Leigh Alexander
@leighalexander.bsky.social
Story, games, procgen, bad futurism, spooky AI. Everything is narrative design
devoted homo 🌈 she/her
https://linktr.ee/leighalexander
devoted homo 🌈 she/her
https://linktr.ee/leighalexander
i can feel this happening to me
This is exactly what this new study would predict for people getting used to the TikTok format of short videos.
We train our brains on quick processing of small content chunks. In turn, deeper engagement such as reading longer texts becomes more difficult for us.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41231585/
We train our brains on quick processing of small content chunks. In turn, deeper engagement such as reading longer texts becomes more difficult for us.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41231585/
Feeds, feelings, and focus: A systematic review and meta-analysis examining the cognitive and mental health correlates of short-form video use - PubMed
The resurgence of short-form videos (SFVs), popularized by TikTok and Douyin, has transformed social media platforms, with features like Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts fostering their widespread adoption. Although initially geared toward entertainment, SFVs are increasingly used in education, po …
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
i can feel this happening to me
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John Lee Hooker with a diagram of the evolution of the Blues.
September 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
John Lee Hooker with a diagram of the evolution of the Blues.
stats for two very different stories i published this year. the decline of longform imo
November 26, 2025 at 10:58 AM
stats for two very different stories i published this year. the decline of longform imo
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“[…] This double standard suggests Steam does not treat games as art on par with film, and intervenes with censorship when an artistic vision does not align with what the platform owner considers acceptable art.” Steam’s ban of HORSES is extremely worrying for devs like us. Read, Share, Buy HORSES!
Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
November 26, 2025 at 7:51 AM
“[…] This double standard suggests Steam does not treat games as art on par with film, and intervenes with censorship when an artistic vision does not align with what the platform owner considers acceptable art.” Steam’s ban of HORSES is extremely worrying for devs like us. Read, Share, Buy HORSES!
if you’re a queer person who tries to cancel other queer people for being Problematic in their creative works I bet you never get any bitches
November 26, 2025 at 10:19 AM
if you’re a queer person who tries to cancel other queer people for being Problematic in their creative works I bet you never get any bitches
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seeing people being like "ehhh Idkkkkk horses DOES sound kinda icky, I get why it was banned" like barely 2 months after a bunch of people kicked up the wildest possible hostile campagn against _itch_ makes me feel like I'm losing my mind lol
November 26, 2025 at 1:39 AM
seeing people being like "ehhh Idkkkkk horses DOES sound kinda icky, I get why it was banned" like barely 2 months after a bunch of people kicked up the wildest possible hostile campagn against _itch_ makes me feel like I'm losing my mind lol
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Neo Cab is the App Store’s Game of the Day today- and the entire first act of our anti-capitalist cyberpunk adventure is now free to try:
apps.apple.com/us/app/neo-c...
apps.apple.com/us/app/neo-c...
November 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Neo Cab is the App Store’s Game of the Day today- and the entire first act of our anti-capitalist cyberpunk adventure is now free to try:
apps.apple.com/us/app/neo-c...
apps.apple.com/us/app/neo-c...
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new horror story about men, women, animals and appetites
please read and repost
medium.com/@leighalexan...
please read and repost
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November 10, 2025 at 6:40 AM
new horror story about men, women, animals and appetites
please read and repost
medium.com/@leighalexan...
please read and repost
medium.com/@leighalexan...
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Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
November 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
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wait until u find out about how the advertising algorithm works
Turns out this was all much ado about nothing and Google isn’t using your Gmail to train AI and if wanna turn all that stuff back on you can get your spam filters back
Looks like the article has been updated to suggest maybe they misread the policy.
I see people complaining that this also disabled their spam filters, though I still see new messages showing up in spam so it's still working fine for me after disabling things.
I see people complaining that this also disabled their spam filters, though I still see new messages showing up in spam so it's still working fine for me after disabling things.
November 23, 2025 at 8:26 AM
wait until u find out about how the advertising algorithm works
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Alright! Let's actually talk about this waterfall thing. It is an amazing showcase of many things that I adore from late 90s/early 2000s graphics.
