Getting to show you all this cover and announce that VILLAIN is officially coming out in May of next year is such a joy and a relief i don't even know how to express it.
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I'd really appreciate if writers these days took a look at their characters doing therapyspeak and whether that's appropriate for their work and their world.

By "therapyspeak" I mean speaking like this: "This is the emotion I'm feeling, and feeling that emotion makes me want to act in a way"

really strong piece that speaks to a lot of issues I have with Hades but do not want to deal with its fans enough to say. concise, robust, researched writing from Grace as ever.

Please read, share, and donate to Juno’s work. 💖

Thank you! That means a lot to me. And thank you and your team once more. This game was a real bright spot this year for me. ✨

@zeestermeester.bsky.social and @epistellar.bsky.social, you and your team should be ridiculously proud of this stunning game. 💜

Giving (and close reading) flowers to @compulsiongames.bsky.social and their wonderful creative team. 💐

I hope Hazel has more adventures in the future!

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Learned that I am being laid off from Heart Machine, and will be leaving the studio later this month.

Do you need a contractor? I've got a track record of leading scope-friendly script revisions late in dev. I have also done a lot of consulting on new IPs and pitches/demos. Feel free to DM me!

muting now to keep my notifications navegable. but support federal workers:

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that said: I think the "it's not fascism unless they're good at it" brand of analysis probably isn't the move

like these guys might just have more dollars than sense. that's never stopped anyone from bringing ruin to other people but it's also the rare kind of thing that can bring ruin to the powerful

just saying: it's possible that "I'm gonna dramatically constrict my state capacity while plotting dramatic imperial expansion, and expanding my set of internal enemies while alienating most of my foreign allies" is the beginning of a world-historical masterstroke. but also possible that it isn't

“It is the return of the sun,
Of my exiled ones
And for her sake, and his
I swear
I shall not compromise
And to the last pulse in my veins
I shall resist,
Resist—and resist.”

From Sameeh Al-Qassem’s “Enemy of the Sun”. A handwritten copy of the poem found was found in George Jackson’s cell.

reminder that you can be the gentlest, kindest person--you can dedicate your life to protecting the planet!--and still keep a little list of people you fucking hate. it's okay to be angry! anger is a symptom of giving a shit!

Really psyched about the alt metal feature in this! Along with everything else. ✨

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I've designed this educational resource to help people better understand ICE's ethnic cleansing campaign in Chicago.

If you find it useful, please consider sharing it with your network of family, friends, colleagues, and peers. Thank you!

Actually going to start on it sometime either today or this coming week!

This. It’s not empowering creativity and original thought. It’s constricting and eroding it.