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I made a shirt today because I’m going out this evening and I didn’t like anything in my closet. I may have reached my final form ✨

Some people will tell you that prototyping a new game is all about possibilities and exploring risky challenges. Exploring the unknown and evaluating fun quickly. But they're wrong. Prototyping is REALLY about debugging for 2 days before finding a +/- 1 issue and needing to go take a walk.

This week was a fuckin killer. So was last week. And the week before that. I would love just ONE to chill out so I can take a beat and not wake up in a teams and outlook-fueled panic.

chart drafted by a friend about the difference between indie and AA, and AAA game developers

Hey just an idea, how about I go back to bed.

I’m begging atmospheric puzzle game creators to make their games less tense to play. I am scared of my own shadow, I have to play music while playing blue prince so I don’t freak out every time I go into a dark room. Help, please.

Can’t wait for this to solve the male loneliness epidemic

I have a bit of an obsession with cons, schemes, and considering what it takes to dupe people (game designer etc etc). The fact is, it’s very easy to manipulate people, and optimism bias and a broad culture of individualism plays a huge role in the ease of misinformation distribution.

Cleese moaning again. Lesley Knope, Phil Dunphy, Frasier, most of the Brooklyn Nine-Nine characters?

I wrote a book where I blow up one of these and also there's kissing, in case anyone's interested in that kinda thing.

We're fortunate to be growing our team at Polyarc by one— 📜 NARRATIVE LEAD📜 I have worked with some amazing story wranglers in my dev days so I'm very excited to put this one out there. Remote OK, US and Canada only (except Quebec). DM for details! www.polyarcgames.com/jobs/narrati...

Octavia Butler will forever be the truth.

In case anyone is wondering how I’m doing, I put on two different shoes, realized as I was walking out the door, changed them, and left the house. I am 20 minutes into my bus ride and realized I only have one earring in.

I deeply admired Pope Francis. He spoke up for immigrants and oppressed people and spoke out against the unchristian acts of Christians in the highest offices to the very end. And paid the price of being vilified by the right. A true servant leader, he will be missed. 19thnews.org/2025/04/pope...

"Today’s builders of Babel tell us that there is no room for losers, and that those who fall along the way are losers. Theirs is the construction site of hell." [Pope Francis, 18 April 2025]

See also: Ok, ladies, now let's get in formation

My favorite moments at work are the time between when I see someone say something really stupid in chat and when @twoscooters.bsky.social politely and professionally turns them to dust

Game direction

dungeon crawler (but you make the dungeon)

Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen

*gazes wistfully out a window*

yes

I just expected the villains bent on the earth's destruction to not be idiots, you know?

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A pic you’d use as an album cover

The way I go out of my way to get extra girly nails for GDC these days

I accidentally sprayed a bit of a fragrance on my hand instead of the tester and it’s genuinely the most rancid shit I’ve ever smelled and I CAN’T GET IT OFF, someone kill me please I beg of you

A friend included this anti-acknowledgement section on her PhD thesis. She also added the proposition: “Systematic bullying and undermining of girls and women in STEM starts early on and is the reason why they do not stay in science and related fields.” Absurd we still need to go through this 🧪👩‍🔬

The weirdest problem I have right now regarding world news is that I can't physically stand to watch news clips from the US government and listen to these people talk, so I have to dig up transcripts every time there's an international incident in order to stay informed.

smithers! fetch me my

A Hollywood star revealed this week that he has a long-running feud with his childhood classmate, former Congressman Matt Gaetz: “That motherf*****.”