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Clayton

@explorersdesign.bsky.social

Public Domain Art is the lifeblood of small tabletop rpgs, but it can be a nightmare trying to find the right art and license.

This week, I’ve re-uploaded my old list from 2020 (with updates) of public domain websites. That's 500,000+ public domain paintings, photos, maps, and film.

Link below 🔗👇

July 15, 2026 at 2:45 PM

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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫

@lookitup.baby

Hi, I’m a sighted alt text user! Here are some reasons I use it:

- Slow Internet on an airplane

- I’m over 40, I have no idea who that celebrity is

- Bluesky broke images again

- My vision sucks and that text is too small to read otherwise

- Conveys further context and authorial intent

October 11, 2026 at 5:07 PM

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Rob Cruickshank

@robcruickshank.bsky.social

Turns out these guys are real

A fish like a child would draw, no fins, just a tail an eye and a little smile

October 10, 2026 at 11:33 PM

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Mike (They/Them) 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@mxmike.co.uk

Bethany wore a “Protect The Dolls” t-shirt during rehearsals. The BBC posted it on their socials then quietly deleted and reposted it without showing her from the front. On TV last night they actually blurred the message #Strictly

Bethany Antonia rehearsing for Strictly Come Dancing in a Protect The Dolls t-shirt

Bethany Antonia rehearsing for Strictly Come Dancing in a Protect The Dolls t-shirt that’s been edited to look like a plain white t shirt

October 11, 2026 at 7:08 AM

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Lisounours

@lise-l.bsky.social

Ils étaient mi-cerf mi-escargot, et re mi-cerf derrière

Image de deux cerfs allongés devant des rouleaux de foin

October 10, 2026 at 11:22 AM

hauntedhamster

@hauntedhamster.bsky.social

I can feel new vegas calling to me. holiday replay i reckon

October 9, 2026 at 6:38 PM

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cael☀️

@kingcael.bsky.social

die and be free of pain
or live and fight your sorrow

Auron from final fantasy X, facing to the right, while behind him, his younger self faces to the left, in front of a golden halo, hawthorn trees and gladioluses are around them, the black frame includes drawings of Braska and Jecht

October 8, 2026 at 7:43 PM

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Kayin

@kayin.moe

Someone just reblogged this on tumblr with this tag and I just fucking died I've been on this shit for over a decade and it's only getting worse

kayinnasaki

written about this before but whatever.

Videogames as an artform have a problem with nostalgia. Not that people shouldn’t have nostalgia. Or that games shouldn’t draw from the past. But instead the weight we give to nostalgia.

When people go back to enjoy old games, we assume it’s a nostalgia thing. Do people assume that with books? Or movies? Or music? People certainly do go back in time with those mediums for nostalgia! It happens! I know when my sister is listening to certain cheesy old boyband pop or punk she’s often having a musical nostalgia trip! That’s cool! But we still don’t ASSUME, CONSTANTLY thats why people go back to stuff.

People like old stuff because it’s cool and interesting. It’s historic. People go watch Metropolis still, but how many people alive could even be nostalgic for a movie like that?

I almost want to see the word Nostalgia excised from discussions about video games – not because nostalgia is bad but because we over use it to the point where it’s actually harmful I think.

I mean I made IWBTG and am making an NES style game right now and even for me, the obsession with ‘nostalgia’ seems crazy.

Old stuff is cool. I know this because I see a lot of you kids on my tumblr feed talking about games I know you didn’t grow up with. It’s like finding your parents record or CD collection. Thinking the primary greatness of old games is bringing back memories of eating cereal and playing games on a saturday morning is a great injustice, even if those memories for some are perfectly worthwhile things.

#this post is 11 years old and still holds true

October 9, 2026 at 1:24 AM

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Quest 64 Official

@quest64official.bsky.social

#SpookyMonth64

It's Silent Hill James skateboarding while holding his wife

October 7, 2026 at 10:20 PM

hauntedhamster

@hauntedhamster.bsky.social

Children of time is so good rn. I have picked a fave and it's the Portia generation (only 130ish pages in!)

October 7, 2026 at 9:08 PM

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Edd Coates | Game UI Database

@eddcoates.bsky.social

Yet again, the Game UI Database is being scraped to the point that it's getting knocked offline. Even Cloudflare's "I'm under attack" mode isn't working.
I just wanted to create a resource for real designers. I'm getting so fucking sick of this.

October 2, 2026 at 3:10 PM

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Ryan North

@ryannorth.ca

Just drove past a house with tons of Christmas lights up.

Folks, I regret to inform you that Halloween is no longer holding the bulkhead against the holiday season. Early October had been breached; late September is sure to fall next. By this time next year we may be witnessing a Christmas in July

October 3, 2026 at 12:36 AM

hauntedhamster

@hauntedhamster.bsky.social

I'm still enjoying Welcome To Elderfield, but the mods on pc allowing me to skip the fight animations (migraine hell) and to skip the mine curses are now mandatory.
I think i'm midgame, its money hoarding time so i can chip away at one of my like 20 quests

October 3, 2026 at 5:44 PM

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Sarah Andersen

@sarahseeandersen.bsky.social

The image is of a four panel comic. The title reads "Poltergeist".
In the first panel we see a woman with a worried expression on her face. She says, "stuff keeps moving around my house."
In the second panel the same woman says "I'm terrified. I can't sleep."
In the third panel we see a ghost holding a candle and a pillow that reads "live laugh love". The ghost is zooming through the house.
In the fourth panel we see the same ghost hanging up a frame and thinking, "home decor is my passion".

October 3, 2026 at 3:30 PM

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Amos

@westernstyle.live

steam autumn sale everybody

Amos @westernstyle.live · Sep 20

"Umberto Eco, who owned 50,000 strategy games had this to say about Steam libraries:

It is foolish to think that you have to play all the strategy games you buy, as it is foolish to criticize those who buy more strategy games than they will ever be able to play. It would be like saying that you should use all the cutlery or glasses or screwdrivers or drill bits you bought before buying new ones. There are things in life that we need to always have plenty of supplies, even if we will only use a small portion. If, for example, we consider strategy games as medicine, we understand that it is good to have many at home rather than a few; when you want to feel better, then you go to the 'medicine closet' and choose a strategy game. Not a random one, but the right strategy game for that moment. THat's why you should always have a nutrition choice! Those who buy only one strategy game, read only that one and then get rid of it. They simply apply the consumer mentality to strategy games, that is, they consider them a consumer product, a good. Those who love strategy games know that a strategy game is anything but a commodity."

October 3, 2026 at 8:32 AM

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Blue sky nice ghost

@rajandelman.bsky.social

Working on new stand-up jokes

was dating a guy. Then he ghosted me. Never heard from him again. I was like, that's the last time I hook up with someone from the city of Pompeii

I keep trying to kill myself. It's hard, though. All the youtube tutorials are sponsored by really expensive rope

They always tell you don't bring a knife to a gunfight. What they don't tell you is if you bring a knife to a book club, they let you choose the book

Salmon swim against the current to breed. Anything to avoid the apps

October 1, 2026 at 4:44 AM

hauntedhamster

@hauntedhamster.bsky.social

lrp oh so this is like. confirmed then

October 1, 2026 at 4:51 PM

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MinnMax

@minnmax.com

Jacob Geller is no longer a part of MinnMax. He won't be on content moving forward and we won't be publicly airing this week's episode of The MinnMax Show. We're in shock and deeply hurt. Thank you for your patience during this sensitive time.

October 1, 2026 at 4:35 PM

hauntedhamster

@hauntedhamster.bsky.social

@seafoamghost.bsky.social only answer if you have capcity - my migraines are getting more hemiplegic and chronic - what does the adp process look like? I feel like applying for jobs after my current one is a bit pointless with the absence rate that looms

October 1, 2026 at 3:56 PM