🔥 Napalm ErAnn🔥
@annlemay.bsky.social
Narrative Director @ WBG Mtl · Game Dev since 1997 · I swear a lot · 🧂🧂🧂
She | They · 🖤🤍💜 · 🏳️🌈 · BLM · Stop AAPI Hate · 💙 · Per aspera ad astra · Do not obey in advance
Co-author of The Game Narrative Toolbox: https://tinyurl.com/NarToolbox
She | They · 🖤🤍💜 · 🏳️🌈 · BLM · Stop AAPI Hate · 💙 · Per aspera ad astra · Do not obey in advance
Co-author of The Game Narrative Toolbox: https://tinyurl.com/NarToolbox
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Absolute Batman #17 exclusive variant featuring the real Poison Ivy reveal! This is the first cover to show her full appearance and the only one for issue #17. Limited to 600 copies online, they come signed by me and Scott Snyder in singles and bundles. Link in first comment!
February 18, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Absolute Batman #17 exclusive variant featuring the real Poison Ivy reveal! This is the first cover to show her full appearance and the only one for issue #17. Limited to 600 copies online, they come signed by me and Scott Snyder in singles and bundles. Link in first comment!
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The Xteink X4 is underpowered, flawed, has no backlight, and no touch screen. But it's tiny, cheap, magnetically snaps to your phone and has a devout community loves it. It has bloomed into something special thanks to open source firmware. For @aftermath.site aftermath.site/xteink-x4-ch...
The Xteink X4 Is The Cheap, Hackable eReader That's Just Enough
It has no touchscreen, no light, and it's under-powered, and yet it has a devoted community that wants to make it sing.
aftermath.site
February 17, 2026 at 7:55 PM
The Xteink X4 is underpowered, flawed, has no backlight, and no touch screen. But it's tiny, cheap, magnetically snaps to your phone and has a devout community loves it. It has bloomed into something special thanks to open source firmware. For @aftermath.site aftermath.site/xteink-x4-ch...
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This is a really powerful piece from @thatsabrina.bsky.social that also makes me really want to read her new novel: lithub.com/the-power-of...
#romancelandia
#romancelandia
The Power of Giving Your Disabled Characters a Happily-Ever-After
The day I limped into a seven-month chronic pain rehab program, the first thing they told me was: we don’t talk about pain here. We were not allowed to exhibit “pain behaviors” either, which were p…
lithub.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:18 PM
This is a really powerful piece from @thatsabrina.bsky.social that also makes me really want to read her new novel: lithub.com/the-power-of...
#romancelandia
#romancelandia
While researching digital notepads I came across the smallest ereader ever - the Xteink 4.
It wasn’t expensive & honestly looked just so fun so I ordered one & I love it!
I am flashing mine with the Crosspoint firmware, and generally am very much geeking out right now!
It wasn’t expensive & honestly looked just so fun so I ordered one & I love it!
I am flashing mine with the Crosspoint firmware, and generally am very much geeking out right now!
Xteink X4
Meet Xteink X4, the palm-sized eReader with magnetic back. Just 74g and 4.9mm thin, it delivers a paper-like reading experience in a minimalist design. Snap it, carry it, and read anywhere—perfect for...
www.xteink.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:28 PM
While researching digital notepads I came across the smallest ereader ever - the Xteink 4.
It wasn’t expensive & honestly looked just so fun so I ordered one & I love it!
I am flashing mine with the Crosspoint firmware, and generally am very much geeking out right now!
It wasn’t expensive & honestly looked just so fun so I ordered one & I love it!
I am flashing mine with the Crosspoint firmware, and generally am very much geeking out right now!
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❄️ Update: The GAME NARRATIVE KALEIDOSCOPE ❄️ will be published soon - we just sent a proof to the authors.
400 pages - 100k+ words - 118 authors - including the writers from several well-beloved games and major franchises.
If you want to be notified when it releases, you can add your name below!
400 pages - 100k+ words - 118 authors - including the writers from several well-beloved games and major franchises.
If you want to be notified when it releases, you can add your name below!
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In early 2026 we’ll be publishing The Game Narrative Kaleidoscope, a collection of over 100 short essays by game writers about writing.
Featuring some very famous names, some highly experienced free...
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February 4, 2026 at 3:10 PM
❄️ Update: The GAME NARRATIVE KALEIDOSCOPE ❄️ will be published soon - we just sent a proof to the authors.
400 pages - 100k+ words - 118 authors - including the writers from several well-beloved games and major franchises.
If you want to be notified when it releases, you can add your name below!
400 pages - 100k+ words - 118 authors - including the writers from several well-beloved games and major franchises.
If you want to be notified when it releases, you can add your name below!
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Support the right for access to reproductive care with our Reproductive Rights collection, available now. We’ve donated $2,000 from our projected profit to benefit SisterSong, a Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective. https://bit.ly/45mAGvQ
January 23, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Support the right for access to reproductive care with our Reproductive Rights collection, available now. We’ve donated $2,000 from our projected profit to benefit SisterSong, a Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective. https://bit.ly/45mAGvQ
I am looking at a Kindle Scribe and I'm curious if anyone here has ever used one and has feedback, or if anyone has every used a similar digital notebook system that I should also look into!
