Paul @CastleBuildr

he/him. software developer, technically, but dabbling in other stuff. I like video games and tabletop rpgs. pauldoyle.space/blog CA Joined June 2017

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Paul @CastleBuildr

2 months ago

Lately I've been running Heart: The City Beneath. I have thoughts to share, but first I want to start with its predecessor, Spire: The City Must Fall. This one is about expectations, GMing habits, and the rift between player and GM experience thoughtsabout.games/blog/posts/suc…

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Paul @CastleBuildr

2 months ago

Good morning! For the latest game in my Backtracking project (in which I play a game I never played from every year since I was born), I visit the alternate childhood in which I had a GameCube in 2003 instead of a PS2... thoughtsabout.games/blog/posts/bac…

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Paul @CastleBuildr

3 months ago

Hope to return to a monthly cadence soon, but I've finally got my next Backtracking post up: Fatal Frame Survival horror is a challenging genre for me, but the craft of creating compelling horror is so interesting, and I found a lot to appreciate here thoughtsabout.games/blog/posts/bac…

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Paul @CastleBuildr

5 months ago

Wrote about some friction I had with @RowanRookDecard's Eat the Reich, a generally very fun game about vampire commandos hunting down nazis. My home table's play culture likely differs from others playing indie rpgs, so I'm curious what folks think thoughtsabout.games/blog/posts/man…

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Paul @CastleBuildr

6 months ago

Wrote about how my table used The Conservatory, an excellent world-building game by @devindecibel, to build a focused setting for one arc of our campaign of Apocalypse Keys by Rae Nedjadi (published by @EvilHatOfficial) thoughtsabout.games/blog/posts/bui…

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Paul @CastleBuildr

7 months ago

I'm trying to tighten up my pace for Backtracking, my blogging project where I'm playing a video game for each year since I was born. My selection for 2001 was Max Payne, a game known for its refinement of "bullet time" mechanics. Here's what I thought: thoughtsabout.games/blog/posts/bac…

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Paul @CastleBuildr

7 months ago

My blog project about playing a game from every year since I was born has reached the turn of the millennium, and with it I chose a monumental classic. Lots of ink has been spilled about Shenmue and its influence, and now I can add my thoughts to the mix thoughtsabout.games/blog/posts/bac…

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Paul @CastleBuildr

8 months ago

I'm mostly on the butterfly site instead of the former bird site lately, but popping up here to say that I made a solo journaling game! you can check it out here thecastlebuilder.itch.io/alone-in-the-l…

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Paul @CastleBuildr

8 months ago

okay so this is a little bit past the new year, but I'm sure we can all make time for one more GOTY 2024 list! this time I wrote it all up in one post; it's a bit long, but you KNOW you wanna see what's on the list... pauldoyle.space/blog/posts/202…

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Paul @CastleBuildr

8 months ago

the year is very imminently ending, but before it does I've managed a bit of reflection on my experiences with TTRPGs in 2024. I've gotten much more involved in the space than I've ever been before, and it's been a great time! pauldoyle.space/blog/posts/202…

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Paul @CastleBuildr

10 months ago

Last weekend I went to my 2nd TTRPG convention in just about as many months... #BigBadCon was *so* different from Gen Con and I had a really special time there. I'm terrible at social media so instead of a thread, please enjoy this far-too-long blog post: pauldoyle.space/blog/posts/big…

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Paul @CastleBuildr

11 months ago

I think this was the first one in this project that I ultimately disliked, and possibly the most time I've put into a game I disliked, for better or worse...

Paul @CastleBuildr

11 months ago

I think this was the first one in this project that I ultimately disliked, and possibly the most time I've put into a game I disliked, for better or worse...

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Paul @CastleBuildr

11 months ago

Continuing my blog project where I pick my way through the decades of my existence and find games from each year that I want to prune from my backlog. Is it possible to play a game wrong? Well, maybe. I played Age of Empires II (1999) and wrote about it pauldoyle.space/blog/posts/bac…

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Kristi Yamaguccimane @TheWapplehouse

11 months ago

Mayor Karen Bass @MayorOfLA

11 months ago

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Kate R. @AlaskanKate

11 months ago

Guys if you’re talking about interest, it is “piqued”, not “peaked”. I’m sorry. This bothers me a little.

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Simon MacEwan @theblastedheath

11 months ago

I have no idea why people didn't have stores of fuel and generators, and stocks of food and water. Anyway here's a totally unrelated poverty map of Appalachia.

HealthRanger @HealthRanger

11 months ago

I have no idea why people didn't have stores of fuel and generators, and stocks of food and water. Anyway here's a totally unrelated poverty map of Appalachia. https://t.co/ZGXLqk08xk

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Paul @CastleBuildr

12 months ago

In a sea of remakes and remasters, I'm always curious about original releases — objects too compelling to leave behind, but too ugly or awkward to remain in the culture unmodified. The game industry doesn't need to remaster everything. But... I should have played BG1's remaster