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ashley bardhan
@ashleybardhan.bsky.social
bulgarian-bengali lady and a scholar🩸

senior writer @gamesradar

instagram.com/ashleybardhan 🆎˙⋆✮
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(𐙚^◡^)っ✂❤ please read my experimental video game blog, plant or beast, where i post lyrical essays, youtube videos, and sometimes announce in-person literary events 👼

plant-or-beast.net/blog
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$90 away from hitting $1,000 raised!!!
I'm teaming up w/ my boy Jesse Vitelli (@mamavitelli.bsky.social) to co-op Resident Evil 6; and we're doing it live to say FUCK ICE and fundraise for MIRAC!! (@miracmn.bsky.social)!

👉🏽 www.givemn.org/story/pnu2tf 👈🏽

COME THRU @ 3PM PT / 6PM ET TODAY!!
👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
twitch.tv/mamavitelli
twitch.tv/brazyazn
January 26, 2026 at 12:59 AM
the world feels like it's crumbling in the foolish hands of the disgraceful US government, and i'm crumbling with it. maybe the leather nun from nightreign can keep me from losing it completely 🍇

not with a wimple, but a bang. new blog:

plant-or-beast.net/posts/2026-0...
January 25, 2026 at 8:45 PM
it’s another year for my blog plant or beast 🐞🌹 to start, i’ve commissioned the eroguro artist bl00dina for a portrait i’ll use as a new logo <3 to me, and i hope to you, this image explains that i’m looking forward to writing — no matter what ♪♪

plant-or-beast.net
January 24, 2026 at 8:45 PM
return to silent hill is an incomprehensible mess 💔 and while i might one day think of it as a successful experiment in camp horror, all i can do now is mourn the silent hill 2 adaptation we could have had

my ★½ review:
www.gamesradar.com/entertainmen...
Return to Silent Hill review: "Neither an impressive adaptation nor coherent enough to act as a standalone film"
The latest Review,,,reviews, breaking news, comment, reviews and features from the experts at GamesRadar+
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January 21, 2026 at 4:07 PM
having midnight thoughts...
January 21, 2026 at 5:02 AM
what's the point? (it's love)
January 16, 2026 at 10:35 PM
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my latest and, genuinely, best work is out now 💜

this is the most personal piece i might ever write (related to games, at least) and i am so unbelievably proud of how it's turned out

a massive thank you to artemis for trusting me with it. please give it a read

we are gonna figure something out 💜
For the first Stop Caring piece of the year, it is my honor and pleasure to welcome @ashlikeadragon.bsky.social to the site. She wrote about Depression Quest, Hanif Abdurraiq's On Seatbelts and Sunsets, and struggling with depression.

The gold standard to what a personal essay should be.
No Good Options
And damn it, we are gonna figure something out, if it takes me all night.
www.stopcar.ing
January 16, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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the dream team rides again - excited to have an excerpt from my book on @mattleone.bsky.social's wonderful new site, @designroom.bsky.social. Loved writing this chapter on The Beatles, and especially learning more about the GOAT Yoko Ono.
January 15, 2026 at 7:18 PM
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every couple days ashley is like "you ain't gonna believe what's going on in love and deepspace" and each time she is right i ain't
January 15, 2026 at 6:22 PM
i hope you like my new dress :c
January 15, 2026 at 2:14 AM
hi alice: madness returns is getting a spiritual successor starring many plush bunnies in tea party dresses and not only am i going feral but also i am rabid ok bye

www.gamesradar.com/games/advent...
15 years and a nasty IP war with EA can no longer hold back my favorite game after creator decides to turn characters into bunnies for spiritual successor: "Very happy with this development"
Alice: Madness Returns returns!
www.gamesradar.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:36 PM
there's me, and then there's the projection of me that exists in social media posts. i have to delete her in order to live, but it's difficult bc i named her svetlana
January 13, 2026 at 12:06 AM
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my solo rpg about turning into an ugly dolly is now available to download for free :~) let this horror take care of you when it's too cold to go outside 🎀 #ttrpg

plantorbeast.itch.io/dollsweat
dollsweat by Plant or Beast
A solo horror RPG about turning into a malformed baby doll
plantorbeast.itch.io
January 5, 2026 at 5:05 AM
im exactly where im meant to be 🩶
January 11, 2026 at 5:27 PM
i feel bad for alan wake 😔 his mind palace is so depressing and mine is a 2004 mcdonald’s play place T^T
January 8, 2026 at 9:49 PM
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you ever just see a headline and instantly know it's an
@ashleybardhan.bsky.social post?
Soma devs are going to make me throw up in the apocalypse again — the studio just revealed Ontos, the spiritual successor to 2015's best horror game
Ontos is due in 2026
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January 7, 2026 at 12:30 PM
fiance bought me a german chucky media book, and yes i WILL accept “die mörderpuppe” as my last name (╹◡╹)♡
January 5, 2026 at 8:40 PM
my solo rpg about turning into an ugly dolly is now available to download for free :~) let this horror take care of you when it's too cold to go outside 🎀 #ttrpg

plantorbeast.itch.io/dollsweat
dollsweat by Plant or Beast
A solo horror RPG about turning into a malformed baby doll
plantorbeast.itch.io
January 5, 2026 at 5:05 AM
sorry i don’t think i’ll be able to make it out tonight T^T i turned into a slug at midnight AGAIN so annoying i know omg 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️
January 4, 2026 at 6:11 PM
beyond!!!! honored to have my little blog plant or beast included in critical distance's roundup this year ❣️🍓 and for the story of my life too 🍰🍨🐴!!!! thank you for letting me be an artist in your eyes :0)

u can read my essay about silent hill f ghosts here 🤹 ily
plant-or-beast.net/posts/2025-1...
January 3, 2026 at 7:00 PM
wishing for no more war, sweet berries, sweet kitties, and a 10/10 resident evil game in 2026 🌠
January 1, 2026 at 1:39 AM
going frankenstein mode (allowing myself to live with naive wonderment despite the obvious tragedies of my life because seeing beauty in falling leaves is more powerful than being told you shouldn't)
December 30, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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If there are cupcake dresses, there can be cookie sweaters
December 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
i’m feeling kind of upset about the fact that cookies can’t wear sweaters ~_~;
December 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM