Cancel. Genuinely. Cancel. A rejection at the border is a permanent mark against entry, forever. If you insist, follow dangerous territory protocols: know your embassy details, make sure someone knows your travel details, and have funds for emergency legal, health, and departure expenditures.

Hey uh quick question. Literally what is going on.

Sometimes all you need to find a little morale and healthy distraction is to start another playthrough of BG3, romance Karlach (or at least become her ride or die bff), and use the photo mode to pose your silly traumatized friends together.

We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.

At what point do we collectively commit to things like general strikes and withholding federal taxes? Many of the awful things folks predicted would happen are real now, and it will get worse before it gets better.

Abolish and prosecute ICE. They did a murder in broad daylight today. Imagine what they're doing in the closed facilities we're somehow not even allowed to see.

Just woke up even angrier. Impeach, convict, remove. Draft articles now. Either we have a representative government or we don’t. Do not shut up about this until there’s a vote.

The #SpaceGirls campaign just implausibly pulled off a dangerous prison break! 👏 We rolled terribly and lost a party member (core NPC), but ultimately it’s still satisfying because of classic Star Wars themes: narrative grandeur and a last-minute rescue driven by hope. You wish you had our GM.

Merry Christmas! Even though a lot of this year has been utter shit in many ways, I hope today provides some comfort, peace, and fun for you.

Gamers. It’s time

This is incredibly painful for me. I have never asked for help like this before. But I have had people reach out to me asking if they can help, so I am sharing my story and finally asking for help. I've been lucky to have a lovely group of followers here, please share if you can, anything helps <3

I just closed all of my browser tabs at mass-marked all of my Slack messages as read before shutting down my machine for the holiday break. Please clap.

If you appreciate someone you work with, tell them! Let them know you think they’re awesome and why! A few of my colleagues have reached out with gratitude about my “people first, product second” approach. I’m both really happy and gratified that focusing on people works. Positive reinforcement!

I am so deeply sorry to be in the position to have to pull this lever again, but I just watched my car get towed away and I don't really know what else to do anymore. More details in the update & description, but if you're able to help out or share, we would be grateful beyond words.

I now know of three people close to me who either have or are at immediate risk of having cancer. My brain is struggling to process it. If anything feels off or you have a genetic risk of any particular health risks, please get things checked out. Take care of yourself.

trans rights NOW

I’m so happy with the live action Percy Jackson show! There are changes from the books, sure, but it embodies the wholesome and entertaining essence of what I remember from reading those books so many years ago. They’re powerful demigods second and snarky, earnest, neurodivergent teenagers first.

Alright gang, there's a Senior Level Designer opening on my team. You know the drill. 👇 Please pass this along and AMA* jobs.zenimax.com/requisitions...

Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."

Awful things happening this weekend. Truly awful. So much senseless, violent hate. I’m so sorry that this is the kind of world we live in right now. I hope for better, one day in my lifetime. Perhaps another watch of The Princess Bride is in order.

I had one of those “gamer chairs” for a while and it sucked, especially if you spend many hours sitting at a desk. I did some research and bought a Herman Miller chair a few years ago and I’m never going back. I immediately felt the difference and still do. My cat also steals it regularly. 😆

Seattle area little guy alert! Please adopt him! He’s so good!

I’m still waffling over if I want to spend the money to go to GDC in March. 🤔 As an introvert, the idea of a week-long solo trip at a busy conference where everything in the area is expensive is a bit daunting. Plus, seeing how GDC is changing doesn’t exactly inspire confidence.

It was awesome to see this live! The energy of the crowd was invigorating and the D20 crew were amazing. This show in particular is one for the super-fans that have seen most if not all of the intrepid heroes’ campaigns, but it’s still fun regardless. The Lou Roll was iconic. 💅

It’s a little scary how bad the flooding is this week. Not something you ever want to set records on. I’m safe, but thousands of others aren’t, and the timing being so close to Christmas is awful. 😞

This is the only poem I wrote in college that my poetry professor truly liked. 😅 It came from a place of frustration and feeling unmoored, and curiosity to think that maybe being unmoored is okay. #smallpoemsunday

I’m so impressed with Kat. She clearly has the wherewithal to meet constituents where they’re at and is tuned into what’s culturally relevant to get the millennial and younger crowd fired up and invested. We need a lot more of this energy in Congress to make federal-level improvements.

Happy Dragon Age Day! I hope against hope that this series lives on somehow. It created wasn’t afraid to take innovative risks, explored intriguing lore, was queer as hell, and made you fall in love (or at least sympathize) with a lotta characters and the world of Thedas. I’m replaying Veilguard!

