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The Ritual Function: Why Humans Create Sacred Limitations

From "The Voluntary Cage: Essays on Chosen Constraint and Human Meaning" Opening: The Human Need to Handicap Ourselves Every Friday evening, millions of Orthodox Jews voluntarily surrender their smartphones, cars, and electric lights for twenty-five hours. They call this Shabbat—a weekly practice of technological self-limitation that transforms

Ultra Vivid Scene: The Bedroom Auteur as Inspirational Anchor

"It's so nice, I had to get it twice!" Pictured here are two editions of Ultra Vivid Scene's self-titled debut from 1988. The top copy is the original 4AD/Rough Trade issue, and the lower is the 1992 reissue on Columbia. As to why

Valthorne: The Plainsbound Guardian

Name: Kohr the Steady Role: Resonance Anchor & Defender of the Outer Flow Stats: Body 2, Mind 1, Charm 0 Special Ability: Resonance Anchor (Flow Track cannot drop below 3 once per scene) WAND: A patchwork cloak of childhood drawings stitched by those he saved; hums with grief Faction: Commons

WesWorld: The Locomotive Ephemera

A Three-Scene TiGGR Scenario in WesWorld TiGGR (Tiny Game for Generalized Roleplaying) is a fast, flexible system for exploring stories inspired by the media you love. Pick a cultural touchstone, create characters, and dive into 30-45 minute collaborative stories. Core Rules Roll 2d6 + Stat vs. Difficulty (Risky: 6, Dramatic: 8,

Super-Kali-Frag-a-Listic-Exploda-Deliocious

When Divine Feminine Meets Catastrophic Culinary Carnage Recently unearthed in the ruins of a forgotten dimension (or possibly an abandoned Panera Bread), this oil painting depicts the legendary moment when the Goddess Kali, high on cosmic caffeine and low on tolerance, stormed the mortal plane to reclaim her rightful lunch

Digital Discipline: How Platforms Make Surveillance Feel Like Freedom

From "The Voluntary Cage: Essays on Chosen Constraint and Human Meaning" Opening: The Sweetest Prison Every morning, millions of people wake up and immediately check their phones—not because anyone is forcing them to, but because they want to. They scroll through algorithmically curated feeds, contribute to engagement

Valthorne: The Golden Driftwalker

Name: Thessa of the Amber Meridian Role: Drift Watcher Stats: Body 1, Mind 1, Charm 1 Special Ability: Crowdspeaker (+1 to Charm in Murmuration Squares or calming crowds) WAND: Weathered reed staff that bends toward districts in need; hums with hope Faction: Commons (Attuned) Resonance Note: Can hear the Law’

Schweißkrieger: Desert, Dust, and Death

A Humble Tribute to Kow Yokoyama’s Maschinen Krieger ZbV 3000 "We Only Fix What Survives Long Enough to Break Again" By Senior Technician Uwe Harz, 7th Armored Salvage Corps (SDR)Originally published in the uncirculated maintenance zine Bore Cleaner & Blasphemy, Vol. 14 Let me start by

Did She Jump or Was She Pushed?

After Linda and Richard Thompson The question hangs in the air like smoke from a snuffed candle—acrid, lingering, impossible to wave away. Did she jump or was she pushed? It's the riddle that haunts every exit, every ending, every moment when someone says "enough" and

“Has working with AI radicalized you?”

"Well, funny that you ask..." gestures at the pile of RPGs we just co-created "I mean, I went into this thinking AI was either going to be dystopian surveillance capitalism or magical productivity enhancement. Turns out it's more like... collaborative weird uncle energy?" "