Elise Avery
@elisenaps.bsky.social
Freelance video game critic, Youtuber, musician, and game dev. Banner by Purrmaid on Twitter.
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All I can think of this Christmas is that last Christmas, between 70,000 and 120,000 Palestinians were alive that have since been murdered by Israel's genocide. Over half of them were children. That's 500 to 1,000 children murdered per week. Or 82 during a four hour Christmas evening.
December 25, 2025 at 12:26 AM
All I can think of this Christmas is that last Christmas, between 70,000 and 120,000 Palestinians were alive that have since been murdered by Israel's genocide. Over half of them were children. That's 500 to 1,000 children murdered per week. Or 82 during a four hour Christmas evening.
Even if you create because you want the end product, it's the decisions that you make along the way that make that end product actually meaningful. If you just ask a machine to make something, you don't get the same thing as when you go through the process.
Human decisions make art interesting.
Human decisions make art interesting.
I think the fundamental gap here is that non-creative people think that creative people make things for the end product, when in fact it’s the act of creation and not the end point that makes it worthwhile.
I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury
December 15, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Even if you create because you want the end product, it's the decisions that you make along the way that make that end product actually meaningful. If you just ask a machine to make something, you don't get the same thing as when you go through the process.
Human decisions make art interesting.
Human decisions make art interesting.
I love logging onto bsky, seeing some videogames discourse the americans have been up to while I'm asleep, thinking "huh this seems really shallow and worthless" and then scrolling a bit and being like "yeah I was right".
Amazing that sleeping through it is just as effective as engaging
Amazing that sleeping through it is just as effective as engaging
November 11, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I love logging onto bsky, seeing some videogames discourse the americans have been up to while I'm asleep, thinking "huh this seems really shallow and worthless" and then scrolling a bit and being like "yeah I was right".
Amazing that sleeping through it is just as effective as engaging
Amazing that sleeping through it is just as effective as engaging
Personally I think the highest review score should be 9.9 and we should only give it to games that will piss some people off. most of these games are well made and in my opinion good (not you Bioshock) but these are the most asinine, generic picks possible
I know review scores are fake but still
I know review scores are fake but still
A 10/10 score is a rare honor, and Game Informer has only awarded 32 across its 34 years of existence. Here's a round-up of each one, along with the stories of some games that almost got a 10: gameinformer.com/2025/11/04/e...
November 5, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Personally I think the highest review score should be 9.9 and we should only give it to games that will piss some people off. most of these games are well made and in my opinion good (not you Bioshock) but these are the most asinine, generic picks possible
I know review scores are fake but still
I know review scores are fake but still
I have a pet theory that people want more iterative sequels to games, like we used to get tonnes of in the PS2 era, and that this would be a good strategy for indie devs.
That said, I don't know if there's a lot of evidence for it. Might have to have a closer look around.
That said, I don't know if there's a lot of evidence for it. Might have to have a closer look around.
October 23, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I have a pet theory that people want more iterative sequels to games, like we used to get tonnes of in the PS2 era, and that this would be a good strategy for indie devs.
That said, I don't know if there's a lot of evidence for it. Might have to have a closer look around.
That said, I don't know if there's a lot of evidence for it. Might have to have a closer look around.
No shade to this person but this list would be so long it would take several tweets at least. If you play games other than recent AAA releases there are so many artistically "good" games that it's hard to even remember them all.
Depends on what you consider artistically good, but still.
Depends on what you consider artistically good, but still.
(honest question) what are the “good” video games? artistically i mean, not in a “i enjoyed this escapist slop” kind of way
Well. It's not Red Dead Redemption 2, but it's like one of three video games I'd genuinely consider good.
September 30, 2025 at 3:22 AM
No shade to this person but this list would be so long it would take several tweets at least. If you play games other than recent AAA releases there are so many artistically "good" games that it's hard to even remember them all.
Depends on what you consider artistically good, but still.
Depends on what you consider artistically good, but still.
This is going to devastate so many studios filled with good people. Leveraged buyouts should be illegal.
It’s official: EA is going private.
The leveraged buyout will be financed by a staggering $20 billion of debt, which likely means some *aggressive* cost cutting is ahead for EA in the coming months and years.
www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...
The leveraged buyout will be financed by a staggering $20 billion of debt, which likely means some *aggressive* cost cutting is ahead for EA in the coming months and years.
www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...
www.businesswire.com
September 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This is going to devastate so many studios filled with good people. Leveraged buyouts should be illegal.
I have fallen behind on posting my silly mario kart clips so I'm starting a thread right here. If you hate Mario Kart you can mute this thread and if not, prepare for clips of me bagging shamelessly
Behold, one of my most skillful clips, in which I use a bullet bill in second place
Behold, one of my most skillful clips, in which I use a bullet bill in second place
September 23, 2025 at 8:07 AM
I have fallen behind on posting my silly mario kart clips so I'm starting a thread right here. If you hate Mario Kart you can mute this thread and if not, prepare for clips of me bagging shamelessly
Behold, one of my most skillful clips, in which I use a bullet bill in second place
Behold, one of my most skillful clips, in which I use a bullet bill in second place
When you're mean to me, this is who you're being mean to
September 23, 2025 at 6:33 AM
When you're mean to me, this is who you're being mean to
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💌 Heartstrings chapter 21 is up! 💌
read: heartstringscomic.com/comics/475
read: heartstringscomic.com/comics/475
September 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
💌 Heartstrings chapter 21 is up! 💌
read: heartstringscomic.com/comics/475
read: heartstringscomic.com/comics/475
I'm going to make my own Persona game one day. it'll be called Bearsona, cost less than the Persona 5 skins in Overwatch 2, and be less homophobic than the actual persona games
September 17, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I'm going to make my own Persona game one day. it'll be called Bearsona, cost less than the Persona 5 skins in Overwatch 2, and be less homophobic than the actual persona games
It is absolutely hilarious for Nintendo to finally do Virtual Boy re-releases after skipping the 3DS, and to make it require a peripheral. If you wanted to purposefully avoid people playing and re-evaluating these games, this is how you would do it.
