Ash Parrish
@adashtra.bsky.social
I could be *Your* Video Game Reporter
Reporting on the biz, culture, & horniness of the game industry
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📍Northeast Ohio
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She/her
Reporting on the biz, culture, & horniness of the game industry
📧: [email protected]
Signal: @adashtra.87
Discord: @adashtra
📍Northeast Ohio
🌠 per aspera, ad astra 🌠
She/her
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hey russia or whoever, i need yall to update the scripts on your outrage bots/chatGPTs because yall were making this argument like 5 years ago and i'm bored
February 12, 2026 at 10:11 PM
hey russia or whoever, i need yall to update the scripts on your outrage bots/chatGPTs because yall were making this argument like 5 years ago and i'm bored
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HELLO! We are about to go live with
@brendyc.bsky.social
to talk about Jank.cool! twitch.tv/aftermathdotsite
@brendyc.bsky.social
to talk about Jank.cool! twitch.tv/aftermathdotsite
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Brendy from Jank is joining us, to talk about jank.cool, games and more!
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February 12, 2026 at 9:05 PM
HELLO! We are about to go live with
@brendyc.bsky.social
to talk about Jank.cool! twitch.tv/aftermathdotsite
@brendyc.bsky.social
to talk about Jank.cool! twitch.tv/aftermathdotsite
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Chadwick Boseman and James van der Beek both died in their 40s of an illness that's treatable if a colonoscopy catches it but almost no insurer covers them for people under 45, this is what Engels meant by "social murder"
February 12, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Chadwick Boseman and James van der Beek both died in their 40s of an illness that's treatable if a colonoscopy catches it but almost no insurer covers them for people under 45, this is what Engels meant by "social murder"
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introducing my column about resistance in fiction for @aftermath.site. I’m calling it THE WORK
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This Year's Oscar Nominees Have Real Fight In Them, Even If Hollywood Doesn't
An introduction to The Work, a column about resistance in fiction
aftermath.site
February 12, 2026 at 6:05 PM
introducing my column about resistance in fiction for @aftermath.site. I’m calling it THE WORK
aftermath.site/oscars-revol...
aftermath.site/oscars-revol...
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The Long Night (8x03) was unwatchable the night it aired. Terrible codecs, low resolution, and low bitrate.
I’ve had 3 watch parties to see it in 4k off the disc, but now that it’s streaming in 4k at a higher bitrate with better codecs it looks plenty good streaming as well
Worth a rewatch!
I’ve had 3 watch parties to see it in 4k off the disc, but now that it’s streaming in 4k at a higher bitrate with better codecs it looks plenty good streaming as well
Worth a rewatch!
Idk what HBO did between then and now but the battle of winter fell watches so much better now.
February 12, 2026 at 5:46 PM
The Long Night (8x03) was unwatchable the night it aired. Terrible codecs, low resolution, and low bitrate.
I’ve had 3 watch parties to see it in 4k off the disc, but now that it’s streaming in 4k at a higher bitrate with better codecs it looks plenty good streaming as well
Worth a rewatch!
I’ve had 3 watch parties to see it in 4k off the disc, but now that it’s streaming in 4k at a higher bitrate with better codecs it looks plenty good streaming as well
Worth a rewatch!
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"It's a competent loop of heist setup and escape execution. But even when I piloted Nomali through a flawless getaway, I found myself more interested in being able to return to the relooters' hideout to learn more about the game's 70 reclaimable artifacts and their very real histories."
Relooted is a fine heist game—but it's a better history lesson
Correcting dark historic wrongs can feel surprisingly bright.
www.pcgamer.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:06 PM
"It's a competent loop of heist setup and escape execution. But even when I piloted Nomali through a flawless getaway, I found myself more interested in being able to return to the relooters' hideout to learn more about the game's 70 reclaimable artifacts and their very real histories."
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Over 1,000 Ubisoft workers around the world have walked off the job.
