Callum Rakestraw
@crakestraw.xyz
I write about videogames. Reviews Editor at Entertainium.co. He/him.
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Callum Rakestraw
@crakestraw.xyz
· Jun 1
It's Bi Visibility Day, so good excuse as any to post this wonderful art I got from @sleepingwoolf.bsky.social a while back
It's Pride Month (happy Pride!) so it's time to post this again
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Please save us!!
linktr.ee/wylder
We need 6k, right now, for an offered van to survive. We just lost most of our income & need a car to survive now.
Then I need to immediately raise more for root canals as Im circling the drain health wise.
linktr.ee/wylder
We need 6k, right now, for an offered van to survive. We just lost most of our income & need a car to survive now.
Then I need to immediately raise more for root canals as Im circling the drain health wise.
December 19, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Please save us!!
linktr.ee/wylder
We need 6k, right now, for an offered van to survive. We just lost most of our income & need a car to survive now.
Then I need to immediately raise more for root canals as Im circling the drain health wise.
linktr.ee/wylder
We need 6k, right now, for an offered van to survive. We just lost most of our income & need a car to survive now.
Then I need to immediately raise more for root canals as Im circling the drain health wise.
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Hi friends!
Virtue's Heaven is 20% off on Steam!
If strange Metroidvanias, fast-paced movement heavy action games, or games that explore our current, strange and desperate times sound interesting to you, please give it a look!
store.steampowered.com/app/1929860/...
Virtue's Heaven is 20% off on Steam!
If strange Metroidvanias, fast-paced movement heavy action games, or games that explore our current, strange and desperate times sound interesting to you, please give it a look!
store.steampowered.com/app/1929860/...
Save 20% on Virtue's Heaven on Steam
The world ends tomorrow, your friends are imprisoned and those responsible for both have stolen the future. The time for deliberation is over. It is time to be reckless, irresponsible and beautiful.
store.steampowered.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Hi friends!
Virtue's Heaven is 20% off on Steam!
If strange Metroidvanias, fast-paced movement heavy action games, or games that explore our current, strange and desperate times sound interesting to you, please give it a look!
store.steampowered.com/app/1929860/...
Virtue's Heaven is 20% off on Steam!
If strange Metroidvanias, fast-paced movement heavy action games, or games that explore our current, strange and desperate times sound interesting to you, please give it a look!
store.steampowered.com/app/1929860/...
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Me and @ripcheato.bsky.social are raising money to restore our bathroom after the floor caved in and a contractor demolished it and ran with the money. It's xmas season, my hand is broken, we just moved in a friend in need, and we have no bathroom. RTs appreciated!!
gofund.me/b9eebfd52
gofund.me/b9eebfd52
December 18, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Me and @ripcheato.bsky.social are raising money to restore our bathroom after the floor caved in and a contractor demolished it and ran with the money. It's xmas season, my hand is broken, we just moved in a friend in need, and we have no bathroom. RTs appreciated!!
gofund.me/b9eebfd52
gofund.me/b9eebfd52
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I’m so sorry, I know budgets are tight around the holidays, but I am still drowning in debt from all this and truly anything helps..
I’m also reaching to a point where I need to restock on food and hygienic supplies..
Thank you so much for anything, even for just reposting.
ko-fi.com/bixbyte
I’m also reaching to a point where I need to restock on food and hygienic supplies..
Thank you so much for anything, even for just reposting.
ko-fi.com/bixbyte
December 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I’m so sorry, I know budgets are tight around the holidays, but I am still drowning in debt from all this and truly anything helps..
I’m also reaching to a point where I need to restock on food and hygienic supplies..
Thank you so much for anything, even for just reposting.
ko-fi.com/bixbyte
I’m also reaching to a point where I need to restock on food and hygienic supplies..
Thank you so much for anything, even for just reposting.
ko-fi.com/bixbyte
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this genuinely guts me to have to do, but i am having a massive dental emergency and i need help. i can’t eat or sleep and i can’t go on like this. if you can give anything at all, it means the world. shares are also greatly appreciated.
gofund.me/7ae0b4f26
gofund.me/7ae0b4f26
Donate to Help Spots Get Emergency Dental Care, organized by Kez Roether
howdy! if you’re reading this, you probably know me as spots from the internet. well,… Kez Roether needs your support for Help Spots Get Emergency Dental Care
gofund.me
December 17, 2025 at 11:57 PM
this genuinely guts me to have to do, but i am having a massive dental emergency and i need help. i can’t eat or sleep and i can’t go on like this. if you can give anything at all, it means the world. shares are also greatly appreciated.
gofund.me/7ae0b4f26
gofund.me/7ae0b4f26
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Death of a Wish is 50% off, lowest price ever!! Get it bundled with Born of a Dream for a nice holiday action rpg catholic horror experience!
