An absolute delight to co-organise Gotland Game Conference 2026. Here is just one of many fabulous moments Thank you so much @samanthabeart.bsky.social for joining us to open the ceremony, as well as everyone who made it possible and attended 💜. Full video and more GGC thanks and thoughts soon.

Starting the year with the publication of my article with Kamiab Ghorbanpour in which we go into extensive academic detail about why Cloud Strife in a dress is properly ICONIC. publicera.kb.se/tgv/article/...

Such an honour and pleasure to open and keynote Sweden Game Conference 2025! Photo by @swedengamearena.bsky.social

Uncomfortable Labels, my memoir of growing up at the intersection of being trans and autistic, is available as a DRM-Free Audiobook. Right now, it's the best way to purchase one of my books that directly supports me during "publisher nonesense season". laurakbuzzstore.com/products/unc...

I have bought and given away more copies of this than I can mention. A very important book that is sadly all too often needed - and it is currently free as an eBook download. www.sevenstories.com/blogs/381-fr...

Will write more about the delights of this week's Gotland Game Conference soon, but in the meantime, so glad to get to talk about trans and non-binary representation in games, and specifically looking at Dragon Age: The Veilguard, this morning at the Transformative Play Initiative Seminar 2025

It's almost time for #TheFutureGamesShow we're co-streaming it in a few minutes! Come hang out, see what's being announced. #OfficialCoStreamer twitch.tv/cypheroftyr

Working on something for next week. Been a long time since i have drawn like this. It feels good to.

Very happy to be a co-author on a new article just released, "Designing Transformative Analog Role-playing Games," written by Sarah Lynne Bowman, Josefin Westborg, Kjell Hedgard Hugaas, Elektra Diakolambrianou, and myself. The article is free to access here: www.gamejournal.it/designing-tr...

Giving a paper tomorrow at the entirely online Mythological Game Studies Conference talking about my love of Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical. mythgamescon.wordpress.com

Soon, my pretties…

Impromptu fashion shoot at @nordicgame.com. Very happy to be here and meeting so many amazing people and getting to speak on "More Than Representation: Designing Compelling Trans Narratives for Games" (photos to follow).

I have given this book away more times than I can count. It always makes me sad how much it is needed but it makes me very glad that it is here. Please give the new edition a look.

So lovely to read this new write up about Dyke Hard on its 10th anniversary. It makes me so happy that the film seems to continue to resonate and that there are a few screenings still every year in different parts of the world. www.moviezine.se/nyheter/for-...

Arrangement by our little one who was trying to decide "why the cat looked that way" and thought perhaps it might be coffee related. Either that or Herbert has found a save point. @shaunaitcheson.bsky.social @cloakanddaggerg.bsky.social

In this month's Edge magazine we talk about pay and conditions in the games industry, as well as AI.

Heyo!!!! Come see me and friends #DevoraWilde @sweeetanj.bsky.social at @twentysidedtavern.bsky.social in NYC!!!!!

EARTHBLADE ~ Across the Bounds of Fate ✨now live for bandcamp friday✨ radicaldreamland.bandcamp.com/album/earthb...

Truer than You and Knife Sisters are part of the Wings Women’s Day Steam event! 💖 🔮 Both games are about exploring identity & dilemmas, have non-binary mains and a wide variety of queer characters to get to know better 🏳️‍🌈 #WomensDaySale

Updated “how to support” post which has updated ko-fi link. The best way right now is probably via a recurring Patreon or Ko-Fi sub. If even 1/3rd of my followers supported at $1, I’d be good for a bit. Twitch doesn’t pay out until the 15th, so it’s not reliable for rent 🫠

Please check out these glorious paintings by an amazing artist. They are available to purchase and hang on your walls, you lucky thing you. And you will also be supporting an amazing queer independent artist.

Tanya is magnificent and I urge you to hire her immediately for all of your games and also follow her work and support her in all the ways mentioned here.

My very good friend Tanya was affected by today’s closure of Monolith. If you’re looking for a writer/narrative designer then check them out!

Truly well worth playing - unsettling in the best possible way and darkly comic whilst doing it. Also it's on sale.

Hey Soldiers! Join me, The Blade, Lae, and Fangs for some off-duty shenanigans in "Baldur’s Gate: From Hags to Liches". What Tav doesn’t know won’t hurt them, right? Tickets here: tinyurl.com/yyz6pe3z #sponsored #MCChicago @dndbeyond.com

Look here! You too can bring this delightful creature to your home! I am sure mine will not glare into my soul at every single opportunity. And neither will yours.

This so very exciting/cool/terrifying! I look forward/dread in the best way to bringing a new friend into our home.

Sad I won't be at GDC this year because last year was amazing. I am, however, happy to see that 1000xRESIST by @sunsetvisitor.studio getting such recognition. That game is truly something special.

I think we all need trans pizza and Lilah's inspiration for something nice to think about 💜

Very excited to have contributed to this new (and FREE to read) textbook on how to design role-playing games for transformative impact. Please give it a look (FREE). This was a huge effort, and special appreciation to the editors who worked incredibly hard on this 💜. books.uu.se/uup/catalog/...

When the day has been particularly challenging, games really can help.

This was how I celebrated my birthday this year...

Trans Pizza is the very bestest 🍕💜

Coming out on my birthday this Friday! If you want to get me a present (aaaaw, aren't you darling?!) you could consider getting this for yourself! I certainly will be!

Check out this stunning performance of the music from Celeste 💜🍓. Seeing music from Celeste and other game music performed live was a huge highlight of last year for me and I cannot recommend enough doing it if you can whenever you can. Beautiful.

Full episode of The Games That Made Me on our YouTube @leveluplauren.bsky.social talks to @samanthabeart.bsky.social 📺 If you like 💖 Mortal Kombat 2 ✨ Mass Effect 2 💖 Legend of Zelda OoT ✨ Final Fantasy VII 💖 Disco Elysium click below ↓↓↓ youtu.be/7j0gQeKvetc?...

💜 trans pizza

Very happy to have chapter in this book and very happy to see it highlighted by the @thevideogamelibrary.org 💜. And please do check out the book it is completely open access!

'Twas the night before Christmas and a jolly good dragon time was had. And a jolly beverage with it. 🎄🥂🎲

Still thinking about "This Bed We Made" many months after playing it. And I imagine I will keep thinking about it. Highly recommend checking it out this fascinating, charming, and clever game, which right now it is on extra sale.

Our kitty in her natural state.

I haven't drawn much this year and shared less of it. Would like to do much more of both in the new year. #artvsartist2024

It’s another trans pizza! If you are NOT CISGENDER and want pizza, reply here with a fun selfie or the word PIZZA. I’ll pick five winners at random and send them each $25 via Venmo (preferred) or PayPal. You have 24 hours! Snap a photo and let’s have a good old fashioned selfie bonanza!

Still a little time to post a favourite place for trans pizza!

Go and check out these fabulous readings including by the wonderful @rosiegarlandwriter.bsky.social! Then come back and tell me all about it so I can live vicariously through your good fortune!

The local boardgame store restocked their random dice bin.... they have many less dice now. And I have many more.

Today turned out to be quite special as I got a lovely acceptance letter from a university that will hopefully be the place I finally get some funny new letters to my name AND perhaps most crucially, insists I carry a sword to graduation. I am of course getting ready in the only way I know how...

Mine was The Lost Boys, bought bargain bin and smuggled home for equally late night viewing. I'm still not quite sure how to describe its impact on me at the time.

It's been a "bit of a week," but now it is Saturday and gathering inspiration for the new week to come. This inspiration inspired by Allan Wake II from @remedygames.com

oh look, it's a really interesting analysis of Celeste's story and themes ^_^ I love when people do deep dives like this