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@Efi I want to stream, but I'm incredibly boring so no-one will watch

Information Management, 1998:

"Let's put absolutely every information resource on the planet, onto this newfangled Web thing. Everything that used to be a document or file folder or application, will just be a Page."

"That's great! Let's do it!"

Information management, 2018:

"So, we did it. We put absolutely every information resource on the planet into a web page. Billions of 'em. We open hundreds, thousands at a time.

And browse them as a tiny ribbon at the top of one fullscreen window."

@Efi yes, and I need to get better at it!

I'm too used to being soft!

doctor who, improving my own storytelling (in improv games) 

@jaycie I've been wanting to try fiasco for years!!!

doctor who, improving my own storytelling (in improv games) 

now I know I'm better than *some* others - I once spent ~245 in an Ars Magicka campaign, where nothing ever went wrong or had any consequence

but this is still an area I need to improve - I need to put characters in situations where either:
* If they don't succeed at <task>, the consequences are awful
* Both choice A and B result in difficult consequences

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doctor who, improving my own storytelling (in improv games) 

I watched HBomberguy's new video on Dr Who, and I realised what the problem with a lot of my own storytelling is - there either aren't any stakes, the stakes aren't high enough, or the stakes are revealed to be fake.

(continued)

red dead redemption 

Replaying RDR, I've noticed a really frustrating flaw - tutorial text is given to you *while* someone's talking to you

all i wanna do is :blobpats: :blobpats: :blobpats: :blobpats: and a [mastobloop] and take your 🥚

bad joke about birdsite 

@Elizafox If I need to say something that doesn't get replied to or doesn't get boosted, I don't post it here...

I post it on twitter

don't forget to untense your shoulders if they've been hunched, yeah?

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