as a communications/marketing girlie as well as a writing girlie... i unironically feel this way lmao!! i am *fascinated* by what's happening w/ love and deepspace i have too many thoughts that are impossible to cover on here, but imo we've reached an unprecedented fandom/player base breaking point

The Overton window keeps sliding.

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i'm bisexual, which means i love all women and yandere fictional men

This has such a huge impact on people in rural areas who have to deal with ISP monopolies with unusable speeds. The industry wants to act like the infrastructure is there for this to be the way forward, but big tech is just trying to leave poor people behind.

i’ve played love and deepspace for merely 38 days, yet the war it has waged against both my wallet and my psyche is immeasurable

this was the hardest thing i ever had to write www.gamesradar.com/games/rpg/i-...

There are more important things going on in the world and my own life but I came up out of my grave to blog this

last week I got to visit where the Nebula & Hugo nominated and Peabody Award-winning sci-fi interactive video game 1000xRESIST was made and more importantly: also got to see the nicest and most talented writer & marketing developer friend @heartimecia.bsky.social! 💛

i know the press is gutted right now so there may not be enough resources, but i do hope proper coverage of this love and deepspace situation happens… it’s a shame that otome games aren’t taken as seriously as other games, but this situation is the ME3 ending fiasco multiplied by 100 times

The Supreme Court today addressed one of the most pressing threats to the nation today: banning this high school sophomore from playing school sports with her friends 🫡🫠🙃

woke up like 30 minutes after the love and deepspace breaking news as if my body sensed a disaster unfolding

why is my cat giving

lestat would absolutely hate him for his uwu eyes

community management is so crazy. sometimes it’s a saturday afternoon and you’ll write a ban message for someone who posted yaoi of war criminals

kyle last night: you are so stoned me: actually, i’m high. there’s a difference. being high is prettier

got high for the first time ever yesterday and wrote a very long document in which i agonized over not being high “right” and wrote about how much i love caleb. that’s kind of all you need to know about me at this point in my life, really

Jesus. 68,900 reported missing in Venezuela.

ok i muted that thread, back to caleb posting!!!! they look so good together i fear…….

yes, the industry is in a terrible state. it has been since the start of this unofficial crash, and for many people, it has been since long before that. that doesn't mean we pull up the ladder behind us! let people know of the reality, but provide tools you would've wanted when you started out.

this is not directed at anyone in particular, as i have seen this sentiment shared relatively often since before i become a part of the games industry, but i don't get people who have Made It in a particular field who then tell younger generations "don't" when they dream of doing the same

i helped make this game and it helped me coming out as non binary and queer. I don't think it's the best game ever or anything, and it faced a remarkable amount of hate just for existing. the team on it was majority queer and trans and i think that's neat. it's cringe, be free and enjoy it.

The internet was quick to dub the close releases of Barbie Rewind and Grand Theft Auto 6 as the new 'Barbenheimer.' @maddie-b-a.bsky.social posits that Barbie Rewind represents an entirely different cultural moment: upholding the tradition of making space for 'girl games' in the market.

Between the insane console price hikes during a recession (I said it) where people can't even afford healthcare, and the jettisoning of talent and institutional knowledge in favor of AI slop and more zeroes on the shareholder paycheck, these industry "leaders" should leave. Devs are not the problem.

Also the fact you can just remove the "2" from this URL and get the Concord closure sure is something. Can't even be empathetically original in your subject about ruining people's lives: sonyinteractive.com/en/news/blog...

Our games industry is people. Our studios are people. Our teams people, our games by people for people. Our games are made by people, in groups of people, in teams of people, making people things for people. The magic is people, and the people deserve so much better than all this. I am so sorry.

90% of modern media criticism just sounds like this

sorry i didn’t respond i was busy calebmaxxing

love and deepspace truly hurting me more than any breakup ever has right now... gacha games you will Go To Hell

what keeps the games industry alive is not venture capitalists, generative AI developers, or out of touch executives. it's every studio's emotional support miro boards

I once had a director tell me i "wasn't being professional" because I pitched a dating sim. I told him that romance novels make the most money and asked why he wanted to leave money on the table. He reported me to HR who did nothing because she agreed with me.

good evening

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hey y'all, i hate to be asking this now of all times but there have been many complications with my move and i'm going to have to pay twice my rent while i wait for visa stuff to be approved. to help cover costs, i'm opening an online store for prints! shares appreciated ko-fi.com/jennayow/shop

thanks valve for announcing the steam machine price today bc i’m less mad at that than i am at love and deepspace rn 😭😭😭😭😭

For @aftermath.site, I reviewed the Steam Machine. It costs $1049 base. It is beautifully designed. It might be one of the most important computers ever made, launched at the worst time imaginable. aftermath.site/steam-machin...

just a reminder that I am actively in need of work! 🙏‼️ I have years of experience in community and social media management in the video games industry, am excited to learn other disciplines when needed, and am excellent at knowing what makes a community Work™️. more info @ madsmartin.carrd.co

the new love and deepspace LI…

this week's episode of the vampire lestat... yeah, there's no other show on TV like this. best episode of the show contender material. made me tear up, made me laugh, made me feel an unbearable weight on my chest. those writers are at the top of their game.

Visual novel "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni" will be receiving a new TV anime adaptation by Studio DEEN. youtu.be/Tlv6sDFoljg

Nat and I treating ourselves

she got bullied while growing up because she was too pretty… “pretty face pretty face” they’d call her at the playground : (

psychic texted me saying that she senses a new door is opening for me very soon. i can’t believe caleb is going to become real and be my wife

So for this Juneteenth, I went back and updated my feature on the need to incorporate more Blackness into your gaming perspective, more relevant now than when I wrote it years ago. Check it out on @pcmag.com www.pcmag.com/opinions/cel...

Actually while I got y’all here, lemme talk to you about some thoughts and feelings about generational poverty and disenfranchisement

“Juneteenth reminds us that freedom delayed is freedom denied. The enslaved people of Texas had to wait 30 months to learn what the rest of the nation already knew. Black women in Texas are still waiting.”

NEW: Former Xbox president Sarah Bond, former Roblox chief product officer Manuel Bronstein, and Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick have been linked with a secret society called 'Dialog' organised by controversial billionaire and conservative activist Peter Thiel. Strap yourselves in for this one: