NonStandardDeviation

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Operation Winter Scar by Massif Press in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Ooh! I wonder if Valkyrion is going to revisit the ending of their Solstice Rain remix, now that we know the official version of Solstice Rain's aftermath. https://trainlightning.com/epilogue-after-the-solstice-rain/

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Quinns Quest Reviews: The Greatest Dungeon of All Time? (Heart: The City Beneath) (www.youtube.com)
 

I personally adore this game. It's possibly the most flavorful, intense, and creative RPG book I've seen.

I did run and play in a short campaign, which unfortunately fell apart for reasons I believe are mostly to do with the group, not the game (it wasn't what the group was looking to play), but this review makes me excited to run another campaign with a different group of players.

Not all games can or should be Burning Wheel, but every game can learn from it in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm interested in a more in-depth how-to guide on running a game driven by player character Beliefs, Instincts, and Traits.

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There’s been a shift in how we think about climate change: A climate psychologist explains how we’ve moved beyond hope, anger, and complacency toward something more promising. (www.vox.com)
 

My takeaways are that more news exposure is good (see the availability heuristic and mere-exposure effect) for putting climate change concern on the agenda, while information campaigns aren't very useful unless they're paired with avenues for action. Policy changes (incentives and disincentives, regulations, price changes, social norms) can help with action.

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‘Don’t Look Up’ director Adam McKay wants to win the climate information war — with memes (www.independent.co.uk)
 

Some example posts of their darkly satirical humor:

13 Differences Between Oil Executives and AI Robots: They may appear similar, but here’s how to tell them apart.

Money, it's great!

How does Bernard Looney, CEO of British Petroleum, stay so positive?

There's definitely a time and place for serious factual debate, but given that oil companies are well-known to act in bad faith with "public relations" misinformation (aka propaganda) campaigns, we might as well fight the firehose of falsehood with humor. In the Ukraine war, for example NAFO has been quite effective in countering Russian propaganda and disinformation by means of shitposting, more or less bullying Kremlin stooges off the Internet by spamming doge memes.