your outie got to meet the pope

The difference between corporate toxicity in games and the overwhelming kindness I encountered with members of the game writer community last weekend is so huge it’s a little upsetting. Imagine watching the Mouth of Sauron ride into battle on Shadowfax. Get that gorgeous horse out of there.

A Steam Machine? *scoffs* It’s called a train, you idiot.

If you have read Alexis’s first novel, Don’t Hate the Player, then You Already Know that Alexis is witty and wise and a fabulous writer. How We Play the Game now on sale!!!!

Happy #pubday to HOW WE PLAY THE GAME by @alexisthenedd.bsky.social! Competitive gaming and fake dating combine to create a razor-sharp romance perfect for fans of TWELFTH KNIGHT and SLAY. On sale now! www.bloomsbury.com/us/how-we-pl...

Friends and gamers, today is the day: my second novel HOW WE PLAY THE GAME is out! Buy it from Bookshop; Jeff doesn't need the money! "This romance has the works: fake dating, enemies-to-lovers, rivalry, found family, and second chances." - Booklist

i can't express how fast and hard i clicked on this and how little i was surprised to see @adamserwer.bsky.social's byline atop this banger www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Friends and gamers, today is the day: my second novel HOW WE PLAY THE GAME is out! Buy it from Bookshop; Jeff doesn't need the money! "This romance has the works: fake dating, enemies-to-lovers, rivalry, found family, and second chances." - Booklist

Sorry to say it but this is absolutely true. The surest way to register your discontent with the focus and quality of the NYT's journalism is to disengage from the publication's biggest revenue driver. Try Puzzmo for your daily puzzle fix. It's great!

the new york times relies on its immensely popular games to both drive subscriptions AND generate ad revenue from non-paying subscribers. stop playing wordle, even if it's free.

hello game dev community, i am looking to interview a few people who have been in the industry for 5+ years and are comfortable in the role they chose for themself in their career. i want to hear from everyone, producers, engineers, narrative, community managers, etc. !!!

is it even a gorgeous AAA narrative open world action adventure game with performance capture and true-to-face character modeling if noshir dalal doesn't show up a third of the way through and start purring (i just finished ghost of yotei)

not to be dramatic but we only set the clocks back six days ago and i don't think my body will ever recover

not even married but I’m participating in aloof wife autumn

Solidarity with the Rockstar Workers, support them 👇

How We Play The Game is on this list! Comes out November 11th <3

Gaming. Gaming. I meant to say GAMING.

look, now you can fumble the bag in two languages

Gaming stuff: Crusader Kings 3’s “All Under Heaven” is out now. I helped consult for historical accuracy and design on its representation of medieval Southeast Asia (and Siberia). Check it out! A fantastic expansion for a fantastic game. www.paradoxinteractive.com/games/crusad...

it's definitely wednesday, right

I hate when i ask about people’s favorite lip balm or something and there’s that one person who goes “oh i make my own with 20% coconut oil and some beexwax“ or whatever bitch we both know that is not why i asked

yeah i'm high functioning. i'm at the function and i'm high af

just finished up a 15-book jane austen variation where everybody had big ass dragons, i would like to read a new book or series about dragons. does anyone have recommendations for books about dragons

just finished up a 15-book jane austen variation where everybody had big ass dragons, i would like to read a new book or series about dragons. does anyone have recommendations for books about dragons

back from traveling for two weeks and my brain is fried. passport control at JFK asked to see my documents and i literally said “no thank you”

Do i have any bipoc engineer friends who wouldn't mind being added to an outreach list for a mobile startup? feel free to DM me!

When you gotta go wake up a dead man am i right

I hate when i ask about people’s favorite lip balm or something and there’s that one person who goes “oh i make my own with 20% coconut oil and some beexwax“ or whatever bitch we both know that is not why i asked

The Office. Not a single episode even by accident!

Watching people find out, in real time, that Puerto Rico is part of the United States, that there is a rich black and indigenous history there, and that Puerto Ricans can't vote for president has been entertaining, but also the ignorance is infuriating.

we are so back [in London, after 13 years away, still in search of the perfect full English]

behold: scaffletons

what do you think is going to piss them off more, bad bunny playing the super bowl in Spanish or finding out from all the online explainers afterward that they can’t deport puerto ricans?

When these individuals target you, it is a terrifying, isolating and long-lasting experience. You hear so much more from a tiny group of cruel, bad faith voices than you do from the many people who are supportive. Please, be vocal, loud, and unapologetic is your support for people who are targeted.

I love New York; a toddler on the subway waved and said “bye bye friends” as her mother rolled her away and everyone in earshot looked up to wave bye bye before the doors closed. Then we all went back to staring at our phones.

in honor of the EA acquisition I will…continue to pirate the sims

I love New York; a toddler on the subway waved and said “bye bye friends” as her mother rolled her away and everyone in earshot looked up to wave bye bye before the doors closed. Then we all went back to staring at our phones.

Waypoint is live 🚀 Nearly a year in the making — a custom-curated calendar for indie games, updated every few days with new gems. Every game since June 2024 (and more) is already in there. We’re building in public, and your feedback will shape it. 👉 waypoint.indieformer.com

Hades II is so funny it’s like “The Olympic gods are fancy English people, except for the fire ones who are from East London. The spooky gods are American. Ghosts can be from California in the 80s, but the skeleton….the skeleton is from Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. West of Mapleton, north of Bath Beach.”

met some cool people with @alexisthenedd.bsky.social and ate so much yummy NYC food 🤤😋🤤

I went to the Paris catacombs in midtown Manhattan and I didn't even get a lousy t-shirt. But I had so much fun with @alexisthenedd.bsky.social, @meakoopa.bsky.social, @rianjohnson.bsky.social

what up gang it’s ya boi coming to u live from the dungeon of my black despair 🕯️🌹🕯️

masks on -> masks off. masquerade!

the daycare people have informed me that my dog, named bruno, also responds to the name “handsome”

SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 📢 Emma Kidwell - Writer 💚 Get a deeper understanding of the games media to #gamedev pipeline, the successes, and the deterioration 💙What new writers and narrative designers should do now to kickstart their career now that the pipeline no longer exists. #GDoCExpo2025

this literally looks like an snl parody

if god wanted me to be the bigger person he wouldn’t have made me 5’6

Discovering computer as an adult makes you go crazy. Discovering computer as a baby makes you go crazy. In all of human history, there will only ever be one generation to discover computer at the correct age: 13

“Prizes, and value, and quite a lot of hatred” is bluesky just a really big frog

I was so shocked/amused at her assumption that I was pro-gun. later I realized the shock came from being perceived as American first, black woman second.