Paul ✍🏻 Dean (Holiday mode)
@paullicino.bsky.social
Nebula-nominated writer/games designer in Vancouver, BC - Pacific Drive, Paranoia, Magical Kitties, Zafir, Feng Shui, Maia, OMQ etc. Did acres of games journalism. He/him. 🏳️🌈 🍉 (I don't regularly check notifs, email in Linktree!).
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I can't believe we're nominated for a NEBULA AWARD FOR GAME WRITING. I'm stunned! This is beyond my wildest dreams. 😭
So much of this is my stellar Narrative Lead @karriebear.bsky.social and, truly, the entire Pacific Drive team has earned this accolade. 🎉 @ironwood.bsky.social it was a privilege!
So much of this is my stellar Narrative Lead @karriebear.bsky.social and, truly, the entire Pacific Drive team has earned this accolade. 🎉 @ironwood.bsky.social it was a privilege!
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Don't forget to mark your calendars! Stumptmas is SOON.
12 days worth of fun and charity.
It starts Wednesday December 3rd 10am PT - through Sunday December 14th 6pm PT. And we're raising money for @doctorswithoutborders.org.
Help us beat last year's total of $92k!
www.twitch.tv/stumptgamers
12 days worth of fun and charity.
It starts Wednesday December 3rd 10am PT - through Sunday December 14th 6pm PT. And we're raising money for @doctorswithoutborders.org.
Help us beat last year's total of $92k!
www.twitch.tv/stumptgamers
November 22, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Don't forget to mark your calendars! Stumptmas is SOON.
12 days worth of fun and charity.
It starts Wednesday December 3rd 10am PT - through Sunday December 14th 6pm PT. And we're raising money for @doctorswithoutborders.org.
Help us beat last year's total of $92k!
www.twitch.tv/stumptgamers
12 days worth of fun and charity.
It starts Wednesday December 3rd 10am PT - through Sunday December 14th 6pm PT. And we're raising money for @doctorswithoutborders.org.
Help us beat last year's total of $92k!
www.twitch.tv/stumptgamers
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just incredibly thrilled to announce that after months and months of uncertainty over the future of the game, and several I have bought Zombies, Run!, the game I co-created and have been making for the past 12 years:
zombiesrungame.com
observer.co.uk/the-critics/...
zombiesrungame.com
observer.co.uk/the-critics/...
I’m a novelist who’s just bought a video games company. Here’s why you should care about games writing | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 6:08 AM
just incredibly thrilled to announce that after months and months of uncertainty over the future of the game, and several I have bought Zombies, Run!, the game I co-created and have been making for the past 12 years:
zombiesrungame.com
observer.co.uk/the-critics/...
zombiesrungame.com
observer.co.uk/the-critics/...
Absolutely fucking batshit insane that Lyft is not only charging a waiting fee now, but that they charge by the second.
My driver had to wait seventeen seconds for me to find and get in his car? Unacceptable!
My driver had to wait seventeen seconds for me to find and get in his car? Unacceptable!
November 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Absolutely fucking batshit insane that Lyft is not only charging a waiting fee now, but that they charge by the second.
My driver had to wait seventeen seconds for me to find and get in his car? Unacceptable!
My driver had to wait seventeen seconds for me to find and get in his car? Unacceptable!
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It's so freaking funny that people are crashing out about a joke anyone who sees that screen would independently think of to the point someone has to share metadata from their joke to prove they thought of it
So I went Full Journalism and think I've discovered why several folks have shared the same image saying "Writer" isn't a valid job.
It's from a medical screening questionnaire. Here's my explainer! BUT ALSO here's a link to the metadata from my original image.
www.metadata2go.com/result#j=843...
It's from a medical screening questionnaire. Here's my explainer! BUT ALSO here's a link to the metadata from my original image.
www.metadata2go.com/result#j=843...
November 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
It's so freaking funny that people are crashing out about a joke anyone who sees that screen would independently think of to the point someone has to share metadata from their joke to prove they thought of it
So I went Full Journalism and think I've discovered why several folks have shared the same image saying "Writer" isn't a valid job.
It's from a medical screening questionnaire. Here's my explainer! BUT ALSO here's a link to the metadata from my original image.
www.metadata2go.com/result#j=843...
