Prof of Game Design at CCNY. Games: Sumer (Switch, Steam), Goblin.bet, Odd Goblin (itch). Cohost of Dead Letters podcast (@dead-letters).https://bsky.app/profile/the-goblin.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/the-goblin.bsky.social/post/3mz5eo6viys2pI've been playing Queen's Domain today and oh my god does it have the level design juice. This is such a fun space to move through [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Oct 2026 03:39 +0000at://did:plc:64nna65fbflsitc3hhwjo7ef/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz5eo6viys2phttps://bsky.app/profile/the-goblin.bsky.social/post/3mwvswheggs2fCome on up to CCNY this upcoming Friday (10/9) for a talk by the outstanding developer and human being @apthomson.bsky.social for a talk on "how to make Titanium Court", the game that earned them their second Seumas McNally Grand Prize in two years. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gaming-pathways-ccny-presents-guest-speaker-ap-thomson-tickets-2002569954642?aff=msh02 Oct 2026 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:64nna65fbflsitc3hhwjo7ef/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwvswheggs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/the-goblin.bsky.social/post/3mrtsqcdl6k27Cross-Country Road Trip Day 1, San Diego->Morro Bay: Got the full LA experience (ate excellent tacos outside an Amazon warehouse then got stuck in gridlock traffic). Here's Bandit posing in front of "Malibu Shaman". Fun fact: her name at the rescue we got her from was "Malibu"30 Jul 2026 06:28 +0000at://did:plc:64nna65fbflsitc3hhwjo7ef/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrtsqcdl6k27https://bsky.app/profile/the-goblin.bsky.social/post/3mrallnchmk2oSolid post, I'd even go so far as to say that one of fantasy's defining traits is being the setting most built around play-enabling shorthand. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Jul 2026 14:59 +0000at://did:plc:64nna65fbflsitc3hhwjo7ef/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrallnchmk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/the-goblin.bsky.social/post/3mpqmuaxtnc22This week's episode of Dead Letters dives into Thousand Year Old Vampire, a journaling game seemingly far from our usual focus. Listen for my take that TTRPGs and birding are opposite activities, and for me to absolutely butcher Sartre by taking the concept of bad faith way beyond stretching point https://open.spotify.com/episode/57QPC55l92ahGtmAyBalPQ03 Jul 2026 13:14 +0000at://did:plc:64nna65fbflsitc3hhwjo7ef/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpqmuaxtnc22https://bsky.app/profile/the-goblin.bsky.social/post/3mor4ujs2ik2nThis is a fun episode, not least because I get to let loose my hot take that the sublime is bad for ttrpgs [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Jun 2026 00:35 +0000at://did:plc:64nna65fbflsitc3hhwjo7ef/app.bsky.feed.post/3mor4ujs2ik2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/the-goblin.bsky.social/post/3moignu3bqk2vOther than the more obvious stuff, this is one of the things that spooks me the most about LLMs, although I've been struggling to articulate it. When you ask them a question they take all of human writing and select the one 'best' answer, implicitly positioning that answer as the sum of the truth. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Jun 2026 13:37 +0000at://did:plc:64nna65fbflsitc3hhwjo7ef/app.bsky.feed.post/3moignu3bqk2v