LONG RAMBLING EMOTIONAL THREAD: It's World AIDS Day. Since the Administration has decided to keep it quiet, I'd like to share my introduction to AIDS. I grew up in Seattle. My mom remarried a man who had a brother who was a King County Sheriff's Deputy. His name was Terry and he was gay. 1/x

This is a common response to QA in particular. 😮‍💨 As a Quality Engineer, I’m in a lot of meetings and spend time strategizing, documenting, and negotiating for Minecraft. It’s more about collaboration between stakeholders and drilling into specific screens or user flows than playing games all day.

be the bitch doing something yourself that you want to see in the world

GDC 2026 SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS OPEN 📣 Our alumni say it best! 🗣️"This opportunity allowed me to connect with other marginalized game designers, who helped me navigate challenging experiences in AAA & continue to act as mentors for me." ✏️ www.gamedevsofcolor.org/scholarship #GDC2026 #gamedev

I’m thankful to be employed with a fun job, to have a roof over my head, to have people who support and root for me, and to be eating good food with family tonight. Thank you for being awesome simply by being yourselves, supporting your peers, and continuing to believe we can be better together.

This is what happened to me. Employers across the board need to be aware of how harassment campaigns work and do better to protect their employees from them. These people should not have a platform to profit off of harassment.

I graduated college with a writing degree, but lacked the inspiration to write and didn’t want to go into teaching. After some soul searching, I got two job offers, one as a paralegal (I considered a degree in polisci) and one for QA at Xbox. Gaming sounded way more fun, so I took the risk.

Wicked was just as beautifully tragic as I expected, and the changes they made from the stage musical were perfectly reasonable. I absolutely cried. I hope Ariana and Cynthia get their flowers because they pulled off one hell of a performance. 👏 😭

I’m seeing Wicked: For Good tonight and I just know it’ll be hard to resist humming along inbetween mouthfuls of popcorn. It’s one of my favorite musicals in spite of the tragedy. And yes, I’m a Gelphie truther. I know what you are, Glinda. 💅

This is a great example of how to meet people where they’re at. 👏 Very cool to see initiatives like this happening, and I hope the learnings lead to more whistles and ICE melting.

hard to maintain friendships with game developers because all these motherfuckers have ADHD and forget you exist when you're out of sight (it's me i'm these guys)

Here’s the reason I spoke to so many video game actors. I attended the launch of TIVA, an independently run audiobook series with all of your favourite voice actors, aiming to fight back against AI and corporations, featuring an all female/non-binary cast. www.thegamer.com/tiva-intervi...

It would be really cool if a game included QA early in the credits rather than buried at the end or under Special Thanks. Going out of your way to prop up the quality team is a huge sign of respect for what’s classically considered the “little guys” and would earn my sincere support and gratitude.

I finished Dispatch in just a few days, but it successfully scratches the Telltale itch. The dialogue is snappy, the story is tropey but engaging with solid acting and QTE, and it’s satisfying to fulfill the power fantasy of being a regular guy who saves the day and inspires change. Season two when?

Happy Friendsgiving to all who celebrate this weekend! I got home from mine after 1am last night and woke up about fifteen minutes ago. 😂 My voice is hoarse from all the laughing. Great food, great games, great people! Did I forget a tupperware? Who’s to say.

Even if you’re not particularly keen on theatre, do yourself a favor and go watch the PBS Shakespeare in the Park performance of Twelfth Night. It’s hilarious and excellent! Lupita Nyong’o was stunning, Peter Dinklage was earnestly unhinged, Sandra Oh said “gay rights”. www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/t...

The c-suites are dragging this average up and skewing expectations. There’s no way that most game developers are making $142k! Would love to see more details and context about disciplines like Production and QA, marginalized communities, HCOL areas, contract/freelance, and layoffs/team size.

Chatting with Future Class inductees for my latest at @theguardian.com. They paint a pretty clear picture of the perils of performative allyship. Thanks to all who spoke with me, and always, to Keza for the chance to do important work!

I finally finished Expedition 33 tonight, and now I understand why so many people were demanding that I play it and have been so adamant that it deserves awards like GOTY. It absolutely does. As I sit here, teary-eyed, I deeply respect Sandfall Interactive’s story about grief and family. 🥀

i’m ready for something different than whatever the fuck this is

What surprises and disappoints me about all of this is removing all acknowledgment that Future Class ever existed from the TGA site, that the announcement was informally shared in Discord, and how a program aiming to uplift burgeoning professionals made my fellow members do most of the uplifting.