@SandyofCthulhu Avatar @SandyofCthulhu Sandy Petersen 🪔

Sandy Petersen, a renowned game designer, recently expressed pride in having contributed to bringing H.P. Lovecraft's works out of near-obscurity and into fame, with many fans crediting his games, particularly Call of Cthulhu, for introducing them to Lovecraft's works. He also made light of his involvement in the gaming industry, joking about his role in creating content for Dungeons & Dragons and other games. Petersen's tweets showcase his interests in gaming, history, and pop culture.

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Social category influence countries gaming #4425 finance travel destinations technology brands stocks celebrities automotive brands social networks musicians

Social topic influence in the #5493, age of empires #82, if you, age of #769, the first, money, movies, japan #563, gaming, food #2425

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"Please don't have sex with monsters. The majority of Greek mythology is devoted to explaining why this is a bad idea"
X Link 2025-01-08T17:33Z 62.1K followers, 23.8K engagements

"The widely praised horror film that was absolutely ruined for me in One Single Scene was Descent. Here was this creepy underground film with cannibal hominids - absolutely solidly in my Martense wheelhouse. Loved the setting. Didn't love the main characters - but I don't think I was supposed to. Then there is the big freakout by the main character in which she kills like a dozen of the oh-so-scary monsters in an action sequence. When I saw a [---] lb woman kill those guys like she was popping zits all their menace dropped away and I was absolutely never scared of them again. When I briefly"
X Link 2025-02-06T19:42Z 14.3K followers, [----] engagements

"It is a required skill for a CoC keeper. Keeper: rolls percentile dice Players: "Wait what's that What are you rolling for" Keeper: "Nothing. What's your team's highest Listen skill" Players: "Do we need to roll Listen How about Search" Keeper: "No not at all. You're just fine. I was just curious." Players stare bugeyed Keeper: "Okay so anyway the hall extends further and there are shadowy doorways on either side. A dim sunset peers through the window at the end of the hall. It'll be dark in a few minutes." I said nothing about monsters or dangers nor asked them to check any skills. I wonder"
X Link 2025-02-06T20:40Z 48.8K followers, [----] engagements

"Heres my problem with The Mist (2007). Its great up until the end which IMO ruins it. Heres why: 1) the novelettes end leaves us stranded hopelessly & possibly eternally in the mist. Objectively a much darker finale than what we got. 2) turns out the mist monsters can be killed by a couple squads of infantry. This vitiates the menace AND destroys the ominous implications of the two soldiers suiciding early on. Why would they kill themselves if guns were the answer & the mist only temporary Thats it. Thats all I got. You who disagree I can only say horror is the second-most subjective of all"
X Link 2025-02-11T03:43Z 14.3K followers, 13.7K engagements

"Its pretty widely admitted that the USA could defeat all the rest of NATO put together. Islamic Near East would be a pushover. We lose when we try to stick around and maintain peace but the actual fighting with armies part is always over in a matter of days or weeks. Dawg this isnt the 1950s its entirely unclear if the US can overpower Egypt (let alone Turkiye KSA the Emiratis and just basically everyone else in the Islamic world). https://t.co/cj1toZaNKH Dawg this isnt the 1950s its entirely unclear if the US can overpower Egypt (let alone Turkiye KSA the Emiratis and just basically everyone"
X Link 2025-02-13T00:52Z 14.3K followers, [----] engagements

"Why does D&D have 20th level shopkeepers Is it the only way to keep your murder hobos from robbing every shop https://t.co/OfhVAmxEub https://t.co/OfhVAmxEub"
X Link 2025-02-13T03:01Z 14.3K followers, 13.9K engagements

"As an amateur historian particularly interested in the events leading to WW2 it pains me to see people on both the left & right misuse Nazi and fascist. In the same way that that Democratic Republics are invariably neither"
X Link 2025-02-13T17:06Z 14.3K followers, [----] engagements

"I admit we lost the last two times we invaded Canada (I dont count the Fenians). I think weve got the edge this time. Still just to be sure we should wait till William Shatner is not looking. Canada is preparing for war with the US. Not economic I mean boots on the ground war. Do you know what an absolute intolerable and unhinged piece of shit you have to be for CANADA to be ready to bitch slap you Canada is preparing for war with the US. Not economic I mean boots on the ground war. Do you know what an absolute intolerable and unhinged piece of shit you have to be for CANADA to be ready to"
X Link 2025-02-13T17:42Z 14.3K followers, [----] engagements

"I have no idea. My church has no place for ghosts in its theology but yet they exist (personal experience). My guess Ghost presence is for a reason humans cannot comprehend. I have my theories whats yours https://t.co/VhR5TOkelZ I have my theories whats yours https://t.co/VhR5TOkelZ"
X Link 2025-02-13T18:38Z 14.3K followers, [----] engagements

"1) not wearing helmets isnt healthy. 2) i have to pay for your brain injury. Its not fair. 3) a childhood friend of mine had a brain injury from a diet bike (age 13). It was NOT courageous or life-affirming. RFK announces immediate mandate that all American children receive a Schwinn Stingray and homemade ramp No helmets allowed Make Americans not whiny babies again https://t.co/tEzmd43uNr RFK announces immediate mandate that all American children receive a Schwinn Stingray and homemade ramp No helmets allowed Make Americans not whiny babies again https://t.co/tEzmd43uNr"
X Link 2025-02-14T01:09Z 14.3K followers, [----] engagements

"Abraham Lincoln of course. On the other hand he didn't use to need defending. So if I have to pick a controversial president I'll take Chester A. Arthur. His previous offices had all been appointments (much like Kamala Harris). He was picked to be VP because he was thought to be "safe" - in his former job as Postmaster of New York he aided and abetted corruption though he himself doesn't seem to have participated. The Republican party of the time wanted someone malleable and corrupt so they could keep being corrupt. 1/ Alright yall Lets hear it Keep the comments civil Which President are you"
X Link 2025-02-14T16:42Z 14.3K followers, [---] engagements

"In my old D&D campaign a GM (not me) decided to run an all-evil campaign. We worked out levels & advancement for gnolls hobgoblins orcs goblins and kobolds. Basically gnolls got [--] dice per level hobgoblins 1+1 and so forth (just like the Monsters & Treasure book said). Everyone started as a gnoll. If you got killed you had to come back as a hobgoblin then an orc etc. So of course the PCs who'd survived longer not only had an experience edge but a big hit dice edge - after all a 6th level hobgoblin had 6+6 hit dice and a 6th level goblin only had [--] minus-6 hit dice so yeah. Naturally as an"
X Link 2025-02-14T16:56Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements

"When I meet someone who complains about history class (obviously always someone younger) I am required to tell them a true story to prove not all history is dull. My go-to story is how Pope Gregory talked Attila out of destroying civilization and we don't know what was said"
X Link 2025-02-14T17:44Z 14.3K followers, [----] engagements

"By comparison what is a Call of Cthulhu rule that you refuse to use no matter what Let's see which game is the most loathed Whats a Dungeons & Dragons rule that you refuse to use no matter what Whats a Dungeons & Dragons rule that you refuse to use no matter what"
X Link 2025-02-14T19:59Z 14.3K followers, [----] engagements

"I'm sure this will be controversial but . Lord of the Rings IMO is worse than the movies. Tolkien has a tendency to leave the most interesting events off-screen (like the Paths of the Dead). He includes scenes which stop the narrative dead in its tracks (Tom Bombadil Ghan-buri-ghan and the super-lengthy Galadriel segment which literally adds nothing to the plot). Plus those overlong poems and songs which at least to me are cringy as all get out. I suppose if you were raised in early 19th Britain poetry was seen as more interesting and manly than nowadays. Peter Jackson lets us see the Paths"
X Link 2025-02-14T20:10Z 14.3K followers, [----] engagements

"@ThomasSowell hell I'm not allowed in the oval office and I don't see anyone standing up for me"
X Link 2025-02-14T20:56Z 14.3K followers, [---] engagements

"Im sure many of you recall that last Tuesday I was plunged into desperation. Since that time the results have been miraculous. Old friends showed up with useful & concrete assistance. New friends appeared out of the blue with advice and more than advice. I knew Id carved a little niche as a pro game designer but the level of aid & sympathy that was expressed floored me and still humbles me. Thanks be to you all. I wouldnt trade my little niche and my true-blue peers (not mere fans) for all the renown of George Lucas"
X Link 2025-02-15T06:53Z 14.3K followers, [----] engagements

"Doom: the world changer In [----] I worked on a game titled Command HQ with Dan Bunten later Danielle Berry. (Before accusations of deadnaming Ms. Berry approved me using her old name for events in her previous life. She is sadly now passed away.) Command HQ is pretty interesting because it is as near as I can tell the very first real-time strategy game. Dan thought that since 65% of people owned modems it would mostly be played head-to-head and had a robust head-to-head version. It bombed. Two years later when MicroProse imploded I went to id Software where they were polishing up Doom. I"
X Link 2025-02-15T17:31Z 14.3K followers, [----] engagements

