That Pete Darby Vibe
@voiceoverpetedarby.com
IT Support, Boardgames, RPG's, Acting, writing, talking, opinionating. See me at UKGE 2026, usually on the Hilton Desk.
Congratulations to everyone reading this for outliving Jeffrey Archer.
"Just you wait till I'm mayor!"
"Just you wait till I'm mayor!"
October 6, 2026 at 4:45 AM
Congratulations to everyone reading this for outliving Jeffrey Archer.
"Just you wait till I'm mayor!"
"Just you wait till I'm mayor!"
What drives me nuts, separately from misunderstanding the "default move" results breakdown is even simpler.
When, as a Very Famous Game Designer once said, "but I don't want to play a game where I fail 70% of the time!" (As described in the thread)...
When, as a Very Famous Game Designer once said, "but I don't want to play a game where I fail 70% of the time!" (As described in the thread)...
15 years ago when Apocalypse World was new and people were beginning to understand and work with it, it was seductive to look at "acting under fire" and see, not one basic move of several, but the template underlying all the game's moves.
Like @kierongillen.bsky.social 's classic gag:
Like @kierongillen.bsky.social 's classic gag:
WHAT HAPPEN?
October 1, 2026 at 12:19 PM
What drives me nuts, separately from misunderstanding the "default move" results breakdown is even simpler.
When, as a Very Famous Game Designer once said, "but I don't want to play a game where I fail 70% of the time!" (As described in the thread)...
When, as a Very Famous Game Designer once said, "but I don't want to play a game where I fail 70% of the time!" (As described in the thread)...
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15 years ago when Apocalypse World was new and people were beginning to understand and work with it, it was seductive to look at "acting under fire" and see, not one basic move of several, but the template underlying all the game's moves.
Like @kierongillen.bsky.social 's classic gag:
Like @kierongillen.bsky.social 's classic gag:
September 30, 2026 at 5:20 PM
15 years ago when Apocalypse World was new and people were beginning to understand and work with it, it was seductive to look at "acting under fire" and see, not one basic move of several, but the template underlying all the game's moves.
Like @kierongillen.bsky.social 's classic gag:
Like @kierongillen.bsky.social 's classic gag:
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From PBTA going from the cool new kid on the block to the old indie tradition in all these years one fact remains the same: nobody reads their damn rules properly.
September 30, 2026 at 8:46 PM
From PBTA going from the cool new kid on the block to the old indie tradition in all these years one fact remains the same: nobody reads their damn rules properly.
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Apart from anything else, I really don't think there are machine DESIGNED clothes, which is the comparison that would work here. And if anyone is making ai generated clothes, they suck.
What the fuck, Joyce. I don’t even read romance novels but this kind of thinking pisses me the fuck off. It further pushes that mentality that some books as “lesser” which is bullshit! All books count!
October 1, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Apart from anything else, I really don't think there are machine DESIGNED clothes, which is the comparison that would work here. And if anyone is making ai generated clothes, they suck.
Aargh, once again, otherwise smart people in the ttrpg space saying it's impossible to do something with ttrpgs that there are hundreds of examples of ttrpgs doing just that!
October 1, 2026 at 6:22 AM
Aargh, once again, otherwise smart people in the ttrpg space saying it's impossible to do something with ttrpgs that there are hundreds of examples of ttrpgs doing just that!
Just found out I've been confusing Thomas Hayden church and Jeff Kober ever since THC grew the beard
September 29, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Just found out I've been confusing Thomas Hayden church and Jeff Kober ever since THC grew the beard
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To people who don’t believe that Kermit the Frog is real: What is the basis for your morality? Where does your moral standard come from?
September 29, 2026 at 2:01 AM
To people who don’t believe that Kermit the Frog is real: What is the basis for your morality? Where does your moral standard come from?
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Brass: Birmingham has been the #1 rated strategy boardgame since 2020. If you haven't played it you live in a self-curated bubble.
September 28, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Brass: Birmingham has been the #1 rated strategy boardgame since 2020. If you haven't played it you live in a self-curated bubble.
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incidentally i think these guys are the patron saints of bluesky
happy Jim Henson’s birthday from the museum of the moving image
September 26, 2026 at 10:27 PM
incidentally i think these guys are the patron saints of bluesky
Oddly enough, reminds me of a legendary exchange between my grandparents at the end of an argument:
Grandad "I'm going to the pub, what's for tea?"
Grandma: "Arseholes!"
Grandad: "Only bake one, I'm not coming home!"
Grandad "I'm going to the pub, what's for tea?"
Grandma: "Arseholes!"
Grandad: "Only bake one, I'm not coming home!"
September 27, 2026 at 6:34 AM
Oddly enough, reminds me of a legendary exchange between my grandparents at the end of an argument:
Grandad "I'm going to the pub, what's for tea?"
Grandma: "Arseholes!"
Grandad: "Only bake one, I'm not coming home!"
Grandad "I'm going to the pub, what's for tea?"
Grandma: "Arseholes!"
Grandad: "Only bake one, I'm not coming home!"
I won a raffle at the local ironmongers for my choice of wood splitting tools. I wanted the really heavy axe with the thick wedged head, but the owner said, "sorry, that's already been sold to someone else."
Ah well, you can't win the maul.
Ah well, you can't win the maul.
September 27, 2026 at 6:25 AM
I won a raffle at the local ironmongers for my choice of wood splitting tools. I wanted the really heavy axe with the thick wedged head, but the owner said, "sorry, that's already been sold to someone else."
Ah well, you can't win the maul.
Ah well, you can't win the maul.
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Today brings further nuggets of GC delusions 'gold'. Peggie has been on paid leave since March 2025. Its about to run out and she is using this as some sort of terrible affliction of threat of poverty.
