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Leigh Alexander @leighalexander.bsky.social · 10h

Laura is incredible to work with and to communicate with ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

Laura Michet @lmichet.bsky.social · 19h

Learned that I am being laid off from Heart Machine, and will be leaving the studio later this month.

Do you need a contractor? I've got a track record of leading scope-friendly script revisions late in dev. I have also done a lot of consulting on new IPs and pitches/demos. Feel free to DM me!

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priscilla 👻🚂🎶 SPOOKY EXPRESS @ghoulnoise.com · 18h

Laura is the funniest writer I've ever worked with, and also the most Professional

From Pathalogic to Skin Deep, you could let her loose on just about anything imo!!!

Laura Michet @lmichet.bsky.social · 19h

Learned that I am being laid off from Heart Machine, and will be leaving the studio later this month.

Do you need a contractor? I've got a track record of leading scope-friendly script revisions late in dev. I have also done a lot of consulting on new IPs and pitches/demos. Feel free to DM me!

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 22h

I have watched my talented, ethical friends lose their jobs because Nazi fuckups like Weiss siphon all the money out of the room and use it to create propaganda mills where sycophants tell the Führer and his thugs they're so special and brave and everyone loves them

Asher Hellbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 23h

No shit I'm furious. I spent eleven years learning to write well about complex topics in ethical ways, often for criminally low rates, because I believe that work's important. It's deeply insulting to see a total dipshit get fabulously wealthy for telling the rich what they want to hear!

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Matt Hackett @richtaur.bsky.social · 2d

[David Lynch looking awesome in sunglasses] i hope you all are having a lot of fun working on your favorite projects

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 1d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Leigh Alexander @leighalexander.bsky.social · 1d

sounds like it was real hard for u

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Leigh Alexander @leighalexander.bsky.social · 1d

perhaps funny enough i have no memory of this but i absolutely believe you

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〽️ax krieger does the damn thing @maxkriegervg.bsky.social · 2d

this will change your life

Santa Ragione @santaragione.com · 3d

Our entire catalogue for like $10, I don't know what to tell you! store.steampowered.com/bundle/6109/...

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Leigh Alexander @leighalexander.bsky.social · 2d

they're BEAUTIFUL

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Leigh Alexander @leighalexander.bsky.social · 2d

confronted at public speaking engagements by trembling angry bearded guys raising their hands to announce, “ms. alexandra, I identify as a gamer “

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Leigh Alexander @leighalexander.bsky.social · 2d

my faceboook memories are a living document of an era.......

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Leigh Alexander @leighalexander.bsky.social · 3d

"this definitely falls into that higher category of art"

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Leigh Alexander @leighalexander.bsky.social · 3d

the words of a top-tier art appreciator

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Sonia Sulaiman is an Ignyte Award Finalist @soniasulaiman.bsky.social · 7d

So, I'm making a video game based on Palestinian folklore. It's called Thursday of the Dead, and you can talk to a Palestinian ghouleh. It will have branching narrative, and art all made by a human (me). I need exactly $100 to launch it on Steam when it's finished.

ko-fi.com/soniasulaiman

Buy SoniaSulaiman a Coffee

Sonia is writing speculative fiction inspired by Palestinian folklore. Leave her a tip to support her work!

ko-fi.com

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Nathalie Lawhead @alienmelon.bsky.social · 3d

i didn't know this but on your itch account you can see all the bundles you where in!
the total sum of money made for charity over the years (only that i participated in) is...
$9,748,184.49
and that's only what i was part of!
imagine how much more the site facilitated that went to various causes.

a screenshot from my itch.io account's bundles page

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Rebecca Heineman @burgerbecky.bsky.social · 4d

I’ve started a GoFundMe to help with my cancer battle gofund.me/6850175a3

Donate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca Heineman

I’m Rebecca Ann Heineman. The very first video game champion, creat… Rebecca Heineman needs your support for Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer

gofund.me

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PlayStation Park @playstationpark.bsky.social · 4d

At The Table
'Koudelka'
PlayStation

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Leigh Alexander @leighalexander.bsky.social · 4d

yeah! i can skip 'boys will be boys' but otherwise come onnnnn!

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Leigh Alexander @leighalexander.bsky.social · 4d

that was my favorite part too!!!

Leigh Alexander @leighalexander.bsky.social · 4d

he was bravely warning me of the lonely future that would await if i did not stop writing video game articles

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Leigh Alexander @leighalexander.bsky.social · 4d

the best pop album of the last ten years is actually 'future nostalgia' by dua lipa

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Leigh Alexander @leighalexander.bsky.social · 4d

still think about this guy who struggled to reconcile liking my videos (soothing) with not liking my articles (incendiary), and therefore chose to project a previous relationship onto me

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Leigh Alexander @leighalexander.bsky.social · 4d

(getting on the mic) games shouldnt be fun. they should hate you

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Leigh Alexander @leighalexander.bsky.social · 5d

you should work in an interactive medium because you tell stories best in improvisational spaces. many are attracted to it instead because of its dynamic of control

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Leigh Alexander @leighalexander.bsky.social · 5d

'if the player keeps doing whatever it is we signal them to do, then they will win more of whatever it is we want to tell them' zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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