"The 4th Armor (Abrams) had no 76mm Shermans only the old 75s. They did have some M18 tank destroyers. Hitlers painfully hoarded panzers got frittered away before the main attack as every German general pleaded for help on their front. [--] Panzer brigades were wrecked. 5/11"
X Link 2025-02-15T20:46Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements

"They met near Arracourt. Both sides were advancing in the open. The Germans waited for fog to avoid US air cover. The Germans had a [--] brigade attack set but a French peasant gave one brigade bad directions. The remaining brigade still had [---] : [--] odds over the Americans. 6/11"
X Link 2025-02-15T20:46Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements

"Giant Monsters"
X Link 2025-02-15T22:01Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements

"Theres a reason we all prefer Mexican Coke. Do you support RFK JR. removing high fructose corn syrup from coke Do you support RFK JR. removing high fructose corn syrup from coke"
X Link 2025-02-16T01:51Z 14.3K followers, 12.4K engagements

"If you want to play in Ravenloft just throw in the towel and go straight to Call of Cthulhu The best way to play in Ravenloft for Dungeons & Dragons is ________. The best way to play in Ravenloft for Dungeons & Dragons is ________"
X Link 2025-02-16T01:57Z 14.3K followers, [----] engagements

"Here is my wife at H. P. Lovecraft's grave. Yes we left something there. He didn't have his own monument for quite a while but shared the Lovecraft family monument. I think August Derleth put up a separate marker in the 50s or so"
X Link 2025-02-16T16:11Z 49.9K followers, [----] engagements

"Want to be more scared of black widows than before Black widows lay 200-500 eggs in a sac. Before the sac bursts for a few days the baby widows inside are EXCLUSIVELY cannibalistic and eat each other until about half of them are gone. Survival of the strongest I guess. An E. R. tech in Texas told me that one standard question for possible venomous bite victims was "Is this the worst pain you've ever suffered in your life" If they answered yes then that was a hard positive for black widow bite and they'd start treating it. Note: the pain isn't at the bite - it's from cramping stomach muscles &"
X Link 2025-02-16T17:09Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements

"@nodoomforyou In the big picture black widows like other spiders are our friends destroying much harmful insects. And widows are one of the few spiders that will take on wasps. It's just they are a dangerous and unreliable friend"
X Link 2025-02-16T17:16Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements

"There's a lot of people freakingg out about eggs. Here's a [--] second Doordash check on prices near me. Where on EARTH are you finding $12.00 egg cartons Tiffany's"
X Link 2025-02-16T17:37Z 62.2K followers, [----] engagements

"Despite the reputation of the games I design i have never had a TPK in a campaign session. A one-shot convention game though- the gloves are off"
X Link 2025-02-16T18:13Z 14.6K followers, [---] engagements

"When I was a kid two of the major types of toys available were bags of plastic army men and bags of plastic dinosaurs. So naturally one of the most common games me and my friends played was Dinosaurs vs. Army Men. What a rush"
X Link 2025-02-17T03:29Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements

"It is my God-given right as a gamer (and yours too) to nit-pick any aspect of a game mercilessly. Just because someone else doesn't mind the "accidental stealing" in Skyrim does not mean you must put up with it"
X Link 2025-02-17T04:00Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements

"Gold for XP is a terrible mechanic. Heres why: 1) it makes luck (high gp value) be a main determinant of level. 2) it flies in the face of reason. Just bump up kills xp. You have to track kills anyway. 3) it lets DMs hand out gold as a different type of reward independent of the rest. This lets PCs be high level & poor or low level & rich. Otherwise those conditions are more rare"
X Link 2025-02-17T04:40Z 44.5K followers, 24.6K engagements

"See I kind of like her because I dig body horror like Slither The Brood and Reanimator. This is just sad. https://t.co/NEBGgiVQQL This is just sad. https://t.co/NEBGgiVQQL"
X Link 2025-02-17T05:17Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements

"Soon it will ALL be Idaho . sinister music plays JUST IN: The Greater Idaho movement is gaining momentum as several conservative-leaning Oregon counties push to secede and join Idaho. Would you like to see this happen https://t.co/QJtdb6HHPm JUST IN: The Greater Idaho movement is gaining momentum as several conservative-leaning Oregon counties push to secede and join Idaho. Would you like to see this happen https://t.co/QJtdb6HHPm"
X Link 2025-02-17T16:40Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements

"@DoomMaster10913 Because it's hard to find a picture of "accidental stealing" but EVERYONE hates the water temple. And my post was about complaining about games not Skyrim in particular"
X Link 2025-02-17T17:01Z 14.3K followers, [--] engagements

"German movies in the 1920s give us a glimpse into a weird parallel universe. Films were so new it wasn't obvious how they ought to be made. Should they be realistic Or should they be stylized like a theater production Some German directors went the "theater" direction. 1/"
X Link 2025-02-17T17:18Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements

"This was mostly in horror films the most famous being Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and Metropolis but there were plenty of others. Basically instead of trying to be realistically shot they owned the "fakeness" of the movie milieu and rejoiced in it. This had amazing results. 2/"
X Link 2025-02-17T17:18Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements

"@GailSimone Is he from madagascar No PBJ"
X Link 2025-02-17T21:55Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements

"Why Cthulhu is Unstoppable Reason 1: he's not alone Cthulhu is the high priest () of an entire city of starspawn each huge regenerating and mind-blasting. This includes "specialty" starspawn like Cthylla Zoth-Ommog and Ghatanothoa. There could be millions of them. 1/"
X Link 2025-02-18T00:39Z 33.7K followers, 23.9K engagements

"Reason 2: he's aware. Yes he's been "sleeping" for years but he is not asleep. He has been communicating with the other starspawn and aliens constantly and vice-versa. He knows everything that is happening on Earth and his agents have infiltrated our society. 2/"
X Link 2025-02-18T00:39Z 33.7K followers, [----] engagements

"You have. They're called Mexican Salvadoran Peruvian etc. You might carp "but they're influenced by European techniques". Duh. Is French food not influenced by Italian Korean by Japanese All food is affected by other cuisines. why have I never seen a Native American restaurant why have I never seen a Native American restaurant"
X Link 2025-02-18T01:35Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements

"So some rando gloated that Chaosium no longer had the Lovecraft license because he was now public domain. Not sure why that's a gloat. The fact that Disney grossly exploited the copyright idea doesn't make it a bad idea. Chaosium paid Arkham House money to use Lovecraft's name & license. Did Arkham House own HPL's IP Well that's another question. Chaosium didn't know. I also believe that it's a good idea that copyrights expire. Imagine the arguments & discussions over who the "heirs" to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein would be. Should they expire sooner Probably. But it's also good that licenses"
X Link 2025-02-18T18:38Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements

"There's plenty of reasons this failed but somewhere on the list is the generic name "John Carter" which could be an indie rom-com. The original title A Princess of Mars is kickbutt - not only elicits interest but makes promises. On which it delivers"
X Link 2025-02-18T21:26Z 50.8K followers, 16.2K engagements

"It does if it happened in-game. I always prefer a simple sketchy backstory for my players. Then create the fabric if their saga with the gameplay events. Your characters tragic past doesnt make them interesting. Your characters tragic past doesnt make them interesting"
X Link 2025-02-20T06:28Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements

"Eric Dott the owner of Avalon Hill was . unusual. When I first met him he shook my hand firmly not letting go. While still shaking my hand he looked deeply into my eyes and asked me "Is this the hand you masturbate with" A real conversation-stopper there"
X Link 2025-02-20T17:38Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements

"I became a huge fan of Dr Who in the 80s. Based on my long years watching terrible SF films from the 50s & 60s I ignored the awful special effects and realized that the storylines were amazing and creative. I stayed a fan up until halfway through Peter Capaldi. Basically the anti-capitalist screed that was Oxygen did me in. I much prefer my capitalist villains to be interesting such as in Vengeance on Varos instead of just "kill people for profit". I hear people whining about Jodie Whittaker and Ncuti Gatwa but I really have no idea if they're any good - I've never watched an episode. Ah well"
X Link 2025-02-20T19:10Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements

"I'm no Bill Nye but I do sign a lot of books and games at conventions. I have never charged a single penny. I asked Bill Nye for a photo when I was in the sixth grade and he said you dont have enough money and walked away laughing at me lol I asked Bill Nye for a photo when I was in the sixth grade and he said you dont have enough money and walked away laughing at me lol"
X Link 2025-02-21T03:08Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements

"This is a photo from [----] showing a Japanese Type [--] tank ON TOP of a Sherman tanks engine deck. The contrast in tank quality is clear. To be fair the Japanese spent their steel on ships & planes instead. Cool pic though"
X Link 2025-02-21T15:08Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements

"NO SAUSAGE SHOULD EVER BE SERVED WITH KETCHUP Ketchup or mustard on brats https://t.co/9EFPM1fbfw Ketchup or mustard on brats https://t.co/9EFPM1fbfw"
X Link 2025-02-21T23:11Z 14.4K followers, 10.4K engagements