Having a skim read of the Sandie Peggie Terfapalooza lawfare tour, RCN union gig.
So she has already been caught out telling absolute porkers by her own admission.
No idea how this wil lshake out as GCs get the ear of everyone powerful, but crikey, she is a pathological liar.
So she has already been caught out telling absolute porkers by her own admission.
No idea how this wil lshake out as GCs get the ear of everyone powerful, but crikey, she is a pathological liar.
September 24, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Today brings further nuggets of GC delusions 'gold'. Peggie has been on paid leave since March 2025. Its about to run out and she is using this as some sort of terrible affliction of threat of poverty.
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My Rage Against the Machine/Les Mis mashup is complete. This is my interpretation of the quilt guild’s summer challenge “quilt with your interpretation and/or feelings towards our current ‘democracy’” all hand stitched.
September 21, 2026 at 11:25 PM
My Rage Against the Machine/Les Mis mashup is complete. This is my interpretation of the quilt guild’s summer challenge “quilt with your interpretation and/or feelings towards our current ‘democracy’” all hand stitched.
A user has sent in a screenshot of their issue that they were getting very salty about that demonstrates that it was entirely avoidable error on their part.
I swear I can feel my blood pressure dropping and my diabetes in remission.
I swear I can feel my blood pressure dropping and my diabetes in remission.
September 24, 2026 at 1:56 PM
A user has sent in a screenshot of their issue that they were getting very salty about that demonstrates that it was entirely avoidable error on their part.
I swear I can feel my blood pressure dropping and my diabetes in remission.
I swear I can feel my blood pressure dropping and my diabetes in remission.
Microsoft: if it ain;t broke, wait till the next update.
September 22, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Microsoft: if it ain;t broke, wait till the next update.
New t shirt idea:
FBI : Farm and Barn Insemination
FBI : Farm and Barn Insemination
September 22, 2026 at 10:53 AM
New t shirt idea:
FBI : Farm and Barn Insemination
FBI : Farm and Barn Insemination
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Fred Clark at his slacktivist blog wrote an entire series on what he considered to be the worst books ever written. It was a masterclass of literary criticism.
Indexed at www.patheos.com/blogs/slackt...
Indexed at www.patheos.com/blogs/slackt...
Left Behind Index (the Whole Thing)
Here, at last, is a complete one-stop portal to everything in our Left Behind series covering the first two books and movies. The previous versions of this index all have broken links and missing entr...
www.patheos.com
September 21, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Fred Clark at his slacktivist blog wrote an entire series on what he considered to be the worst books ever written. It was a masterclass of literary criticism.
Indexed at www.patheos.com/blogs/slackt...
Indexed at www.patheos.com/blogs/slackt...
I am constantly despairing when I remember that I, a man who barely scraped a 3rd class honours in drama and philosophy, have better grounding in philosophy than the man whose philosophical output underlies the richest people in the world's justifications for their actions.
i was aware how weird and dumb the "rationalists" and their satellites were thanks to @iwriteok.bsky.social and aware how weird and dumb the folks in the AI industry thanks to @edzitron.com. now i'm aware that the latter are almost entirely a subset of the former thanks to this podcast episode.
Here's this week's Better Offline: I'm joined by Cal Newport and
@adambecker.bsky.social to get the word out that the narrative about existential risk from AI is driven by a religious cult of effective altruists and rationalists.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oVS...
linktr.ee/betteroffline
@adambecker.bsky.social to get the word out that the narrative about existential risk from AI is driven by a religious cult of effective altruists and rationalists.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oVS...
linktr.ee/betteroffline
September 20, 2026 at 7:01 AM
I am constantly despairing when I remember that I, a man who barely scraped a 3rd class honours in drama and philosophy, have better grounding in philosophy than the man whose philosophical output underlies the richest people in the world's justifications for their actions.
So who is it that kash Patel has promised a plum fed job to who claims they were forced into having sex with animals?
Is it David Cameron?
Is it David Cameron?
September 15, 2026 at 11:21 PM
So who is it that kash Patel has promised a plum fed job to who claims they were forced into having sex with animals?
Is it David Cameron?
Is it David Cameron?
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"So tell me Mr Farage, what was it about a system favoured by money launderers that allows donations to be totally untraceable that first attracted you to crypto?"
September 13, 2026 at 8:47 AM
"So tell me Mr Farage, what was it about a system favoured by money launderers that allows donations to be totally untraceable that first attracted you to crypto?"
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With apologies for coming in on someone’s else’s thread….
What a GREAT idea! Callan. In the Village!
In fact a whole series but each episode is a different agent in The Village.James Bond in the Village. Harry Palmer in The Village. Ethan Hunt in The Village. Jackson Lamb in The Village.
What a GREAT idea! Callan. In the Village!
In fact a whole series but each episode is a different agent in The Village.James Bond in the Village. Harry Palmer in The Village. Ethan Hunt in The Village. Jackson Lamb in The Village.
The other episode included a lot of miniature soldiers, and I suspect my subconscious was confusing 6 with Callan.
September 14, 2026 at 7:04 AM
With apologies for coming in on someone’s else’s thread….
What a GREAT idea! Callan. In the Village!
In fact a whole series but each episode is a different agent in The Village.James Bond in the Village. Harry Palmer in The Village. Ethan Hunt in The Village. Jackson Lamb in The Village.
What a GREAT idea! Callan. In the Village!
In fact a whole series but each episode is a different agent in The Village.James Bond in the Village. Harry Palmer in The Village. Ethan Hunt in The Village. Jackson Lamb in The Village.
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I dreamt two new episodes of the Prisoner last night, one of which was about queer identity.
September 14, 2026 at 6:26 AM
I dreamt two new episodes of the Prisoner last night, one of which was about queer identity.