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sisi jiang / 姜思琪

@six6jiang.bsky.social

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they/them/他 senior games writer // former hoyoverse scriptwriter // ex-kotaku reporter // 3x award nominated game developer // forbes 30u30 // midautumn game is my baby

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sisi jiang / 姜思琪 @six6jiang.bsky.social · 4h

not super thrilled by how heavy my line weights are by default but it’s also how i drew as a teenager sooooooooo i wonder if im too old to change…

sisi jiang / 姜思琪 @six6jiang.bsky.social · 4h

nobody judge me for not having drawn anything in literal years but i have to start somewhere (google images)

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sisi jiang / 姜思琪 @six6jiang.bsky.social · 7h

drawing is fixing my anxiety and depression because i’m getting so mad at the results that i want to buy a sketchbook and draw 1562957838478 naked bodies until i’m not ass at drawing elbows anymore

sisi jiang / 姜思琪 @six6jiang.bsky.social · 9h

in all sincerity i think seeing a year of horrible AI slop art has convinced me i need to be making more art even if it looks bad because at least i made it

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sisi jiang / 姜思琪 @six6jiang.bsky.social · 9h

tried to get back into digital painting but i bought an apple pencil that was incompatible with my ipad model.

this is why it’s never a good idea to try new things. stay in a cycle of old habits forever.

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sisi jiang / 姜思琪 @six6jiang.bsky.social · 14h

unless it was funded by AIPAC i’m not sure they would be able to afford those townhomes

sisi jiang / 姜思琪 @six6jiang.bsky.social · 14h

i’m losing it at “prospect park is filled with drones!!” also WHY ARE THEY IN BROOKLYN. YUPPIE BROOKLYN EVEN, NOT INDUSTRIAL SUNSET PARK BROOKLYN WHERE I FEEL LIKE IT WOULD BE EASIER TO HIDE BIG TOYS

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sisi jiang / 姜思琪 @six6jiang.bsky.social · 14h

ahhhh minimum parking requirements, the devil

sisi jiang / 姜思琪 @six6jiang.bsky.social · 14h

(shocked pikachu) you guys weren’t allowed to build housing near public transit?

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sisi jiang / 姜思琪 @six6jiang.bsky.social · 16h

remember when lefties were worried obama was going to co-opt zohran when he won’t even claim him publicly lmfao

sisi jiang / 姜思琪 @six6jiang.bsky.social · 16h

this skeet is SO loud

sisi jiang / 姜思琪 @six6jiang.bsky.social · 16h

just checked out murakami’s latest book at the library. read his description of a teenage girl in the first chapter, and then immediately checked the book back in. somehow i thought he would have outgrown this literary trait of his 😭 it’s ok i can read the other books i found

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sisi jiang / 姜思琪 @six6jiang.bsky.social · 18h

(laughs until i cry) now imagine blogging about video games and gender/race/sexuality at the yellow website

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sisi jiang / 姜思琪 @six6jiang.bsky.social · 18h

i feel like we’re way past this point because of gamergate lol

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

The Attorney General of New York was just indicted by our tinpot dictator

Letitia James criminally charged in Trump’s latest effort to punish rivals

Prosecutor who sought charges was installed amid Trump frustrations with pace of investigations against rivals

www.theguardian.com

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sisi jiang / 姜思琪 @six6jiang.bsky.social · 1d

extremely upset that this is how i found out bari weiss is a queer woman, no wonder conservatives adore her

sisi jiang / 姜思琪 @six6jiang.bsky.social · 1d

the next time we meet ill bring you the largest mountain dew to complete the humiliation ritual

sisi jiang / 姜思琪 @six6jiang.bsky.social · 1d

dw gio no matter what u post u will always be Mountain Dew Man to me… which may be worse actually?

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sisi jiang / 姜思琪 @six6jiang.bsky.social · 1d

just extremely grotesque to see how many people don’t believe writers should prioritize being able to pay their rent, just as they would prioritize paying theirs

sisi jiang / 姜思琪 @six6jiang.bsky.social · 1d

i hate the talking point of “game journalists should help indies” first of all press is not here to help devs they are here to feed their families, second of all how dare— (i am dragged away by all of my well meaning friends)

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sisi jiang / 姜思琪 @six6jiang.bsky.social · 1d

thanks but dw at the time of publication a lot of PR people (whose livelihoods directly hinged on being able to pitch well) were glad to have a no-nonsense guide

sisi jiang / 姜思琪 @six6jiang.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sorry I'm sorry I won't be better I won't improve and that is a promise

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sisi jiang / 姜思琪 @six6jiang.bsky.social · 1d

you know what i should be nice. so in 2022 i asked my editors if i could write an indie guide to pitching a mainstream pub like kotaku and they said yes.

this might be outdated info but also i think indies do kind of suffer from having No money to hire real PR so here's me evening the playing field

What a Kotaku Reviewer Wants Indie Devs To Know About Pitching

A too-honest guide to getting my attention

medium.com

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sisi jiang / 姜思琪 @six6jiang.bsky.social · 1d

game journalists are not supposed to help marketing and publishers/studios as its own goal, that is antithetical to the professional standards of journalism. if you make some sales off our articles that’s nice but it’s not the reason we hit publish.

sisi jiang / 姜思琪 @six6jiang.bsky.social · 1d

yes i know i’ve reviewed many indie games as a full time permanent writer at kotaku lol but the point is that you can’t expect everyone in such a high turnover field to be able to hit that sweet spot every time and also re: nobody has jobs right now

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