints over and over until he takes it down!

#trans #TransRights #LGBTQ #activism

**Jons Mostovojs** · Mar 26, 2023, 22:13

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**Ramsey Nasser** @nasser@merveilles.town · Mar 26, 2023, 22:13

Mar 26, 2023, 22:13

Ramsey Nasser @nasser@merveilles.town

not what i was supposed to work on today but i have a basic implementation of the plain-text portion Peritext CDRT paper working. parts of the implementation are catastrophically inefficient lol but it is correct as far as i can tell.

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**Jons Mostovojs** · Mar 25, 2023, 01:12

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**James Turk** @jamesturk@mastodon.social · Mar 25, 2023, 01:12

Mar 25, 2023, 01:12

James Turk @jamesturk@mastodon.social

So for the past couple of weeks, I've been playing with using GPT to transform HTML to JSON, basically enabling one-shot web scrapers.

Like a lot of things with these models, it went from "oh that's interesting" to "wait, it can do that?" really quickly.

I've now turned my experiments into a full-fledged library: https://jamesturk.github.io/scrapeghost/

If you're interested, definitely read through the tutorial, I tried to recapture some of the "wow" discoveries: https://jamesturk.github.io/scrapeghost/tutorial/

**Jons Mostovojs** · Mar 25, 2023, 21:21

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**TSource Engine Query** @a1ba@suya.place · Mar 25, 2023, 21:21

Mar 25, 2023, 21:21

TSource Engine Query @a1ba@suya.place

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**Jons Mostovojs** · Mar 26, 2023, 02:31

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**cherrybombspice** @cherrybombspice@mastodon.sdf.org · Mar 26, 2023, 02:31

Mar 26, 2023, 02:31

cherrybombspice @cherrybombspice@mastodon.sdf.org

@textfiles Hey what do you think of this graphic Jason? I just whipped it up, and I made it to be go with the link to your essay 🙂

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**Jons Mostovojs** · Mar 26, 2023, 02:19

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**Jeff Forcier** @bitprophet@social.coop · Mar 26, 2023, 02:19

Mar 26, 2023, 02:19

Jeff Forcier @bitprophet@social.coop

Fuck all the way off with this “during #COVID” past tense bullshit.

**Jons Mostovojs** @jonn@social.doma.dev · Mar 26, 2023, 03:17

**Jons Mostovojs** @jonn@social.doma.dev · Mar 26, 2023, 03:17

Mar 26, 2023, 03:17

Jons Mostovojs @jonn@social.doma.dev

P.S. It's a great game and it's absolutely impossible to NOT hallucinate that the main character of this game speaking in #JessicaWalter's voice.

RIP, queen.

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**Jons Mostovojs** @jonn@social.doma.dev · Mar 26, 2023, 03:16

**Jons Mostovojs** @jonn@social.doma.dev · Mar 26, 2023, 03:16

Mar 26, 2023, 03:16

Jons Mostovojs @jonn@social.doma.dev

I want to draw inspiration from this to add to the tactical espionage rules for #IcyNSR...

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**Jons Mostovojs** · Mar 26, 2023, 01:10

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**Meh as a Service** @virtulis@loud.computer · Mar 26, 2023, 01:10

Mar 26, 2023, 01:10

Meh as a Service @virtulis@loud.computer

Dome Keeper is a ridiculously well designed game.

On the surface it seems to be about mining and shooting at monsters but really it's all about non-stop decision making, risk taking, planning and disaster management. And shooting at monsters, yes.

I really enjoy being bad at it.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1637320/Dome_Keeper/

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**Jons Mostovojs** @jonn@social.doma.dev · Mar 26, 2023, 00:53

**Jons Mostovojs** @jonn@social.doma.dev · Mar 26, 2023, 00:53

Mar 26, 2023, 00:53

Jons Mostovojs @jonn@social.doma.dev

If you're scared that revealing the rules to the players will ruin immersion, work on your level design.

**Jons Mostovojs** @jonn@social.doma.dev · Mar 25, 2023, 22:51

**Jons Mostovojs** @jonn@social.doma.dev · Mar 25, 2023, 22:51

Mar 25, 2023, 22:51

Jons Mostovojs @jonn@social.doma.dev

Q: How do you collectively call china, russia and iran?

A: The z-axis.

**Jons Mostovojs** @jonn@social.doma.dev · Mar 25, 2023, 21:16

**Jons Mostovojs** @jonn@social.doma.dev · Mar 25, 2023, 21:16

Mar 25, 2023, 21:16

Jons Mostovojs @jonn@social.doma.dev

The more I engage with game design, the more I notice some disastrous ideas that keep turning games with great potential into "great idea, poor gameplay" for decades.

Today's highlights include:

1. Potions and buffs, which are ways to reset and/or replace game state by consuming other resources, sometimes repeatedly. The #EvilIslands and #NWN suffer significantly from this issue. The primary reason I stopped participating in otherwise amazing story-focused modern #NWN community #EFU is this mechanic. Also having a life and a job. But mostly potions and buffs.

2. Dramatic progression, where end-game characters have quantifiably greater capabilities than early game ones. Scaling up both enemies and characters creates artificial barriers for creative gameplay. I appreciate #JaggedAlliance's progression, which features only a 15% difference in crucial stats between the end-game and the first day of your first mission.

Unfortunately, both issues have deeply infiltrated #TTRPG game design, including the most popular TTRPG, which shall remain unnamed.

Another abstract game design mistake is forcing players to make decisions without clearly explaining the rules.

This problem worsens in games with dramatic progression. Players must create "a build" to avoid irrelevance due to dramatic progression, relying on vague descriptions of decision outcomes. #Fallout suffers immensely from this issue.

This problem can also apply to narrative games. The reason I didn't enjoy #BrokenSword as much as anticipated and am close to dropping #BeneathTheSteelSky is that these games' premises break during play.

Broken Sword starts as noir detective with bombs, evolving into a wishy-washy modern fantasy with spells and rituals. "Steel Sky" starts as dystopian drama but devolves into cringe comedy. Sherlock Holmes games feature mysticism, and don't get me started on the TTRPG offenders: the likes of #DeltaGreen and other #Cthulhu-adjacent games. Imagine having omnipotent entities as villains, while mortals are trying to solve crimes... Spoiler: the killer is a Cthulhu.

#Microessay

**Jons Mostovojs** @jonn@social.doma.dev · Mar 25, 2023, 19:44

**Jons Mostovojs** @jonn@social.doma.dev · Mar 25, 2023, 19:44

Mar 25, 2023, 19:44

Jons Mostovojs @jonn@social.doma.dev

First time I'm playing JA (as you can guess by the fact that I have a lot of unspent cash and just one merc with me to compensate for Medic 0... I think I'll restart the campaign as soon as I learn the hotkeys during this run).

Absolutely randomly I ended up with an all-female team of mercenaries fighting for the freedom of the oppressed people. Ironically given that Miguel says "Enrique has sent *men*" .

#GirlPower #JaggedAliance #Stracciatella