Morning. Snow bunting, Charles Emile Heil.

more playing with my new makeup ☃️💄 finishing profile setup 🖼️ Road to Empress later (not lying)💃 www.twitch.tv/absolutelyaeba

I have a new book on the way We reveal the title and cover art by the incisively talented Crystal Htay. Thanks as always to James Baker for his sharp interview skills, read it at your own mercy and leisure 👇 underink.press/blogs/news/m...

Yesterday's stream was a lot of fun. I felt a lot of love and I appreciate you all. 🙏 If you missed it, feel free to watch the VOD here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RTZ...

I somehow missed that Israel has banned 40 aid organizations, including doctors without borders and oxfam, from entering gaza and the west bank www.npr.org/2026/01/11/g...

Remember, you can definitely rewatch every #AGDQ2026 run on our YouTube 😉 https://www.youtube.com/@gamesdonequick

I'm going live on Twitch now. Come and say hi :) twitch.tv/levelstory

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'

Hey, I am going to start streaming again! I will be streaming Friday's around 4:30pm EST and will be playing through Breath of the Wild...though with a special twist (see reply). Be sure to click the link below and hit that follow button for going live alerts.🚨😊 twitch.tv/levelstory

Better late than never 😉

It's always easier not to think for oneself. Find a nice safe hierarchy and settle in. Don't make changes, don't risk disapproval, don't upset your syndics. It's always easiest to let yourself be governed.

Full post here: prismaticponderings.wordpress.com/2026/01/09/p...

New ep of the podcast just dropped and it's such a fun one. We crack into a black comedy, featuring @levelstory.bsky.social with additional notes from @esanderson.bsky.social youtu.be/d-4d-b0kxVA

🏁TIME🏁 #AGDQ2026 has raised a total amount of $2,443,414 for @preventcancer.org! Thank you to everyone who made this marathon possible, and to all of you for your amazing generosity & support!! See you all next time at #SGDQ2026!! We are SO BACK!!!!!!!

I always enjoy recording these every year with Sam and Red. Be sure to give them a listen if you haven't already. And please look forward to our 2025 discussion (live stream date coming soon)!

AND THAT'S TWO MILLION RAISED FOR @preventcancer.org! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Changing the world through the power of video games—thank you all so much for your generosity! #AGDQ2026

Reasons to be proud of yourself: -You woke up today 🌅 -You are capable of an infinite universe of possibilities 🌌 -You don't work for ICE or CBP or DHS -You always keep going 🚞

Now that we've figured out how collaborations work on Youtube @levelstory.bsky.social, @gameprof.bsky.social and I have been doing this since early 2020 the rest will be in the thread below!

Not every critique is a cancellation or call for censorship.

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

The extent to which Games Done Quick has helped to steer the larger speedrunning community - one of the most hardcore video game enthusiast subcultures there is - into becoming something so welcoming, inclusive and supportive astonishes me

The day 1 energy is REAL at the venue 👏 @inkstar.bsky.social is jumping and sliding through Isle Delfino and nearing the end of our first run fast but there's so many runs all week long! If you want to check what's coming up next for #AGDQ2026 you can find the schedule at: gdq.gg/schedule

I will be posting a short blog in the next few days going into more depth, but here are my top 5 books, movies, and video games I read/watched/played in 2025.🔥

To everyone who tuned into a GDQ stream or VOD this year, THANK YOU!!!!!! We can't wait to show you what we have in store for 2026!!! 🎉

Today is the last day that you can repost this image

6 DAYS UNTIL AGDQ I REPEAT, 6 DAYS UNTIL AGDQ #AGDQ2026 (yes, you can still register https://gdq.gg/agdq-2026#AGDQ2026

A day late but here it is!

🎄! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndEa...

All I can think of this Christmas is that last Christmas, between 70,000 and 120,000 Palestinians were alive that have since been murdered by Israel's genocide. Over half of them were children. That's 500 to 1,000 children murdered per week. Or 82 during a four hour Christmas evening.

i had to drop what i was doing to make this

Yes, you 🫵 💕 I’m casting this spell on you

Hey, No matter what anyone says: no one knows when KH4 is coming out or when it'll come back into the public view. But you should immediately ignore anyone who says "2030."

Guess I'll post this again

As a professional *human* audiobook narrator, this is a huge help. The more we can push back against the use of AI becoming "inevitable", because it is no such thing, the better off every single person and the planet will be.

IN THE DARK DLC IS COMING 🎉🐊FEBRUARY 12th!!!🐊🎊 pretty soon i'll be off on a whole new adventure! i hope i see you there!!

The Workers' Choice award for "Most Corporate Speak/Tactless Layoff Announcement" goes to... SATYA NADELLA Chairman and CEO of Microsoft "By every objective measure, Microsoft is thriving [...] and yet at the same time, we've undergone layoffs." What.

Those who build walls are their own prisoners.

WELL, my current work contract looks like it's going to end this month. So, if you all need some a-r-t or something, please shoot me a DM and we can discuss it! If I'm not the right person for what you're looking for I'll tell you and we can negotiate prices based on budgets.

It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.

always been impressed by this video because i went in expecting an analysis of the way an extremely niche '90s PC game treated its bisexual main character but instead got an extremely well researched essay about the casual bigotry endemic across 1990s media, particularly sitcoms & daytime talk shows

If I had to rate Wicked: For Good, I'd give it ⭐⭐/5...one full star deduction for all the mumbling and whispering in the songs, another full star for stripping As Long As Your Mine of any sexy qualities it possessed in the stage show. The movie lacked the same love and care I felt in Part 1.

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If you have enjoyed any of my work on Video Games as Literature or My Forest Library, now is an excellent time to show your appreciation if you are able! 😊

Guess what? Our Disability and Neurodivergence Special starts TOMORROW!!!! 🥳 gdq.gg/schedule/dnd #TogetherforGood

This Black Friday and Cyber Monday don’t buy into genocide. Avoid these brands enabling Israel’s ongoing genocide against 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza. https://loom.ly/TpPQsDY

🦃🎮 Creator Day returns this Friday with the start of our Black Friday 2025 Sitewide Sale. For 24 hours we'll waive our free on all transactions. Over 15,000 projects to be on sale from this Friday through December 3rd. More details here itch.io/blog/1124058/creator...

Backlash surrounding Metroid Prime 4’s chatty supporting cast has inadvertently bled into one gamer’s relationship. paletteswap.site/dif...