The travel gods were kind, and we get one last bonus stream in this Seattle studio before my move. Come see Sprinkles, hear about my book tour last week, and get indie gaming in since we don't know if we'll have a setup next week! twitch.tv/funnygodmother 10AM PT - 1PM PT #gamedev #uxdesign

I don’t find many moments of joy in these dark times, but the grounded contentment of roadtripping across Pennsylvania with my supportive husband against sunlit fall foliage eating Wicked themed Munchkin donuts on our way to a book signing for my book at Carnegie Mellon - I’ll file that under joy.

Lillie's Determination easily surpasses the competition when it comes to most-used Pokémon TCG: Mega Evolution cards in Pokémon TCG Live 😱 Check out this infographic highlighting the full Top 10 Most-Used Cards from the #MegaEvolution 🧬 expansion!

I frequently get questions about my career journey - this new feature from the Microsoft Alumni Network was a fun way to tell my story as a UX designer, game developer, and Pokémon trainer. Your path doesn’t have to be like anyone else’s. www.microsoftalumni.com/s/1769/19/in... #gameDev #uxDesign

I am tabled and ready to meet you at the @cmu.edu University Store - our first signing has already happened! 💜 Join me between now and 3 PM. We’d love to see you. #gamedev #videogames

Have you been thinking about picking up my new book The Game Development Strategy Guide, but do better with a community? The #GameDev Bookshelf community on LinkedIn has selected my book for this month’s book club - grab the book now and join me at the end of the month for a live Q&A session!

It’s so true, and that’s why I spent the last year writing The Game Development Strategy Guide and creating the #EnduringPlay podcast. Games aren’t movies. They aren’t cloud services. They are more, they are different - but you can build thriving experiences if you treat #gamedev with curiosity.

I am on a ROAD TRIP to Pittsburgh! Join me TODAY at the @cmu.edu Bookstore 1PM - 3PM for a public book signing for The Game Development Strategy Guide, and tomorrow University of Pittsburgh students can join me for a talk at 2PM in room 501 in the Cathedral of Learning! www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMpbkPmM/

This is a good read. Then if you want to hear about what good leadership feels like, start with my podcast #EnduringPlay - lots of discussions about thriving teams and pragmatic creative leadership for #gamedev. All 10 episodes of Season 1 are available wherever you get your podcasts.

Today is my one-year anniversary as Creative Director of the Game Studio at The Pokémon Company International. Truly the #gamedev opportunity of a lifetime, and I shared reflections on LinkedIn as is traditional for such a moment (& because we have cute graphics!) www.linkedin.com/posts/cheryl...

We are LIVE with what might be my last stream from this setup - it's moving time AGAIN. Join me for another tour of gaming awards season - Hades II and a few other surprises wait in store. And, of course, Sprinkles. #gamedev #uxdesign 10AM PT - 1PM PT at twitch.tv/funnygodmother

Hey folks - it looks like this event has been postponed to next year, so I’m still on the hunt for my first Seattle area signing. My dance card is full for my PA tour next week though! You can catch me at the Carnegie Mellon University Store Thurs Nov 6 1PM - 3PM. @ me if you have a Seattle event…

There’s a lot of discourse around #videogame graphic quality right now - and that’s why I created the Spectrum of Gaming Graphics for The #GameDev Strategy Guide. What’s your favorite game and where does it fall on this spectrum? Check out my TikTok on it here - www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMCEgu73/

I really hate Biff Tannen’s 1985 timeline

Every time you post a review of a book you liked at Amazon even though you bought the book somewhere else, you make that book more discoverable to more people using their algorithms without having to give Amazon any money if you don’t want to Also angels get wings 😇

YES MY QUEEN THIS IS A MOOD. Look, it's fine. Make your AI features. But don't interrupt my legitimate workflow to throw them in my face constantly. YOU ARE MAKING HUMAN LIFE WORSE.

One doesn't often get a memo when one's vaccine worked, but I forgot my mask at the physical therapist last week and I remember 2 different patients coughing so much that my therapist ended up getting masks for her and the next patient. She cancelled today because she's sick. thank you, jabs

Hey Seattle #gamedev community! My first local book signing looks like it will be at the WILA Games and Education Industry Collider hosted by @seattleindies.bsky.social on November 10 at Cornish Playhouse (my old improv stomping grounds). Excited to talk education with y'all - tickets are free!

We are LIVE on Twitch (AND YouTube this week - experiment) and we're continuing to work through lesser-known BAFTA nominee games - after some time with Sprinkles, of course. 10AM - 1PM at twitch.tv/funnygodmother

The FINAL episode of Season 1 of #EnduringPlay, my #GameDev podcast is out now: “People, Process, & Players: Human-Centered Production with Yesenia Cisneros.” Support this week will help me decide whether to move forward with Season 2! All episodes avail on all major platforms or on the web below.

I performed in improvised parodies of TOS for 9 years, appearing at comic conventions and on SyFy Wire. I also moderated the 2010 Emerald City Comicon panel with Leonard Nimoy, who was amazing. I grew up with TNG, but developed appreciation for TOS after “These Are The Voyages” #startrek #trekkie 🖖

dear US friends, when a sitting president (re)builds the seat of government, it almost always means the president has no intention of leaving at the end of term. your African friends with decades of experience

Out of context skeet: *shakes fist at sky* GENGARRRRRRRR

Don’t be like me and forget to redeem the code for the cool Pokémon Center sleeves because you are too busy doing Pokémon things. These are legitimately limited time. I missed out on Wooloo. Get thee to the redemption site and grab the ghosts!

