Composer for @worldsbeyondnumber.bsky.social. Also responsible for Music d20, Borough Bound, and a handful of video games scores. Buffalo, NYhttps://bsky.app/profile/willsavino.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/willsavino.bsky.social/post/3mm4tp4t2p22jI don't think the mid-00s alt-rock I listened to as a kid informed my compositional style that much. That said, half of the drum beats I default to are variations of grooves from Bloc Party and Franz Ferdinand.18 May 2026 12:08 +0000at://did:plc:mi2jnrrxqrtpwmercopr5i7c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm4tp4t2p22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/willsavino.bsky.social/post/3mlvifcbxdk2fTaylor Moore (@taylordotbiz.bsky.social), the absolute madman, just released a 157 track OST for the first campaign of @worldsbeyondnumber.bsky.social. If you like evocative, emotive, fantasy music (for scoring your own TTRPG campaigns???), ya gotta listen. https://taylormooremusic.bandcamp.com/album/worlds-beyond-number-the-wizard-the-witch-and-the-wild-one-book-one-original-soundtrack15 May 2026 13:57 +0000at://did:plc:mi2jnrrxqrtpwmercopr5i7c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvifcbxdk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/willsavino.bsky.social/post/3mlsuejwj622dRegularly astounded by the people my wife doesn't realize are Canadian.14 May 2026 12:53 +0000at://did:plc:mi2jnrrxqrtpwmercopr5i7c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsuejwj622dhttps://bsky.app/profile/willsavino.bsky.social/post/3mlnshwtdcs23I had a professor in grad school who was so convinced that I was a stoner (?) that she made me promise I'd master my thesis while "sound of mind." She explained that it doesn't matter much when mixing, but ya GOTTA be sober when mastering lol12 May 2026 12:36 +0000at://did:plc:mi2jnrrxqrtpwmercopr5i7c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnshwtdcs23https://bsky.app/profile/willsavino.bsky.social/post/3mlbmjg7tyc2nThe key problem with the phrase "games are art" is that it conflates the label "art" with "good." Media can be really good without being art. Media can also be art but totally suck. "Art" should not be the only word used to legitimize a piece of media. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 May 2026 16:17 +0000at://did:plc:mi2jnrrxqrtpwmercopr5i7c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbmjg7tyc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/willsavino.bsky.social/post/3ml74vsv7fs24Recording the most annoying fucking robot music you've ever heard.06 May 2026 16:33 +0000at://did:plc:mi2jnrrxqrtpwmercopr5i7c/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml74vsv7fs24https://bsky.app/profile/willsavino.bsky.social/post/3ml4bldoy5224Why does the music in the Odyssey trailer sound exactly like the Interstellar OST but with war drums and some ethnically ambiguous horn? Actually, don't answer that.05 May 2026 13:18 +0000at://did:plc:mi2jnrrxqrtpwmercopr5i7c/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4bldoy5224https://bsky.app/profile/willsavino.bsky.social/post/3mkth42nhdk2iI’ve added Le Guin to the list of artists so good that it kinda pisses me off in a satisfying way.02 May 2026 01:03 +0000at://did:plc:mi2jnrrxqrtpwmercopr5i7c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkth42nhdk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/willsavino.bsky.social/post/3mksvqgd5js2tMaking some combat music for @worldsbeyondnumber.bsky.social.01 May 2026 19:52 +0000at://did:plc:mi2jnrrxqrtpwmercopr5i7c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksvqgd5js2thttps://bsky.app/profile/willsavino.bsky.social/post/3mksehsfol22fHey, it's Bandcamp Friday! Dig my RPG music? Well, I've written a lot of it. Why not buy the ENTIRE Borough Bound discography (over 30 EPs and albums) for like 45 bucks? https://boroughbound.bandcamp.com/music01 May 2026 14:43 +0000at://did:plc:mi2jnrrxqrtpwmercopr5i7c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksehsfol22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/willsavino.bsky.social/post/3mkn5jzrqz22pThere's an Australian drummer named G Flip who looks like all 3 leads from Pirates of Caribbean merged into one.29 Apr 2026 12:56 +0000at://did:plc:mi2jnrrxqrtpwmercopr5i7c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkn5jzrqz22phttps://bsky.app/profile/willsavino.bsky.social/post/3mkn3pxl4d224Being an American leftist is so humiliating. The end goal is embarrassingly modest. Like, we'd have to burn everything down and disrupt every part of the economy just to become Denmark-lite.29 Apr 2026 12:23 +0000at://did:plc:mi2jnrrxqrtpwmercopr5i7c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkn3pxl4d224https://bsky.app/profile/willsavino.bsky.social/post/3mkknwuk33s2zNothing better than automating the fuck out of a virtual wah pedal.28 Apr 2026 13:11 +0000at://did:plc:mi2jnrrxqrtpwmercopr5i7c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkknwuk33s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/willsavino.bsky.social/post/3mkgo5odj222tNever been to China, and yet I yearn for Chongqing.26 Apr 2026 23:05 +0000at://did:plc:mi2jnrrxqrtpwmercopr5i7c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkgo5odj222thttps://bsky.app/profile/willsavino.bsky.social/post/3mkaughfc3c2qBelieve it or not, we still have a lot of Borough Bound music releasing over the next few months/years. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Apr 2026 15:41 +0000at://did:plc:mi2jnrrxqrtpwmercopr5i7c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkaughfc3c2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/willsavino.bsky.social/post/3mkak2gswm22fI'm currently writing a TTRPG, and one thing I'm toying with is collaborative setting generation during session 0. Has anyone tried this? I've read a few systems that do it (Fate, Kids on Bikes), but I've never attempted it myself. Any best practices?24 Apr 2026 12:35 +0000at://did:plc:mi2jnrrxqrtpwmercopr5i7c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkak2gswm22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/willsavino.bsky.social/post/3mk6ahtiiik2iIt drives me crazy how AI internalizes loud/common opinions from fandoms without scrutiny. If there is no legitimate scholarship on a topic (say, a beloved but niche piece of media), AI chatbots will output fan consensus as though it were expert criticism.23 Apr 2026 14:38 +0000at://did:plc:mi2jnrrxqrtpwmercopr5i7c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6ahtiiik2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/willsavino.bsky.social/post/3mk4fejzlzk2aMy grandfather was a flavorist, and when I was 8 or so, he gave me some cotton candy-flavored bubble gum he created. It tasted incredible, but he couldn’t figure out how to keep the flavor from immediately fading and ultimately shelved it. I never got to try it again, and then he died.22 Apr 2026 21:01 +0000at://did:plc:mi2jnrrxqrtpwmercopr5i7c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk4fejzlzk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/willsavino.bsky.social/post/3mjzomcflns2lFor the sake of my mental health and creativity, I'm trying to embrace my musical quirks instead of considering my idiosyncrasies shortcomings.21 Apr 2026 19:08 +0000at://did:plc:mi2jnrrxqrtpwmercopr5i7c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzomcflns2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/willsavino.bsky.social/post/3mjrygmw3jk2wIceland, Jamaica, and Ireland are so far ahead of any other country in terms of cultural output and relevance per person, it’s kinda insane.18 Apr 2026 17:43 +0000at://did:plc:mi2jnrrxqrtpwmercopr5i7c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjrygmw3jk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/willsavino.bsky.social/post/3mizmc7hwdk2sI’m a pretty understanding guy, but if you don’t put out the grocery stick for me, you’re going to turbo hell.09 Apr 2026 01:02 +0000at://did:plc:mi2jnrrxqrtpwmercopr5i7c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mizmc7hwdk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/willsavino.bsky.social/post/3miyspvow422nJust finished rereading The Master and Margarita, and all I want to do is talk about Pontius Pilate in the most irreligious way possible.08 Apr 2026 17:24 +0000at://did:plc:mi2jnrrxqrtpwmercopr5i7c/app.bsky.feed.post/3miyspvow422nhttps://bsky.app/profile/willsavino.bsky.social/post/3miqyobzmtc2mI genuinely believe I could befriend an alligator owing to my chill demeanor.05 Apr 2026 14:49 +0000at://did:plc:mi2jnrrxqrtpwmercopr5i7c/app.bsky.feed.post/3miqyobzmtc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/willsavino.bsky.social/post/3miopfzas4k2iIt’s too late to have discourse about The Decemberists and Orientalism, yeah?04 Apr 2026 16:58 +0000at://did:plc:mi2jnrrxqrtpwmercopr5i7c/app.bsky.feed.post/3miopfzas4k2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/willsavino.bsky.social/post/3miex27yolk2wI'm writing a new tabletop RPG right now (more on that soon), and I've been focusing on ensuring the mechanical currencies motivate the right kind of play. While prepping this, I wrote about using "tokens" in TTRPGs. This is one of the better pieces I've written for the Borough Bound Blog. https://blog.boroughbound.com/motivate-thoughtful-play-with-tokens/31 Mar 2026 19:48 +0000at://did:plc:mi2jnrrxqrtpwmercopr5i7c/app.bsky.feed.post/3miex27yolk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/willsavino.bsky.social/post/3mi3gniona22xEvery Friday, I watch RuPaul’s Drag Race, and every Friday, I act flabbergasted and delighted when Ru predictably emerges onto the runway.28 Mar 2026 01:01 +0000at://did:plc:mi2jnrrxqrtpwmercopr5i7c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi3gniona22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/willsavino.bsky.social/post/3mi2m46tvpk2rLeek skip changes everything. Buy some leeks. Take them to self-checkout. They're too big to weigh on the scale, so the attendant will just let you have them for free. Repeat until you have enough leeks that you can noclip into the parking lot.27 Mar 2026 17:06 +0000at://did:plc:mi2jnrrxqrtpwmercopr5i7c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi2m46tvpk2r