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leyla mamedova ✨
@leylses.bsky.social
games producer (current: PM in Big Tech™, frmr: ZOS, genvid). office goth, musician, illustrator, plagued by the buffalo sabres.

personal acct. posts like a step-dad.
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hi! i'm leyla!

💼 producer/creative pipeline specialist in video games (ex-zenimax online, genvid)
🖋 writes video game case studies: medium.com/@leylamamart
🎤 half of mortified pod w/ @aavoigt.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/@mortifiedpod
✨ ex-professional illustrator
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It’s so annoying how people in power only reach across aisles if there’s power on the other side. Ask them to reach out to poor people, brown people, queer people, or disabled people, and it’s crickets.
November 26, 2025 at 6:54 AM
thanksgiving round 2 and 2.5 this week:

got invited to a friend's house day-of so going to make apple cinnamon rolls (slight modification of this recipe: sallysbakingaddiction.com/apple-cinnam...), brussels sprouts (ranasrecipe.com/recipe/roast...), and gonna bring over some of my garlic confit
November 26, 2025 at 6:37 AM
i love to have ashley norton on while doing chores bc occasionally a phrase like "captain hook is here and he has a glock" will fully Take Me Out

youtu.be/dUCudnaM5-I?...
once upon a time is my favorite disaster | a deep dive
YouTube video by Ashley Norton
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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November 26, 2025 at 1:18 AM
can you imagine how funny it is to be the boyfriend right now. his commitment to the bit has paid off stupendously
ign.com IGN @ign.com · 14h
In the craziest celebrity interview this year, Underworld star Kate Beckinsale says her daughter's boyfriend has laid two eggs. https://bit.ly/3K5LLdb
November 26, 2025 at 1:14 AM
as a long time glass animals fan i was jazzed and surprised to hear heat waves on store radio after that song made it big. consider me pleased but Shook to hear a deep cut from their first album at the homegoods
November 26, 2025 at 1:11 AM
tired: ending your 1:1 with your boss with a polite goodbye and a well-wish for the holidays

wired: ending your 1:1 with your boss by getting hot sauce in your eye
November 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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i love hockey
November 25, 2025 at 7:10 PM
what i am discovering is that there is Something about act 3 that shuts down my grindset brain so despite my best efforts i did have to come to terms with the fact that i am finite, joy-seeking creature and therefore need to turn a damage multiplier mod on to finish the game
i haven't played silksong in like a month what are the chances i beat skarrsinger karmelita tn
November 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
all hail Big Dino
watching the new defunctland and big dino is probably the coolest thing ever
November 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
another group that's come out (at least in part) from the layoffs that impacted ZOS this summer. excited to see what they get up to!
We are Ironroot Games, a brand new independent game studio created by friends that want to make incredible games. Our team has come together to tell stories rooted in years of combined industry experience. Our first project is in development. ironrootgames.com
Ironroot Games
Ironroot Games is a studio founded by seasoned AAA developers who believe great games grow from great developer culture. As a community-driven studio, we commit to empowering creative ownership for cr...
ironrootgames.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
does everyone know about my favorite website, ismercuryinretrograde.com?
November 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
i bought a tiny crock pot on clearance ages ago but it doesnt get a ton of use so today i threw some chopped up boneless pork ribs in there with a simple marinade. let's see what happens
November 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
i'm doing portraits from reference for my dailies but im trying a New Process and man it's whipping my ass in a huge way. one of my fav things about my own work from my anim days is how FAST i was ... but only w/ gesture. it's such a slog for me to finish an illustration. trying to fix that
November 25, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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I don’t know what’s wrong with me but I’m sure this four hour Defunctland video essay will fix me.
November 25, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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"there are no third spaces anymore" wrong. blast furnace
November 25, 2025 at 12:59 AM
i haven't played silksong in like a month what are the chances i beat skarrsinger karmelita tn
November 25, 2025 at 12:42 AM
this is legitimately one of my fav episodes out of our entire near-200 episode backlog. some of our best analysis and perhaps more importantly, our best bullying.
On this week's episode of Mortified, me and @leylses.bsky.social revisit one of our favorite episodes- our coverage of the 2022 horror game "Iron Lung!" Remember when I got so sweaty I had to change my pants?
Mortified! The Throwback Quest: Efficient Blood Ocean Cruising (Iron Lung)
YouTube video by Mortified! The Friendship Quest
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November 24, 2025 at 11:37 PM
November 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
nothing has been a testament to the fact that i eat Pretty Healthy generally than the way my body has responded to this weekend of Holiday Eats
November 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
i'm about halfway through this new defunctland video and i'm about to start recommending it to every narrative designer i work, as so far i feel like i've watched an incredibly in-depth case study on narrative design techniques and principles, as well as the constaints of working within corporate IP
So you made a robot stand up and talk... now what? In this over 4-hour journey, Kevin follows the promise of Disney's Living Character Initiative, an effort to populate Disney theme parks with free-roaming, interactive beings. It was touted as the future. How's it going? Watch here: bit.ly/49C6vng
November 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
end my stupid baka life
November 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
i think my goal for 2026 is gonna be to figure out a way to keep my phone out of my bedroom overnight. checking it first thing in the morning has been doing nothing but tanking my mood
November 24, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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But I knew I could do this. (I hoped I could do this. I had been wondering a lot about my judgment lately.)
November 24, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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My friends please wishlist our game it’s coming out soon and we want you to play it!!!
We've been quiet because we wanted to make sure this time. VideoHole: Episode II releases October 23rd!

#indiegame #indiedev
September 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM