not enough people watched Players, a show my high-ranked League of Legends coaching housemate once called “accurate”

as someone constantly thinking about trans fiction/short fic/essays, i’m always glad to see someone collect everything together into one place. trans literature is not a monolith, and it’s still being invented daily. join us :)

This is an entirely uncontroversial view in international law and usually taught in 101.

my latest is out for skybox!!! 💜 the casting of teruyuki kagawa in yakuza kiwami 3 is not only disgusting in itself, but also ridiculous in its hypocrisy considering rgg's past recasts and the series. i feel, and write, very strongly about it please read, i think this is some of my best work 💜

at 84% and 55 hours, Hollow Knight: Silksong is finally beaten. i’ll probably go back to clean it up at some point, but now that I’ve done almost everything — jesus fucking christ how did we expect anyone to review this game properly upon release??

Bushwick and Ridgewood being so pro-Mamdani once again proving that, if you center trans/queer policies, we will ride-or-die for you. i fucking LOVE my neighborhoods!!!

i often talk with small games media folks (often also trans/queer/minority) about this, and how worker-owned collectives popping up like weeds aren’t the solution either — sharing around the same five dollars again and again just isn’t tenable. everyone is drowning in a sea of voices at this point

I did not enjoy writing this; it can't even serve as an ad for my newsletter, which I've suspended due to an overbilling situation that has me almost regretting leaving Substack. But, you know, it's evidence for the piece I just didn't get to include. talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/patro...

can someone please explain to me how to speak cat so I can ask my dumb little kitties why they keep pissing and shitting on my clothing and bath mat specifically?

when trans people take hormones: dangerous, a trend, probably trying to molest children? when soccer moms take hormones: this woman has literally become a six-armed god. you go girl!

this and the “gender protein” findings coming out on the same day are actually my One Bad Day.

i think it’s funny that Bradley Cooper’s new movie is being framed as his Lenny for divorced dad’s, given he hasn’t even had anything as fun as Sweet Charity or artful as Cabaret

if there’s a Kristoff Kristofferson, does that imply the existence of a Gustav Gustavverson?

define your music taste in eight artists: Lucy Dacus The Beths underscores Lizzy McAlpine Mannequin Pussy Momma Hole The Greeting Committee (secret ninth: Taylor Swift :) i am nothing if not a paradox!

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion. As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

for everyone struggling mentally today: there is a secret second bench in Bilewater that makes the run back *slightly* less annoying. also take your SSRIs and drink water

served a very kind mattress salesman the past two nights, and while I wanted to ask him about box springs and coil loads, he was trying to convince me to accept and learn AI??

big thank you to union chair spring mcparlin-jones for chatting to me about za/um becoming the FIRST RECOGNISED WORKPLACE UNION IN UK GAMES ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

High Halls — more like… place is Balls (fuck this fight, first time I’ve ever went “hm… Team Cherry may in fact hate me.”)

does anyone know if there are any sites still looking for a reviewer for demonschool? boosts would be appreciated! 💜

when Zohran Mamdani comes out to sing Bullseye with Lucy Dacus

"[H]arrier’s life exists as a powerful parallel to a trans person’s process of self-discovery and change." Feature Excerpt: @ashlikeadragon.bsky.social examines how Disco Elysium's Harrier Du Bois provides a reflection of the transgender experience:

there's lots of great discussions to be had about this piece from grace, but the thing I want to hone in on for prospective critics is that she is doing the work, and by that I mean she is reminding us all that criticism is a conversation

i think Grace is a phenomenal critic. I also think that she misreads Kaile’s piece pretty hard. i hope she’s okay with me saying that because even messy dialogue is important for critical spaces to flourish. i’m grateful this exchange had a chance to take place at all

it’s Rapture day, so why not let’s remember how The Leftovers falls off the rails and becomes Bad TV by answering questions (also Damen Lindelof is a baby, my gosh) www.pastemagazine.com/tv/the-lefto...

there’s a Silksong review that came out today and I see no one trying to demean or diminish the reviewer like happened last week. both are well written and argue similar points, so please point out the difference to me.

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shadow, rouge and omega are the slightly toxic but well meaning polycule we can all dream of being

was sonic heroes the first polycule-type game?

trans people are not owed kindness but we are owed the right for people to mind their own goddamn business

a majority of this piece is quotations from Kirk and Turning Point USA-adjacent people. every single major publication should be running something like this, not fucking firing their writers for holding a mirror to Kirk’s ugly face

just wanna remind everyone that due to a court document goof, we know that TLOU II cost over $200 million. how much is crunch worth? can I see the Heretic’s dickprint in its pants? no? then stop fucking spending money on it and let your employees have a life!

always thrilled to talk with @kellymerka.bsky.social and Dave, but this one’s special because me and @ashlikeadragon.bsky.social get to argue and agree and kvetch and kvell about Silksong (the game) and Silksong (the discourse)

Silksong is out, and with Lex out on assignment and Dave and KM woefully underinformed, the wonderful @dietdeitz.bsky.social and @ashlikeadragon.bsky.social have jumped in to talk us through one of the biggest launches of the year.

imagine if there were trans games journalists and they were looking for consistent work imagine

charlie kirk has received infinitely more sympathy and support from liberals than every single trans person, immigrant, and palestinian combined

I love media criticism and I think Kalie and @gracemachine.bsky.social are some of the best critics in he space right now, but I have one more thought, which is the institutionalization of criticism should exist outside of strict embargo windows

sometimes, i think things and then someone else writes them more eloquently and directly than i can. criticism is a kindness and a process, and it needs to exist outside of “games journalism” as we know it.

the craziest thing to me about all the libs backing Newsom right now is that every single person I know in California hates him. he’s in the pocket of Big Tech, hates freelancers/contractors, destroys homeless encampments, and is an ICE bootlicker. he also is a transphobe! move on from this freak

I transitioned at 25. don't know I'd be alive if I had to wait longer. if you vote for Newsom, you have no principles or spine - just like your man here. there are decent liberals (sorry, crybabies) but this guy is a slime bag opportunist who deserves no credit.

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i’m back on the new york times with a piece about off, its influence on a myriad of surrealist rpgs — including chats with the folks behind oneshot and in stars and time — and what it meant for its designer to revisit the work of his pessimist 21 year old self www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/a...

It genuinely doesn't matter. It isn't about the mechanics of the law, it's about what it implies. In the eyes of the law; trans people in Britain are othered, they are not who they claim to be, the government feels the general public needs "protection" from them. Those ideas, that's the harm.

this is a very apt picture to use, i think this utter fucking evil cunt grinning i don't even know what to say i need to leave

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With Gamescom coming up, I'd like to remind all games press and media that it is, in fact, very easy NOT to give free advertising to Warner Bros. Games as it continues its partnership with JKR. In fact, here's a template for cancelling your preview appointment...

hey it's my birthday next week, so like if you were looking for a good time to commission a trans video game journalist from ireland, that would neat and cool and rad and awesome

anyone check in on Nick Denton to see if he’s throwing a party or getting ready to desecrate Hogan’s fresh grave yet?