ootd. movie night at a friend's place.

I think the PS4 era cemented the idea that melodrama equals story into the minds of gamers harder than any other specific time period, often to the detriment of storytelling, and it’s gonna take years to unlearn that.

Hey man, we cool? I just noticed that when I look at you the reticle turns red.

possible final post-op appointment in a few days. scars are healing extremely well. can barely see them. every excited to start working out and getting some muscle on my chest and slim down a bit if i can.

i love starting with "lots of strange reactions to this game" and following that up with the strangest reaction yet

v excited to meet up with some friends this week!!

in narrative design I find it frustrating when a game uses a dialogue scene to convey information that could be shared in an embodied, interactive way. don’t have a character describe herself; let me look through her things

After this week I have a gap coming up in my work - and I'm also waiting on a ton of unpaid invoices. So I could really use a little boost right now. Please reach out if you've got leads on any writing, mock review, or consulting gigs. I do a lot!

Exhausting to live in a world where facts don’t matter

i initially really wanted to get into deadlock but whew. it's way too complex for me atm so i mostly reinstall it to invite friends to the closed beta and then uninstall it shortly after.

just realized this is another opportunity to wear the pair of blood elf ears i bought almost a year ago... wondering if i can quickly make a pair of super tiny horns to go with the outfit i have planned..

first saturday off since the start of the year and i've spent it lying around and cleaning up my room and it's been so nice

please support @butwhytho.net --- ! they were put into an extremely unfair situation by their previous dev and need to raise funds to recoup the cost. they're one of the most well-rounded sites in terms of pop culture coverage and do some great work. especially when it comes to CN and KR games!

pragmata is such a novel game in terms of how it incorporates puzzle-solving into it's core combat and asks the question: what if a parental figure genuinely loved and cared about their child in a way that wasn't grossly toxic

it's sooo endearing. every game ive played that people have called a dad game is always, like, "having a child is a burden unlike no other and these challenges teaches me they are human just like me" pragmata is nonstop "oh a kid is an endless font of surprises, new experiences, and joy"

Uni is melting

秋葉原の女装・男装カフェをめぐるNUSの @michellehsho さんのご著書_Emergent Genders_(Duke UP)の出版記念研究会にコメンテーターとしてお招き頂きました。 新宿ではなく秋葉原に着目し、規範からずれた多様な性のあり方をする人々がマーケットとの交渉を主な足がかりとして生きていく様を記述した研究で、バックラッシュ後から2018年頃の日本での反ジェンダー運動の始まりまでの「LGBTブーム」を含む時期の消費と市場を媒介とする生存戦略が多面的に描かれます。 2018年以降、この戦略がどう変化したのか(しなかったのか)も考えずにはいられない、刺激的な著作でした。

A VCR never sold my private info to a nazi

team dinner and the aftermath.

going to the ren faire with friends next week and i'm so excited!!

FLESH WITHOUT BLOOD #BERSERK

ended up buying this to take with me on my next trip to Europe to play with friends

the depression has taken hold of me at the worst time possible (start of a new fiscal year)

since bluesky keeps going down, add me on linkedin i guess. the most reliable if not infuriating website on the planet.

god it's so good to get offline and be around friends and not look at screens or check my phone for literal hours.

escape the dark castle with friends

learning it's very important to keep five businesses cards on you at all times.

In my latest for Playboy, I wrote about meat, masculinity, and "boy kibble," the trend of men eating a pack of unseasoned ground beef for dinner. I argue it's the perfect meal to illustrate the isolation and nihilism in our ultra-capitalist system www.playboy.com/read/lifesty...

since bluesky keeps going down, add me on linkedin i guess. the most reliable if not infuriating website on the planet.

“GlobalComix’s AI translation copilot delivers 85–90% cost savings compared to industry-standard manual translation.” These AI tools will always rely on underpaid freelancers doing three jobs for a fraction of the wage of one. They’re merely a justification for not paying people.

nothing online works for shit anymore. everybody who knows how to work computer is unemployed. we are stuck with these losers shooting up peptides while they vibecode their claude dongle

The games industry is losing decades of experience every week because there are simply no jobs. I have 13 years of experience myself, and my next job is likely not in games

天邪鬼 (Contrarian) A3 ベニヤカンバスにアクリル、墨、水彩

I have immense respect for those who cover video game news. Not just the big splashy in-depth investigations, but the day-to-day announcements, details, & bit-pieces that come without end. News writers don't always get the attention that opinion writers get, but it is a needed and crucial component.

Hi #PortfolioDay! I'm James and I write games, comics & assorted transmedia. I've got some fun game-related announcements coming soon-ish! Stay tuned :) Comic editors! I'm open to work on some shorts or one-shots so please feel free to contact me through my site (in bio) / LinkedIn / DMs!

NYT cooking page has basically no meat on it "Dumplings With Peas" "Broccoli Cheddar Beans"

journalism in general is very difficult for women (and black people, and trans people) to have long careers in. but in this specific niche is it particularly dire.

need to seriously invest in some travel bags...

The best leaders in this industry aren’t those who have a hyper-detailed, one-man-show vision of their project. They don’t minimise or claim the work that their teammates do. They are the ones who are excited about what others can bring to the dynamic. Who hold the vision, rather than own it.

So the big studios are abandoning the US and turning the staff workers into contractors to get out paying for healthcare. The United States is losing one of its defining industries because of not having universal healthcare and the people are going to be even more vulnerable to the industry.

dropping a subtle hint that i'll be showing a demo of DAWN CHORUS interstate for the first time at ALT:GAMES in parramatta this weekend! made a sick looking start screen just for this. come look at it.

Okay but she's lowkey spittin here

i ❣️ bodily autonomy

this is also how the games industry works.

This that meat that you get out of the wall in Castlevania.

Kids in the 90s ⭐🪽