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Rachael (Berkman) Sinclair

@theraesin.bsky.social

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📈 Former Head of Publishing Production @ Null Games 👾 Former Private Division/T2/Bandai and more 🧐 Double Dogs 🐕🍁 Weird Frog “Lady” 🐸 Anime Cringe Enthusiast 💅 I am so tired but Still Here😴

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Rachael (Berkman) Sinclair @theraesin.bsky.social · Jun 8

Today on the Xbox Showcase 2025, I saw 3 games that I’ve directly worked on & many more that I have degrees of relation.If you get a moment, go check out these exceptional games

👻There Are No Ghosts at the Grand by Friday Sundae
🌸Beast of Reincarnation by GameFreak
⌛️Chronos: The New Dawn by Bloober

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Rachael (Berkman) Sinclair @theraesin.bsky.social · Jun 17

Week four starts today

Landscape photo of tall golden grass and trees in the presidio

My local bodega cat supervises my transaction from an old worn out swivel chair

A Shiba Inu and a black and white cardigan welsh corgi sit with their tongues out in front of the bay

A cool red and yellow rug with dozens of little intricate vignettes woven into it

Rachael (Berkman) Sinclair @theraesin.bsky.social · Jun 16

Happy Father’s Day

James Montagna @jpop.bsky.social · Jun 15

“As every game developer understands, the three basic food groups are Fritos, Cheetos, and Doritos.” — Satoru Iwata

Rachael (Berkman) Sinclair @theraesin.bsky.social · Jun 13

Week 3 kicked off yesterday

A corgi sleeping right side up and a shiba sleeping upside down

Rachael (Berkman) Sinclair @theraesin.bsky.social · Jun 11

Yesterday was layoff day 14, Week 3 begins

A curious black and white corgi sniffs an annoyed Siamese cat through a window

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Ashley Oh @ashleyoh.bsky.social · May 27

hey all, i just got laid off from my job. i have 10+ years exp in social media and gaming- worked for polygon, gamespot, rooster teeth, inverse. besides media, i’ve spent the last year working w/ devs to help market their games.

if anyone has any leads, i’d appreciate you sending them my way.

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Leanne B 🌸 @amblingpanda.bsky.social · May 28

so after an amazing month with wonderful people, the company i just started at unexpectedly laid almost everyone off.

actively seeking work in community, production in games. open to full time or contract, anything to keep a roof over our heads. thanks <3

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Rachael (Berkman) Sinclair @theraesin.bsky.social · Jun 9

Layoff day 13

A black and white cardigan corgi lays in the grass in a field in the presidio. The angle is from the back, so she looks like a very long hot dog.

A black and white cardigan corgi lays in the grass in a field in the presidio. The shot is zoomed out so you can see the field, the nearby buildings, and Karl the Fog

Rachael (Berkman) Sinclair @theraesin.bsky.social · Jun 8

Beast of Reincarnation appears to not have an official page yet, but stay tuned! Although I’m not directly involved with the project anymore in a post-Private Division world, I’m so glad to see they’re doing as beautiful a job as we’d anticipated 🌸💕

Rachael (Berkman) Sinclair @theraesin.bsky.social · Jun 8

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Cronos: The New Dawn on Steam

Cronos: The New Dawn is a pulse-pounding, third-person survival horror game where time is your deadliest weapon — and your worst enemy. Survive a brutal future, dive back in time, and stop nightmarish...

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Rachael (Berkman) Sinclair @theraesin.bsky.social · Jun 8

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There Are No Ghosts at the Grand on Steam

Inherit a crumbling English hotel and restore it by day—while battling ghosts by night. With a sardonic cat, a talking power tool, and a twisting supernatural plot, this is a musical mystery unlike an...

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Rachael (Berkman) Sinclair @theraesin.bsky.social · Jun 8

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Rachael (Berkman) Sinclair @theraesin.bsky.social · Jun 8

Layoff day 12

Rachael (Berkman) Sinclair @theraesin.bsky.social · Jun 7

Layoff day 11

A photo of a tree in Alta Plaza Park in San Francisco

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Rachael (Berkman) Sinclair @theraesin.bsky.social · Jun 6

Ok so Nyaan is just seeing into a different wormhole than Shuji and Macchu then?

Rachael (Berkman) Sinclair @theraesin.bsky.social · Jun 5

Layoff day 10

A photo of myself and another woman dining on the San Francisco Embarcadero

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Alice Ruppert 🐴🎮 @malicedafirenze.bsky.social · Jun 5

BREAKING: All the calicorns in Herdling are canonically transgender now. Happy Pride Month.

Screenshot from HERDLING: it shows a Calicorn (a big furry horned creature) wearing trans pride color decorations dangling from its horns

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Nessa ✨ @nessathewriter.bsky.social · Jun 4

I’ll buy a Switch 2 if AND ONLY IF a new Nintendogs comes out with it

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Rachael (Berkman) Sinclair @theraesin.bsky.social · Jun 5

Everyone go play a demo NOW

Coco | Dark Violet Works @darkvioletworks.bsky.social · Jun 2

Boom, baby! Dead as Disco is one of the coolest indie game demos I’ve played in forever #deadasdisco #gameart #fanart #illustration #digitalart #indiegames

A neon digital illustration of Charlie Disco, wearing sunglasses and smirking at the camera while pulling open his gold jumpsuit to reveal his muscular chest

Rachael (Berkman) Sinclair @theraesin.bsky.social · Jun 5

The best critters and creepy crawlies in the biz here

Nathan Fouts, ChainStaff Demo Out Now! @mommysbestgames.bsky.social · Jun 3

You're not gonna believe this, but the newest trailer for my game ChainStaff is in @geoffkeighley.bsky.social's Summer Game Showcase!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ll8...
"Eat Your Heart Out"