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Part-time author, full-time nerd. Over 18. https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/45838921.Samantha_Crawford https://archiveofourown.org/users/SamanthaCrawfordAO3

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Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · Feb 1

My anime-inspired yuri (lesbian) novel is now free on AO3!

As a child, chess prodigy Reina made a promise with her first friend Miyuki: to one day play again. A decade later, the two are reunited as members of the board games club - but Miyuki has forgotten her.

archiveofourown.org/works/626674...

The cover of the novel "Meeple Memoir" depicting a close-up of two girls' intertwined hands.

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Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · May 29

Fuck JK Rowling. Fuck Harry Potter (piece of shit franchise). And honestly, fuck you if you support either of them.

This is what "but muh childhood" has directly led to: an organization dedicated to REMOVING RIGHTS FROM PEOPLE.

You can not be a HP fan and not be transphobic anymore. It's a choice

J.K. Rowling uses Harry Potter wealth to fund anti-transgender organization

This is where "Harry Potter" profits are going.

www.advocate.com

Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · May 19

I wasn't Biden's biggest fan, but it's obvious he did what he could in a few really bad situations. And he has more than earned a peaceful retirement.

As a cancer survivor myself, I wish him a full recovery. And if you wish him anything less, regardless of your politics, go fuck yourself.

Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · May 19

There's something profoundly fucked up in seeing Libeals hoping for Biden's death while Trump's message about it was polite and respectful.

When you have less basic decency than DONALD FUCKING TRUMP you need to take a step back and take a hard look at yourself in the mirror.

Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · May 19

Republicans literally tied aid to Israel in packages with aid to Ukraine. And despite this, he still provided as much humanitarian aid to Palestine as possible. He built a port there just for this purpose. But I guess this wasn't good enough so now we hope for cancer to kill him? That's who we are?

Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · May 19

Seeing liberals wishing for cancer to kill Biden has got to be one of the most disgusting things I've ever seen in my life.

"But because of him Palestine--"

He was locked into a Republican-controlled pro-Israel Congress AND a pre-existing defense contract with Israel. What was he supposed to do?

Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · May 18

Tim Minchin - Fuck the pope song

YouTube video by Atheist Comedy

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Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · May 8

Fuck the motherfucker

Tim Minchin - Fuck the motherfuckin POPE 720p FUNNY AS HELL (Anti child rape song)

YouTube video by AllGlitchdOut

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Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · May 8

Big congratulations to Pope Leo XIV! May he long continue his proud tradition of shielding sexual abusers around the globe!

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Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · May 6

I barely remember I have it most of the time lmao. But honestly, it's the algorithm. Never see anything interesting, and my posts get 0 engagement. You have to put in the work to connect with people by hand, and even then you won't see a lot of posts from them. No wonder people are leaving.

Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · May 5

It depends on what reader you use. I use Moon+ Reader on my tablet, and that one is EXTREMELY customizable. You can entirely remove the spaces between paragraphs if you want. The downside is that it's paid, but it's included in Play Pass if you have that sub.

Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · May 5

Danganronpa is VERY different from AA. I also went into it expecting it to be a wackier version of AA, but the two games have nothing at all in common besides both being about murder mysteries and featuring trials. Not too much overlap between those fanbases for a reason.

Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · May 5

Never got into Paradise Killer myself. I think the fact that it takes place in a completely different world that plays by entirely different rules you need to figure out (not just "hey ghosts exist" but different laws of reality) was a big turn-off for me. But I guess it's a pro for other people.

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Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · May 5

"Okay, it took 6 years for us to get a sequel to Apollo Justice, but that's because they were switching to a new engine on new hardware. And look, it only took 3 years for Dual Destinies to get a sequel! Surely we're getting AA7 even sooner!" - Me being hliariously optimistic nearly a decade ago

Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · May 5

Fun fact: The 2025 game #SouthOfMidnight features this line of dialogue that a paid writer thought was dramatic and sad

Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · May 4

Honestly, them capitalizing on their back catalog not just through retro collections (like the spectacular Atari 50) but also through retro revivals (like Yars Rising) was 100% the right call. I hope we'll keep seeing more of that.

Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · May 4

Speaking of Ben Affleck commentary tracks - the Daredevil one is AMAZING. The director sounds very proud of what he has achieved, but is also extremely honest about what he was forced to change, remove or add by the studio. He likes the movie, but clearly wishes it could have been so much more.

Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · May 4

"Game for gooners" has lost all meaning nowadays. If Twitter was around in 1996 they'd say Tomb Raider was also a game for gooners lmao. Having attractive people in your game doesn't disqualify it from also being peak, as we've seen many times. Stellar Blade also comes to mind.

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Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · May 4

I'm not exaggerating when I say that the developer recording the dialogue on their phone is LITERALLY better than using AI voice gen. At least there's a certain charm to that, even if it doesn't sound great - and sometimes it does sound great. Never heard an AI voice sound great.

Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · May 4

I can legit ALWAYS tell with AI, and instantly at that. AI writing? I always think it's bad, but can't always tell it's AI. AI art? Most of the time I can tell, sometimes I can't, but that's relatively rare.

AI voices? ALWAYS. Instantly. And it always breaks immersion. I immediately refund.

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Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · May 4

The girl on the left is 16 btw. Same deal as when people complained Bella Ramsey playing 14 year old Ellie wasn't hot enough.

Ultimately all roads of anti-wokeness inevitably lead to pedophilia. The Venn diagram of racists, homophobes, and pedos in nerd circles is a circle. Prove me wrong.

Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · May 2

Fanatical and Humble Choice routinely put out bundles with great games for $1-3 a pop. And even on console, a year of waiting already shows you discounts between 50% and 80%.

The strange thing is how we've been putting up with $70 releases for the past 5 years.

Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · May 2

By the way, not only is the game now COMPLETELY broken on Deck, but also, trying to play it on PC reveals the save data wasn't properly synced to the cloud, so I'd have to start from scratch. Bye-bye, 10 hours.

Eugh.

Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · May 2

Man I fucking love it when a game I already put 10 hours into on Steam Deck just suddenly refuses to launch with no explanation or fix. It's very funny and cool. I wish every game just randomly broke for no reason.

Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · May 2

Even if it is, it's a long, long way off. Final Fantasy IX remake first leaked in 2021, still no sight of in. FFVII Remake was announced in 2015 (after being rumored since 2012) and only came out in 2019. Assuming CT gets a proper remake and not a "pixel remaster" we're not seeing it in the 2020s :/

Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · May 2

I mean, that's a good thing, isn't it? It doesn't mean that Xbox players are less committed, just that a lot more are giving the game a shot (and subsequently realizing it's not for them). I'd rather think of all the people who weren't gonna play it at all, then gave it a shot on GP and loved it.

Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · May 2

I really like the Steam Deck and do think it's overall a better deal than a Switch (or a Switch 2, lol), but I've had so many fucking technical issues with it so often that I COMPLETELY get why the Switch 2 will outsell it within its first year on the market. Why can't shit just WORK?!?