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Willa Bloomfield-Rowe

@thewillarowe.bsky.social

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Trans. Tall. Tired | Writer w/ bylines @ Endless Mode, Digital Trends, Kotaku, and more | Host @ Girl Mode | she/her | email: [email protected] https://linktr.ee/girlmodepod

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Willa Bloomfield-Rowe @thewillarowe.bsky.social · May 16

Had a good freelance thing going that is now basically dead so re-upping this to remind you I am available to write good things for your site. Also open to editing work, mock reviews, etc!

Willa Bloomfield-Rowe @thewillarowe.bsky.social · Jan 2

New year, same me. I am still available and looking for freelance opportunities.

Need a review, feature, or commentary piece on this year's AAA hits and indie gems? I'm your girl! I also cover tv, film, anime, comics, and even theater.

opps/pr: [email protected]
willarowe.bearblog.dev

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Willa Bloomfield-Rowe @thewillarowe.bsky.social · 14h

I’m a lesbian…. But Ramin Karimloo… the man you are

Willa Bloomfield-Rowe @thewillarowe.bsky.social · 14h

Rewatching the 25th anniversary concert at the royal albert hall.

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Willa Bloomfield-Rowe @thewillarowe.bsky.social · 14h

Andrew Lloyd Webber did cook with Phantom I fear

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Willa Bloomfield-Rowe @thewillarowe.bsky.social · 1d

X-Men fans stay losing :(

(Catching up on nycc news)

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Willa Bloomfield-Rowe @thewillarowe.bsky.social · 1d

You should look up TikTok edits of a movie after watching it… this all the presidents men one goes hard

www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMDjwJfE/

Nothing more patriotic than good journalism amirite #ilovethewatergatescandal #watergate #carlbernstein #dustinhoffman #robertredford #bobwoodward

TikTok video by Watergate Summer CEO

www.tiktok.com

Willa Bloomfield-Rowe @thewillarowe.bsky.social · 1d

Also love that this is because of baby steps... it all comes back to baby steps... please play 2025 game of the year baby steps

Willa Bloomfield-Rowe @thewillarowe.bsky.social · 1d

anyways this reminds me i need to play mafia the old country.....

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Willa Bloomfield-Rowe @thewillarowe.bsky.social · 1d

It's video games doing movies (complimentary) rather than video games doing movies (derogatory)

Willa Bloomfield-Rowe @thewillarowe.bsky.social · 1d

Of course i want Uncharted 5... in theory. I want amy hennig making a cool adventure game not tied to a boring IP. I want a shorter contained narrative game. I don't think naughty dog does that anymore though so...

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Willa Bloomfield-Rowe @thewillarowe.bsky.social · 1d

I was literally just replaying Lost Legacy and it's wild that 1) it's the best tomb raider (and possibly even uncharted) game and 2) blueprinted the franchise's future without nathan drake and then they did nothing with it because they needed to focus instead on Druckmann's Zionism simulator Part 2

NESbot @nesbot.bsky.social · 1d

Do you want Uncharted 5?
www.resetera.com/threads/13...

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Willa Bloomfield-Rowe @thewillarowe.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah it’s called Lost Legacy and it rocks (there is no other uncharted 4)

Willa Bloomfield-Rowe @thewillarowe.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you sour candy for being the load bearing pillar holding up my mental health

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U_U @anoldwishbone.bsky.social · Sep 12

my piece for the Two Girl Revolution zine! :)

#art #revolutionarygirlutena

Utena and Anthy sit on a grassy hill against a backdrop of the Ohtori dorms and a blue, cloudy sky. Utena yawns, spent from her day of activity. She wears her PE uniform, and her basketball rests between her feet. Anthy sits behind her in her own school uniform, braiding flowers into Utena's hair as she has in her own. Chu-chu sits by Anthy on the edge of the ground sheet, wildflowers strewn about. He is crafting a flower chain. In the distance, the faint silhouette of the castle in the sky is framed by clouds.

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Willa Bloomfield-Rowe @thewillarowe.bsky.social · 2d

do people know this is the most emoitionally impactful scene in a video game this year? i don't know man i need to write about it maybe but i worry it would be far too personal and also who wants to really read about *this* kind of thing (iykyk)

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Willa Bloomfield-Rowe @thewillarowe.bsky.social · 2d

I wish...

baby steps screenshot: nate standing in front of an angel statue in a spotlight

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Willa Bloomfield-Rowe @thewillarowe.bsky.social · 2d

Uh oh, mayhaps she’s a little grumpy…. This is why I should keep things to myself

Willa Bloomfield-Rowe @thewillarowe.bsky.social · 2d

Sorry I said I wouldn’t wade in but I have nothing else to do while I take a break from applying to jobs all day because I’m still unemployed after getting laid off from a “big” game outlet where I prioritized indie coverage despite the hit my traffic took for championing and critiquing small games

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Willa Bloomfield-Rowe @thewillarowe.bsky.social · 2d

This is a dev and editor issue. I’ve had angry devs say I just shouldn’t have written stuff and editors say we should treat indies basically with kid gloves. “Nothing nice to say don’t say it kind of thing”

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Willa Bloomfield-Rowe @thewillarowe.bsky.social · 2d

Not the point but it’s also “why does nobody write about indies” until you write something that isn’t just praise….

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Willa Bloomfield-Rowe @thewillarowe.bsky.social · 3d

sigh... yeah, not gonna touch it lmao

Willa Bloomfield-Rowe @thewillarowe.bsky.social · 3d

a group of men sit at a table in front of a sign that says the long road home

Alt: Da yankees lose

media.tenor.com

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Girl Mode Podcast @girlmodepod.bsky.social · 4d

New episode! We only talk a little bit about eating poop in this one, mostly it's normal stuff like Tetris and root beer
shows.acast.com/girl-mode/ep...

Episode 143 - A Poo-Based Ecosystem | Girl Mode

shows.acast.com

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Willa Bloomfield-Rowe @thewillarowe.bsky.social · 4d

Ok I’m watching the Rangers game, this will determine if I’m gonna be a hockey person this season

Willa Bloomfield-Rowe @thewillarowe.bsky.social · 4d

The Colors Within (on a technicality because it released in the US this year)

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Writing on Games @writingongames.bsky.social · 5d

The other day I got to a big reveal in that game that bummed me out for the rest of the day (Extremely Positive). Not kidding when I say Nate is one of the absolute best video game characters in years

Giovanni Colantonio @marioprime.bsky.social · 5d

The thing that’s fucking wild about Baby Steps is that it includes stuff like this, some of the funniest shit I have ever seen in a game, and also has scenes that will gut you in ways you just won’t see coming.

Jeff Grubb @grubb.wtf · 5d

i get that people want video game stories to be something other than this, but i actually don't get it youtu.be/wtGXXUAcqak

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