The Newsroom of Shadows: Plato’s Cave and the Illusion of Reality in Modern Journalism / La redacción de las sombras: el mito de la caverna y la ilusión de la realidad en el periodismo moderno. #Journalism #PlatosCave #MediaCriticism #TruthInMedia #PhilosophyOfNews #ShadowsAndReality #JournalismEthics #BeyondTheSurface #ModernMythology #MediaLiteracy
The Silence of Salt and Sky
A faceless figure in a forgotten landscape — dressed in ghostly white, standing still between drought and reflection. This surreal moment balances on the edge of memory and myth, where the land is dry, the sky heavy, and identity dissolves into symbolism. A portrait of stillness in a world rushing past. 🏜️👁️🌫️
Let your imagination fill in what’s missing. Follow for more visual stories that whisper instead of shout.

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This article explores how system and style interlock, diverge, and co-create what we think of as “the game,” and why understanding that distinction matters.

https://www.modernmythology.net/articles/rules-in-practice-part-1

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Rules in Practice part 1: Play System, Style, and Culture in Tabletop Role-Playing — Modern Mythology

This first article in our TTRPG series examines how tabletop role-playing games really play out. We look at why “rules as written” bend under group dynamics, how play style and culture reshape systems from D&D to PbtA, and what designers aim for with narrative authority, risk and reward. Spot mi

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In Episode 10, Mark, Jamie, and Scott follow up our discussion on story-facing design by zeroing in on player spotlight: who talks when, who takes control of a moment, and how game systems shape pacing and participation.

https://www.modernmythology.net/podcast/episode-10-player-spotlight-rpgs

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Episode 10: Player Spotlight — Modern Mythology

Who talks when, who takes control of a moment, and how game systems shape pacing and participation. This episode asks a simple but essential question—how do you decide who gets the scene? From GM-led framing to player-initiated action, from systems that distribute authority to those that leave it t

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Synthetica: Two Minds, One Soul
🧵A delicate embrace of technology and humanity. This intimate portrait of duality merges organic warmth with mechanical precision, blurring the lines between emotion and circuitry. Are they lovers, twins, or two sides of the same sentient being?
🔮Feel the fusion? Follow for more explorations of futuristic intimacy, artful tech and the poetry of connection beyond biology. Let your feed feel again.

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My dear friend Jamie Curcio @memeprophet has recently started up a #ttrpg #podcast exploring different systems, themes, and topics. Many of the episodes include a discussion of a system and a brief #oneshot #actualplay - give it a listen over at:
https://www.modernmythology.net/podcast/tag/Episodes

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Big changes are coming to ModernMythology.net! - Modern Mythology

I’ve been sick with covid (yet again) — the worst round of it yet, if I’m being honest — so this announcement is a bit later and probably more scattered than I’d like, because I’m still “in it”. But…

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