"Friend it is my opinion that fantasy RPGs STARTED OUT as homogenized slop. In fact my favorite DM back in 1974-75 quit RPGs because he hated the fact that D&D mixed up myths. He didn't like seeing centaurs sphinxes & trolls all in the same universe for instance. Anyway as a reaction to this games appeared with settings that WEREN'T slop. We got Tekumel then Glorantha Pendragon etc. Then TSR itself ultimately figured it out and we got Dark Sun Ravenloft and more. And we still have these around - so we don't have to eat the corporate mush. In the last [--] hours I have come to the conclusion that"
X Link 2025-02-24T21:29Z 14.6K followers, [----] engagements

"Important differential for people running RPGs set in the 20th century. Hobo - transient who takes short term jobs Tramp - transient who doesnt work. Bum - local who doesnt work"
X Link 2025-02-24T23:26Z 17.1K followers, [----] engagements

"@ResisttheMS well i think we've gotten all the good there is inside Tucker Carlson"
X Link 2025-02-25T01:20Z 14.6K followers, [---] engagements

"A stick and a fire lets you roast most prey animals bannock bread and certain vegetables. Palm leaves let you roast stuff in the coals. So you do not in fact need a skillet. 🔥 Survival Tip for Adventurers: Are you even carrying a skillet 🔥 You can slay the biggest beast catch the rarest fish but if you don't have a skillet. you're eating it raw. 🤢 And we all know what happens then. illness weakness maybe even death. The coming update is https://t.co/oaezeXjYzW 🔥 Survival Tip for Adventurers: Are you even carrying a skillet 🔥 You can slay the biggest beast catch the rarest fish but if you"
X Link 2025-02-25T01:29Z 17.1K followers, [----] engagements

"Skeletons have no eyes. Therefore they should be able to see [---] degrees around themselves with their deadsense or whatever they use"
X Link 2025-02-25T15:19Z 17.8K followers, [---] engagements

"@Jaeger350 Sure. But isn't D&D's dominance in America a cultural phenomenon"
X Link 2025-02-25T23:54Z 17K followers, [---] engagements

"I dunno if Call of Cthulhu is "realistic" but whenever I try to give the players a magic item they grit their teeth and shake their heads. So distrustful. Do magical items belong in gritty realistic campaigns Do magical items belong in gritty realistic campaigns"
X Link 2025-02-26T00:03Z 18.3K followers, [----] engagements

"Nothing forces you to use all the monsters in the book. Stick with a dozen or fewer if you like. You can have a fine campaign with only undead as opponents. Or only giants. Runequest and Call of Cthulhu both have far fewer monster types than D&D but I never felt deprived because I didn't have the stats for a gibbering mouther or a flail snail. I'm going to catch Hell for this. .but there are too many damned monsters in D&D. I''m all for options but really And yeah the older editions too. I'm going to catch Hell for this. .but there are too many damned monsters in D&D. I''m all for options but"
X Link 2025-03-03T19:07Z 54.5K followers, [----] engagements

"The greatest pirate ever was Henry Avery. While sailing in the Indian Ocean he commanded a small group of pirate vessels when they encountered a convoy of [--] large slow-sailing antiquated ships of fancy design. They captured the entire convoy to find these were the treasure ships of the Grand Mogul of All India. The ships were filled with tons of gold and silver and numerous dancing girls. EACH INDIVIDUAL PIRATE was able to walk away with [--] tons of silver plus an amount of gold worth more than the silver. We don't have any idea how valuable the chests of gold & jewels were but they were"
X Link 2025-03-11T00:36Z 57.3K followers, [----] engagements

"An actual advertisement from the early part of the 20th century. Your job is to invent the product it is plugging"
X Link 2025-03-28T20:13Z 60.8K followers, [----] engagements

"Speaking as a guy who has done both exclusive & non-exclusive games. Should be obvious but exclusives are only good for the console. Creators want to do all platforms and must be bribed or coerced into exclusivity. Which is why Halo Wars was exclusive. Ive never got the point of exclusivity in gaming like why is it at all a metric of a console being good Ive never got the point of exclusivity in gaming like why is it at all a metric of a console being good"
X Link 2025-04-05T19:06Z 60.5K followers, [----] engagements

"So here is the moral question. Cthulhu himself is beyond moral good and evil. Does this make a worshiper of Cthulhu beyond moral good or evil at least in that aspect of him that worships Cthulhu"
X Link 2025-04-15T20:38Z 60.7K followers, 10.5K engagements

"There is literally no reason to have a non-human or demi-human (whatever that means) in a game except to stereotype them. I once ran a game in which a woman played a dwarf. Someone commented that dwarfs are short hairy and like their ale. She got mad and said "MY dwarf is tall and willowy." I was thunderstruck. Why would you play a dwarf if you don't want dwarf attributes. She then accused me of racism because I stereotyped dwarfs. I told her that "dwarfs in an RPG are not humans and it's impossible to be racist against something that doesn't exist." She disagreed strongly and so did her"
X Link 2025-04-22T18:21Z 57.2K followers, 26.4K engagements

"This is a fabulous example of how useless philosophy can be. The guy of course believes "the world is a prison" but is apparently incapable of telling the difference between a tiny cell prison and a gigantic world prison. His negativity is so great he cannot see the good in anything. https://t.co/NQKsTIMilY https://t.co/NQKsTIMilY"
X Link 2025-04-23T19:34Z 48.8K followers, 14.8K engagements

"Most iconic digital game sound Wololooo Link gets buff Lok-Tar Doom imp snarl Wololooo Link gets buff Lok-Tar Doom imp snarl"
X Link 2025-04-26T14:45Z 45.9K followers, 12.5K engagements

"@johncwright2001 Yes. Goldry Bluszco Spitfire Juss and Brandoch Daha whom I loved so much I gave my son the middle name Brandoch"
X Link 2025-05-04T15:42Z 61.7K followers, [---] engagements

"Tell me you dont like video games without saying so outright. Could We Be About To Enter A Skippable Boss Fight Utopia https://t.co/EGmYDoCTE6 https://t.co/OGMbZQKdo2 Could We Be About To Enter A Skippable Boss Fight Utopia https://t.co/EGmYDoCTE6 https://t.co/OGMbZQKdo2"
X Link 2025-05-09T22:12Z 62.9K followers, [----] engagements

"The fact that they didn't cast Pedro Pascal as Snow White was the biggest mistake in modern Disney history"
X Link 2025-06-08T15:49Z 62.4K followers, 11.4K engagements

"@memeslich That is a poisonberry sandwich. Don't you know red berries are deadly"
X Link 2025-06-23T20:58Z 50.6K followers, [---] engagements

"Here is a trap I used in a dungeon. I feel a little guilty about it. In case it's not clear. The player climbs the ladder. Personally I don't think a secret window counts as a "trap" for detection purposes. Near the top a panel opens and medusa looks out. The new statue of your party member crashes down on the head of the next guy on the ladder"
X Link 2025-06-28T18:30Z 63.7K followers, 32.3K engagements

"New New Jersey. 🤔 https://t.co/akSjBNToDJ 🤔 https://t.co/akSjBNToDJ"
X Link 2025-07-03T15:32Z 49.8K followers, 10.1K engagements

"This is absolutely true which is also why Conan did meet eldritch horrors frequently. Also Robert D. Howard wrote a bunch of "lovecraftian" horror stories such as The Black Stone. Why hasn't anyone written a "Conan in Boston" story yet 😜 https://t.co/XZggu12t6f Why hasn't anyone written a "Conan in Boston" story yet 😜 https://t.co/XZggu12t6f"
X Link 2025-07-03T19:43Z 49.1K followers, 39.5K engagements

"I assume because theres two full shots of Johnny Walker added to the beer & their taste buds are dulled"
X Link 2025-07-17T21:01Z 49.8K followers, [----] engagements

"There is no iconic American food any more than there is Asian food or European food. Its all more focused like Creole food or Maine seafood or Chicago food. To get the good stuff in America ask your hotel where the good local stuff is. Youll love it. @StatisticUrban I never seen anyone outside of US ever saying like "I wanna try American food" Like ppl do for Italian food or Greek food Kebab etc. @StatisticUrban I never seen anyone outside of US ever saying like "I wanna try American food" Like ppl do for Italian food or Greek food Kebab etc"
X Link 2025-07-19T01:01Z 64.8K followers, [----] engagements

"This is the actual Shunned House from Lovecrafts tale. There is a metal plate warning you away on the front gate. In French"
X Link 2025-07-20T01:57Z 64.6K followers, [----] engagements

"Even if youre scientific the Uncanny Valley theory makes sense. A Thing that looks human but is slightly wrong Candidates: 1) other human species (Denisovans erectus Neanderthal) 2) a psychopath or insane human (behavior wrong) 3) a diseased human (rabid worn-down etc.) There is survival value in avoiding all of these. Hence the Uncanny Valley. Of course theres the true origin of the Uncanny Valley - avoiding skinwalkers & doppelgangers"
X Link 2025-07-20T02:09Z 49.8K followers, [----] engagements

"I watched the moon landing live on TV. I was agog. Who would have thought the first landing would be televised"
X Link 2025-07-20T21:10Z 49.8K followers, [----] engagements

"To me they look like dangling boogers. Im old though so whatever"
X Link 2025-07-20T21:54Z 62.4K followers, [----] engagements

"This is passive-aggressive baloney. I and my wife after years finally realized we cannot read each others minds. So we IMMEDIATELY ask for stuff or say somethings wrong. We KNOW what the other wants instead of guessing. Now married [--] years and happier than ever with each other. Communication works. friendly reminder: https://t.co/bV01Hn21ZG friendly reminder: https://t.co/bV01Hn21ZG"
X Link 2025-07-21T02:14Z 54.5K followers, 14.7K engagements

"Really you need to separate the Pacific coast from the rest of the West. Who wins https://t.co/qM7CY17BGk Who wins https://t.co/qM7CY17BGk"
X Link 2025-07-21T16:46Z 66.8K followers, [----] engagements

"lives under capitalism his whole life Assumes anything he doesnt like is capitalism with zero evidence. Example: Americans privately donate about 3% of our GDP to charities. In noble Sweden bastion of goodness its 0.16% or [--] times less. Capitalism has made people so small minded and selfish. Capitalism has made people so small minded and selfish"
X Link 2025-07-21T17:53Z 63.7K followers, [----] engagements

"Confession: I thought the Beholder was SUPER COOL when it was introduced in Greyhawk. I loved it even more in AD&D. I have never used one in my games. In Greyhawk it was completely unclear what it could do. Did it just fire all [--] eye spells every round Charm Disintegrate Death Ray The AD&D monster manual made it more complicated but not much clearer. So rather than deal with the nightmare of saving throws angles of attack and DM rulings I wussed out and just used wyverns & mummies instead. Did I miss out"
X Link 2025-07-21T19:01Z 66.1K followers, 16.3K engagements

"Wow. I am one of the people he refers to. I never saw a single episode of it. https://t.co/LRVvwWyJlx https://t.co/LRVvwWyJlx"
X Link 2025-07-22T06:20Z 49.1K followers, 27.5K engagements

"Hipsters seem to have largely vanished from the world sadly replaced by less harmless trends. The most hipster guy I knew listened to folk music renditions of hip-hop songs"
X Link 2025-07-22T07:19Z 60.7K followers, [----] engagements

"No. It violates the 6th. Noahide law which is incumbant on all men to obey. (Unlike the ten commandments which are only for those of the Abrahamic faiths.) Would you ever try this https://t.co/I23BWW4zip Would you ever try this https://t.co/I23BWW4zip"
X Link 2025-07-22T22:31Z 53K followers, 31.2K engagements

"If we didn't have a Department of Education this would be a terrific argument to install a Department of Education. However we have had a Department of Education for going on [--] years and in EVERY ONE of Mr. Lautens' examples we now know worse/less than before. Therefore his argument CANNOT be "we're not well-educated". Instead he needs to show that retaining the DoE will lead to better education despite the past five decades. Alternatively that the DoE has somehow kept us from being even less well-read than we would have been otherwise"
X Link 2025-07-22T23:15Z 50.1K followers, [----] engagements

"I'm pretty sure the whole "not dating" thing is restricted to women in a few coastal cities - San Francisco New York maybe a couple others (Portland). As usual people in those towns assume that everyone else is Just Like Them. It's the same famous syndrome first registered in [----] when a notorious journalist from Greenwich Village said "How could Nixon win I don't know ANYONE who voted for him." Ladies men are still going on dates. Just not in your neighborhoods. What is with all these articles about men not wanting to date Leave them alone. https://t.co/WAilHz20hm What is with all these"
X Link 2025-07-22T23:26Z 62.3K followers, [----] engagements

"I will be at ArneCon [----] in October. I am running an original Call of Cthulhu adventure and on I think [--] panels. Come wave antennae"
X Link 2025-07-23T21:53Z 66.4K followers, [----] engagements

"Yes the golden snitch is a terrible idea for a game. But Rowling wasnt designing a game. She was designing an aspect of her world she could use to add drama & tension plus put Harry in a position of both power & danger. In that regard it works fine"
X Link 2025-07-24T14:38Z 62.2K followers, 18.5K engagements

"One of my wife's ancestors (from was named Dirk Dirks. If I named a game character that you'd mock me. So be aware that ANY name no matter how weird should be acceptable. http://Ancestry.com http://Ancestry.com"
X Link 2025-07-24T15:32Z 51.1K followers, [----] engagements

"I haven't been to every city in Europe but Aviles Spain has to be at least a candidate. What city in Europe has the best restaurants https://t.co/mb6SQYd9ER What city in Europe has the best restaurants https://t.co/mb6SQYd9ER"
X Link 2025-07-24T17:00Z 49.8K followers, [----] engagements

"Man I'm almost offended. People who disagree with my take on Tom Bombadil are not just saying I'm wrong (I've been wrong before and survived) but are literally saying I'm "the worst" (direct quote) and that this taints all my work for [--] years. Holy cow. Internetz anger at heat"
X Link 2025-07-26T18:58Z 67K followers, 53.8K engagements

"Spear & shield combo is famously successful historically. Who wins https://t.co/xUOUlf1dIi Who wins https://t.co/xUOUlf1dIi"
X Link 2025-07-27T22:17Z 46.2K followers, [----] engagements

"Best gaming t shirt of all time. Very few were made"
X Link 2025-07-28T00:02Z 49.5K followers, 17.5K engagements

"Need a monstrous Argus for a boss fight We are actually having a sale on him (also on the Catoblepas mentioned earlier). He's large 101mm tall (scale [--] feet) and covered with eyeballs. Just like Argus. https://shop.petersengames.com/products/argus-blister-pack https://shop.petersengames.com/products/argus-blister-pack"
X Link 2025-07-28T15:34Z 61.4K followers, [----] engagements

"My take: owlbears are the dumbest monster ever. They pick the least scary aspects of owls and bears and combine them. They don't fly. They don't have a mighty crushing bite. And they look idiotic. Just because gryphons tikbalangs manticores and minotaurs are cool doesn't mean every combination works"
X Link 2025-07-30T20:21Z 50.1K followers, 25.5K engagements

"If a [--] lb fox eats [--] lbs of rabbit it is technically half rabbit. What does a half fox half rabbit look like Furries are not allowed to respond to this https://t.co/nrPE89ouYo What does a half fox half rabbit look like Furries are not allowed to respond to this https://t.co/nrPE89ouYo"
X Link 2025-07-30T23:05Z 63.4K followers, 35.8K engagements

"I think porn is absolutely toxic but I have some bad news for the banners. I grew up before any internet or personal computers or even VHS tapes and you know what We still managed to get our hands on porn. Most people won't state this so bluntly but if the choices are: 1) kids sometimes access pornography on the internet 2) a federal ID system to access the internet Then #1 is the better choice. Most people won't state this so bluntly but if the choices are: 1) kids sometimes access pornography on the internet 2) a federal ID system to access the internet Then #1 is the better choice"
X Link 2025-08-03T03:27Z 50.8K followers, 27.8K engagements

"Whats the best video roleplaying game ever and why is it Chronotrigger RPG debate has been pretty quiet these days. What's a good topic we can all argue about for a day or two RPG debate has been pretty quiet these days. What's a good topic we can all argue about for a day or two"
X Link 2025-08-03T15:25Z 64.3K followers, 15.3K engagements

"In the Soviet Union everyone had a job. True. Heres what else was true: 1) you were assigned your job AND the region by the state. You had to stay in the job at least [--] years. 2) you couldnt switch jobs with approval of the labor board AND your employer. If you switched too often there were legal penalties up to imprisonment. 3) promotions were based on Party membership loyalty and sucking up. Not merit. Many jobs were restricted to only party members. 4) wages were pretty even across the board. So yeah a factory worker an engineer & the factory manager got similar wages. Egalitarian for sure"
X Link 2025-08-03T21:29Z 50.8K followers, 51.2K engagements

"Dude took out three Me-262s all by himself. He's a hero of the Allies. One of my favorite WW2 stories is that of Me [---] pilot Unteroffizier Eduard Schallmoser who after his 3rd kill (all by ramming) was forced to bail out of his plane parachuted into his mother's garden in Memmingen had breakfast and went back to war. https://t.co/GitlUEpLWz One of my favorite WW2 stories is that of Me [---] pilot Unteroffizier Eduard Schallmoser who after his 3rd kill (all by ramming) was forced to bail out of his plane parachuted into his mother's garden in Memmingen had breakfast and went back to war."
X Link 2025-08-11T21:21Z 50.8K followers, [----] engagements

"I don't get this. Do they want us to be multicultural or not"
X Link 2025-08-12T16:42Z 51K followers, 18.3K engagements

"My take on character backstory is that I want my players' characters to generate their "backstory" during play if possible. The most fun part of the game is playing not character creation. I like them to find out who their bitter enemy is who their allies are and so forth while the game is in progress. This doesn't mean I'm driving the players' actions - they are perfectly capable of fixating on NPCs all on their own in which case it is incumbent upon me as the DM to activate the chosen NPCs to fill their roles as the PCs' nemesis or ally. Look at Conan - sure he had some kind of history"
X Link 2025-08-16T20:31Z 62.8K followers, 19.1K engagements