Not me realizing belatedly over my coffee this morning that the people writing the delightfully unhinged Z-A NPC lines/translations are my *coworkers* 🥰🤩 Yes this is obvious to you but I spent decades playing these games from the outside so this is a Transition

Mike Johnson has given the house a very very very very very very very very very long vacation because he’s worried about the Epstein files

These look like happy roadtrip pictures and yes I was happy it was sunny but I was not happy I needed to drive a painful 20 hour roundtrip across three states to see my neurologist for migraine med checkup because TSA in LA is still borked and I couldn’t risk missing the appointment #dystopia

Join me for SHORT STREAM SUNDAY! I was originally going to fly to LA today but due to the shutdown I decided it's LESS risk to DRIVE 8 HOURS TO CA for a specialist appointment I must get to. Anyway, let's have a puppet rant about healthcare or something IDK? twitch.tv/funnygodmother 10AM - 11AM

Well we’ve been stuck with cartoon villains for years, this WAS inevitable

- Seattle neurologist postponed too long for meds handover - scheduled trip to LA for remote neurologist visit - cancelled trip due to TSA issues - scheduled 10 hour one way drive to CA border to do it - nature: hold my beer Look, I need my migraine meds and this is getting ridiculous

I had a lovely chat recently with Anna Dahlström of UX Fika - we reconnected after our time on the European speaking circuit crossed paths to talk about becoming design authors, transcending layoffs, my return to video gaming, and much more. #uxDesign podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...

Oh god I let my Bunnelby evolve and forgot what came next and I have REGRETS

Hell yes, Pittsburgh. Love Yinz. No Kings.

Just had one of those “used to live in LA” moments where a Japanese show (Alice in Borderland) I’ve watched for three years shot one scene in LA and I recognized the bar immediately as one of the few I’ve been to - it’s across the street from where CMU Hollywood does its annual welcome events 😅

Ok so I was a Phillies fan in 93 and the Bluejays took that World Series from us and then the strike took that Phillies team from us so what I’m saying as an adult who now lives in both Seattle and Philadelphia for complex reasons is GOOOO MARINEEEERS

@retrogamermag.bsky.social Hey retro gamers! My gamedev podcast this week features a discussion between two developers (myself included) who worked on old school Nintendo DS & GBA games at Griptonite, in case you’re interested. LMK if you have Qs! www.gamedevelopmentstrategyguide.com/enduring-pla...

Remember the #NintendoDS and the GBA? We do! S1 E9 of Enduring Play explores how to create immersive worlds in highly constrained #gameDev, with my 🎨🦄 guest Tamara Knoss whose experience spans animation, lead artist, UI art, and now Senior Technical UI Designer. On all podcast platforms or:

This is the kind of root cause analysis we desperately need right now, because something deep and systemic is not right. www.motherjones.com/environment/...

These changes in player motivation didn’t happen overnight. We were all too busy making games that took years to make to realize the world shifted around us in the meantime. The gaming world has *fundamentally* changed. That’s why I wrote The Game Development Strategy Guide. #gamedev

It's a TIME SHIFTED wibbly wobbly Sunday Funday with the #MagicMafia on Twitch to avoid the Nor'Easter because we're having an East Coast MOEment this week. Join us for more extreme variety streaming as I burn through awesome games looking for gems. 9:30 PT - 12PM PT twitch.tv/funnygodmother

I also have many questions

I use the “one does not simply walk into Mordor” meme all the time because I am a nerd and raised on LOTR and married to a die hard LOTR fanatic and then to have Sean Bean ACTUALLY THERE at my first BAFTA party, I am just processing the irony of it 😅

Maybe this is only the second darkest of all possible timelines because apparently there is a ceasefire and there are new Futurama episodes again

@wickedfoxgames.com thanks for the retweet, but unfortunately my hosting provider knocked my server down - let’s try again in a day or two

Episode 8 of #EnduringPlay, a #GameDev podcast is now live featuring a systems design chat with @joemag.games! Listen on your favorite platform today to hear us talk about the realities of designing for live-service/live-ops games, the beauty of a well-designed spreadsheet, and so much more. 🃏🎲🎮💜

It’s funny: the first Highlight group in my Instagram (same name) is Pokémon. But it’s been there for 5 years, since I got really proud of some Pikachu snowmen I made & realized half my Reels were Pokémon related. There are a ton of them there & then 9/10 of the way through ✨something changes✨ 😇

Few things are more humbling by having your ass kicked by 20 deep one legged plies at the physical therapist at 9AM and being like “yeah well there’s my heart rate spiking workout for the day” we have some work to do, EDS atrophy nonsense noodle muscles 👀

So we started playing this game on my stream this Sunday and I’m kind of obsessed - 30 Birds. It is GORGEOUS and they had me laughing in the first 10 minutes. I’m still in awards season mode bouncing between games but - we will be back. Moar birds pls. store.steampowered.com/app/1708770/...

Every time I switch industries or companies I learn new things. Riot: so much in esports. Scopely: adapting to live-service changes at scale. TPCi: what’s a planogram? 😅

LIVE on Twitch - let's dig deeper into my new pile of BAFTA games and explore new titles! Bring your questions about my new book The Game Development Strategy Guide or my podcast Enduring Play - let's get into the game. #gamedev #uxdesign 10AM PT - 1PM PT twitch.tv/funnygodmother