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Laura E. Hall
@lauraehall.bsky.social
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Mysteries, puzzles, adventures. I make games & escape rooms, write books & preserve immersive history. PDX. They/she

PLANNING YOUR ESCAPE (Simon & Schuster), KATAMARI DAMACY (Boss Fight Books)

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racheldeering.bsky.social
Book of Hours
Netherlands, Haarlem, 1445-1460
MS M.1031 fol. 52v.
Red squirrel wearing a collar sat on a book, surrounded by foliage and pine cones? Marginalia.
November 25, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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kelly-knox.com
narrator: 50 years ago...

me: [nods] in 1945

narrator: in 1975...

me: what
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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noproscenium.com
The holidays are here, and that means it's time to scramble and find the perfect gift for your family & friends.

We're here to help, whether that's helping you find something or to help you drop some big hints to those shopping for you!

The NoPro Gift Guide is here!
NoPro’s 2025 Gift Guide for Immersive Fans & Makers
The annual NoPro Gift Guide for the immersive fans and makers in your life!
www.noproscenium.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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oddoblivion.bsky.social
Here he is with a hat to make him beautiful
February 5, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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hoppingfun.bsky.social
EIGHT HOURS of Adventure X talks start with the always insightful and entertaining Jon Ingold (Inkle, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault, etc etc).

On Story Generation: Concept to plot.

Watch it here:
www.youtube.com/live/MoIph1L... #adventurex #advx25
AdventureX 2025
YouTube video by AdventureX
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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brandon.insertcredit.com
We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.
Credits for Brent Porter (3D art lead) and Catherine Menabde (2D art lead) are shown here. There's a lengthy description of what they did, with a pastiche of various Demonschool characters underneath, messing around with a computer.
November 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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m4rina.bsky.social
i was going through my X archives and found this by @superpodsaga.com, which I qrt'd at some point years ago

so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
2023 tweet screencap: the person asks "what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?"
July 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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ianmcque.bsky.social
upper east side mashup
Ink drawing, architectural mashup inspired by nyc’s upper east side
November 24, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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patsux.bsky.social
walking my fish
gouache painting of a man in a white Kimono, holding a staff and walking beside his school of fish, as if he's herding them.
November 23, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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kottke.org
Good luck losing less than an hour to this: a huge archive of logos for government, non-profit, private, military, and even fictional space agencies and companies. [kottke.org]
The Space Exploration Logo Archive
Good luck losing less than an hour to this: a huge archive of logos for government, non-profit, private, military, and even fictional space agencies and companies. There is also a book, but it looks like it was only
kottke.org
October 16, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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juunipupu.bsky.social
Study of a sallet - marker pen

[ #art | #knight ]
marker pen study from my sketchbook. It depicts a knight wearing closed sallet helmet with bunch of feathers.
November 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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lauraehall.bsky.social
Hey, immersive, larp, ARG, theater and game folks: I'm working on Immersipedia and I'm linking out to other design/knowledge wikis like the Puzzle Hunt wiki, Nordic Larp wiki and Game Detectives, plus the whole WikiBruce archive. Are there any others I should be including?
November 23, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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kt.uvula.jp
Prints are available now. Thank you for your support!

- Friday Night
www.iam8bit.com/products/95b...

- Snack Time
www.iam8bit.com/products/75b...

- Tired Of Adventure
www.iam8bit.com/products/77b...

- Lunch Time
www.iam8bit.com/products/76b...
95B Friday Night by Keita Takahashi PRINT
....................................... Shipping Before Holidays .......................................   For iam8bit’s 20th anniversary celebration, we simply had to return to our roots and curate a...
www.iam8bit.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:11 AM
lauraehall.bsky.social
Hey, immersive, larp, ARG, theater and game folks: I'm working on Immersipedia and I'm linking out to other design/knowledge wikis like the Puzzle Hunt wiki, Nordic Larp wiki and Game Detectives, plus the whole WikiBruce archive. Are there any others I should be including?
November 23, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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mikeo-g.bsky.social
You might not think you needed to see Kate Bush dressed as a bat today, but you were wrong.
4 photos of Kate Bush in a lacy bat costume in various poses.
November 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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alisonfisk.bsky.social
A very good boy! 🐾🐕😍

An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.