December 19, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Death of a Wish is 50% off, lowest price ever!! Get it bundled with Born of a Dream for a nice holiday action rpg catholic horror experience!
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December 18, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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If we get 100 new subs by the end of the year we'll be adding at least one Final Romantasy fan fic into the Final Fantasy x Politics issue courtesy of @derekkinsman.com. Make him regret it folks!
Subscribe to Unwinnable before the end of the year and get all the 2025 issues free! That's twelve issues of Unwinnable Monthly AND twelve issues of Exploits for five clams. Feed your brain over the holidays!
unwinnable.com/subscribe/
(@unwinnable.com)
unwinnable.com/subscribe/
(@unwinnable.com)
December 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
If we get 100 new subs by the end of the year we'll be adding at least one Final Romantasy fan fic into the Final Fantasy x Politics issue courtesy of @derekkinsman.com. Make him regret it folks!
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December 17, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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We're back to needing food, we have no usable protein, no bread, just chicken broth atm. Please donate even $5 to help us if you can spare it. ko-fi.com/farronox/goa... farronox.carrd.co #MutualAid #Helpsky 💸💕 #KoFi
December 16, 2025 at 8:43 PM
We're back to needing food, we have no usable protein, no bread, just chicken broth atm. Please donate even $5 to help us if you can spare it. ko-fi.com/farronox/goa... farronox.carrd.co #MutualAid #Helpsky 💸💕 #KoFi
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New by me at The A.V. Club!
I got to do my first ~Preview~ piece and take a look at the playtest for ABOUT FISHING, the new super atmospheric game from the developer who brought us the inimitable Arctic Eggs!
Go read it!!
I got to do my first ~Preview~ piece and take a look at the playtest for ABOUT FISHING, the new super atmospheric game from the developer who brought us the inimitable Arctic Eggs!
Go read it!!
The Arctic Eggs developers are back with About Fishing, a surreal fishing game that's equal parts Dreamcast and David Lynch. www.avclub.com/about-fishin...
The Lynchian About Fishing reels in the dread beneath the familiar
The Arctic Eggs developers are back with About Fishing, a surreal fishing game that's equal parts Dreamcast and David Lynch.
www.avclub.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:57 PM
New by me at The A.V. Club!
I got to do my first ~Preview~ piece and take a look at the playtest for ABOUT FISHING, the new super atmospheric game from the developer who brought us the inimitable Arctic Eggs!
Go read it!!
I got to do my first ~Preview~ piece and take a look at the playtest for ABOUT FISHING, the new super atmospheric game from the developer who brought us the inimitable Arctic Eggs!
Go read it!!
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folks please call your congresspeople about this ASAP, this is draconian and evil
Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that bans gender-affirming medical care for any transgender person under 18, and threatens any medical professional providing this care to youth with 10 years in prison.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Protect Trans Care Now
As wave after wave of extreme measures to criminalize and strip trans people of rights and safety continue, tell Congress to act.
action.aclu.org
December 16, 2025 at 9:40 PM
folks please call your congresspeople about this ASAP, this is draconian and evil
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"look we're not using AI in the final product we're just using it to speed up the conceptual stage" is what a lot of dopes affecting an enlightened middle position keep saying. I truly do not get that one. You hate imagining stuff? You don't like thinking and conceptualizing? Get a grip
December 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
"look we're not using AI in the final product we're just using it to speed up the conceptual stage" is what a lot of dopes affecting an enlightened middle position keep saying. I truly do not get that one. You hate imagining stuff? You don't like thinking and conceptualizing? Get a grip
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Larian's horrible hirring process is an open secret in the industry – insane amounts of unpaid work in "writing tests", excessive numbers of interviews, months and months of back and forth, etc. Everyone in games narrative circles has heard the stories at this point, probably from multiple people.