In response to a return-to-office mandate, layoffs, and the cancellation of several games, workers launched a three-day strike.
The workers walked out in response to five French unions issuing the strike call.
In response to a return-to-office mandate, layoffs, and the cancellation of several games, workers launched a three-day strike.
The workers walked out in response to five French unions issuing the strike call.
Ubisoft workers are on strike: 'We are treated like children'
The strike comes after the publisher revealed plans to cut up to 200 jobs and ordered remote workers back into the office
www.polygon.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Over 1,000 Ubisoft workers around the world have walked off the job.
In response to a return-to-office mandate, layoffs, and the cancellation of several games, workers launched a three-day strike.
The workers walked out in response to five French unions issuing the strike call.
In response to a return-to-office mandate, layoffs, and the cancellation of several games, workers launched a three-day strike.
The workers walked out in response to five French unions issuing the strike call.
There's an entire genre of post on sim game forums that are like "wait, why are my peasants revolting I'm just doing medieval reagan???" filled with quotes that are pussy hairsbreadth away from Understanding
This is gonna sound stupid but I've yet to come across a game that rewarded me for acting like Reagan, Bush, or Trump. But as soon as I start running a city or a country or whatever like Bernie Sanders I'm just winning.
February 12, 2026 at 4:56 PM
There's an entire genre of post on sim game forums that are like "wait, why are my peasants revolting I'm just doing medieval reagan???" filled with quotes that are pussy hairsbreadth away from Understanding
If I'm poor, and i want something, i can't buy it. That company misses out on my dollar. Abstract that out across 90% of a country and so many companies are missing out on so many dollars bc people are poor and nobody with the power wants to change that despite it being in their best interest.
"The dynamic reflects a deepening K-shaped recovery in the United States, with spending power concentrated at the top, and C-suites are keen on capturing that wealthier consumer...
The highest-earning 10% of households now account for nearly half of all U.S. consumer spending..."
The highest-earning 10% of households now account for nearly half of all U.S. consumer spending..."
US firms confront widening income gulf as wealthy spend, budget shoppers struggle
America's consumer economy is pulling in opposite directions, a gulf increasingly apparent in C-suite commentary, with premium brands profiting from well-off customers while value-focused firms battle...
www.reuters.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:48 PM
If I'm poor, and i want something, i can't buy it. That company misses out on my dollar. Abstract that out across 90% of a country and so many companies are missing out on so many dollars bc people are poor and nobody with the power wants to change that despite it being in their best interest.
White women got real mad about Dany at the end of S8. Probably because they saw themselves in her and were upset at seeing the accurate way that would play out.
Meanwhile most of us with melanin and eyes went off her ass in season 5 like so:
Meanwhile most of us with melanin and eyes went off her ass in season 5 like so:
February 12, 2026 at 4:24 PM
White women got real mad about Dany at the end of S8. Probably because they saw themselves in her and were upset at seeing the accurate way that would play out.
Meanwhile most of us with melanin and eyes went off her ass in season 5 like so:
Meanwhile most of us with melanin and eyes went off her ass in season 5 like so:
#lrp ima invite everyone upset about dany's heel change to watch the show again. They were laying that groundwork as far back as mereen.
February 12, 2026 at 4:02 PM
#lrp ima invite everyone upset about dany's heel change to watch the show again. They were laying that groundwork as far back as mereen.
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this was my take too when I rewatched it after a few years, not remotely as bad as the complaints at the time. even a lot of the character arcs that people (including me!) hated - dany going full targ, jaime going back to cersei, etc - made more sense
February 12, 2026 at 3:39 PM
this was my take too when I rewatched it after a few years, not remotely as bad as the complaints at the time. even a lot of the character arcs that people (including me!) hated - dany going full targ, jaime going back to cersei, etc - made more sense
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Cardi B called out ICE at her show last night: “Bitch, if ICE come in here we’re gonna jump they asses. Bitch, I got some bear mace in the back. They ain’t taking my fans, bitch”
February 12, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Cardi B called out ICE at her show last night: “Bitch, if ICE come in here we’re gonna jump they asses. Bitch, I got some bear mace in the back. They ain’t taking my fans, bitch”
More to the point: on rewatch the whole back half of the show is much better than I remember and I think it holds up better when its watched all at once instead of waiting years between seasons.