Any thoughts or feedback = welcome!
Any thoughts or feedback = welcome!
January 23, 2026 at 6:50 PM
I am looking at a Kindle Scribe and I'm curious if anyone here has ever used one and has feedback, or if anyone has every used a similar digital notebook system that I should also look into!
Any thoughts or feedback = welcome!
Any thoughts or feedback = welcome!
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There's been a lot of Discourse around international events lately, & I'm curious as I'm hearing so many different takes from different people.
What events ARE you considering attending if you're an indie dev or indie publishers for the first half of 2026?
vote.easypolls.net/6972e6d36e70...
What events ARE you considering attending if you're an indie dev or indie publishers for the first half of 2026?
vote.easypolls.net/6972e6d36e70...
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January 23, 2026 at 3:13 AM
There's been a lot of Discourse around international events lately, & I'm curious as I'm hearing so many different takes from different people.
What events ARE you considering attending if you're an indie dev or indie publishers for the first half of 2026?
vote.easypolls.net/6972e6d36e70...
What events ARE you considering attending if you're an indie dev or indie publishers for the first half of 2026?
vote.easypolls.net/6972e6d36e70...
Either had an anxiety attack (without the adrenaline jitters) or a hypoglycemic phase but yeah, total body cold sweats are a shit sensation, do not recommend, 3/10.
Ate food, did some breathing exercises, ugh.
Ate food, did some breathing exercises, ugh.
January 23, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Either had an anxiety attack (without the adrenaline jitters) or a hypoglycemic phase but yeah, total body cold sweats are a shit sensation, do not recommend, 3/10.
Ate food, did some breathing exercises, ugh.
Ate food, did some breathing exercises, ugh.
My love for Commander Lura Thok, daughter of Asmaret from the Klingon House of Dak'Hatas and the Jem'Hadar lineage of Jah'Baj, is delighted and endless and forever in awe. 😍
January 18, 2026 at 11:21 PM
My love for Commander Lura Thok, daughter of Asmaret from the Klingon House of Dak'Hatas and the Jem'Hadar lineage of Jah'Baj, is delighted and endless and forever in awe. 😍
So here's a thing.
The most any consultant can do is OFFER SUGGESTIONS as to what a game should be.
ANY content (produced externally or internally) goes through multiple levels of _internal_ director level & + approval (and I.P. owner review if relevant!) before being approved to go into a build.
The most any consultant can do is OFFER SUGGESTIONS as to what a game should be.
ANY content (produced externally or internally) goes through multiple levels of _internal_ director level & + approval (and I.P. owner review if relevant!) before being approved to go into a build.
January 14, 2026 at 2:45 PM
So here's a thing.
The most any consultant can do is OFFER SUGGESTIONS as to what a game should be.
ANY content (produced externally or internally) goes through multiple levels of _internal_ director level & + approval (and I.P. owner review if relevant!) before being approved to go into a build.
The most any consultant can do is OFFER SUGGESTIONS as to what a game should be.
ANY content (produced externally or internally) goes through multiple levels of _internal_ director level & + approval (and I.P. owner review if relevant!) before being approved to go into a build.
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Off the top of my head?
Person of Interest.
Absolutely about the characters.
SO. SATISFYING.
Person of Interest.
Absolutely about the characters.
SO. SATISFYING.
Given that apparently the Stranger Things finale was meh (idk, didn't watch it, just the scuttlebutt) and we're not that far removed from the disastrous GOT finale that retroactively made everyone have never cared about the show:
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
January 8, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Off the top of my head?
Person of Interest.
Absolutely about the characters.
SO. SATISFYING.
Person of Interest.
Absolutely about the characters.
SO. SATISFYING.
/rolls out new account nickname
January 6, 2026 at 6:02 PM
/rolls out new account nickname
Decided to do 3 for fun. Got kind-hearted twice and then perilous.
😏
😏
Take a screenshot of this GIF, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2026.
Let's. Go.
Let's. Go.
January 1, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Decided to do 3 for fun. Got kind-hearted twice and then perilous.
😏
😏
Ringing in the New Year by watching KPop Demon Hunters, as one does.
three cartoon characters are standing next to each other in a room with a purple background .
Alt: three cartoon characters are standing next to each other in a room with a purple background .
media.tenor.com
January 1, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Ringing in the New Year by watching KPop Demon Hunters, as one does.
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Just gonna say this again for games sphere cus we get the same question:
Networking doesn't mean schmoozing up to famous people, it means making friends with your peers. Then in 10 years, 20, one of you might be famous? And sure you're still helping each other cus well yeah friends.
Make. Friends.
Networking doesn't mean schmoozing up to famous people, it means making friends with your peers. Then in 10 years, 20, one of you might be famous? And sure you're still helping each other cus well yeah friends.
Make. Friends.
Talking to one of these types at a con who asked how I 'got in' with so many 'famous writers' who I'd been talking to and I said "we made friends before anyone knew who we were decades ago by striking up interesting conversations and enjoying each other's company" and he kept re-asking the question.
