My mum died this week. She was going to celebrate her 70th birthday this year. She showed me that it’s okay to be yourself, to stand firm in your convictions, and gave me a thirst for learning. There aren’t enough words.

Just forgot the word for “priest” in conversation and referred to them as “male nuns” if you want to know where I’m at.

A stranger asked me where I got my cardigan and I told her, then had the pleasure of saying “and look, it’s got pockets!” and have her do the customary “ooooo!”

the typo equivalent of a tuck and roll

Time just passes so fast now. Like it's almost Christmas. That's insane.

My favourite part of working in games is how unhinged some work conversations sound out of context. Someone just said 'Orcas are wolves of the sea!' and it was a completely valid contribution.

I'm on my 4th watch of Shogun and I'm willing to say that it's the best tv series of all time.

Oh, what do I do for fun? I'm an amateur anthropologist (I watch real housewives)

No one tells you that as a parent, your kids hit a certain age then they start clocking your shit. I was just speed walking through the house and Eden was like "are you late for work?" - girl yes, shhh

Just rewatched The Terminator for the first time since I was 6. Found out where my lifetime recurring nightmares came from. Good to know, good to know

Did Drag Race change or did I change

I’m now at the age my older sister is in my mind’s eye and the other day I got a jump scare getting into my car, thinking she’d snuck up behind me. No, it was my reflection.

long thirst

me after making a perfect list that puts me in full control of the problem

Not sure if this is a hot take but I sometimes see people talk about moderation as the central spine of community management. Moderation is to community management what taking the trash out is to being a chef. It’s part of the equation for sure but it’s not really the thing.

I had a dream about the Mothman and woke up in a really good mood. I'm going to store that in the memory bank for the next time someone asks me to tell them about myself.

Someone needs to teach me how to end sentences. The start of my sentences are super clear and I can make a great point but it basically ends then I don't know how to stop it and then so yeah that's sort of it so

My least favourite meme of all time was the 'it is wednesday my dudes' toad and how it would get posted every single week. In New Zealand it was always Thursday. IT WAS ALWAYS THURSDAY!!!!

Sometimes when I talk about my thoughts on community management, people call me idealistic but I'm actually really proud to have made it this far without getting jaded or losing my hope in the goodness of things.

WE REVEALED ARKHERON TODAY!!! We have a trailer up and a more in depth overview below (voiced by me! ✨)

We get to start talking about Arkheron this week 🥹

I'm toying with the idea of giving up coffee so I tried a matcha latte for the first time and it was like a piece of spinach threw up in my mouth. What's that about? How do you come to enjoy that? I might just switch to decaf coffee.

When I was 20 my anxiety was so bad it was hard to do some ordinary things, the pinnacle of which was going to the post office. I just got back from the post office and realised it was exactly ordinary. It’s not a huge thing, just a nice reminder of how things change over time.

New past time unlocked 🦕

Constantly awed by what's considered news-worthy in New Zealand

Sometimes I feel like Superman but only so far as taking off my glasses and feeling unrecognizable.

I've been thinking about the games industry a bit and I think maybe where some studios go wrong is in attempting to commodify their community and forgetting that they're providing a service TO the community first and foremost.

Just me and the moon on this walk

Wishing all Path of Exile players a very merry league launch

Good morning to you

I went to a physio today and he put one piece of tape on my knee and now my back doesn’t hurt. ???? Wizard shit

My kid just made a card for a character in a video game that died and I’m 😭

I won’t tell you how old I am but I will tell you that I learned what “LOL” meant from a BOOK about CYBERSPACE when I was EIGHT

Good morning from New Zealand 🌄

Disgusting. Just solved a problem really quickly with a PHONE CALL.

New person: so you’re from New Zealand? Me: yeah! Them: haha lord of the rings Me: yeah 😊 Them: does it bother you that that’s the first thing people say about people from New Zealand? Me: No because I remember what people used to say before the movies came out

Entering my asking for help when I need it era 💅

Me: I just need two days of nothing Life: Still everything Me: I see

Bad news, I'm afraid. I've been waking up at 5.30am for the last few years and I can report that it's been excellent on every level for my overall wellbeing and enjoyment of life. It contributes to my happiness, I'm sorry to tell you. It's so good.

One of the barriers to finding good mobile games is how hard it is to figure out what their monetization is before you download and play it. I used to feel like PC games were impervious to that and now it feels like more and more of them obscure the info. Just tell me!

One of the barriers to finding good mobile games is how hard it is to figure out what their monetization is before you download and play it. I used to feel like PC games were impervious to that and now it feels like more and more of them obscure the info. Just tell me!

How it feels wearing perfume while WFH

Wearing your heart on your sleeve is so impractical. You should at least wear it in your armpit so it has some cover.

I feel like you never hear about England anymore. What’s that about?

This month marks 12 years in the games industry for me! To celebrate, here’s 12 lessons I’ve learned in community management. 1) Fundamentally, everyone just wants to feel understood. Following this north star will land you in roughly the right place every time.

I tried to watch One Piece and Apothecary Diaries today and realised my issue is that it’s an auditory nightmare for me. Any super-chill-vibes anime recommendations?

when your job involves comms

The worst thing about community management is the constant pressure I feel to understand anime

My community management philosophy

At least once a day I sing the Bluey theme song. Catchiest song I ever met.