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Mary Yovina
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Senior UI/UX Lead | UI/UX Manager at Insomniac • Previously Obsidian, Harmonix • (they/them) • http://maryyovina.com
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Mary Yovina @adothenlunch.bsky.social · Sep 15
Hi new followers!
I'm Mary (they/them), and I'm a UI/UX Lead at Insomniac. I've been in games for nearly 18 years. I was previously at Obsidian on Avowed, & UI Art Lead at Harmonix on Fuser, Dance Central, & Rock Band 4. I also worked on LOTRO, BioShock Infinite, & a number of indie titles.
Screenshot of Dance Central with warm yellow floor lights illuminating the center of the club. Emilia is at the center, dancing. The player is being scored Flawless, and has 3.5 stars. Screenshot from Dance Central. The player is holding up the in-game cell phone at the dressing room mirror, checking out their avatar. They have short teal hair and matching teal details in their top. Screenshot of the Multiplayer Session Creation Screen from Fuser. The selected venue is Rhythmic Guardian, a large, sphinx-like statue; and the time of day is set to night, showing the festival grounds lighting up the dark sky. Screenshot of the Player Profile Screen from Fuser. The player's stats show them as being very accomplished, at level 50. Their avatar stands in the center, while purple confetti rains down on them.
adothenlunch.bsky.social
I'm enjoying watching the wave of people saying "Get fucked" and that it is a push to create something better.
November 5, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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omarsbigsister.bsky.social
Backed by the Heritage Foundation and Big Tech, KOSA will force everyone to upload their ID to access the internet. In an age when Palantir has direct ties to ICE, where technofascists are in power and want to eliminate and censor everything, we CANNOT allow KOSA to pass.

It NEEDS mass pushback.
fightforthefuture.org Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 23d
🚨‼️As of yesterday KOSA is at 64 cosponsors with @vanhollen.senate.gov + @kim.senate.gov - who claim to support LGTBQ+ rights but are clearly okay with supporting legislation that’ll censor us off the internet- newly signed on.

You know what to do: www.stopkosa.com
October 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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broadwaybabyto.bsky.social
Anyone can become disabled.

Anyone can lose their job.

Anyone can become homeless.

Anyone can go hungry.

These are not moral failings. They can happen in an instant.

Most people are far closer to living in poverty than they realize.

We must fight for one another & for the most vulnerable.
October 25, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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runwithskizzers.bsky.social
As ever... the vast, vast majority of people don't want the hellscape the right is forcing on us. they really are the minority viewpoint. vocal? yes. powerful? unfortunately, yes. But there are so many more people who don't want to live in the world they're trying to make.
October 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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slide20xx.com
Friends, fam, followers, and fabulous folks - on behalf of Rising Star (@risingstarpatronage.com) it is my honor to present to you:

Beginnings - Rising Star Vol. 1
Releasing on October 24th!!
October 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
adothenlunch.bsky.social
Figma survey: "Have you tried vibe coding with our tools? :)"
Me: Get out of here with that unserious trash, the fuck is this bullshit. Guess I'll go be a vibe surgeon or a vibe historian since apparently jobs and skills are just feeling shit out and moon energy.
Figma: "Thx for the feedback!"
elmo from sesame street is standing in front of a wall of fire .
Alt: Elmo, with arms raised and wide eyes to the sky, stands expressionless in front of a raging fire.
media.tenor.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:45 AM
adothenlunch.bsky.social
Post branch feature request
unenthusiast.com Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · Oct 12
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/
hammancheez.bsky.social hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · Oct 12
"The chancellor approved it"
October 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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jcpxdesigns.bsky.social
A buddy of mine wants to make you stickers so you don't have to use racist companies like StickerMule anymore. Consider having him make stickers for you instead?
October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
adothenlunch.bsky.social
My fear has always been that I survive COVID. Dying, I don't care, I'm dead. If I survive but lose my ability to do my job--the things that bring me joy, and make money, and support other people than myself.... Taking that risk more than I absolutely have to isn't worth it.
bpbigg.bsky.social Bigg @bpbigg.bsky.social · Oct 8
As game developers, we are extremely hard workers whose trade is inextricably linked to our mental agility. Perhaps pubic appearances are unavoidable, but doing so unprotected in a crowded high-risk environment is just... reckless, frankly. For yourself, your team, your loved ones
"But the other threat of COVID, particularly at the population level, is its ability to reinfect. Because if COVID were a one and done virus- a virus that bestowed lifelong immunity, like measles or polio (generally) do, the cruel logic of “let it rip” and “back to normal” would ultimately work for the “survivors”. For those who didn’t die, for those who didn’t develop Long COVID from their one and only infection, for those who didn’t suffer brain damage or too much bodily damage on their first shot out of the gate, then that would’ve been it. We really could’ve gone back to normal. For those who’d been harmed, well life sucks. Losers lose, winners win. And this is the attitude that the people who consider themselves “unharmed” by COVID have very publicly and boisterously put on as they took their masks off these last several years. But COVID isn’t a one-and-done virus. And it doesn’t reinfect at a rate that is similar to other viruses of its severity. It’s more severe than the flu, yet the average person only contracts flu once or twice a decade. People are contracting COVID every year or so (and if you think you aren’t, bear in mind that 40+% of COVID infections are asymptomatic)- some people twice a year. People are spinning that roulette wheel- or rather, the Russian roulette wheel- often. Like, really often. Like, way, way, way too often. The danger of COVID is its inherent danger, yes, but it’s also its relentlessness. It’s that when you get away with your 5th infection it’s coming right back for you a 6th time. A 6th time in year 6? And you’re a 6-year-old child? Is it really such a mystery that teachers are complaining that “COVID babies” can’t say their names or tie their shoes coming into kindergarten? We’ve been serially infecting children with a virus that damages their brains. We know it does this. And we just…. keep doing it? "
October 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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SNIKT! Marvel's Wolverine launches Fall 2026 on PS5.