"Fun fact: there are members of my church who are convinced that Bigfoot is actually Cain the first murderer cursed to live on Earth till doomsday. We have anecdotes backing this up. It explains Bigfoot's rarity as well as "what happened to Cain". Plus it makes for a REALLY AWESOME Call of Cthulhu scenario with a surprise plot twist"
X Link 2025-08-17T20:29Z 61.5K followers, 31.6K engagements

"They dont even notice bullet wounds. I doubt mustard gas would have much of an impact. Yes it can blind you but technically zombies ought to be blind anyway yet they see. I think it would take physical destruction of the eyes & even that might not stop them (The Blind Dead films). Plus now the zombies have mustard gas residue on their bodies. Zombie films never have mustard gas. Why Like any Zombie outbreak would be over real fast with mustard gas. Zombie films never have mustard gas. Why Like any Zombie outbreak would be over real fast with mustard gas"
X Link 2025-08-18T20:10Z 46.5K followers, [----] engagements

"So on to the Sioux. Because the native civs were so different from the Europeans and because we basically couldn't share any art with Europe (and dark little between each other) they took a long time to complete and so we decided to do one at a time get it balanced then move on. For better or worse the Sioux were the last so they actually got stuck with the least time in playtest. As a result one of my goals was to make their civilization as easy and understandable as possible. Of course I also wanted them to "feel" like Sioux - fast and aggressive. So first off I totally stole the Hun bonus"
X Link 2025-08-19T15:34Z 53.5K followers, [----] engagements

"For their next ability which was also slightly controversial for a bit I wanted a different take on the Sioux for coins. Most nations mine coins but the Dakota famously got ousted from their badlands home by gold miners so I thought that having them also mine the gold normally would be kind of a thumb in the eye. Still they needed coin so what to do I did the same thing as with the Iroqouis - they had to build a marketplace next to the mine & the gold magically appears in their coffers. It worked just fine. I also gave the Sioux an initial [---] coin to give them an early boost in this regard."
X Link 2025-08-19T15:34Z 53.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Important information for people running RPGs set in the 20th century. Hobo - transient who takes short term jobs Tramp - transient who doesnt work Bum - local who doesnt work"
X Link 2025-08-24T19:47Z 62.3K followers, [----] engagements

"I've been designing and publishing games since [----]. Tabletop games do not need a "solo mode" because every tabletop game can be played solo with the right mindset. However every digital game needs a solo mode. Even if the game requires you to be constantly online (like Guild Wars or whatever) you need to be able to play by yourself. Fight me. First question in many crowd-funded games: Will they be a solo mode Hot take: Not ever game needs a solo mode. First question in many crowd-funded games: Will they be a solo mode Hot take: Not ever game needs a solo mode"
X Link 2025-08-27T14:45Z 63.2K followers, [----] engagements

"The amazing thing is the South Korean army would absolutely devastate North Korea's in a fight. Better training far better equipment actual air support better allies (Japan & USA) and higher morale given that their families aren't literally starving back home"
X Link 2025-08-29T18:00Z 51K followers, 25.3K engagements

"I assume youre looking for recipes. Steaks should be seasoned with juniper berries smoked paprika and thyme"
X Link 2025-09-01T13:45Z 50.9K followers, 17.3K engagements

"Today I am doing a Q & A session. I will periodically check this thread and seek to answer any and (almost) all questions"
X Link 2025-09-05T17:36Z 50.6K followers, 10.7K engagements

"I always felt that Stormbringer was the "red headed stepchild" of Chaosium - it was a fine game had decent sales and we just didn't push it or give it any love. Bad us I guess. In the late 80s we tried to fix that but too little too late. Superworld could have been great but Steve Perrin lost interest. He only played Champions at home so I had to do all the playtesting and Steve didn't care about fixing it. Elfquest & Ringworld could have used more love too. We basically just did one expansion each then let them slide"
X Link 2025-09-05T22:58Z 50.7K followers, [--] engagements

"The best siege weapon is of course a trebuchet. What is second-best petard (funniest) catapult ballista battering ram petard (funniest) catapult ballista battering ram"
X Link 2025-09-05T23:22Z 66.7K followers, [----] engagements

"Microsoft stock. Hmm. 🤔 https://t.co/fPHZzxzoRX Hmm. 🤔 https://t.co/fPHZzxzoRX"
X Link 2025-09-05T23:35Z 46.2K followers, [----] engagements

"Here is the entire problem with our political system. Kamala Harris is a proven liar. Donald Trump is also a proven liar. But Sir Mix-a-Lot CANNOT lie. He deserves everyone's vote in 2028"
X Link 2025-09-06T21:44Z 48.4K followers, [----] engagements

"George R. R. Martin IS a good writer. He wrote some excellent stories. Check out Sandkings from [----]. I have not read any of his Game of Thrones nor seen the show so cant comment on it. Screw it. I'm saying it. George Martin isn't a good author. I said it. He took the fantasy genre opened up by Lord Of The Rings decided to kill off almost every character written and sold it by adding a shitload of sex. Sex doesn't a good story make. Is it decently Screw it. I'm saying it. George Martin isn't a good author. I said it. He took the fantasy genre opened up by Lord Of The Rings decided to kill off"
X Link 2025-09-07T21:02Z 50.6K followers, 16K engagements

"I have noticed that some X contributors list that they're a TTRPG designer right in their name. I didn't do that so thought I should list my creds. I am designer or co-designer on five TTRPGs - Call of Cthulhu Runequest III Ghostbusters Elfquest and Superworld. Two of those got awards (Call of Cthulhu & Ghostbusters). I am currently working on a science fiction TTRPG. Probably be done in a year or so"
X Link 2025-09-08T19:44Z 54.9K followers, [----] engagements

"Found in Germany 1) the choc image on the left isnt chips. 2) there is patriotic bunting along the sides 3) they are chocolate chips cookies I guess for German pedantic correctness. Because there is more than a single chip. 4) They tasted ok. As with all store-bought chocolate chip cookies home-made is way better. Getting them fresh from the oven - the little pockets of chocolate still melted. Man alive"
X Link 2025-09-08T20:42Z 48.1K followers, [----] engagements

"In [----] I interviewed for a job at Coleco in which I would work on Colecovision and Adam computer games. Here's what you want to know: 1) I was left alone with a free-to-play arcade game of Dragon's Lair for [--] hours. So I finally beat it. 2) I heard the entire design staff was fired [--] months later. One guy had just bought a house in Connecticut"
X Link 2025-09-08T23:32Z 48.7K followers, [----] engagements

"Every day we stray further from God's grace"
X Link 2025-09-09T17:08Z 46.2K followers, [----] engagements

"Doom [--] L13: Downtown "Downtown" was one of the more influential and controversial levels I built. It directly led to John Romero creating L15 "Industrial Zone" and it got "channeled" in several other levels as well. I was thinking how cool it would be to do a city level with tall buildings and alleyways. In my vision there would be enemies sniping at you from balconies and windows and secrets inside the buildings. And it turned out I was pretty much able to create the level how I wanted. It opens with you walking out into what looks like a grim concrete city. In retrospect it looks a lot like"
X Link 2025-09-10T15:27Z 48.8K followers, [----] engagements

"As a man almost [--] I support this wholeheartedly. Frankly Id support destroying ALL property taxes and replacing them with a simple land sale tax. When you sell your house 10% (or whatever) goes to the government and they stay the HELL out of your property the rest of the time. How do you feel about this https://t.co/a6MNYY2VM7 How do you feel about this https://t.co/a6MNYY2VM7"
X Link 2025-09-10T15:57Z 50K followers, 13.8K engagements

"Harvey short for Harvey Dent. What would you name this cat https://t.co/XpPoWC4a1f What would you name this cat https://t.co/XpPoWC4a1f"
X Link 2025-09-13T14:17Z 50.1K followers, [----] engagements

"Okay this is hilarious but just to clarify: Halo isn't "fantasy role-play". It's a fairly hard science fiction first person shooter. The Grunts & Elites are on the same side against the humans. Whether Tyler Robinson faces a firing squad in Utah for the murder of Charlie Kirk my guess is the accused killer will probably have been motivated more by Halo and similar fantasy role-play than by substantive political discord. The game features Grunts vs Elites. Im guessing Whether Tyler Robinson faces a firing squad in Utah for the murder of Charlie Kirk my guess is the accused killer will probably"
X Link 2025-09-15T01:38Z 61.8K followers, [----] engagements

"Today I turn [--]. A milestone I guess. My birthday gifts are: 1) mom gets home from the hospital 2) wife says the expensive present she got for me last year counts for this too. 3) I got to run a Call of Cthulhu game for a bunch of teen girls including [--] granddaughters. 4) wife says shell snuggle with me some time today. 5) tomorrow daughter is taking me out tomorrow Might push my luck see if I can get a pie or something out of the day"
X Link 2025-09-16T12:02Z 48.2K followers, 38.3K engagements

"I admit the final boss of Doom [--] was a complete stopgap"
X Link 2025-09-19T23:24Z 48.8K followers, [----] engagements

"Despite the fact that I worked on Doom & Doom [--] I don't really have a dog in this fight since I loved Halo as well and worked on Halo Wars. Master Chief is a Spartan trained for war since a child. the Doom hero is really REALLY mean. Probably Master Chief has better armor but the Doom guy has more hit points (yes I know the games don't work the same). Your thoughts Or do you think that Samus would defeat either"
X Link 2025-09-19T23:26Z 53K followers, 16.1K engagements

