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Ashley Ruhl

@ashleyruhl.bsky.social

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I make video games for work and costumes for fun. Narrative Director on Star Wars: The Old Republic. Previously Bioware, Telltale, and Gunfire Games. She/her

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Ashley Ruhl @ashleyruhl.bsky.social · Oct 24

Game dev intro! I'm Ashley Ruhl, Narrative Director of Star Wars: The Old Republic. I've been a Cinematic Designer, Narrative Designer, Writer, Lead, and Director of game story content for 10+ years, primarily at BioWare, Telltale, and now Broadsword Online Games🧵

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Ashley Ruhl @ashleyruhl.bsky.social · 3d

A salad doesn't fret
When it swims in vinaigrette
But personally, I am not pleased
To be smothered in bleu cheese
#iykyk

A mostly empty sushi plate, with a face I've assembled out of rice, lemon, wasabi, and lettuce

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mother dysnomia 🌚 @mamatried.bsky.social · 9d

holy shit..a master class in de-arrest (especially from the would-be arrestee, he is a KING 🥲)

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 9d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Ashley Ruhl @ashleyruhl.bsky.social · 10d

It's my birthday. I have a request:

Be the weird that makes you happy. Be silly on purpose. And invite people to share in that weird joy with you.

A joyful weirdo wearing a fabric raptor head, light up stunner shades, and a great tailed grackle tank top, wielding a plastic katana, sitting on a floor covered in birthday balloons.

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Star Wars: The Old Republic @swtor.com · 13d

A quarterly letter from Executive Producer, Keith Kanneg, detailing what’s been happening in Star Wars: The Old Republic for the third quarter of 2025 and a glimpse into what’s to come. www.swtor.com/info/news/ar...

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Dylan Roth @dylanroth.bsky.social · 15d

I just called Chuck Schumer’s office and, for the first time EVER, a person answered, who then politely entered my complaints into their call log.

This tells me two things:

1) They’re not getting enough calls over there, and 2) If you want to yell at Schumer, today’s the day.

(212) 486-4430

Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 16d

hey, cis people. we need you to call every single elected official you've got, now.

PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · 16d

Trump threatens to shut down US government unless Democrats agree to ban all trans health care
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/29/trans-care-ban-government-shutdown/?utm_content=1759153201&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

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Jackie 🍳 @geekyfriedrice.bsky.social · 28d

Chatted about Game Update 7.8 stuff. Got giddy. 🤭 Can't wait to show everyone what the team's been cooking up. #swtor

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🔥ace🔥 @meowthiroth.bsky.social · Jul 26

"I asked chatgpt" "I asked grok" well I asked Achenar from the best-selling point&click adventure game Myst and he told me to bring him the blue pages and NOT to touch the red ones

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Ashley Ruhl @ashleyruhl.bsky.social · Sep 9

My sibling and I constantly quote the Prince from Prince of Persia: Sands of Time: "I wanted HONOR and GLORY..."

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · Sep 4

A livable future has to be anchored to "public goods shared in common and distributed to everyone.” That's socialism so USians are mostly allergic to the idea and to me THAT is what needs to be changed and addressed.

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Emma Kidwell | Looking for work ✨ @emmakidwell.bsky.social · Sep 4

Hi! I was laid off from Firaxis this morning. I wrote leaders and civs for Civilization VII (NDA for now) and Deadpool and Storm for Marvel's Midnight Suns. I also wrote the award-nominated Hindsight.

I'm available for full time, remote work starting ASAP. DMs are open:

emmkid.info

Portfolio

emmkid.info

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Ashley Ruhl @ashleyruhl.bsky.social · Aug 31

The view from inside and outside of Gonk

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Ashley Ruhl @ashleyruhl.bsky.social · Aug 31

GONK

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Ashley Ruhl @ashleyruhl.bsky.social · Aug 30

Badonkagonk soon in the Marriott Atrium! #DragonCon

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Ashley Ruhl @ashleyruhl.bsky.social · Aug 30

Thanks to the brilliant inflatable creations of Fernside Dragons, I can finally follow my dreams of being a slapping cartoon menace.

Incredible fence prop and sausage hole by my mom Alyssa.

Fernside Dragons on IG: www.instagram.com/fernsidedrag...

@coalsupper.bsky.social
@dragoncon.org

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Ashley Ruhl @ashleyruhl.bsky.social · Aug 21

GONK #greebles #dragoncon

The cut half of the bottom of the can of HEB tropical seltzer

The section of HEB tropical seltzer can with the sides cut open and splayed out, laid inside wall of a prop

The sliced section of HEB tropical seltzer can from the outside of the prop, which is the bottom half of a Gonk costume. The can section now looks like technology that's part of the Gonk

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Star Wars: The Old Republic @swtor.com · Aug 19

Get your hands on some Cartel Coins and check out new items that will be coming to the Cartel Market with 7.7.1! www.swtor.com/info/news/%5...

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Swtorista @swtorista.com · Aug 19

The #SWTOR servers are now up! Happy 7.7.1

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MagSul @magsul.bsky.social · Aug 19

It's a small thing, but I immediately appreciate the character selection modernisation that came with 7.7.1.😊

Our characters are looking fine in the new lighting. 👌

#SWTOR

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Illeva @illeva.com · Aug 19

It's quite subtle changes, at the same time as it's not.

The Force-User login screens have never looked better! #SWTOR

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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · Aug 9

Some video from earlier, multiple journalists bloodied in the scrum. This is just 90 seconds of over 10 minutes of extremely aggressive LAPD response tonight

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Ashley Ruhl @ashleyruhl.bsky.social · Jul 30

10 minutes til livestream! Malgus is ready

A cute plushie of Darth Malgus looking very menacing with his pipe cleaner lightsaber

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Star Wars: The Old Republic @swtor.com · Jul 30

Today's the day! We will be hosting the Game Update 7.7.1 livestream at 1:00pm CT / 6:00pm UTC over on Twitch! We’ll be going over all the features in the upcoming update. See you all in a few hours! www.twitch.tv/swtor

SWTOR - Twitch

The war between the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire spreads to new worlds! Dangerous fringe groups rise in the dark corners of the galaxy and Darth Malgus pursues an unknown plan… Unravel these ...

www.twitch.tv

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Liz England @lizardengland.bsky.social · Jul 8

GDC talk submissions are open and just wanted to point out to people that if you were planning to apply to talk at a summit (like indie summit, narrative summit, tools summit, etc.) that there's only one call for submissions now and it's only open for a month: gdconf.com/gdc-call-for...

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Cartoon Brew @cartoonbrew.bsky.social · Jul 26

After a decade in distribution limbo, 'Baman Piderman' is finally coming home. Its creators have reclaimed the rights and will produce four to five new episodes to complete the story they began in the pre-YouTube, Newgrounds era of internet animation.
www.cartoonbrew.com/animators/ba...

'Baman Piderman' Returns To Creators' YouTube After 10 Years

After a 10 year distribution nightmare, internet cult favorite 'Baman Piderman' returns to its owner's channel on Aug. 1 with new episodes planned.

www.cartoonbrew.com

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SLOW BROS. @slowbros.bsky.social · Jul 25

A new shore is on the horizon.

Harold Halibut pre-orders for the Mac App Store are now open.

Your voyage begins soon.

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