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ecmsquared.bsky.social
Game writer (most recently Baldur's Gate 3 at Larian & Plarium). Former Total War community content editor and ESL senior editor. I like TRPGs, theme parks, and spooky things. My cat is prettier than you. https://linktr.ee/ellamcconnell
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Mfw people aren't even writing their own smut any more

Mfw people aren't even writing their own smut any more

Glumly surveying the weather forecast and making plans to foil my windows in an effort to survive the upcoming heatwave

One of the things that frustrates me no end is the government going "WE WANT THOSE LAZY DISABLED PEOPLE TO WORK" but refusing to help guarantee the most basic accommodations that would allow us to do so (i.e. being able to work remotely)

I need to wrangle some pals to go and see Sinners again in IMAX, damn it

The gochugaru will continue until morale improves

Today’s small victory: Had an audience member in one of my panels try to justify AI use for writing TTRPGs, but rather than debate them I just pointed and shouted ‘Everyone boo this man!’ Pretty much the whole audience joined in and, honestly, it resorted a little bit of my faith in humanity.

sick

tag urself - I'm chair

Rediscovered this photo of my first ever tarot draw from years ago (this card has continued to follow me ever since 🙃)

I'm in my "put gochugaru on everything" era

My brain keeps doing that thing where it decides it wants to write at/after midnight, and that is Unhelpful

drooling orb droolrb

Playing Nightreign with randos is great exposure therapy for any latent abandonment issues you might have

Mori pulled The Empurress

seriously, as someone who is neurodivergent with dyslexia, anyone who claims people with disabilities like mine NEED GenAI to write are just being ableist

Was shuffling to do a full moon tarot pull and had this bad boy fall out - hype for my pointy breakthrough

Mori pulled The Empurress

Not me telling @ecmsquared.bsky.social about an NPC called "Sauceman Chorizo" only to find out she wrote him 😭

Three Ironeyes is silly

I posted a big old update on Pale Tides this month, giving you a tease of the game map (soon to be turned into a proper work of art by the great @francescabaerald.com) and a little worldbuilding lore 👀 Reminder that you can still back my TTRPG and secure your copy!!! ➡️ bit.ly/paletides #PaleTides