I know this because they tried to recruit me and I strongly considered it but they’re also a “do an unpaid writing test where you have to also make it playable” company so that’s not something I vibe with
December 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Larian's horrible hirring process is an open secret in the industry – insane amounts of unpaid work in "writing tests", excessive numbers of interviews, months and months of back and forth, etc. Everyone in games narrative circles has heard the stories at this point, probably from multiple people.
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listen, this is why I wanna do the shit I want to do with No Escape. It's why I've been pushing the patreon so hard. Help me help cool people write cool shit for... cool... money: patreon.com/noescapevg
December 15, 2025 at 5:58 PM
listen, this is why I wanna do the shit I want to do with No Escape. It's why I've been pushing the patreon so hard. Help me help cool people write cool shit for... cool... money: patreon.com/noescapevg
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My game <3 (Automaton Heart) if you share it around that you will be so cool looking doing that
December 15, 2025 at 3:44 AM
My game <3 (Automaton Heart) if you share it around that you will be so cool looking doing that
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Hi everybodyy so we found someone who will rent to us (which is really great news) but with the cost of moving we cant afford the security deposit and rent. if u like my little artworks and want to help us get this place please consider donating and sharing :)) love u all
ko-fi.com/ftdire
ko-fi.com/ftdire
December 3, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Hi everybodyy so we found someone who will rent to us (which is really great news) but with the cost of moving we cant afford the security deposit and rent. if u like my little artworks and want to help us get this place please consider donating and sharing :)) love u all
ko-fi.com/ftdire
ko-fi.com/ftdire
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🌲✨Pokedecember ✨🌲
03: Favourite Bug Type Pokemon
What an hard one to pick, i chose Volcarona!
03: Favourite Bug Type Pokemon
What an hard one to pick, i chose Volcarona!
December 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
🌲✨Pokedecember ✨🌲
03: Favourite Bug Type Pokemon
What an hard one to pick, i chose Volcarona!
03: Favourite Bug Type Pokemon
What an hard one to pick, i chose Volcarona!
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I've got some new stuff up! will post more about them tomorrow, but they're laminated posca paintings on energy cards
Visit Redbird's Shop!
I've opened a shop. Come take a look!
ko-fi.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I've got some new stuff up! will post more about them tomorrow, but they're laminated posca paintings on energy cards
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🔸Existence and Paleness🔹
Always amazed by the natural colors of the birds✨
#swallow #birdart #illustration #originalart #animalart #albino #birdwatching
Always amazed by the natural colors of the birds✨
#swallow #birdart #illustration #originalart #animalart #albino #birdwatching
December 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
🔸Existence and Paleness🔹
Always amazed by the natural colors of the birds✨
#swallow #birdart #illustration #originalart #animalart #albino #birdwatching
Always amazed by the natural colors of the birds✨
#swallow #birdart #illustration #originalart #animalart #albino #birdwatching
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i truly hate to ask but because of my seizure on Monday, i’ve had to take some time off of work and so has my wife to take care of me, and so we have had to sacrifice a big chunk of our paycheck for that
if anyone can help we would be so appreciative
venmo.com/code?user_id...
if anyone can help we would be so appreciative
venmo.com/code?user_id...
Pay Friends | Payments App | Venmo
Welcome to Venmo! Manage your account balance, send/receive money, split bills, pay friends, and stay connected with your network all in one place.
https://venmo.com/code?user_id=2…
December 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
i truly hate to ask but because of my seizure on Monday, i’ve had to take some time off of work and so has my wife to take care of me, and so we have had to sacrifice a big chunk of our paycheck for that
if anyone can help we would be so appreciative
venmo.com/code?user_id...
if anyone can help we would be so appreciative
venmo.com/code?user_id...
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I can't speak. We need cough syrup and soups. We also need to pay Internet, Insurance, Rent, Electric, etc.
Please help us ko-fi.com/farronox/goa... farronox.carrd.co #MutualAid #Helpsky 💸💕 #KoFi
Please help us ko-fi.com/farronox/goa... farronox.carrd.co #MutualAid #Helpsky 💸💕 #KoFi
December 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I can't speak. We need cough syrup and soups. We also need to pay Internet, Insurance, Rent, Electric, etc.
Please help us ko-fi.com/farronox/goa... farronox.carrd.co #MutualAid #Helpsky 💸💕 #KoFi
Please help us ko-fi.com/farronox/goa... farronox.carrd.co #MutualAid #Helpsky 💸💕 #KoFi