I am replicating this in Blender through mere observation, so some things might not be fully accurate to the mind-boggling effects of the PS1.
I am replicating this in Blender through mere observation, so some things might not be fully accurate to the mind-boggling effects of the PS1.
November 22, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Alright! Let's actually talk about this waterfall thing. It is an amazing showcase of many things that I adore from late 90s/early 2000s graphics.
I am replicating this in Blender through mere observation, so some things might not be fully accurate to the mind-boggling effects of the PS1.
I am replicating this in Blender through mere observation, so some things might not be fully accurate to the mind-boggling effects of the PS1.
how beautiful... happy birthday....
November 21, 2025 at 9:35 AM
how beautiful... happy birthday....
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a world without trans people has never existed and never will
April 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
a world without trans people has never existed and never will
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The amount of people I know who have been laid off from games industry jobs and are deciding to leave games entirely as a result is not only extremely saddening (of course), but also genuinely scary. We have lost legitimately thousands of years of knowledge and experience in the last four years.
November 21, 2025 at 2:13 AM
The amount of people I know who have been laid off from games industry jobs and are deciding to leave games entirely as a result is not only extremely saddening (of course), but also genuinely scary. We have lost legitimately thousands of years of knowledge and experience in the last four years.
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You know the bubble is cooked when it can be explained like this.
November 21, 2025 at 4:18 AM
You know the bubble is cooked when it can be explained like this.
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I’m super happy to officially announce our next project, spearheaded by @threeohfour.bsky.social!
“Gilt” is a sci-fi/fantasy game about a priest haunted by a dying God.
Learn more (and wishlist!) over here:
store.steampowered.com/app/3979770
“Gilt” is a sci-fi/fantasy game about a priest haunted by a dying God.
Learn more (and wishlist!) over here:
store.steampowered.com/app/3979770
Gilt on Steam
Embark on a quest of redemption across the planet of Gilt to restore a disillusioned priest's faith, a dying God's power, and the waning hope of a people who have forgotten how to believe. A sci-fi fa...
store.steampowered.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I’m super happy to officially announce our next project, spearheaded by @threeohfour.bsky.social!
“Gilt” is a sci-fi/fantasy game about a priest haunted by a dying God.
Learn more (and wishlist!) over here:
store.steampowered.com/app/3979770
“Gilt” is a sci-fi/fantasy game about a priest haunted by a dying God.
Learn more (and wishlist!) over here:
store.steampowered.com/app/3979770
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the only good thing about genAI is that it got me to really love seeing bad art, because I know a person put in time and effort, made themselves vulnerable by showing it to others, and is trying to improve. I value that more than anything now
November 20, 2025 at 12:51 AM
the only good thing about genAI is that it got me to really love seeing bad art, because I know a person put in time and effort, made themselves vulnerable by showing it to others, and is trying to improve. I value that more than anything now
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The Museum of All Things is a) a nearly-infinite virtual museum generated from Wikipedia, and b) very clever indeed.
➡️ mayeclair.itch.io/museum-of-al...
➡️ mayeclair.itch.io/museum-of-al...
Museum of All Things by Maya Claire
An infinite virtual museum generated from wikipedia
mayeclair.itch.io
November 20, 2025 at 8:30 AM
The Museum of All Things is a) a nearly-infinite virtual museum generated from Wikipedia, and b) very clever indeed.
➡️ mayeclair.itch.io/museum-of-al...
➡️ mayeclair.itch.io/museum-of-al...
games need to look like this again wheres yall imaginations
November 19, 2025 at 8:34 AM
games need to look like this again wheres yall imaginations
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I think we lost some work because authors were afraid to show their weirdnesses, rough edges, to ask uncomfortable questions.
We can debate all day about who got cancelled and whether or not they deserved it, but one thing I have noticed is that a lot of queer YA written from ~2019-2022 has a kind of sterile after-school-special vibe where you can just tell they sanitized the fuck out of it to appease the Twitter hivemind
November 18, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I think we lost some work because authors were afraid to show their weirdnesses, rough edges, to ask uncomfortable questions.