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Joyce J Liu @joycejliu.bsky.social · 2d

Play the demo of Laugh Track and hear me as ya girl Juno, then be there for the full game in January!

Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 2d

The demo for Laugh Track is now available on Steam, just ahead of #SteamNextFest! Become the writer of a totally normal sitcom in which nothing weird happens!

The full game will release for FREE in January, but you take the pilot episode for a spin right now! store.steampowered.com/app/3765430/...

Laugh Track on Steam

You're now the lead writer for Juno's World, a perfectly normal sitcom in which nothing strange or horrible happens, ever! Choose your scripts, decide what characters to build relationships with, and ...

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Joyce J Liu @joycejliu.bsky.social · 9d

I am Le Tired, but I also wish to play, so the stream shall go on!
#Xenogears pt5 - operation: Recapture Aveh, @ 7:30 PDT

twitch.tv/daringplayer...

#ps1classics #squaresoft #retrogaming

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 9d

Game pass greed got you down? Favorite game get bought out by blood money and a nepo baby? AI and algorithms creeping in? Reactionary dipwads trying to shove you out of your hobby?

Hi, we're Fiction Factory Games, and we're kinda fuckin' sick of all that too. www.fictionfactorygames.com

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Joyce J Liu @joycejliu.bsky.social · 16d

Streaming #xenogears part 4 - Tournament Arc! But also, is it really kidnapping if I’m freeing a political prisoner? Starting now!

twitch.tv/daringplayer...

#ps1classics #squaresoft #retrogaming

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 22d

“With a single post or video, we can influence thousands of guests to try a food, drink, or experience in the parks,” she says. “I couldn’t, in good conscience, keep giving them free publicity knowing they don’t support free speech and are willing to bow to fascism."

The Disney Adults Dumping the Mouse Over Jimmy Kimmel

Jimmy Kimmel and Disney’s battle has not only taken over the news cycle, but it has sent the Disney internet into shambles.

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Joyce J Liu @joycejliu.bsky.social · 23d

Streaming #xenogears pt3- I have a Sand Pirate Prince and you don’t, now quit moping and get in the Gear! Right now! 7:30PDT!

twitch.tv/daringplayer...

#retrogaming #ps1classics #twitchstreaming #squaresoft

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Joyce J Liu @joycejliu.bsky.social · Sep 13

Streaming #Xenogears! A PS1 era classic!

We’re in the desert, so queue up the sitar instrumentations for Dazil. twitch.tv/daringplayer...

#squareSoft #retrogaming #badvoicedubz

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Sep 12

Denial of an entire group’s very right to exist and participate in civil society is not just “having conversations.”

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Meredith Nudo 🤌🏻 @meredithnudo.blacksky.app · Sep 12

This whole thread is full of things that will make you smile and warm the cockles of your cold, dead heart, because I think we all need to head into the weekend sloughing off the stink of the past few days.

Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · Sep 11

Please give me an unironic list of things that have gotten better over the last ten years because I’m spiraling.

I’ll start: you can buy an enormous TV from Costco for like $100 bucks now.

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The Onion @theonion.com · Sep 9

It Only Tuesday https://theonion.com/it-only-tuesday-1819569397/

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James Leung @someguy1138.bsky.social · Sep 3

Soooo… I should mention this while I scream at everyone to wishlist this game and keep an eye out for the demo on Oct 10…

See this burly young Vietnamese-American guy having a super normal day?

It me. I’m playing Daniel in Laugh Track! Thanks again for the opportunity, @fictionfactorygames.com!

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DatNoFact @datnofact.bsky.social · Sep 3

Microsoft Word to begin saving people's documents in the cloud *by default*

Reminder that LibreOffice is free and a good drop-in replacement for Microsoft Office software: www.libreoffice.org

www.theverge.com/news/767522/...

Microsoft Word now automatically saves new documents to the cloud

Word documents will be automatically saved to OneDrive

www.theverge.com

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Queer and Pleasant Danger @monsterologist.bsky.social · Aug 31

I always forget that it is possible that people I admire a great deal also exist on social media, and then all of a sudden they are right there, being kind.

Goodness gracious.

TOP 10 experience.

Gene Ha @geneha.com · Aug 31

Sincere respect, not even joking.

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Joyce J Liu @joycejliu.bsky.social · Sep 3

Thank you!!!

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Joyce J Liu @joycejliu.bsky.social · Sep 2

Everything is normal... Completely Normal... PERFECTLY NORMAL, EVEN.

You should wishlist and play Laugh Track when the demo comes out Oct 10 to hear me as Juno! Just an everyday girl, in an everyday world! Where everything is ... Absolutely Normal!

Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · Sep 1

Introducing... Laugh Track! A perfectly normal game in which nothing weird happens. Write a wacky teen sitcom and keep those ratings high, or else! Or else what? Don't worry about it!

Win/Mac/Linux Demo out Oct 10 (for Steam NextFest), full game Jan 13! store.steampowered.com/app/3765430/...

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DGC Ontario @ontariodgc.bsky.social · Aug 20

Via Variety: 'Guillermo del Toro refused to make #Frankenstein with too much visual effects and green screens: "I want real sets."'

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · Aug 14

I cannot really express how much I hate the idea that telling people facts will "alienate" them so we shouldn't. I'm sorry they don't like reality but wtf are we doing here.

John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · Aug 13

I have just seen my third news item with people saying "well sure crime is way down but if you tell people who are scared of crime that fact, you'll alienate them" and this can only be some sort of society wide, generational failing.

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · May 31

Someone else said something very similar to this the other day, but.

It really burns me that our (millennials') generation was legally terrorized for like, downloading Radiohead discographies

But we're supposed to be ok with billionaires stealing human intellectual output in its entirety bc AI

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · Jul 31

edit of you wouldn't download a car old meme says you wouldn't think of ideas. The font is in a rough graffiti stencil style that looks like it's missing paint in parts. the text is inconsistently raised and lowered in the background is a mix of horizontal streaks of maroon and light blue on black like VHS artifacts.

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Joyce J Liu @joycejliu.bsky.social · Jul 26

10 years later, I am apparently back on my Aldnoah Zero Bullshit and I am very okay with it.

10 years ago, Mom: what will your boyfriend think he sees you with that pillow?

Me: He bought it for me

Mom: (in English) ….. shit.

🤣

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Jazzy Oliver - Voice Actress @ladyjazzington.bsky.social · Jul 24

"South Park has done a poor job on handling certain topics" and "It's really awesome that South Park took the piss out of the orange dictator when other shows are too chickenshit to say even the slightest criticism" are both true statements that don't cancel out the other.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · Jul 25

People act as though the only option for unhoused people is jail or remaining on the streets.

They claim it’s “compassionate” to jail or institutionalize them because it means they have food & a roof over their head.

“Compassion” would be safe affordable housing. Not jail.

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · Jul 24

Penny Larceny: Gig Economy Supervillain has been shadowbanned from @itch.io .

This is a game with absolutely no nudity whatsoever. Any sex between characters happens off screen and is implied rather than described. But because it has naughty words and queer themes, Visa and MasterCard now hate us.

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · Jul 24

To be specific, anti-porn activist group Collective Shout got a bug up their ass and decided to call those companies 1000 times demanding that they do something about these evil video games. We're one step away from losing all queer content on the Internet.

Fight back. Tell them where to stick it.

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · Jul 24

In the meanwhile, here's a direct link to the game. fictionfactorygames.itch.io/penny-larceny

And if Itch deletes it completely, it's on Steam. And if Steam deletes it completely, I'm just gonna give this fucking thing away for free in protest.

Screw this whole situation sideways.

Penny Larceny: Gig Economy Supervillain by Fiction Factory Games

A comic book adventure of freelance supervillainy, petting cats, and/or destroying capitalism.

fictionfactorygames.itch.io

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