It's from a medical screening questionnaire. Here's my explainer! BUT ALSO here's a link to the metadata from my original image.
www.metadata2go.com/result#j=843...
November 23, 2025 at 5:08 PM
So I went Full Journalism and think I've discovered why several folks have shared the same image saying "Writer" isn't a valid job.
It's from a medical screening questionnaire. Here's my explainer! BUT ALSO here's a link to the metadata from my original image.
www.metadata2go.com/result#j=843...
It's from a medical screening questionnaire. Here's my explainer! BUT ALSO here's a link to the metadata from my original image.
www.metadata2go.com/result#j=843...
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
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Anna Yarmoliuk (Ukrainian Artist, born 1977)
"Time to go Home", 2010.
Oil Pastels on Cardboard, 35 × 50 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
"Time to go Home", 2010.
Oil Pastels on Cardboard, 35 × 50 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
November 21, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Anna Yarmoliuk (Ukrainian Artist, born 1977)
"Time to go Home", 2010.
Oil Pastels on Cardboard, 35 × 50 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
"Time to go Home", 2010.
Oil Pastels on Cardboard, 35 × 50 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
We're back at it again in just half an hour! Join me on Twitch for some HROT at 1pm Pacific time, for what may be my last stream until December!
twitch.tv/paullicino
twitch.tv/paullicino
November 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
We're back at it again in just half an hour! Join me on Twitch for some HROT at 1pm Pacific time, for what may be my last stream until December!
twitch.tv/paullicino
twitch.tv/paullicino
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happy transgender day of remembrance
thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly
please live 💜
thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly
please live 💜
November 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
happy transgender day of remembrance
thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly
please live 💜
thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly
please live 💜
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1/ Vancouver, you showed up last night and left me inspired.
The stories shared, the passion in the room, and the collective refusal to accept a rotten deal – it’s all a necessary reminder that we're not alone in this fight against a system rigged for the rich.
The stories shared, the passion in the room, and the collective refusal to accept a rotten deal – it’s all a necessary reminder that we're not alone in this fight against a system rigged for the rich.
November 20, 2025 at 2:29 AM
1/ Vancouver, you showed up last night and left me inspired.
The stories shared, the passion in the room, and the collective refusal to accept a rotten deal – it’s all a necessary reminder that we're not alone in this fight against a system rigged for the rich.
The stories shared, the passion in the room, and the collective refusal to accept a rotten deal – it’s all a necessary reminder that we're not alone in this fight against a system rigged for the rich.
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This is RIGHT NOW
A Shell in the Pit is so god damn good at what they do and a pleasure to work with, tune in!!
A Shell in the Pit is so god damn good at what they do and a pleasure to work with, tune in!!
Join us today at 1pm PST on twitch (www.twitch.tv/ashellinthep...) for a #behindthesounds stream of @ironwood.bsky.social's Pacific Drive DLC! 👁️
We'll be talking scary sounds with @mcsaudio.bsky.social @milliewissar.bsky.social and @emaudible.bsky.social
We'll be talking scary sounds with @mcsaudio.bsky.social @milliewissar.bsky.social and @emaudible.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This is RIGHT NOW
A Shell in the Pit is so god damn good at what they do and a pleasure to work with, tune in!!
A Shell in the Pit is so god damn good at what they do and a pleasure to work with, tune in!!
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Happy 40th birthday to Bill Waterson’s ‘Calvin and Hobbes’. A work of consummate, stubborn, human, and more-than-human art.
November 18, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Happy 40th birthday to Bill Waterson’s ‘Calvin and Hobbes’. A work of consummate, stubborn, human, and more-than-human art.
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Love to play games alone in my empty house, trading sick comebacks with an algorithm
November 16, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Love to play games alone in my empty house, trading sick comebacks with an algorithm
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Incredibly honored to see a second edition of this zine. Amazing work again! Check it out.
The Palimpsest: Labors of November zine is available and free to download now!
Explore the labors, harvests, and celebrations of Tassing through our digital fanzine full of art and writing by Pentiment fans.
Download on: palimpsestzine.itch.io/palimpsest-l...
Explore the labors, harvests, and celebrations of Tassing through our digital fanzine full of art and writing by Pentiment fans.
