An Australian role-player, board gamer and fantasy reader. Writer of articles about Dungeons & Dragons.
Ballarat, Australia
Joined August 2009
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Merric Blackman retweeted
Just throwing this out there: The highlight of my day was a call with @LocalThunk to congratulate him on the @BalatroGame nominations.
A single dev who made a GOTY nominee! That's part of what makes this industry so great.
Merric Blackman retweeted
The Greyhawk campaign setting is now available for Community Content! Create and Publish new Adventures, Spells, Classes, and more at #DMsGuild today!
Find classic PDFs for Lore and Inspiration here:
tinyurl.com/yke6vvec
#dnd5e #dungeonsanddragons
ALT Create and Publish Greyhawk at DMsGuild.com
Merric Blackman retweeted
Thank you Michał 🙏
Games of Phantom Liberty quality are possible in teams where people are taken care off, talent is retained, hired only because of competency, and there is no bullshit agenda (of any kind).
Only thing I want is to make a remarkable art that moves you deeply.
Seems we live in times where anyone can record complete nonsense and make a story out of it. CDPR talent leaving? We have the lowest rotation of people in recent years. DEI-driven recruitment? We hire based on merit and talent alone, just as we make games driven by artistic vision alone. Why did we choose UE? Because it enables us to work on our games more efficiently and we remain cutting edge tech-wise. The Witcher 3’s director left? Well, yeah, more than 2 years ago… Now, can we stop looking for conspiracy theories and go back to making cool stuff?
Merric Blackman retweeted
Seems we live in times where anyone can record complete nonsense and make a story out of it. CDPR talent leaving? We have the lowest rotation of people in recent years. DEI-driven recruitment? We hire based on merit and talent alone, just as we make games driven by artistic vision alone. Why did we choose UE? Because it enables us to work on our games more efficiently and we remain cutting edge tech-wise. The Witcher 3’s director left? Well, yeah, more than 2 years ago… Now, can we stop looking for conspiracy theories and go back to making cool stuff?
I talk to an Ubisoft insider about the current state of the industry as well as another source which tells me places like CD PROJEKT RED & even Funcom which is making Dune Awakening are in dire trouble.
And yes we are officially in a game crash.
youtu.be/PdsD_Vcd-Kw
Merric Blackman retweeted
Big announcement at @PAXAus this morning!
The #Steamdeck is officially coming to Australia in November 2024! 🎉
Merric Blackman retweeted
surprise surprise, Meta's AI moderation tools suck. Instagram and Threads moderation is out of control, as posts and accounts are disappearing randomly theverge.com/2024/10/9/24266…
Merric Blackman retweeted
Organize your tabs with AI! (this is very useful trust us)
- this may not actually work at all
- we're sending all your tabs to Google
- we're sending a lot of data to other people
Let's go!
Merric Blackman retweeted
Serious question: For the 2024 edition of D&D, what's the commonly accepted name for it? D&D 2024? 6E? Something else?
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📷 Come see us at #PAXAus next week! We will be there with our full range of award-winning games! This year we are sprawled over TWO(!) booths and will be running game demos over the weekend. Find us at the Indie Showcase in the main Expo Hall.
Merric Blackman retweeted
Honestly I wish AL was a bigger deal in the influencer space so that someone would actually ask wtf have they been doing with the program since 2018.
Merric Blackman retweeted
Reposting my Curse of Strahd embellishment I’m using this year, based on some of the stuff that didn’t make it from I6 Ravenloft. #ttrpg #dnd
Merric Blackman retweeted
This is what in Japanese is known as ‘tsundoku’: buying book after book to add to a pile you will never get to.
My cartoon for the @GuardianBooks autumn reading special.
ALT A beautiful, smiling pile of new books labelled "New Books for Autumn" innocently attracts the attentions of a young man. Beside him, his pile of books (labelled "Unfinished Summer Reading") notices this and scowls at him. The image is a cartoon pastiche of the ‘distracted boyfriend’ meme.
Merric Blackman retweeted
Many of you are reaching out about the news around Annapurna (sorry to see what is going on to all involved ) Interactive. Thank you for your care! Remedy's deal for Control 2, including Alan Wake and Control AV rights, is with Annapurna Pictures, and we are self-publishing Control 2. (I hope I made sense; its 5am in Finland and I'm jet lagged)
Merric Blackman retweeted
Here are inflation adjusted prices for mainline PlayStation consoles since launch:
PS1: $611 (1995)
PS2: $546 (2000)
PS3: $778 (2006)
PS4: $538 (2013)
PS4 Pro: $522 (2016)
PS5: $606 (2020)
PS5 Pro: $699 (2024)
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
PS5 Pro is comparable to the PS5 Digital Edition, which is not included in this list, didn't have the disk drive. PS5 Pro disk drive is $80, so it will be a total of $778.99 for it to be 1:1 with the rest of the PlayStation Version in this list.
theverge.com/2024/9/10/2424…
playstation.com/en-ph/local/ne…
gamespot.com/gallery/the-ev…
Merric Blackman retweeted
Astro Bot reminds us why Playstation is even called that in the first place.
washingtonpost.com/entertain…
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The PlayStation 5 Pro reveal - a DF Direct Special. John, Rich and Alex talk marketing, technology, game demos and much more in a special episode: youtu.be/W2wOn8zS8dU
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Given Sony's recent moves, a lot of people are expecting the PS5 Pro to be an 8K console.
But I can confirm that it will cost less than that.
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Episode 3 of Aussie Role Call is here. @osullivankate and Dan are talking business in the TTRPG space with @SazTheMeeple from @Meeples_Dragons.
There's news about local Aussie TTRPG events and more!
podcasters.spotify.com/pod/s… #ttrpg #ttrpgcommunity #ausrpg #arcpod
Merric Blackman retweeted
A few thoughts on a Kickstarter-in-progress.
merricb.com/2024/09/04/the-c…
Merric Blackman retweeted
Eberron fans, we ride at dawn!
Get the newest Eberron adventure FREE on Roll20 when you pre-order the Frontiers of Eberron Bundle on DMs Guild:
🗡️ Fully updated for D&D 2024 rules
🗡️ For Level 1-5 Characters
🗓️ Launches Sep 17th
Adventure awaits you: hubs.li/Q02NkMVL0
