Austin Miller
@austinmwav.com
they/them • GILDED LEAVES • STL • composer/sound designer (derogatory) • 🔈 for ValiDate, Seasonspree, That Which Faith Demands, & BREAK THE GAME • austinmwav.com
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Austin Miller
@austinmwav.com
· Nov 10
welcome new followers. my name is Austin and I do ✨audio✨
you may have heard my work in ValiDate, Seasonspree, That Which Faith Demands or BREAK THE GAME
I’m currently looking for work, so if you have any audio needs hit me up!
you may have heard my work in ValiDate, Seasonspree, That Which Faith Demands or BREAK THE GAME
I’m currently looking for work, so if you have any audio needs hit me up!
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If you missed my Black Friday/Small Business Saturday Bandcamp deal and instead want to pay full price for my music on a day when I get a larger cut of the profits than usual, you can do that today! It’s Bandcamp Friday 😎
Don’t miss out on this ✨incredible✨ deal!
megancarnes.bandcamp.com/music
Don’t miss out on this ✨incredible✨ deal!
megancarnes.bandcamp.com/music
December 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
If you missed my Black Friday/Small Business Saturday Bandcamp deal and instead want to pay full price for my music on a day when I get a larger cut of the profits than usual, you can do that today! It’s Bandcamp Friday 😎
Don’t miss out on this ✨incredible✨ deal!
megancarnes.bandcamp.com/music
Don’t miss out on this ✨incredible✨ deal!
megancarnes.bandcamp.com/music
if you want to know what I listened to this year it was mostly Fairouz, Hot Mulligan and Tyler, The Creator. I do not need an app to tell me that.
December 3, 2025 at 9:07 PM
if you want to know what I listened to this year it was mostly Fairouz, Hot Mulligan and Tyler, The Creator. I do not need an app to tell me that.
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My final(?) bit of writing for the year and in an interesting twist of fate it's at Kotaku! I reviewed Octopath Traveler 0.
I truly loved this game and it gave me a great deal to this about re: earnest story-telling and giving oneself permission *to love* something.
kotaku.com/octopath-tra...
I truly loved this game and it gave me a great deal to this about re: earnest story-telling and giving oneself permission *to love* something.
kotaku.com/octopath-tra...
Octopath Traveler 0: The Kotaku Review - Kotaku
A mobile spin-off transforms into the best game in the RPG series
kotaku.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
My final(?) bit of writing for the year and in an interesting twist of fate it's at Kotaku! I reviewed Octopath Traveler 0.
I truly loved this game and it gave me a great deal to this about re: earnest story-telling and giving oneself permission *to love* something.
kotaku.com/octopath-tra...
I truly loved this game and it gave me a great deal to this about re: earnest story-telling and giving oneself permission *to love* something.
kotaku.com/octopath-tra...
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self hosting is the future :)
Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
How to quit Spotify
This Black Friday, here's a guide to finding the best Spotify alternative
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:35 PM
self hosting is the future :)
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“it’s art, not porn”
-guy who hasn’t opened an art history book ever
-guy who hasn’t opened an art history book ever
December 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
“it’s art, not porn”
-guy who hasn’t opened an art history book ever
-guy who hasn’t opened an art history book ever
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Like ten years ago I made this comic/essay about masculinity…kinda wanna run that back because the discourse about manhood, male-hood, and the overall function of masculinity today has ripened enough that I MIGHT have something to say
thenib.com/the-black-bo...
thenib.com/the-black-bo...
The Black Box: Where Race and Masculinity Intersect | The Nib
This comic is featured in Eat More Comics: The Best of The Nib—available here!
thenib.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Like ten years ago I made this comic/essay about masculinity…kinda wanna run that back because the discourse about manhood, male-hood, and the overall function of masculinity today has ripened enough that I MIGHT have something to say
thenib.com/the-black-bo...
thenib.com/the-black-bo...
scrolling through old photos and found this one from 2016-ish(?) of me in a past life. Chicago House of Blues.
December 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
scrolling through old photos and found this one from 2016-ish(?) of me in a past life. Chicago House of Blues.
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Also, as someone who worked on HORSES and has also made porn games + comics: I really don't appreciate when people put down one thing I made to uplift the other! Especially considering no one at Santa Ragione *ever* framed it in these terms when we were discussing the Steam ban
I am a little disappointed when the conversation is focused around "it's art not porn!" because the adult games devs get very little support but have been dealing with this for far longer, and they've been sounding the alarm for that deplatforming coming for other games (such as LGBTQ+ content).
December 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Also, as someone who worked on HORSES and has also made porn games + comics: I really don't appreciate when people put down one thing I made to uplift the other! Especially considering no one at Santa Ragione *ever* framed it in these terms when we were discussing the Steam ban
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Back in 2016 Humble was literally the only mainstream storefront willing to carry Ladykiller as an 18+ game, which I thought was courageous of them and helped push other platforms. Seeing how far they've fallen since then in making this deeply embarrassing decision is really painful to see
Humble's now banned it too, post-launch:
www.ign.com/articles/hor...
www.ign.com/articles/hor...
Horses, the Upsetting Horror Game Previously Banned on Steam, Gets Last Minute Ban From Epic Games Store Too - IGN
Last week, we reported that disturbing horror game Horses had been banned from Steam. Now, at the last possible minute before the game was set to release widely across other PC store fronts, Epic Game...
www.ign.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Back in 2016 Humble was literally the only mainstream storefront willing to carry Ladykiller as an 18+ game, which I thought was courageous of them and helped push other platforms. Seeing how far they've fallen since then in making this deeply embarrassing decision is really painful to see
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December 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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What the fuck is in that HORSES game that is so mental that the stores won't carry it. Every time I open up Steam and check the new/trending tab it's ten different variations on something like Hentai Immigrant Stomper
December 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
What the fuck is in that HORSES game that is so mental that the stores won't carry it. Every time I open up Steam and check the new/trending tab it's ten different variations on something like Hentai Immigrant Stomper
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it's really cool how our medium is effectively monopolized by less than a half-handful of storefronts obsessed with infantilizing and coddling an audience against anything provocative, while still somehow stocking thousands of factory-churned AI hentai slop games.
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www.ign.com/articles/hor...
www.ign.com/articles/hor...
Horses, the Upsetting Horror Game Previously Banned on Steam, Gets Last Minute Ban From Epic Games Store Too - IGN
Last week, we reported that disturbing horror game Horses had been banned from Steam. Now, at the last possible minute before the game was set to release widely across other PC store fronts, Epic Game...
www.ign.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
it's really cool how our medium is effectively monopolized by less than a half-handful of storefronts obsessed with infantilizing and coddling an audience against anything provocative, while still somehow stocking thousands of factory-churned AI hentai slop games.
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Yesterday, the Epic Games Store decided at the last minute not to distribute the game, after having previously approved a release build. HORSES is otherwise now available on GOG, Itch, and Humble for $4.99. www.horses.wtf
December 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Yesterday, the Epic Games Store decided at the last minute not to distribute the game, after having previously approved a release build. HORSES is otherwise now available on GOG, Itch, and Humble for $4.99. www.horses.wtf
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We're $476 from our goal!
This #GivingTuesday, please keep beestung in mind! We're an independent and volunteer-run small magazine highlighting two-spirit, non-binary, and genderqueer writers and writing.
Our issues are free, we don't charge submission fees, and we pay our writers.
www.gofundme.com/f/beestung-y...
Our issues are free, we don't charge submission fees, and we pay our writers.
www.gofundme.com/f/beestung-y...
Donate to beestung: Years Six & Seven, organized by Sarah Clark
What is beestung:
beestung is a quarterly online micro-magazine for non-binary, genderquee… Sarah Clark needs your support for beestung: Years Six & Seven
www.gofundme.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:47 PM
We're $476 from our goal!
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i'm terrible at remembering to point people towards this, but i DO have a little print shop & everything IS on sale for the next ~6 hours!
Art Prints by caitlin rose boyle
Shop gallery quality Art Prints by caitlin rose boyle.
www.inprnt.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:29 PM
i'm terrible at remembering to point people towards this, but i DO have a little print shop & everything IS on sale for the next ~6 hours!
TVアニメ『CITY THE ANIMATION』ノンクレジットオープニング主題歌映像／Furui Riho「Hello」
YouTube video by 京アニチャンネル
youtu.be
December 2, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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😈LUNAFAIRY: lynnedrum.itch.io/lunafairy
🐬a sentimental cry: cloversealife.bandcamp.com/album/a-sent...
✨bug spray (never give up): spaceboyfriend.bandcamp.com/album/bug-sp...
otherwise, PayPal: www.paypal.biz/cloversealife
cashapp: $cloversealife
thanks. i'm sorry to ask this around the holidays 💔
🐬a sentimental cry: cloversealife.bandcamp.com/album/a-sent...
✨bug spray (never give up): spaceboyfriend.bandcamp.com/album/bug-sp...
otherwise, PayPal: www.paypal.biz/cloversealife
cashapp: $cloversealife
thanks. i'm sorry to ask this around the holidays 💔
Jami Lynne
Jami Lynne is a composer for games, an independent musician, a club DJ, and a writer.
www.paypal.biz
December 1, 2025 at 10:47 PM
😈LUNAFAIRY: lynnedrum.itch.io/lunafairy
🐬a sentimental cry: cloversealife.bandcamp.com/album/a-sent...
✨bug spray (never give up): spaceboyfriend.bandcamp.com/album/bug-sp...
otherwise, PayPal: www.paypal.biz/cloversealife
cashapp: $cloversealife
thanks. i'm sorry to ask this around the holidays 💔
🐬a sentimental cry: cloversealife.bandcamp.com/album/a-sent...
✨bug spray (never give up): spaceboyfriend.bandcamp.com/album/bug-sp...
otherwise, PayPal: www.paypal.biz/cloversealife
cashapp: $cloversealife
thanks. i'm sorry to ask this around the holidays 💔
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hi, i'm Jami Lynne: a composer for games, a DJ, and a writer
⚠️i'm being jerked around by my foremost source of income with no word on when a payment i was owed nearly a month ago will be sent. i'm in need of support😞💸
i've a few works available now for PWYW: a gothic-drama VN & bandcamp releases⬇️
⚠️i'm being jerked around by my foremost source of income with no word on when a payment i was owed nearly a month ago will be sent. i'm in need of support😞💸
i've a few works available now for PWYW: a gothic-drama VN & bandcamp releases⬇️
December 1, 2025 at 10:47 PM
hi, i'm Jami Lynne: a composer for games, a DJ, and a writer
⚠️i'm being jerked around by my foremost source of income with no word on when a payment i was owed nearly a month ago will be sent. i'm in need of support😞💸
i've a few works available now for PWYW: a gothic-drama VN & bandcamp releases⬇️
⚠️i'm being jerked around by my foremost source of income with no word on when a payment i was owed nearly a month ago will be sent. i'm in need of support😞💸
i've a few works available now for PWYW: a gothic-drama VN & bandcamp releases⬇️
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If you went back in time 30 years with the specific goal of making a film highlighting problems in that moment no one was gonna do a goddamn thing about, you'd be hard pressed to do it better than this
GAME STUDIES STUDY BUDDIES ends the month pondering once more culture, media effects and violence, this time with a wildcard 2002 documentary that snapshots an era of which our own is a louder, coarser, echo: Michael Moore's BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE rangedtouch.com/2025/11/30/8...
December 1, 2025 at 2:22 PM
If you went back in time 30 years with the specific goal of making a film highlighting problems in that moment no one was gonna do a goddamn thing about, you'd be hard pressed to do it better than this
ACAB includes the cop from Keiichi Arawi’s CITY
November 30, 2025 at 11:58 PM
ACAB includes the cop from Keiichi Arawi’s CITY
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now that young suns is revealed i can openly say: i'm doing my part!
animal crossing was better when the villagers were genuinely rude
November 30, 2025 at 8:56 AM
now that young suns is revealed i can openly say: i'm doing my part!
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if you've enjoyed reading beestung for free, please keep doing that, but also please consider giving us maybe $5-$640. 🐝
November 29, 2025 at 11:32 PM
if you've enjoyed reading beestung for free, please keep doing that, but also please consider giving us maybe $5-$640. 🐝
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The correct Doom 3 experience is the original one, where you must choose between having your flashlight or your weapon equipped.
November 30, 2025 at 12:42 AM
The correct Doom 3 experience is the original one, where you must choose between having your flashlight or your weapon equipped.
[asking my wife if she wants to watch pluribus with dinner] shall we get plurbed tonight queen?
November 29, 2025 at 11:39 PM
[asking my wife if she wants to watch pluribus with dinner] shall we get plurbed tonight queen?
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last week i remembered that macOS lets you set your own icons and that *I* have the power to delegitimize the professionalism of the software that runs on my machine, so here's a thread of the 16 new icons i've made so far
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
November 29, 2025 at 1:48 AM
last week i remembered that macOS lets you set your own icons and that *I* have the power to delegitimize the professionalism of the software that runs on my machine, so here's a thread of the 16 new icons i've made so far
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')