Download on: palimpsestzine.itch.io/palimpsest-l...
November 16, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Incredibly honored to see a second edition of this zine. Amazing work again! Check it out.
Oh my goodness, this is today! Aaaaa!
See you soon, everyone!
See you soon, everyone!
This weekend I'll be a guest at @wcsfa.bsky.social's CONnections, the spec fic convention in Burnaby, BC! I'll be joining a host of authors, poets and artists as I once again talk about the craft. Come along and say hello!
wcsfa.org/events/2025-...
wcsfa.org/events/2025-...
CONnections – Guests - West Coast Speculative Fiction Association
CONnections About Guests Vendors Schedule Getting There Connect With Our Guests! This event couldn’t happen without the many guests who come and partic...
wcsfa.org
November 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Oh my goodness, this is today! Aaaaa!
See you soon, everyone!
See you soon, everyone!
Streaming this terrific game again today! Find out in half an hour IF I'M HROT OR NOT!
twitch.tv/paullicino
twitch.tv/paullicino
November 14, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Streaming this terrific game again today! Find out in half an hour IF I'M HROT OR NOT!
twitch.tv/paullicino
twitch.tv/paullicino
We're launching into a brand new video game for today's stream, with the unusual, peculiar eastern European retro-FPS HROT! I have NO IDEA what to expect. Join us at 1pm Pacific Time!
twitch.tv/paullicino
twitch.tv/paullicino
a computer screen shows a typewriter that says consul on the front
Alt: A strange screenshot from the video game HROT, showing a typewriter, for some reason...
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Opossum wants to know:
Why‘s it always a spot just outta reach?
Why‘s it always a spot just outta reach?
November 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Opossum wants to know:
Why‘s it always a spot just outta reach?
Why‘s it always a spot just outta reach?
We're launching into a brand new video game for today's stream, with the unusual, peculiar eastern European retro-FPS HROT! I have NO IDEA what to expect. Join us at 1pm Pacific Time!
twitch.tv/paullicino
twitch.tv/paullicino
a computer screen shows a typewriter that says consul on the front
Alt: A strange screenshot from the video game HROT, showing a typewriter, for some reason...
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:10 PM
We're launching into a brand new video game for today's stream, with the unusual, peculiar eastern European retro-FPS HROT! I have NO IDEA what to expect. Join us at 1pm Pacific Time!
twitch.tv/paullicino
twitch.tv/paullicino
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I wonder if Rockstar leadership envisaged this kind of response when they decided to fire 30+ workers in a union?
Video game giant Rockstar has sacked more than 30 workers across the UK, including my constituents working at their Edinburgh office. I urged Ministers to support workers who have lost their jobs, and stop this from happening again.
November 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I wonder if Rockstar leadership envisaged this kind of response when they decided to fire 30+ workers in a union?
We made a
*terrible*
mistake when we decided to gender clothing.
*terrible*
mistake when we decided to gender clothing.
November 13, 2025 at 3:18 AM
We made a
*terrible*
mistake when we decided to gender clothing.
*terrible*
mistake when we decided to gender clothing.
"I can't believe you're a straight, cis man!"
Well, this is how identity works: I tell you what I am and then you believe me.
Otherwise, we're kind of at an impasse, aren't we?
Well, this is how identity works: I tell you what I am and then you believe me.
Otherwise, we're kind of at an impasse, aren't we?
November 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM
"I can't believe you're a straight, cis man!"
Well, this is how identity works: I tell you what I am and then you believe me.
Otherwise, we're kind of at an impasse, aren't we?
Well, this is how identity works: I tell you what I am and then you believe me.
Otherwise, we're kind of at an impasse, aren't we?
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there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
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oo free robot with every crime
in a long life filled with saying stupid shit this is may be the stupidest shit he's ever said
November 11, 2025 at 8:52 PM
oo free robot with every crime
My grandfather, who fought Nazis and fascists for five years, and who watched others die doing so, during his deployments across some of Europe's most important naval theatres. My whole family tree is literally shaped by his periods of shore leave.
November 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
My grandfather, who fought Nazis and fascists for five years, and who watched others die doing so, during his deployments across some of Europe's most important naval theatres. My whole family tree is literally shaped by his periods of shore leave.