The Met 📷 by me

#Archaeology
My photo shows a three quarter profile of an ancient Egyptian figurine of a leaping dog facing left. Carved from ivory, now a warm caramel brown colour with glossy surface. The dogs eyes are outlined in black, the ears are floppy, the mouth is slightly ajar (the inside of the mouth is painted red - not sen in my photo). The front and back legs are outstretched as if running at full speed. A lever under the dog’s chest opens and closes the mouth so that the dog looks as if it’s barking. Dimensions: L 18.2 cm × H 6.1 cm × W 3.6 cm. Dated to Late Dynasty I8, I400-I350 BC, reign of Amenhotep III who was Tutankhamun’s grandfather. The dog is mounted on a thin metal rod in a display case. In the background in the same display case is a ‘galloping’ brown horse, which is the handle of an ancient Egyptian fly whisk or light whip.
November 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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kiaspeaks.us
My favorite piece of content today.
actuallychloehayes › millennials 20h serious question for the millennials... my older cousin said she used to 'burn' cds for her crush. like... with ? was that a ritual? did it work? you guys were literally practicing witchcraft just to get a text back. i'm scared of y'all. Q 2.9K
November 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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secretlivesofgames.bsky.social
BIG NEWS:

We are no longer Eggplant. We are, simply:

The Secret Lives of Games

AND ALSO:

We've launched the first episode of All Systems Brough, a year-long, one-a-month series exploring the work of @smestorp.bsky.social. Join us and play along!

secretlives.games/all-systems-...
The Secret Lives of Games: All Systems Brough - Introduction
We're joined by Frank Lantz (Q-UP) and Mare Sheppard + Raigan Burns of Metanet (N++) for the first episode of All Systems Brough, a year-long exploration of the work of Michael Brough. We share our th...
secretlives.games
November 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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lauraehall.bsky.social
Tumblr user monchursouls posts, “Harvesting my wheat” with emojis of wheat crossed out. User rat-in-the-grain replies, “Hehehehehe”. monchursouls replies, “Can I fucking help you?”
November 20, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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jickle.net
Inkle is a true “every game is a must-play” dev for me and whatever this is I can’t wait to jump into it
inkle.co inkle @inkle.co · 4d
We don't know. What we do know is the wiring diagram works. We built it, virtually, in @godotengine.org. We fed it scans of the books we found.

And the books are very, very strange. The "game" that resulted is also strange.

We're hoping people can make sense of it for us.
TR-49 on Steam
Narrative deduction meets audio drama, from the creators of Heaven’s Vault, Overboard! and A Highland Song.
store.steampowered.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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lopatto.bsky.social
always nice to see a niche news org scoop
courtwatch.bsky.social Court Watch @courtwatch.bsky.social · 5d
So here’s the scoop: Prosecutors have charged four individuals — two Americans and two Chinese nationals with secretly smuggling hundreds of Nvidia chips and ten HP supercomputers from the US to China.
November 20, 2025 at 1:58 AM
lauraehall.bsky.social
Tumblr user monchursouls posts, “Harvesting my wheat” with emojis of wheat crossed out. User rat-in-the-grain replies, “Hehehehehe”. monchursouls replies, “Can I fucking help you?”
November 20, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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standplaatskrk.pl
"Hello, are you a UFO?" - Fox Mulder, to a black cat.
November 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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chancesp.bsky.social
Big one here, gang.

This list is the culmination of many things—8 years of reporting on local film, diving into Oregon film history during the pandemic, getting obsessed with Kelly Reichardt (though anyone can and should do that.)

Thanks for the space, WW.
wweek.com Willamette Week @wweek.com · 6d
From animated neoclassics to enamel-grinding thrillers, these are the 25 best Oregon-made movies of the past 25 years.
The Top 25 Oregon Movies of the Past 25 Years
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
www.wweek.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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alisonfisk.bsky.social
For #EpigraphyTuesday

Roman pottery with Latin inscriptions, made for wine drinking! 🍷

‘Give us wine!’
‘Fill me up!’
‘Well be to you!’

Trier Region, Late 3rd-early 4th century AD. Landesmuseum Trier 📷 by me

#Archaeology
My photo collage shows three Roman black-slipped pottery vessels with white painted Latin inscriptions and white vine-like flowing decoration set against a rich pinky-purple display case background. These so-called ‘motto beakers’, decorated with wine-themed Latin inscriptions painted in white slip, were produced in the Trier region during the mid 3rd century. They proved very popular and were exported to Britain and the Danube Top image: cylindrical cup with straight sides with narrower base. The dark, almost black surface is decorated with large white letters V M N. The inscription around the cup reads VINIVM NOBIIS DA/ Give us wine! There is a band of rope-like white ornamentation near the rim. Beneath the lettering is a vinemotif with cluster of threeroundish ‘grape’ shapes. There are visible cracks where the cup has been restored. From Trier or surroundings, 280-315 AD. Bottom left: elegant dark jug with a narrow base, rounded body, and long neck that flares outward to a broad lip. A single curved handle connects the neck to the upper body. The decoration includes the large white letters R E P and swirling white scroll ornamentation. The full inscription encircling the jug reads REPLE ME - Fill me up! From Trier, St. Matthias, 280-315 AD. Bottom right: A cylindrical beaker with a narrower base. White lettering near the top reads E N E T I B. The full inscription around the beaker reads B[ENIE T[BI S]|[T] - Well be to you! Beneath the text is a continuous vine-scroll design with stylised leaves or grapes. From Trier, Louis-Lintz-Straße, 260-270 AD.
November 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM