OK i’m gonna go ahead and take that all Japanese business mail as a sign to flip Duolingo back from French to Japanese よろしくおねがいします😇

If you struggle to position UX in your corporate org this is a must-read. And then go read Practical Ethnography by Dr Sam Ladner to go deeper. You’re welcome. #uxdesign #uxresearch

LIVE on Twitch. Back from JUDGING Cannes Lions and I have THOUGHTS. Survival horror cleaning? A Gaming Flute? Let's get into it and get into the game. AMA about the #gamedev judging experience for the Entertainment Lions for Gaming at #CannesLions2026 now through 1PM PT at twitch.tv/funnygodmother

I’ve never been to Uniqlo before, but it was refreshing to just… walk into a physical store and buy new Pokémon merch without a line or anything like it was 2002. They got the memo on supply and demand. I didn’t expect to buy more work clothes this week but lolrip here we are #gamedev

A $3 @mta.info subway fare and some good Q train timing can buy you one hell of a view of the July 4th fireworks and the Brooklyn Bridge light show! Huge shoutout to the train operator for slow rolling over the Manhattan Bridge and the conductor for announcing it.

This is a good periodic reminder that the Internet Archive exists as a nonprofit and is a great place to go show your support when they make critical catches like documenting disappearing public information. We need this more than ever.

Folks, in the next season of my podcast I want to reclaim the genre title “friendslop” as a collective & explore something better. What we have doesn’t respect players nor acknowledge the thriving of the genre. Which #gamedev (s) should I talk to while exploring this topic? #enduringplay

What a week. Hardware is no easy path, but it feels like someone kicked down a door on the console wars and there’s an open invitation to the party if anyone is willing to build smaller, cheaper, solid state physical based media consoles to satisfy the generation turning to vintage consoles

I’ve started to write about my experience at #CannesLions2026. The first post gives an overview of some of the fringe campaigns I think are a sign of things to come in #gamedev and #marketing partnerships. A capybara butt? A gaming… flute? Organ donation?! www.linkedin.com/pulse/games-...

Honestly let’s bring low bit consoles back into production. Smaller, constrained, reasonable games that can be made by two pizza teams and shipped on cartridges that survive There’s also space for internet connected high fi gaming but not everything has to be one black hole singularity #gamedev

Hey. Spicy take here. Maybe games got unwieldy on physical media because they got too big because the industry kept chasing realism and scale instead of gameplay without thinking about consequences Maybe physical media works just fine with classic smaller games

On one hand, I am sad about physical disc production ending. On the other hand, I am still thinking about Season 2 Episode 10 of my #gamedev podcast #EnduringPlay when Desireé Rincõn explained that half of the modern gen Xbox discs out there likely contain just a product key anyway 🤯

Something I don't think many execs understand is that companies don't make games: They make teams. And if they do it well; if they make stable, well-resourced, high trust teams, those teams will make great games forever. But that only happens if the execs understand what the company makes.

This is fascinating, and I’m also hearing “mark your calendar for mind blowing revelations in 2030”

Wait why is America doing an ACTUAL hunger games and why is no one talking about this

Today in “Google ruined search,” it sent a disabled woman half a terminal over to an EWR lounge (Art & Lounge) that had clearly been closed for months. (This in response to a lengthy search/chat hybrid trying to figure out Priority Pass options. There were lots of moments it could have bailed.)

No stream tomorrow. Just emerged from the Lincoln Tunnel on the way to an event after a day in Jersey and a day in Philly and a week in Cannes. SEA ✈️> CDG ✈️> NCE 🚕> Cannes Lions 🏨🦁> NCE ✈️> JFK🚙 > Pennsylvania 🏠> Madison, NJ 🚙🎭> EWR 🚙🏨> 🙋‍♀️New York City 🏙️> EWR 🏨✈️> SEA 🏠 it’s… been a lot

Given that my Hey You Pikachu fandom changed the shape of my life (voice design > speaking career, TPCi game studio creative director, etc) I love that it outsold Paper Mario, a legit classic. I always thought it was a total cult game but look at it here in the top 40.

After months of judging, the awards were last night and we can share the full shortlist and awards list for this year’s Entertainment Lions for Gaming. The whole shortlist is worthy of attention - they were hard decisions at a global scale. #gamedev #videogames www.lovethework.com/en/awards/wi...

Happy Father’s Day and happy Solstice! I am not streaming today unfortunately to celebrate those things with you - I’m in a place doing a thing and I’m in a bit of a social media blackout until it’s done. You’ll hear more from me soon.

Sitting here in an unimaginably hot Charles De Gaulle with an unexpected second delay of two flights, I am here to tell my disabled travelers to ask for the help up front because you don’t control when things will fall apart and you need to conserve your energy for those moments. I’m glad I did.

Wowowowowow. Air France just sort of looks at flight schedules at suggestions. I am a disabled passenger on a flight scheduled to leave “on time” at 1:30. This is the second time they’ve attempted to board us. It is not leaving at 1:30. Which is now. Unless it leaves empty. WHY not update schedule?

The fire alarms in my building have an uncanny habit of going off when I’m doing something really important, like recording a really big podcast or finishing a big chapter of my book. Anyway I finished packing last night to leave for judging the Cannes Entertainment Lions for Gaming and

My chronic illness people will understand why I got excited by this ad for a hot second before getting very disappointed #eds #pots

Last stream before I head out to judge at Cannes Lions! Join me and Sprinkles to wrap up the springtime together. We have a lot to unpack about a big doctor's appointment this week. And, as always, #uxdesign and #gamedev. 10AM PT - 1PT twitch.tv/funnygodmother

2026 #PokemonNAIC kicks off today, and you can receive themed cosmetics in #PokemonTCGLive to commemorate the event! Log in before June 15 to collect the first of two Mega Blastoise deck accessory sets, and tune in to the broadcast on Twitch to earn additional rewards via Drops!