You had a whole console that could do this!
You had a whole console that could do this!
September 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
It is absolutely hilarious for Nintendo to finally do Virtual Boy re-releases after skipping the 3DS, and to make it require a peripheral. If you wanted to purposefully avoid people playing and re-evaluating these games, this is how you would do it.
You had a whole console that could do this!
You had a whole console that could do this!
Happened to get my first bubble tea in ages while the Demon Slayer collab at Chatime was happening. I have never seen Demon Slayer but Tanjiro's Earl Grey Matcha is pretty good.
It tastes pretty strongly of earl grey but has a nice matcha flavour at the end of each sip.
It tastes pretty strongly of earl grey but has a nice matcha flavour at the end of each sip.
September 12, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Happened to get my first bubble tea in ages while the Demon Slayer collab at Chatime was happening. I have never seen Demon Slayer but Tanjiro's Earl Grey Matcha is pretty good.
It tastes pretty strongly of earl grey but has a nice matcha flavour at the end of each sip.
It tastes pretty strongly of earl grey but has a nice matcha flavour at the end of each sip.
Even if it wasn't destructive to our power grids, bad for local water supplies, built on theft, not actually 'intelligence', and incredibly wasteful of land and GPUs, I still wouldn't use AI because it doesn't even make you more productive! It's all smoke and mirrors.
a great post by @mikejudge.bsky.social where he put together secondary metrics on AI coding that equate to travolta-coat.gif mikelovesrobots.substack.com/p/wheres-the...
September 9, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Even if it wasn't destructive to our power grids, bad for local water supplies, built on theft, not actually 'intelligence', and incredibly wasteful of land and GPUs, I still wouldn't use AI because it doesn't even make you more productive! It's all smoke and mirrors.
MK stands for Mario Kart, Mortal Kombat, or Meta Knight. AC stands for Animal Crossing, Assassin's Creed or Armored Core. Eventually any two letters will refer to a video game of some kind.
GF doesn't stnad for girlfriend, it stands for Gotcha Force
GF doesn't stnad for girlfriend, it stands for Gotcha Force
September 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM
MK stands for Mario Kart, Mortal Kombat, or Meta Knight. AC stands for Animal Crossing, Assassin's Creed or Armored Core. Eventually any two letters will refer to a video game of some kind.
GF doesn't stnad for girlfriend, it stands for Gotcha Force
GF doesn't stnad for girlfriend, it stands for Gotcha Force
Being in the games industry right now
On second thought, I'll take my chances with the bird
#EldenRing
#EldenRing
August 19, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Being in the games industry right now
I've started studying Game Development at a local college, and last week the lecturer was talking about Yahtzee and how he'd moved to Second Wind and displayed the Second Wind Youtube channel and I was like... does he know?
A lot of people only watch Yahtzee. But I still had a laugh about it.
A lot of people only watch Yahtzee. But I still had a laugh about it.
August 8, 2025 at 6:12 AM
I've started studying Game Development at a local college, and last week the lecturer was talking about Yahtzee and how he'd moved to Second Wind and displayed the Second Wind Youtube channel and I was like... does he know?
A lot of people only watch Yahtzee. But I still had a laugh about it.
A lot of people only watch Yahtzee. But I still had a laugh about it.
Your hands are now safe
August 6, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Your hands are now safe
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Israeli attacks have killed at least 71 Palestinians seeking humanitarian aid, while hospitals recorded seven more deaths from famine and malnutrition aje.io/1p0bp5
More than 70 aid seekers killed as starvation worsens in Gaza
The UN has warned aid entering the Strip remains far below what is required.
aje.io
July 31, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Israeli attacks have killed at least 71 Palestinians seeking humanitarian aid, while hospitals recorded seven more deaths from famine and malnutrition aje.io/1p0bp5
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“One in three Gazans goes multiple days without eating, the World Food Programme said this week. Malnourished mothers can no longer produce milk to breastfeed their children, the injured are unable to heal and hospitals have run out of nutritional supplements to treat gaunt babies.”
‘There is nothing to buy’: Gaza’s descent into mass starvation www.ft.com/content/e5d7...
‘There is nothing to buy’: Gaza’s descent into mass starvation
Israel’s offensive and aid curbs tip enclave of 2.1mn Palestinians into famine
www.ft.com
July 26, 2025 at 11:05 AM
“One in three Gazans goes multiple days without eating, the World Food Programme said this week. Malnourished mothers can no longer produce milk to breastfeed their children, the injured are unable to heal and hospitals have run out of nutritional supplements to treat gaunt babies.”
She looks pleased with the plush
July 19, 2025 at 3:13 AM
She looks pleased with the plush
I have beaten the horse game. No need to do anything after this probably.
July 15, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I have beaten the horse game. No need to do anything after this probably.
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Here's me. 'The ABCs of holocaust denial'
The ABCs of holocaust denial - The Shot
The ABC has systematically tried to cover up the destruction and conquest of Palestine, and now the courts have proven it.
theshot.net.au
July 1, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Here's me. 'The ABCs of holocaust denial'