Watch the first ferocious gameplay trailer: play.st/425bkks
September 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
adothenlunch.bsky.social
Excited to get to share a trailer for the game I'm working on!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3pD...
Marvel’s Wolverine - Gameplay Trailer | PS5 Games
YouTube video by PlayStation
www.youtube.com
September 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
adothenlunch.bsky.social
And if you create or engage with LGBTQ+, anti-fascist, anti-genocide, pro-choice, pro-bodily autonomy, etc. content, or whatever else they deem morally objectionable, I wonder what they want to happen to you. I wonder all the angles from which they'll try to prevent that content from existing.
evangreer.bsky.social Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · Apr 2
"Age verification" laws are actually "upload your ID or get your face scanned to access every website, ending anonymity and associating your identity with everything you do online" laws and if more people understood that they would not be down for this authoritarian nonsense
August 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
adothenlunch.bsky.social
I was at pretty location watching some awesome people get married, and got to wear a suit about it.
Me sitting at a table outside, wearing a back vest and pants, white button down shirt and teal brocade tie. I'm smiling at the camera. I'm sitting at a table outside, distracted on my phone and smiling. Wearing a black suit, white button down shirt and teal brocade tie. I am kissing my spouse's cheek. It has bright teal hair and a teal striped tie. My teal tie matches its hair. Me and my spouse standing under a white wooden arch in front of the ocean. We're both smiling. It is wearing a white button down shirt, teal striped tie, and black pants. I am wearing a black suit, white button down shirt, and teal brocade tie.
July 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
adothenlunch.bsky.social
I have a useless talent for being able to identify, by a single frame, any episode of Stranger Things Season 1, and can do the same for most of Star Trek Enterprise.

Wish I could remember which day of the week it is, but this is fine too, I guess.
youngdeuces.bsky.social Young Deuces 🦅 of WatchMojo @youngdeuces.bsky.social · Jul 7
Share a piece of lore about yourself

Yes I stole this from musky folks site…I feel like we’ll get better answers here lol
July 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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hannahtempler.com
looks into the camera
screenshot from article. text reads: "When the marketing maestro got down to business, she realized it was going to require a complete overhaul. Ultimately, she spent 20 hours redoing the copy from scratch - and with her $100-per-hour rate, that meant her client was shelling out $2,000 for copy that likely would have ended up being far cheaper had a human just written it in the first place."
July 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
adothenlunch.bsky.social
I feel extremely seen in this image and I accept this.

Okay, FINE, my favorite game of all time is the only one in the 'how the fuck zone,' but to be fair there's other games that belong there, let me just name them all real quick--
nobodycrown.com Eric | Nobody Crown @nobodycrown.com · Jun 24
introducing the "puzzle compass," a certifiably correct and statistically proven chart of my infallible opinion

what games need added? let me know, because i am the authority on this purely objective study

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #gamestudies
A four-zone chart used to place puzzle video games, where one axis is "use of normal logic is legal" to "divorce yourself from reality" and the other is "just keep your eyes open" to "gotta galaxy brain that shit." There are also colored blobs that paint different sectors of the chart, including "feel stupid zone," "how the fuck zone," "satisfaction zone," "classic zone," "easy-going zone," and "mind blown zone."
June 24, 2025 at 11:22 PM
adothenlunch.bsky.social
I get to change my title today, because I got a promotion!
Screenshot of my Bluesky profile, with my title updated from UI/UX Lead to Senior UI/UX Lead | UI/UX Manager
June 24, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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theeldermemes.bsky.social
if you are protesting now or in the future be safe and remember:

• do not announce you're attending online
• do not sign any online RSVP
• wear a mask
• wear clothes that don't draw attention
• leave your phone at home
• bring bottled water
• do not speak to cops
• do not post photos after
June 14, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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videogameworkers.bsky.social
This past weekend, as hundreds of game workers flew into LA to attend Summer Game Fest, Immigration and Customs Enforcement terrorized the Los Angeles community, raiding neighborhoods, separating families, assaulting citizens, and detaining SEIU President David Huerta. Many of us in the game industry call Los Angeles our home, and we feel these attacks on a deep and personal level. United Videogame Workers-CWA stands in solidarity with SEIU, UNITE HERE, United Farm Workers, SAG-AFTRA, The Animation Guild, IATSE, and all our fellow unions and organizations condemning these ongoing federal raids targeting workers. We are thrilled that David has been released and echo SEIU’s calls to drop his unjust charges and for ICE to immediately end their violent raids against us and our neighbors. The United States is built on the backs of immigrant workers, documented or otherwise, and the Trump administration’s racist and violent oppression serves only to undermine our labor and strike fear in our communities. As workers of an anti-racist union; as workers with H-1B visas; as workers with immigrant families and friends and colleagues; we condemn these abhorrent acts of outright fascism and colonial subjugation. Our game industry is a deeply international one, and our art is built from cultures and perspectives that simply cannot and will not be contained by borders. UVW-CWA exists to protect all game workers across the US and Canada, regardless of immigration status, and we strive to extend that reach to all corners of the globe through connections and shared struggle. When solidarity transcends nations, no human is illegal!
June 11, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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jonathan-cook.bsky.social
Greta Thunberg, arriving back in Europe after her abduction by Israel in international waters, explains in 40 seconds why western governments are colluding in genocide:
June 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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chadloder.bsky.social
🚨 Support Los Angeles immigrant communities 🚨

Please consider donating to one or all of the following orgs:

Immigrant Defenders Law Center: give.immdef.org/donate

LA Jail Support / Bail Fund:
account.venmo.com/u/jailsuppor...

Unión del Barrio:
uniondelbarrio.org/main/support...
June 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
adothenlunch.bsky.social
I had one of those really good work days where stuff I did was successful and things went better than expected, but also--
Tumblr post by chipper-smol. A drawing of a keyed-up fox with very wide-eyes and a wide-stance, surrounded by the words in all caps: for legal reasons I can't say shit.
June 6, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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aubreyjones.bsky.social
Jonathan Joss--voice actor of John Redcorn from King of the Hill, and Ken Hotate from Parks and Rec--was killed in a homophobic hate crime today.

I'm so angry.
Statement from Tristan Kern de Gonzales Husband of Jonathan Joss My husband Jonathan Joss and I were involved in a shooting while checking the mail at the site of our former home. That home was burned down after over two years of threats from people in the area who repeatedly told us they would set it on fire. We reported these threats to law enforcement multiple times and nothing was done. Throughout that time we were harassed regularly by individuals who made it clear they did not accept our relationship. Much of the harassment was openly homophobic. When we returned to the site to check our mail we discovered the skull of one of our dogs and its harness placed in clear view. This caused both of us severe emotional distress. We began yelling and crying in response to the pain of what we saw. While we were doing this a man approached us. He started yelling violent homophobic slurs at us. He then raised a gun from his lap and fired. Jonathan and I had no weapons. We were not threatening anyone. We were grieving. We were standing side by side. When the man fired Jonathan pushed me out of the way. He saved my life. Jonathan is my husband. He gave me more love in our time together than most people ever get. We were newlyweds. We picked Valentines Day. We were in the process of looking for a trailer and planning our future. He was murdered by someone who could not stand the sight of two men loving each other. I was with him when he passed. I told him how much he was loved. To everyone who supported him, his fans, his friends, know that he valued you deeply. He saw you as family. My focus now is on protecting Jonathan’s legacy and honoring the life we built together. If your concern is how someone coped with trauma or how loudly they speak when recounting injustice and being ignored by authorities then you never truly cared about my husband. Jonathan saved my life. I will carry that forward. I will protect what he built. Tristan Kern de Gonzales
June 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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radiantg.bsky.social
🌈 Happy PRIDE! 🌈

Enjoy this thread of starter packs featuring hundreds of talented queer creatives!
🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

🔁 RT & Follow! 🔁
#Pride #PrideMonth #LGBTQ #IndieDev #VoiceActor #Art #VisualNovel #TTRPG

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June 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM
adothenlunch.bsky.social
It's Pride Month.
Find a corner in which to be a real, true force, and keep at it against this disgusting effort to erase people.
💛🤍💜🖤
June 1, 2025 at 5:41 PM