Idk what HBO did between then and now but the battle of winter fell watches so much better now.
February 12, 2026 at 3:20 PM
More to the point: on rewatch the whole back half of the show is much better than I remember and I think it holds up better when its watched all at once instead of waiting years between seasons.
In a battle featuring zombies, dire wolves, two grown ass dragons, and literally the greatest knights of westeros its BEAUTIFUL that the biggest heroes of the battle of winterfell are the women children and the disabled, the outcasts typically in genre fiction like this.
February 12, 2026 at 3:18 PM
In a battle featuring zombies, dire wolves, two grown ass dragons, and literally the greatest knights of westeros its BEAUTIFUL that the biggest heroes of the battle of winterfell are the women children and the disabled, the outcasts typically in genre fiction like this.
Idk what HBO did between then and now but the battle of winter fell watches so much better now.
February 12, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Idk what HBO did between then and now but the battle of winter fell watches so much better now.
Direct hit
Critical damage
Critical damage
oh you’re doing what? pushing a boulder up a hill and every day it rolls back down again? every possible outcome is a different flavor of failure? that’s cool, I make video games
February 12, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Direct hit
Critical damage
Critical damage
If they let Leia be in the movie more than she was, we as a culture would care far less about at least Han and possibly Luke too.
I always love the fact that Leia's literal first line is talking smack to Darth Vader.
February 12, 2026 at 1:09 PM
If they let Leia be in the movie more than she was, we as a culture would care far less about at least Han and possibly Luke too.
Im pleased to report that with the rise of the Epstein files in the national consciousness, the chuds have ditched Blackrock et al and found a new boogeyman for woke games.
It would be hilarious if it wasn't so predictable.
It would be hilarious if it wasn't so predictable.
February 12, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Im pleased to report that with the rise of the Epstein files in the national consciousness, the chuds have ditched Blackrock et al and found a new boogeyman for woke games.
It would be hilarious if it wasn't so predictable.
It would be hilarious if it wasn't so predictable.
I haven't been home in a while.
Documentary proof. Malort is actually good, people are babies. I'd do a Malort and soda all day.
February 12, 2026 at 1:53 AM
I haven't been home in a while.
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GoT still had some life in her in the last seasons because i think its VERY funny that the show clearly telegraphs how Littlefinger died because of his misogyny.
February 11, 2026 at 8:18 PM
GoT still had some life in her in the last seasons because i think its VERY funny that the show clearly telegraphs how Littlefinger died because of his misogyny.
that's better
Relooted Is A Big Black Middle Finger To History Controlled By White People:
Relooted Review: A Thrilling Heist Game Turns Crime Into Justice
Hear me out, what if it doesn’t belong in a museum?
kotaku.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:35 PM
that's better
*rings dinner bell* yall come eat
Can't wait till you read the non social headline
Can't wait till you read the non social headline
Relooted Review: A Thrilling Heist Game Turns Crime Into Justice https://kotaku.com/relooted-review-heist-game-steam-game-pass-2000667754
Relooted Review: A Thrilling Heist Game Turns Crime Into Justice
Hear me out, what if it doesn’t belong in a museum?
kotaku.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:24 PM
*rings dinner bell* yall come eat
Can't wait till you read the non social headline
Can't wait till you read the non social headline
This guy might be Westerosi Forrest Gump
two men are standing next to each other in front of a red tent . one of the men is wearing a leather jacket .
ALT: two men are standing next to each other in front of a red tent . one of the men is wearing a leather jacket .
media.tenor.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:09 PM
This guy might be Westerosi Forrest Gump