I cannot stop smiling as I play through Metal Gear Solid: Delta, y’all. MGS3: Snake Eater remains one of my all-time favorite games & this remake was clearly done with so much love & attention to detail to remain true to the original game, down to the silly Easter eggs & ridiculous enemy behaviors.

For folks who knew Rowan, or even never met them, this is a little window into the wonderful person they were. Listening & editing the transcript of this audio interview was difficult but, more than that, a comfort; I hope it can be that for other folks too.

On our 7th anniversary, we look back with former CEO and co-founder Rowan Rowden on the origins of Dual Wield Studio with a never-before-seen interview. Thank you for your support this year! More to come soon on our store reopening and the future! dualwieldstudio.com/blogs/news/a...

Hey Gang! Tomorrow I'll be racing my good friend Mith in our annual* Link's Awakening Strictly Glitchless Speedrun! I won last year but when i tell you the race is close... I mean it's REAL close!

Sundays = ignoring self-promo anxiety so... Support DNA CODEX: The GameDev Library 🧬 - a growing, community funded digital archive we at DnA Creative maintain! 📣 SIGNAL BOOST, tell a friend! 💸 CONTRIBUTE, keep us sustainable! 📩 RECOMMEND, submit a resource! dnacreative.notion.site/codex?source...

i worked with our director RJ to put together a web page compiling phone numbers, emails, and petitions where you can make your voice heard - protect queer artists and sex workers and tell payment processing companies to end their awful policies harming safe spaces for creative art

I know there’s no end to the litany of things calling on our effort, but I hope folks can dedicate some bandwidth to speaking out against Visa/Mastercard/etc puritanically controlling consumer spending. Excellent resources to help aim efforts:

credit cards shouldn't tell you what to buy. you're supposed to tell the credit card what to buy. thats the point i think

In the ongoing uphill slog through ever-increasingly complex things I’m handling this year, it goes a long way to share a moment of humanity & humor with someone who, while they can’t solve the situation, is trying their best to do what they can to get things done. Sure would love some relief tho!

Unconscionable, shameful stuff. Fuck this.

Think (HOPE) I’m in the home stretch of COVID-19 recovery; my body is still not feeling like home & is very rest-heavy, but I’m also grappling with daily bursts of energy with the want to do shit that I’m doing my darndest to resist; it’s a wild combo. Fingers crossed my next tests are all negative!

Continuing on my COVID-19 recovery (have been following all my doc’s instructions, including copious cat-like rest!) and my gosh, the human body really is a magical mystery horror show.

A fun way to make the median worker salary go down is to lay off a bunch of longtime employees who were senior enough to cost some money but not senior enough to be part of the protected executive class!

Dagger & Taki are both taking turns keeping me cuddle-confined for maximum healing buffs to banish COVID-19 💙

After 6+ years of avoiding it, am sick with COVID-19 :C I’ve got everything I need & will deffo tap local friends if I need help, but UGH Spending the next few weeks taking it VERY easy & focusing on R&R

We’re gonna leave the games industry better than we found it 😤 Introducing DNA CODEX: The GameDev Library 🧬 📚 ongoing, always growing, digital archive for all 💸 COMMUNITY-FUNDED and freely accessible 🫡 curated + maintained by DnA Creative (us!) dnacreative.notion.site/codex

My first interview in a very long while! Get it while it's hot open.spotify.com/episode/4gbt... ;-)

Putting a casual Maelle cosplay together 🥖 helping balance a lot of this year’s whoo with more whee

May all of your weekend plans include some good trouble.

Thinking a lot today about some of my Marines Field training in the Arizona desert, we'd see an ICE truck drive past at a distance & all of us tensed up, on alert, because we knew some of us weren't even US citizens yet (did you know that non-citizens can be in the US military?) we shared stories

Lovely late afternoon visit to the dog park

I've added over 50 new patches from different fandoms since I last posted! Patches are all $10 CAD each, free shipping, and full proceeds will be donated directly to Palestinian fundraisers! www.ebay.ca/usr/emmabell...

Extra-riled about all of this with the additional weight of responsibility I have now to lead a small studio; every time I see another announcement about cuts, closures, layoffs — none of them start with leadership accountability. Oddly, leadership always seems insulated from their failures!

There used to be a sense of job security, potential for advancement, and all sorts of other great potential career trajectory things associated with working at a large game studio. I don’t know if the industry will ever return to that; it feels so terribly abusive while simultaneously fragile.

for reasons completely unrelated to current industry news i am re upping this ny****s article www.nytimes.com/2021/03/11/m...

it is nearly midnight but I finally beat Simon in #Expedition33 F I N A L L Y I’m not much one for chasing trophies but I think the only thing left to get a Platinum for this game is two Gestral Beaches … and then maybe it’ll be time for a New Game+

✌️ I have no need for generative AI garbage in any part of my life, thanks!!

anyway here's the email I sent to jim bankoff last week. i'm still heartbroken. I have been insanely, destructively angry for weeks, and I think I will be for a long time.

Finished @expedition33.bsky.social yesterday evening and I keep trying to fit words together to describe how profoundly moved & viscerally inspired I feel. Few games have ever earned so many of my tears (in a good way) & I can't say enough how much it was the game I needed right now.

I've been researching allegations regarding the founder and leadership of AbleGamers. From alleged abuse and harassment, financial mismanagement, and failure of leadership to protect employees, sources recount a hostile environment. Read my latest @ign.com story here: www.ign.com/articles/for...

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is hitting just right as I play through it; fiction in parallel with life usually does that for me, especially when the topics are so closely related. I both want to power through the story (am always avoiding spoilers as best I can!) & take my time exploring everything.

Time to UNLEASH HELL because our Malys Kickstarter is OFFICIALLY LIVE! 🔥 Follow the link to join the hunt and and help our hellish roguelite deckbuilder reach its full infernal potential! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/summerfallstudios/malys-exorcise-demons-on-your-hunt-for-an-ancient-evil

@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social and Online Ceramics have teamed up on a bold new Reading is a Right collection — and 100% of PRH’s net proceeds will be donated to ALA to further our work to defend libraries and fight censorship. 🧡 online-ceramics.com/collections/...

Fortuitous furball excursion escorting Taki on a brief jaunt around the back yard 🍀 (Taki is an indoor cat who gets brief supervised outdoor time in my fully-fenced back yard, NOT free-roaming because sorry not sorry that’s irresponsible & there are too many neglected cats in this neighborhood :c )

🦥 HIRING 🦥 Looking for a freelance Senior Writer! Help us on something fun~ - Experience with Ink/other narrative scripting languages and comedic writing a plus - Kind approach to working w/ others - Remote, contract Apply before Apr 22! innersloth.bamboohr.com/careers/31

The final wave of our Alanna’s 40th Anniversary Collection has arrived, featuring two versions of Alanna’s sword Lightning, & an acrylic standee. REMINDER: The brand new variant of our Tortall map blanket dropped yesterday too! Shop here: bit.ly/4c3DVZZ #TamoraPierce

Even the tiniest of blades are still mighty 🗡 Shop the Lightning Sword antique pin by @barnyardjester.bsky.social, Courtney Clay, & @zaravarin.bsky.social from Alanna's 40th Anniversary collection here: bit.ly/4iaiRUe #TamoraPierce

Some days feel like all the gnarly parts of 2025 have come back around for a worst hits reminder with a migraine opener that has me racked out on the couch for most of the day (this has been today) Frustrated to feel like I lose a day I wanted to spend doing other stuff but vital to let myself REST

The only thing better than going to the Farmer’s Market today in good company was being able to support small businesses while also attending the local downtown protest 👌

The Old Ones demand tribute. (Any port in a storm, right?)

Introducing STARSEEKER, a brand new game from the developers of ASTRONEER. STARSEEKER is all about the joy of discovery and the camaraderie that emerges from an evolving, cooperative experience. We hope you'll enjoy playing it as much as we enjoyed making it... sometime in 2026.

Senator Cory Booker concludes his record-breaking Senate Floor speech after 25 hours Massive applause for Booker

NOT AN APRIL FOOL'S JOKE (🥲) Dual Wield Studio's license with @TamoraPierce 's Tortall Universe is ending. Last day for orders is 4/18/2025 The Tortall Map Blank is RESTOCKED with a new Violet Variant! 10% discount on all past Tortall products! dualwieldstudio.com/blogs/news/t...

The drive back home took twice as long due to traffic but I made it back safe after a long day & a very worthwhile trip. As I was departing, I saw a full rainbow (and even a DOUBLE RAINBOW) and I’m not superstitious but I’ll take every bit of magic in the day & be grateful for it 🌈💙

Gabe & Mjolnir are officially settling in at their new home with some positively wonderful new friends 💙 I couldn’t imagine kinder folks to care for these two; Rowan would have loved them. Thanks to everyone who helped ensure these sweet cats found their new home!

Today, we are announcing the formation of United Videogame Workers-CWA, an industry-wide union formed by @codecwa.bsky.social and @cwaunion.bsky.social 💪🎮 We're launching at #GDC2025 this morning to build a video game industry that works for us. We're done playing.

hi. tldr i got denied for disability today. i'm working on figuring things out but, in the meantime, i have 0 income. i am a disabled trans man trying to survive and enjoy what little a can before my body fails me. if you could spare me a buck if you have it i'd appreciate it. ko-fi.com/manatrigger

I'm excited to share that I'm moving forward with a prospective adopter and, all things going well, these two should have a loving new forever-home by the end of the month with some positively delightful humans! Thanks to everyone for helping share & search 💙 Will be glad to share more news soon