"I have just learned that apparently there is a way to die against Doom 2s Icon of Sin even in Invincible or God mode. As the levels designer I had no idea. I guess the Icons spawning pods telefrag you or something. Anyway it wasnt intentional. What I DID intend was to make a reference to Baphomet - the diabolic head worshipped by the Knights Templar. (And dont try to tell me they werent into black magic - Ive seen The Blind Dead films.) You will note that the Icon doesnt spawn zombies. This is because the Icon only spawns demons not damned souls. It also doesnt spawn Cyberdemons or Spider"
X Link 2025-09-20T00:36Z 48.8K followers, [----] engagements

"actual image from Florida's panhandle"
X Link 2025-09-20T22:27Z 65K followers, [----] engagements

"Want to see a crazy movie where among other things a zombie kills a guy with a speargun And a surgeon throws a scalpel And it has THE WORST ENDING EVER Check out Nightmare City by Umberto Lenzi. I showed it to about [--] friends and they created & signed a petition condemning me and the movie. I put the petition inside the dvd case"
X Link 2025-09-22T21:44Z 49.9K followers, [----] engagements

"In Doom [--] John Carmack suggested that the secret exit would lead to a room that looked exactly like the Wolfenstein secret room and would have the same secret exit and lead to the same place. I liked the idea and got Adrian Carmack to upgrade the old Wolfenstein textures for Doom. I did change the secret area once you got inside as one of my typical Petersen pranks. I had to use a cyberdemon because I couldn't get them to do Hitler in power armor. Fun fact: Doom was banned from non-adult stores in Germany not because it was gory but because it had swastikas. Even though it's pretty clear the"
X Link 2025-09-23T18:26Z 48.7K followers, 14.2K engagements

"I loved Moropus as a kid. A fun conjecture about Moropus is that maybe the fabled Nandi Bear of African cryptid lore is a surviving chalicothere. It would have claws like a bear and wouldn't eat carcasses - the Nandi Bear supposedly only eats brains. So if the Nandi bear is a chalicothere either it eats brains for fun or the "brain eating" is just a legend. Note that every herbivore CAN eat meat. They just don't. A chalicothere has the claws and the bulky shoulder & chest that might look like a bear. Plus it is huge - bigger than any actual bear. Works for me. At [---] meters tall and nearly"
X Link 2025-09-23T19:05Z 53.5K followers, [----] engagements

"I am still making games for all who were in doubt. You can get my latest published game here. It's a multiplayer asymmetric strategy 4x game. https://shop.petersengames.com/products/hyperspace-standard-edition-core-game https://shop.petersengames.com/products/hyperspace-standard-edition-core-game"
X Link 2025-09-23T21:25Z 48.9K followers, [----] engagements

"For those wondering the reason the repurposed Wolfenstein art on the Doom [--] secret levels is so ginormous is this: I was able to get Adrian Carmack to convert his textures from Wolfenstein to Doom. However it turned out they were not to scale with Doom at all being almost twice as big (someone out there probably knows the exact difference). I was however unable to get Adrian to then go back and edit the textures so they would "fit" in Doom. Not blaming Adrian - he had a LOT on his plate. I guess I could have lobbied harder but the gigantic rooms looked less claustrophobic so I just went with"
X Link 2025-09-23T23:13Z 48.8K followers, 12.1K engagements

"Obviously the biggest possible Diet Coke. (Bigger diet drinks are better because you save more calories.) Whats the best drink to pair with this meal https://t.co/9sYJD2fXGB Whats the best drink to pair with this meal https://t.co/9sYJD2fXGB"
X Link 2025-09-25T22:38Z 46K followers, [----] engagements

"Just because he has a lot of books doesn't mean he's the "most banned". He's one guy. And he's not banned as witness below all from screens I looked up in [--] minutes. Also don't read "The Stand". It's turgid preachy and very slow-moving. If you want to read King try Night Shift or Skeleton Crew. Or Danse Macabre where he praises Lovecraft effusively. I am now the most banned author in the United States--87 books. May I suggest you pick up one of them and see what all the pissing & moaning is about Self-righteous book banners don't always get to have their way. This is still America dammit. I"
X Link 2025-09-27T17:30Z 50.6K followers, 13.6K engagements

"We all grieve alone. I had an intense tragedy malform my life to the point that I was literally screaming into my pillow (worried my wife no end) I went to work smiled helped balance Halo Wars and was affable and supportive to my team. Then I would go home sit and stare at the walls and at bedtime back to screaming into my pillow. I didn't even tell my workmates what had happened though they did notice I didn't come with them to the team lunches for a few months. That would have been a bit too festive even for me. Erika Kirk is strong but this doesn't mean she doesn't have all the emotions"
X Link 2025-09-27T18:32Z 48.8K followers, 17.4K engagements

"Atheists have many good arguments to use against believers. The cultural argument of "You just believe because your parents did" is not one of them. At least it rings hollow for members of my church who are by a majority converts to the faith. There's way better arguments such as "the greatest possible island" the lack of a unified religious truth or the hidden God. Though I believe there are solid answers to those arguments as well at least they are challenges"
X Link 2025-09-27T19:35Z 48.8K followers, [----] engagements

"Yes. She should NOT be looking at the white balloon bread. Thats nasty. Stick to sourdough wheat or artisanal. If you were shopping and saw this would it make you uncomfortable https://t.co/bmixi6SxTB If you were shopping and saw this would it make you uncomfortable https://t.co/bmixi6SxTB"
X Link 2025-09-30T13:53Z 63.9K followers, [----] engagements

"The official rule I proposed for Doom Doom [--] and Quake which was agreed to by all the other level makers was that when you start a level you are NOT UNDER ATTACK. The idea is that after you end a level you could go get a soda or pee or whatever and come back and so long as Doom Guy hadnt moved youd be safe. I sought to follow this. I believe some of the others violated it from time to time. Id complain but whatever. I had no authority to enforce anything which was fine"
X Link 2025-10-01T02:20Z 48.7K followers, 16.4K engagements

"How to balance a unit in Age of Empires. I had to do this a LOT from Rise of Rome clear through to Age 3: The War Chiefs. (I didn't have to balance the units in original Age - that was on Rick Goodman.) But I had control of the unit database the rest of the time and had significant input into the unit line of sight cost build rate movement speed hit points damage rate of attack and so forth. Now there were constraints - if a unit had a slow attack animation I couldn't just ramp it up willy-nilly because the attack wouldn't match the damage inflicted. And if units moved too quickly then they"
X Link 2025-10-01T14:45Z 60.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Let's take a case in point - the British unique Longbowman unit in Age [--]. Really the reason it's there is partly to show that the British had fallen far behind in their military technology by this time. Clear up until the 1690s there were crackpots trying to convince the British leaders that they ought to use longbows instead of muskets. Of course I couldn't just make longbows inferior to muskets. For one thing they weren't inferior in every way (just in several important ways). They could outrange a musket and had a faster firing rate. The game's main infantry unit is the musketeer so"
X Link 2025-10-01T14:45Z 60K followers, [----] engagements

"I actually saw a ghost at age [--] so all arguments against or dismissals of ghosts are ludicrous to me. Now you could argue that the pale translucent figure I saw floating in the air wasn't a spirit of the dead. But what I saw would be called a "ghost" by any reasonable person"
X Link 2025-10-01T23:28Z 47.9K followers, [----] engagements

"You can see why I'm glad I was gone after Doom [--] Tried to make a doom timeline https://t.co/U8WoJggWDT Tried to make a doom timeline https://t.co/U8WoJggWDT"
X Link 2025-10-02T00:49Z 48.7K followers, 10.9K engagements

"I 100% agree with the sentiment but lets fact-check: 1) Troll [--] isnt a sequel. 2) Highlander never had a sequel. Or a TV show. It just didnt. Fight me. Makes Troll [--] look like Citizen Kane https://t.co/8C7KJCrVIU Makes Troll [--] look like Citizen Kane https://t.co/8C7KJCrVIU"
X Link 2025-10-02T15:39Z 47.8K followers, [----] engagements

"I took computer programming in high school circa [----]. We used older punch cards than this to program the school's IBM [---]. Our teacher told us that computers were the wave of the future AND that we should all consider getting jobs as punch-card typists & operators because that was going to be a great expanding field going forward and would set us up for life"
X Link 2025-10-02T22:24Z 64.2K followers, 21.3K engagements

"@FejdaszRichard You get [--] point for each goat you find and bring back. It's like someone pining for the goblin chicken wing quests in early WoW"
X Link 2025-10-03T22:56Z 48.8K followers, [---] engagements

"He regrets nothing"
X Link 2025-10-05T03:00Z 49.8K followers, 37.1K engagements

"I crusade against XP so often. Here is why I don't like XP: 1) it pops players out of the fantasy realm and into the game's statistics and rules. 2) it deforms play by making players value aspects of the game that in reality they might not. Example: a D&D player won't heroically refuse a reward because then he'll lose XP unless he can convince the DM it's worth the same. 3) it leads to additional arguments and discussions between the players and players & DMs. Something interesting that came up in my posts about gp = xp was the sentiment that some DMs prefer to not tell players exactly what"
X Link 2025-10-05T15:08Z 50.7K followers, 20.6K engagements

