Eike
@eikebentley.bsky.social
aka. Studio Elfriede ║ writer + VN dev (Because We're Here) ║ elegant diabetic aristocrat ║ he/him ║ banner by @ladymeowsith.bsky.social
see also: https://linktr.ee/studioelfriede
see also: https://linktr.ee/studioelfriede
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Eike
@eikebentley.bsky.social
· Jul 14
So I'm gonna try and follow a bunch of twitter mutuals, but if you see this before I've found you then please do make yourself known ofc!! It'd be cool to reconnect, especially once I'm actually posting again lol
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November 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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This is a scorching article on the absolute state of The New York Times, and much of the rest of the media.
Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:55 AM
This is a scorching article on the absolute state of The New York Times, and much of the rest of the media.
Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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is it better for countries to invest in boring things like transport and energy infrastructure or should they invest all their money in useless chatbots that talk in reddit-voice on the vague and completely unsubstantiated hope that they'll be able to do something profitable one day
November 7, 2025 at 10:19 PM
is it better for countries to invest in boring things like transport and energy infrastructure or should they invest all their money in useless chatbots that talk in reddit-voice on the vague and completely unsubstantiated hope that they'll be able to do something profitable one day
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this is the coolest online has ever been
November 7, 2023 at 4:05 PM
this is the coolest online has ever been
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I won a British Fantasy Award!!
Sooo this happened! Yesterday I was awarded the British Fantasy Award for Best Newcomer for Voyage of the Damned.
I know everyone says this but I really didn’t expect to win! I’ve always maintained I don’t write the type of books that win awards but apparently I do?
Sooo this happened! Yesterday I was awarded the British Fantasy Award for Best Newcomer for Voyage of the Damned.
I know everyone says this but I really didn’t expect to win! I’ve always maintained I don’t write the type of books that win awards but apparently I do?
November 2, 2025 at 10:44 AM
I won a British Fantasy Award!!
Sooo this happened! Yesterday I was awarded the British Fantasy Award for Best Newcomer for Voyage of the Damned.
I know everyone says this but I really didn’t expect to win! I’ve always maintained I don’t write the type of books that win awards but apparently I do?
Sooo this happened! Yesterday I was awarded the British Fantasy Award for Best Newcomer for Voyage of the Damned.
I know everyone says this but I really didn’t expect to win! I’ve always maintained I don’t write the type of books that win awards but apparently I do?
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Did you know these cut contents in Suikoden games? That Kasumi was possibly meant to die, the Duck Village was could've been flooded, and the Remaster might have had a Classic graphics option?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIeP...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIeP...
The Cut Content of the Suikoden Games
YouTube video by Raww Le Klueze
www.youtube.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Did you know these cut contents in Suikoden games? That Kasumi was possibly meant to die, the Duck Village was could've been flooded, and the Remaster might have had a Classic graphics option?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIeP...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIeP...
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October 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Tonight's the night the events of #SHINRAI took place, so the perfect time to experience them for yourself 🎃
Especially since it's 50% off!
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/499910
itch: gosatsuvns.itch.io/shinrai-brok...
#halloween #murdermystery #visualnovel #vn #vndev #gamedev #indiedev
Especially since it's 50% off!
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/499910
itch: gosatsuvns.itch.io/shinrai-brok...
#halloween #murdermystery #visualnovel #vn #vndev #gamedev #indiedev
October 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Tonight's the night the events of #SHINRAI took place, so the perfect time to experience them for yourself 🎃
Especially since it's 50% off!
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/499910
itch: gosatsuvns.itch.io/shinrai-brok...
#halloween #murdermystery #visualnovel #vn #vndev #gamedev #indiedev
Especially since it's 50% off!
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/499910
itch: gosatsuvns.itch.io/shinrai-brok...
#halloween #murdermystery #visualnovel #vn #vndev #gamedev #indiedev
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Start downloading and now because your favorite old media is about to be turned into the equivalent of this
October 29, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Start downloading and now because your favorite old media is about to be turned into the equivalent of this
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a niche photo account that uses alt text properly? delicious
October 29, 2025 at 1:21 PM
a niche photo account that uses alt text properly? delicious
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October 26, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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Ace Week might be almost over (at least in my time zone), but it's never too late to play my ace vampire BL game🧛It's completely free with a browser version available!
natashaluna.itch.io/bonded-in-da...
natashaluna.itch.io/bonded-in-da...
October 26, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Ace Week might be almost over (at least in my time zone), but it's never too late to play my ace vampire BL game🧛It's completely free with a browser version available!
natashaluna.itch.io/bonded-in-da...
natashaluna.itch.io/bonded-in-da...
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My latest for @nowthenmag.bsky.social:
Who Remembers Attention Spans?
Half of people in the UK think their attention span has shrunk. With "doomscrolling" becoming an increasing concern for policymakers, I ask: but is this even real though?
nowthenmagazine.com/articles/who...
Who Remembers Attention Spans?
Half of people in the UK think their attention span has shrunk. With "doomscrolling" becoming an increasing concern for policymakers, I ask: but is this even real though?
nowthenmagazine.com/articles/who...
Who Remembers Attention Spans?
Why can't we focus on anything these days? Sean Morley takes a brief interlude from checking the latest death tolls to investigate our belief in the shrinking attention span.
nowthenmagazine.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
My latest for @nowthenmag.bsky.social:
Who Remembers Attention Spans?
Half of people in the UK think their attention span has shrunk. With "doomscrolling" becoming an increasing concern for policymakers, I ask: but is this even real though?
nowthenmagazine.com/articles/who...
Who Remembers Attention Spans?
Half of people in the UK think their attention span has shrunk. With "doomscrolling" becoming an increasing concern for policymakers, I ask: but is this even real though?
nowthenmagazine.com/articles/who...
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Sleeping with Ghosts [oc, 2021]
October 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Sleeping with Ghosts [oc, 2021]
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There's fans of Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog and then there's the super fans on our Discord, one of whom commissioned @kreutzerxm.bsky.social to model the titular Gun-Dog so they could imagine it as a 90s style model kit. Look at that paint job! That box! Can't you imagine ordering this by mail?
April 7, 2025 at 11:41 AM
There's fans of Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog and then there's the super fans on our Discord, one of whom commissioned @kreutzerxm.bsky.social to model the titular Gun-Dog so they could imagine it as a 90s style model kit. Look at that paint job! That box! Can't you imagine ordering this by mail?
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I don't inherently dislike cosy games as a concept, but what dismays me is presenting stuff as wholesome fun gameplay and totally ignoring the ethical context it comes from... cosy capitalist growth, cosy colonisation, etc ... your design is tweewashing via your assumptions of what's morally neutral
October 23, 2025 at 7:44 AM
I don't inherently dislike cosy games as a concept, but what dismays me is presenting stuff as wholesome fun gameplay and totally ignoring the ethical context it comes from... cosy capitalist growth, cosy colonisation, etc ... your design is tweewashing via your assumptions of what's morally neutral
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🐇 💀 COVER REVEAL 💀 🐇
I’m SO excited to reveal the UK cover of my next novel, The Bone Door! A fantasy/horror escape room novel, coming 7 May 2026
I’m SO excited to reveal the UK cover of my next novel, The Bone Door! A fantasy/horror escape room novel, coming 7 May 2026
October 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
🐇 💀 COVER REVEAL 💀 🐇
I’m SO excited to reveal the UK cover of my next novel, The Bone Door! A fantasy/horror escape room novel, coming 7 May 2026
I’m SO excited to reveal the UK cover of my next novel, The Bone Door! A fantasy/horror escape room novel, coming 7 May 2026
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Found this on the AO3 subreddit, and I'm about to let it change my whole life (or at least work really hard to internalize it wrt my writing).
October 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Found this on the AO3 subreddit, and I'm about to let it change my whole life (or at least work really hard to internalize it wrt my writing).
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"we cant uninvent ai" no we cant but we couldnt uninvent nfts either and nobody gives a fuck about them anymore
October 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"we cant uninvent ai" no we cant but we couldnt uninvent nfts either and nobody gives a fuck about them anymore
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Don't think of this as a promise, but rather as a proof of concept. Pokémon Essentials (the kit I use to make fangames) comes with Triple Triad, and I could easily mod it into a Digimon TCG fangame. You can buy and sell cards, look at your deck, and battle; it's very simplistic. Maybe one day. 😘✨
October 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Don't think of this as a promise, but rather as a proof of concept. Pokémon Essentials (the kit I use to make fangames) comes with Triple Triad, and I could easily mod it into a Digimon TCG fangame. You can buy and sell cards, look at your deck, and battle; it's very simplistic. Maybe one day. 😘✨
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[🔁 RTs APPRECIATED!!]
Merch for this art is NOW AVAILABLE!! 😄 Check it out!!
11x17” Print
atelieralyossan.etsy.com/listing/4380...
Stickers (Available in 3” and 4”)
atelieralyossan.etsy.com/listing/4380...
Buttons (Available in 1.5” and 2.25”)
atelieralyossan.etsy.com/listing/4380...
Merch for this art is NOW AVAILABLE!! 😄 Check it out!!
11x17” Print
atelieralyossan.etsy.com/listing/4380...
Stickers (Available in 3” and 4”)
atelieralyossan.etsy.com/listing/4380...
Buttons (Available in 1.5” and 2.25”)
atelieralyossan.etsy.com/listing/4380...
October 3, 2025 at 8:33 PM
[🔁 RTs APPRECIATED!!]
Merch for this art is NOW AVAILABLE!! 😄 Check it out!!
11x17” Print
atelieralyossan.etsy.com/listing/4380...
Stickers (Available in 3” and 4”)
atelieralyossan.etsy.com/listing/4380...
Buttons (Available in 1.5” and 2.25”)
atelieralyossan.etsy.com/listing/4380...
Merch for this art is NOW AVAILABLE!! 😄 Check it out!!
11x17” Print
atelieralyossan.etsy.com/listing/4380...
Stickers (Available in 3” and 4”)
atelieralyossan.etsy.com/listing/4380...
Buttons (Available in 1.5” and 2.25”)
atelieralyossan.etsy.com/listing/4380...
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THANK YOU everyone who made #FallinLoveFestival so much fun—streamers, fans new and old, mutual devs—Guhuhu luvs ya. Also huge (massive) shoutout to @vnstudioelan.com for making it all happen! Here’s to next year? 💞 Thanks for supporting Love & Country and other VNs!
October 3, 2025 at 3:10 AM
THANK YOU everyone who made #FallinLoveFestival so much fun—streamers, fans new and old, mutual devs—Guhuhu luvs ya. Also huge (massive) shoutout to @vnstudioelan.com for making it all happen! Here’s to next year? 💞 Thanks for supporting Love & Country and other VNs!
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Saw someone say, “Stop hoarding books, we don’t need paper books anyway” and I can’t express how misguided this is. Online libraries disappear, digital books can be altered, and with Big Tech seeking to destroy history and literacy, print media has never been more essential.
October 1, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Saw someone say, “Stop hoarding books, we don’t need paper books anyway” and I can’t express how misguided this is. Online libraries disappear, digital books can be altered, and with Big Tech seeking to destroy history and literacy, print media has never been more essential.
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Happy New Loin! A free EP which celebrates gender-affirming surgery. swithen.bandcamp.com/album/happy-...
I have a few friends who have new loins or refurbished torsos this year, so here is a joyful noise to mark the occasion.
I have a few friends who have new loins or refurbished torsos this year, so here is a joyful noise to mark the occasion.
Happy New Loin!, by Ben Swithen
11 track album
swithen.bandcamp.com
October 1, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Happy New Loin! A free EP which celebrates gender-affirming surgery. swithen.bandcamp.com/album/happy-...
I have a few friends who have new loins or refurbished torsos this year, so here is a joyful noise to mark the occasion.
I have a few friends who have new loins or refurbished torsos this year, so here is a joyful noise to mark the occasion.