They have come to the convention hoping to "break in" and then find themselves -- shocker! -- a "nobody in the book world." Yeah no shit! We all are! I have gently told guys like this a million times that it takes most of us *years* of hard work but they do not believe that could be true for them. +
December 27, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Just gonna say this again for games sphere cus we get the same question:
Networking doesn't mean schmoozing up to famous people, it means making friends with your peers. Then in 10 years, 20, one of you might be famous? And sure you're still helping each other cus well yeah friends.
Make. Friends.
Networking doesn't mean schmoozing up to famous people, it means making friends with your peers. Then in 10 years, 20, one of you might be famous? And sure you're still helping each other cus well yeah friends.
Make. Friends.
Husband-shaped person: We should have called Leia “Trouble”.
Me: Her full name is Leia SKYWALKER.
Him: …that’s true.
Me: Her full name is Leia SKYWALKER.
Him: …that’s true.
December 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Husband-shaped person: We should have called Leia “Trouble”.
Me: Her full name is Leia SKYWALKER.
Him: …that’s true.
Me: Her full name is Leia SKYWALKER.
Him: …that’s true.
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You better watch out.
You better watch out.
You better watch out.
You better watch out.
You better watch out.
December 24, 2025 at 6:05 AM
You better watch out.
You better watch out.
You better watch out.
You better watch out.
You better watch out.
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Thanks to @coffeeeeee.bsky.social for this perfect essay about It’s a Wonderful Life. “It’s a Wonderful Life is, in part, the story of someone becoming, kicking and screaming, against all intentions and desires, a big man. Mary sees the big man in George from the first, because she is a big woman.”
There Is No Mary Problem in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’
George’s vision of his wife without him is essential to the film, but critics continue to miss its true—and profound—meaning.
www.thebulwark.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Thanks to @coffeeeeee.bsky.social for this perfect essay about It’s a Wonderful Life. “It’s a Wonderful Life is, in part, the story of someone becoming, kicking and screaming, against all intentions and desires, a big man. Mary sees the big man in George from the first, because she is a big woman.”
The husband and I are starting our traditional Holidays re-watch of Lord of the Rings, extended edition. :D
(And then queueing up Stranger Things!)
(And then queueing up Stranger Things!)
December 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The husband and I are starting our traditional Holidays re-watch of Lord of the Rings, extended edition. :D
(And then queueing up Stranger Things!)
(And then queueing up Stranger Things!)
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There’s a saying in French (Québécois specifically): il vente à écorner les bœufs.
The closest English equivalent would be “it’s blowing up a storm”.
The literal translation is “it’s so windy the horns off bulls are getting blown away”. (Literal, eek.)
Anyway. It’s real fucking windy out there.
The closest English equivalent would be “it’s blowing up a storm”.
The literal translation is “it’s so windy the horns off bulls are getting blown away”. (Literal, eek.)
Anyway. It’s real fucking windy out there.
December 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
There’s a saying in French (Québécois specifically): il vente à écorner les bœufs.
The closest English equivalent would be “it’s blowing up a storm”.
The literal translation is “it’s so windy the horns off bulls are getting blown away”. (Literal, eek.)
Anyway. It’s real fucking windy out there.
The closest English equivalent would be “it’s blowing up a storm”.
The literal translation is “it’s so windy the horns off bulls are getting blown away”. (Literal, eek.)
Anyway. It’s real fucking windy out there.
Because fuck you.
A WORD (two words) FOR MY HATERS. Watch #NightThoughts on Hulu.
December 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Because fuck you.
There’s a saying in French (Québécois specifically): il vente à écorner les bœufs.
The closest English equivalent would be “it’s blowing up a storm”.
The literal translation is “it’s so windy the horns off bulls are getting blown away”. (Literal, eek.)
Anyway. It’s real fucking windy out there.
The closest English equivalent would be “it’s blowing up a storm”.
The literal translation is “it’s so windy the horns off bulls are getting blown away”. (Literal, eek.)
Anyway. It’s real fucking windy out there.
December 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
There’s a saying in French (Québécois specifically): il vente à écorner les bœufs.
The closest English equivalent would be “it’s blowing up a storm”.
The literal translation is “it’s so windy the horns off bulls are getting blown away”. (Literal, eek.)
Anyway. It’s real fucking windy out there.
The closest English equivalent would be “it’s blowing up a storm”.
The literal translation is “it’s so windy the horns off bulls are getting blown away”. (Literal, eek.)
Anyway. It’s real fucking windy out there.
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I’m looking for 100% Filipino people who are willing to submit a cheek swab test in hopes for a genetic match to my aunt, who is battling blood cancer. The registry for stem cells doesn’t have many Filipino people in it, and joining it could help many. Please share/reach out to me!
bit.ly/4aiUIKQ
bit.ly/4aiUIKQ
December 18, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I’m looking for 100% Filipino people who are willing to submit a cheek swab test in hopes for a genetic match to my aunt, who is battling blood cancer. The registry for stem cells doesn’t have many Filipino people in it, and joining it could help many. Please share/reach out to me!
bit.ly/4aiUIKQ
bit.ly/4aiUIKQ