Don’t know who needs to hear this, but if you have to TELL people to honor you, you’re either 1) doing the wrong work or 2) with the wrong people If your job is to work with an entire country, the answer to “is it a good idea to TELL them to honor me” is always “no.” Do the WORK.

It’s called a poison pill and this is beyond shady. “If I can’t play I’ll puncture the kickball so no one can play either.”

They are only trying to keep him alive until his birthday, aren’t they? This is all propping him up for today expecting the classic “post holiday decline”. Like when you get sick after finals but forever. That’s what’s happening here. Pile so much excitement on he can’t make it. It’s on purpose.

As Pokémon TCG Live's Third Anniversary celebration comes to a close, here's the final passcode containing a variety of booster packs 🃏 Redeem the code "HAPPY3RDTCGL" in-game to receive three booster packs for each currently released expansion in the Mega Evolution Series!

I managed to grab a new patient appointment with a new doctor at the clinic where most of my lifetime care has occurred. (My old doc is not taking “new” patients.) I was nervous. LA doc didn’t believe me on POTS, etc. This doc came in late … because he’d already filled my paperwork out perfectly

I’m not endorsing or criticizing this perspective, but it’s interesting to hear it at a leadership level. Someone asked about my opinion at GDC on ethics of subscriptions. I was stumped: to me, the issue is usually the start/stop UX. But a generation burned by shady behavior feels differently.

June is WILD, y'all. Let's amp up the variety in variety streaming: join me and my puppet Queen Sprinkles for chat, Roblox, and maybe some other games as we start to plan for my 10 YEAR STREAMIVERSARY WHAT SHOULD WE DOOO 10AM - 1PM PT #gamedev #uxdesign twitch.tv/funnygodmother

[Third Anniversary Daily Shop Bundle] A new limited-time bundle is now available in the Shop 📦 Get three booster packs of both Pokémon TCG: Mega Evolution and Scarlet & Violet—Prismatic Evolutions for 300 Trainer Points!

Hey, come hear the first new front end music I ever audio directed for TCG Live as it makes a brief return to the game, now triumphantly accompanied by the Build and Battle experience from the same expansion 💜❤️ #gamedev

Keep in mind, whatever happens next - social media accounts can be run by anyone in an age of AI. A person who posts distinctively could easily be replaced by an AI trained on their VERY DISTINCTIVE POSTS and that could be used to buy time for … whatever. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Is it weird we are not talking about this? Because it keeps happening. amsmeteors.org/ams-q1-2026-...

Well, if there's one thing I've learned from judging Cannes Lions, it's that I need to spend more time in Roblox (etc) to keep up fully with what is going on out there. Go on that journey with me today. But first, Queen Sprinkles. Bring more #gamedev and #uxdesign chat! twitch.tv/funnygodmother

Let’s be real: WNBA players aren’t asking for NBA salaries. They’re asking for fair pay relative to the revenue they help generate, relative to their male counterparts, and relative to the investments made in their development. So let’s call this what it is: ⚠️ Misogyny. ⚠️ Anti-Blackness.

look. is everything more expensive now? yes. but you have to look on the bright side too. now every time you open a computer, it doesn't work

It’s time to start getting good at doing a lot with a little. The techniques that we used for GBA, DS, early gen PC gaming - that software ran much more efficiently and sustainably. How do we bridge the gap and get to something that will run on aging hardware?

STITCH IS HERE BUT HE DIDN’T LAND IN HAWAII

❝ where the traditional Gothic is dark and looming with ornate architecture, the Institutional Gothic occurs in winding or otherwise empty office spaces, consumed by machine-made mundanity and the unforgiving gaze of noisy overhead fluorescent lighting ❞

Don’t forget that many of the things you take for granted as normal now were deeply divisive when they launched. Go read These Are The Voyages and THEN talk to me about how Trek has lost its way. Because it wasn’t pushing hard enough! TOS was constantly on the razor’s edge of the censor’s knife.

This is launching complex DiscourseTM. Some folks are angry the Vatican partnered at all with a tech company. Some are angry they didn’t call for banning or even harsher response. Being angry someone doesn’t go far enough doing a good thing is counterproductive. Reward the good, correct the bad.

If you don’t feel represented, I hope it brings you a little bit of hope that I am currently a senior leader working at the intersection of tabletop CCGs and video gaming, working to create experiences that welcome as many people as possible.

AI always calling your ideas “fantastic” can feel inauthentic, but what are sycophancy’s deeper harms? We find that in the common use case of seeking AI advice on interpersonal situations—specifically conflicts—sycophancy makes people feel more right & less willing to apologize.

In sum, skip the Atlantic on this one and read Monstrous Regiment, a great standalone Pratchett and a perfect book for right now, because it takes on propaganda, war, gender, and how religious zealots starve nations and ruin everything. Quote me on that, why don’t you.

Almost nothing in society is accidental when you squint at it. There’s usually a “why” and it’s usually weird

To celebrate the release of the new Build & Battle Mode 🛠️ we're sharing a special passcode that can be redeemed for extra rewards! Redeem the code "TCGLBUILDANDBATTLE" in Pokémon TCG Live to receive two Event Tokens, as well as 1,000 Trainer Points and Trade Credits!