"In [----] I asked a close friend who was quite progressive (we were still friends) why he didn't like Sarah Palin since he was quite the feminist and he came up with reasons so I imagine they won't celebrate. They didn't celebrate Condoleeza Rice either. At least left-wing feminists didn't. Since me and all my right-wing friends strongly support women to have equal opportunities and equal rights I'm cool with women being national leaders. Note that's equal opportunities not DEI. Japan is about to have its first female prime minister. She is right-wing. Will feminists celebrate"
X Link 2025-10-05T15:17Z 64.8K followers, 19.4K engagements

"The nation of Tuvalu a sea-level island group had a net increase in total land area of [--] hectares (2.9%) between [----] and [----]. This was a study done in [----]. I'm not saying climate change isn't real but advocates need to learn to present better evidence than making lists of Bad Things that have happened since time began. Jane Goodall: "You cant be a climate change denier because we have the hurricanes we have the floods we have the fires we have melting ice we have sea level rise islands are disappearing." https://t.co/2WjuFLkp7S Jane Goodall: "You cant be a climate change denier because we"
X Link 2025-10-05T15:42Z 49.7K followers, 19.4K engagements

"Here's how. We wanted a new weapon for Doom [--]. We loved the shotgun. One of us (I don't remember if it was me or John Romero or Kevin Cloud) suggested a double-barreled shotgun which would shoot triple the number of pellets (yes I know). Now we had two different shotguns. Our intent was that you'd use the normal shotgun at medium range and the double-barreled at close range but most everyone just only used the double-barreled once they got it. C'est la vie"
X Link 2025-10-05T17:29Z 58.8K followers, 12.2K engagements

"Saw a Tom Bombadil post. Got triggered. Here's my take: Tom is one of the most sinister characters in LoTR. Here's why: 1) In Middle Earth when a magical ruler is evil so is the land he rules. The Old Forest is relentlessly hostile Every tree is malign. 2) Tom is a known liar. He says to the hobbits that Farmer Maggot warned him of their coming. But Farmer Maggot didn't even know that Frodo was leaving the Shire. 3) Gandalf emphatically says Tom should NOT get the ring. He gives conflicting excuses why not. 4) Tom is not ancient. Elrond had never heard of him Had no elf in millennia"
X Link 2025-10-05T17:40Z 48.4K followers, 102.7K engagements

"Yay I saved $2450 a month "Trump has cut my food stamps from $2800 down to $350 a month" https://t.co/WgJQ3fF3jY "Trump has cut my food stamps from $2800 down to $350 a month" https://t.co/WgJQ3fF3jY"
X Link 2025-10-06T01:41Z 48.8K followers, [----] engagements

"So just HOW nerdy are you Sandy. At my wedding reception in [----] we played the Star Wars theme. In my defense it wasnt as well known as now"
X Link 2025-10-06T02:07Z 46.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Rule #1 If they tell you they are an alpha male then they are not an alpha male"
X Link 2025-10-06T03:19Z 46.5K followers, [----] engagements

"For those unaware a church leader of ours from Louisiana praised Tony's Creole seasoning in a sermon joking that it repaired the inadequacies of your cooking. So there's [--] million members of my church heard a free advert. I get to be a hipster and say that I already knew about it and have used it. I admit I don't have it in my kitchen right now because I'm in the food wasteland of Utah. Tony's seasoning CEO tomorrow morning trying to figure out why their sales went up 10000% overnight. https://t.co/EHVA6BnR6n Tony's seasoning CEO tomorrow morning trying to figure out why their sales went up"
X Link 2025-10-06T14:39Z 46K followers, 14.4K engagements

"Well as a RPG designer for over [--] years let ME tell you how you should play. There are three steps. 1) buy Call of Cthulhu 2) play Call of Cthulhu 3) wait patiently for Sandy's new game Hyperspace RPG to come out. Its wild that after fifty years of RPGs theres still a whole subculture dedicated to telling others how they should play. Critique design and optics all you want. But how people enjoy their table is none of your business. Its wild that after fifty years of RPGs theres still a whole subculture dedicated to telling others how they should play. Critique design and optics all you want."
X Link 2025-10-06T14:42Z 48.4K followers, [----] engagements

"I don't think people realize how easy it is for an edged or pointed weapon to get stuck inside a zombie. This happened A LOT in ancient and medieval times. It's literally the reason warriors carried swords or daggers for a back-up. Any thrusting weapon is likely to get stuck and then you're disarmed. Two-handed axes or halberds are slightly less because of the huge wounds they create but also take some strength and even skill. The advantage of maces is you don't care about the directly the weapon is facing - it's awesome every way. If I had to use a non-mace/non-club in the zombie apocalypse"
X Link 2025-10-07T15:54Z 50.6K followers, 15.3K engagements

"Also don't take a katana. The main advantage is it's sharp and easy to get (America's lousy with them). But they have a short reach for their length. A typical [---] lb katana has an overall length of about [--] inches compared to a [---] lb European longsword overall [--] inches. So you can either get a lighter European sword for the same length or a longer one. The sharpness is indeed useful as you can lop off limbs & heads comparatively easily but the less-sharp European sword will still crack skulls and break spines & bones. More to the point the complex construction of katanas makes them highly"
X Link 2025-10-07T16:06Z 62.3K followers, 23.8K engagements

"Every hobby is infected with gatekeepers. Got told by a roomful of Call of Cthulhu players once that I was wrong in how I played my own game. It was because I run it in the 2020s instead of the 1920s. Why do evangelicals trust the men who compiled the Bible but reject the church that canonized it AND even sometimes say Catholics arent Christian Why do evangelicals trust the men who compiled the Bible but reject the church that canonized it AND even sometimes say Catholics arent Christian"
X Link 2025-10-08T16:48Z 46.3K followers, 11.4K engagements

"This is a 100% accurate depiction. One of my favorite ever World of Warcraft quests (back when it was still good) was an orc quest in which it was a plot point that the orc hero had no idea that a male elf was "male""
X Link 2025-10-08T21:00Z 46K followers, 17.8K engagements

"Who eats mac & cheese for a thanksgiving Cya potato salad what about you https://t.co/7BzoBsV2w5 Cya potato salad what about you https://t.co/7BzoBsV2w5"
X Link 2025-10-09T03:03Z 55.3K followers, 13.6K engagements

"The Viet Cong literally burned people alive. Theres a reason that North Vietnam sent them all into Tet to kill them off. I am ashamed that anyone of my generation thinks they were good guys. James Cameron: "In Star Wars the good guys are the rebels they're using asymmetric warfare against a highly organized empire I think we call those guys terrorists today." George Lucas: "When I did it they were Vietcong. That was the whole point." https://t.co/SVW9rlYudi James Cameron: "In Star Wars the good guys are the rebels they're using asymmetric warfare against a highly organized empire I think we"
X Link 2025-10-09T16:32Z 47.6K followers, 188.8K engagements

"Romania has an Arc de Triumph to celebrate its glorious victory in WW1. iykyk"
X Link 2025-10-09T17:12Z 46K followers, [----] engagements

"To whom it may concern: the James Webb telescope has a reflector over 6m wide and is the largest space telescope. Right now in Chile they are building the ELT which will have a reflector 39m wide and will be the most powerful telescope of all time. You could put the James Webb telescope inside the ELT and you STILL wouldnt be able to detect my interest in your question"
X Link 2025-10-09T19:56Z 46.1K followers, 30.7K engagements

"This is Dunwich England. Obviously haunted & dreary. Legend says the encroaching sea has engulfed seventeen churches or abbeys. Supposedly you can hear the undersea bells in the sunken chapels ring on moonless nights at the seashore. No wonder Lovecraft named a New England town after it"
X Link 2025-10-09T21:05Z 46.1K followers, [----] engagements

"In case I dont get much of a chance to post tomorrow here is Sandys Spooky Assignment for October 10th. Research the legend of the Tennessee Bell Witch. The only poltergeist known to have killed. It performed other amazing feats. Theres lots of sources so pick a favorite"
X Link 2025-10-10T03:24Z 46K followers, [----] engagements

"I can readily believe that life in rural France is WAY better than downtown Los Angeles. George Clooney said that raising his children in rural France has given them "a much better life" than they would have had in Los Angeles. https://t.co/VH12G3e7cc George Clooney said that raising his children in rural France has given them "a much better life" than they would have had in Los Angeles. https://t.co/VH12G3e7cc"
X Link 2025-10-10T13:07Z 62.4K followers, [----] engagements

"Terrible genre movie plans. In Gamera vs Gyaos the scientists learn that Gyaos cant stand sunlight. So they come up with two potential plans. Plan A: fill a gigantic bowl with thousands of gallons of blood & put it on a turntable. Gyaos will come to drink the blood and when the turntable is activated Gyaos will get too dizzy to fly away before sunrise. Plan B: use large sunlamps. Guess which plan they go with"
X Link 2025-10-10T14:51Z 46K followers, [----] engagements

"Well its authentic because they are skinny like a starving communist. I need some words to describe this. https://t.co/SsCfW0J8Ax I need some words to describe this. https://t.co/SsCfW0J8Ax"
X Link 2025-10-10T19:47Z 46.4K followers, [----] engagements

"Three things I believe about orcs: ONE: Orc females look like the males. As flat-chested as chimps as aggressive & cruel as the males. When pregnant they sequester themselves give birth and abandon the kid in a warren with other young orcs and a few guardians. They grow fast squabbling over food & such. 1/"
X Link 2025-10-11T04:14Z 46.3K followers, 15K engagements

"If they dont read my worlds history and background I dont have to read their [--] page origin story"
X Link 2025-10-11T16:08Z 46.2K followers, 10.1K engagements

"I dont know who needs to hear this but women who you personally find attractive exist in the real world and they can exist in video games as well. If you cant play a video game without every woman in it looking like a repulsive hag you are brain rotted and need help. I dont know who needs to hear this but women who you dont personally find attractive exist in the real world and they can exist in video games as well. If you cant play a video game without every woman in it looking like a gooner fantasy you are brain rotted and need help https://t.co/7YJ52wIuO0 I dont know who needs to hear this"
X Link 2025-10-12T16:17Z 46.1K followers, 20K engagements

"A flatearther told me that it looks curved because gravity pulls the light waves down. Its Einstein. He said. The power lines over Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana illustrate very well that Earth is not flat https://t.co/0JbgipqJcD The power lines over Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana illustrate very well that Earth is not flat https://t.co/0JbgipqJcD"
X Link 2025-10-12T16:55Z 46.3K followers, 10.2K engagements

"Now listen to Alice Coopers The Black Widow with Prices amazing opening rant. Rivaling anything he did in Dr Phibes. Vincent Price and Alice Cooper. How cool is this https://t.co/qCigqcZyio Vincent Price and Alice Cooper. How cool is this https://t.co/qCigqcZyio"
X Link 2025-10-12T23:42Z 48.4K followers, [----] engagements

"I really wanted this as a kid. It was in the Sears catalog. I hinted begged talked about it. Me and my friends had to use sticks for our guns instead"
X Link 2025-10-13T04:35Z 46.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Yes the evil tyrant Lincoln who guaranteed to the South that he was not going to eliminate slavery - only restrict it from entering new states. Look - the fact is that before Lincoln's election the Southern Democrats always controlled the Supreme court and the presidency (even northern-born presidents toed the line). They always had carefully-balanced equality in the Senate (which meant they won Senate votes because the North had Democrats too). The only arm of the government the South didn't fully control was the House of Representatives which frankly was the puniest of these. When Lincoln"
X Link 2025-10-13T18:11Z 47.8K followers, 44.7K engagements

"One of the best "fighting" movies ever made is Hard Times with Charles Bronson. It's about a boxer during the Depression. The reason it's so great is twofold. 1) Each time he is in a fight he uses a different strategy. Vs. the young guy with lots of vitality he tries to overwhelm with a million attacks before he's out-performed. For the older skilled guy he uses rope-a-dope etc. Every fight you can see how he responds to his opponent's talents. You never get the feeling that Bronson wins because he is stronger faster and superior. His opponents are ALWAYS better than him in some way. But not"
X Link 2025-10-13T18:24Z 46.1K followers, 39.8K engagements

"This needs to be more widely recognized so reposting. I saw this ALL THE TIME working at MicroProse Software and Ensemble Studios. (Not so much id Software because we just let our publishers do all the work.) If youve ever wondered why were no longer seeing great advertising films television supermodels or books theres one glaringly obvious reason no one is talking about. https://t.co/1vhX6EoT9g If youve ever wondered why were no longer seeing great advertising films television supermodels or books theres one glaringly obvious reason no one is talking about. https://t.co/1vhX6EoT9g"
X Link 2025-10-13T18:26Z 46K followers, [----] engagements

"Abstract games for the Lose. Theme for me is king. Someone explains the rules to a new abstract euro game with almost no theme that everyone knows damn well is only going to be played once Someone explains the rules to a new abstract euro game with almost no theme that everyone knows damn well is only going to be played once"
X Link 2025-10-13T18:29Z 48.8K followers, [----] engagements

"The what if Superman was evil comics do not ring true. Superman has been shown to be able to move the moon. All he has to do is hurl the moon into the Earth - or if he wants to rule instead just threaten to do so. Thats why Superman is the most boring superhero. He can do anything"
X Link 2025-10-13T18:43Z 46.6K followers, 13.1K engagements

"It's really simple. If a first-generation immigrant is a Real American which I am totally willing to admit (if they arrived properly); then European settlers of the New World are also Real Americans and land acknowledgements and faux crying over it are invalid. I love Native Americans - heck my church teaches they are the Chosen People. But their land isn't stolen. Heck it's not even conquered if you accept the "immigrants are real citizens" argument"
X Link 2025-10-13T21:43Z 47.9K followers, [----] engagements

"I just got an idea for a really creepy movie or Call of Cthulhu scenario [----] mummified ram heads discovered in ancient temple in Egypt. In [----] a team of researchers discovered [----] mummified ram heads inside a temple in one of ancient Egypts oldest and most sacred cities officials said. The team led by researchers with the University of https://t.co/kQLNsNaOlM [----] mummified ram heads discovered in ancient temple in Egypt. In [----] a team of researchers discovered [----] mummified ram heads inside a temple in one of ancient Egypts oldest and most sacred cities officials said. The team led by"
X Link 2025-10-14T04:44Z 46.2K followers, [----] engagements

"Hes not a vampire Fight fight back against the Tom Cruises and Selma Hayeks Good man What happened https://t.co/jPra1MabM7 What happened https://t.co/jPra1MabM7"
X Link 2025-10-14T13:44Z 47K followers, [----] engagements

"If youve read The Shadow Over Innsmouth you know whats going on here"
X Link 2025-10-14T13:57Z 48.4K followers, 31.3K engagements

"Everybody gangsta till I pull out Ral Partha's "three headed troll". Because the players KNOW they can't take these dudes down. Nyuk nyuk nyuk"
X Link 2025-10-14T16:22Z 58.9K followers, [----] engagements

"Doom II Map [--] was named "Nirvana" and I made it the year Kurt Cobain killed himself with a shotgun. There is a shotgun in the opening room AND a cluster of imps around a corpse. Thanks to the imp's idle animation it looks like they are eating the corpse. I swear it is a grim coincidence. I never ever listened to Nirvana (I don't think anyone at id did.). I picked the map name out of the blue"
X Link 2025-10-14T16:34Z 46.2K followers, 19.2K engagements

"@ProsperoEternal I only worked on Doom & Doom 2"
X Link 2025-10-14T22:09Z 48.8K followers, [---] engagements

"The weird gold aliens in Fifth Element apparently were partly based on this famous painting by Max Ernst "Celebes""
X Link 2025-10-14T23:13Z 48.4K followers, [----] engagements

"Creepy idea. During WW2 there were several flights of Japanese kamikazes which never returned (yes I know none were supposed to return) but which also the Americans never saw. It's assumed that these just crashed out at sea due to poor navigation or unwillingness to return having failed to find the US fleet. But what if they are still out there . somewhere Kept aflight by force of unnatural will and evil mental focus. Flying their ghost planes with skeletal pilots wearing hachimakis still seeking a target. Disappearances of ships since then could be caused by the appearance of one of these"
X Link 2025-10-15T00:31Z 46.2K followers, 55.6K engagements

"@LawDogStrikes I bought one at GenCon"
X Link 2025-10-15T04:56Z 46K followers, [---] engagements

"Holy crap are snarky morons like this still around My dad (97) still loves watching and talking about college sports. Trying to pretend that whatever YOU like is grown-up so you can demean someone else is the most childish attitude possible. I'm [--] years old. I stopped playing video games when I was [--]. Then I finished a PhD. "When I was a child I spoke as a child I understood as a child I thought as a child: but when I became a man I put away childish things." I'm [--] years old. I stopped playing video games when I was [--]. Then I finished a PhD. "When I was a child I spoke as a child I"
X Link 2025-10-15T13:50Z 46K followers, 26.7K engagements

"Utah based horror movies that I liked: 1) Carnival of Souls 2) Deadstream 3) The Boogens 4) Troll [--] 5) Silent Night Deadly Night 6) Warlock 7) Hereditary Please note they are not in any order. Obviously Hereditary and Carnival of Souls are the best"
X Link 2025-10-15T15:04Z 47.9K followers, [----] engagements

"Spookies (1986) might be the most fun "monsters in a haunted house" movie ever. Has a hook-handed cat-man a spider lady electric lizard things mud men and on and on. Ends in a great zombie chase. Also has the balls to kill a [--] year old kid at the start"
X Link 2025-10-15T15:25Z 46.3K followers, [----] engagements

"Greatest cosmic horror video game Mask of Majora Sanitarium Gahan's Haunted House Chronotrigger Mask of Majora Sanitarium Gahan's Haunted House Chronotrigger"
X Link 2025-10-15T18:17Z 47K followers, [----] engagements

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