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Axel حسن Taiari @shevek.bsky.social · 4d

good yes

Axel حسن Taiari @shevek.bsky.social · 4d

if I defeat him there better be a Souls-style text pop-up that reads CIRCADIAN RHYTHM FIXED

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Axel حسن Taiari @shevek.bsky.social · 4d

insomnia is some bullshit. isn't my sleep debt bad enough? what if i go into sleep default. is the sandman working on a repossession scheme

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Axel حسن Taiari @shevek.bsky.social · 6d

🖤

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Axel حسن Taiari @shevek.bsky.social · 6d

Enormous shoutout to @peregrinecoast.press, @austinkelmore.com, and all the folks at @gameworkers.co.uk.

Heroic bunch ✊🏽

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Axel حسن Taiari @shevek.bsky.social · 6d

On a personal note:

1. We fucking did it. I am so proud of everyone involved.
2. Unionizing is a goddamn fight, regardless of any, ah, "diplomatic" coverage on the matter. This is a general observation, unrelated to today's news -- of course.
3. UK devs: your turn. DMs are open if you need help.

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Axel حسن Taiari @shevek.bsky.social · 6d

The workers at ZA/UM Studio have unionized.

First recognised games union in the UK, too. May many others follow.

www.gameworkers.co.uk/workers-at-z...

Workers at ZA/UM Announce Landmark Recognition Agreement - IWGB Game Workers

Video game developers at ZA/UM Studio, represented by the IWGB (Independent Workers Union of Great Britain) have today announced their formation of a union at their workplace. After a negotiation proc...

www.gameworkers.co.uk

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Axel حسن Taiari @shevek.bsky.social · 10d

[watching FLCL for the first time] damn Deleuze & Guattari would have loved this shit

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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 11d

Heidi is a wonderful person who has endured the unspeakable over the last few years. Please donate and/or spread this around as you’re able, and let’s help our colleague.

Stellaween? @antlervel.vet · 11d

My friend and industry colleague Heidi has received the devastating news that her partner can no longer fight off his cancer and must go into hospice. She will lose him soon and she is a good person who has already lost so much. Please consider helping her defray the costs and survive the aftermath.

Donate to Ease the Tragic Ending of A Romance Writer’s Epic Love Story, organized by Heidi McDonald

I was a game writer at the height of my career - author, freq… Heidi McDonald needs your support for Ease the Tragic Ending of A Romance Writer’s Epic Love Story

gofund.me

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ZA/UM Studio @zaumstudio.bsky.social · 13d

You actually want to deploy *her*?

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Axel حسن Taiari @shevek.bsky.social · 14d

That was my favorite part. Once I realized staying in melee range was a bad idea, the fight was just me catching glimpses of the fucker, hugging the walls, and panic-swooping in after hearing it spit

Axel حسن Taiari @shevek.bsky.social · 14d

King's Field update: first boss (?) down. love to try and circle strafe with a character that moves with the grace of a drunk tank

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Axel حسن Taiari @shevek.bsky.social · 15d

doing super great. hanging out with my pal the secret passage murder skeleton who definitely did not destroy me on sight

A skeleton about to swing at me with their sword. My health bar is at maybe ten percent.

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Axel حسن Taiari @shevek.bsky.social · 16d

Andrew do not encourage this

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Axel حسن Taiari @shevek.bsky.social · 16d

on the one hand the music does go unbelievably hard but on the other hand how fucking dare you do this to me

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Axel حسن Taiari @shevek.bsky.social · 16d

yall ever get violent Everquest flashbacks from getting your ass beat by a lvl 3 spider

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Axel حسن Taiari @shevek.bsky.social · 16d

out here playing King's Field for the first time and having a great* time

*miserable

A grimy looking NPC leaning against a wall, saying, "You want to go the ancient city, eh? Well, you're out of luck."

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Axel حسن Taiari @shevek.bsky.social · 25d

despite the jankiness, it's hard to hate DxM: Titanic Scion when it lets you do dumb shit like this

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Axel حسن Taiari @shevek.bsky.social · 27d

shin megamimaxing. lucifercore. decarabiapilled. etc

A piece of art depicting the Demi Fiend from Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne, surrounded by skeletons/demonic beings

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Axel حسن Taiari @shevek.bsky.social · 27d

don't know why terms like "demonic leftist(s)" suddenly gained traction among reactionary crybabies but lemme just say being called demonic feels fucking great

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Axel حسن Taiari @shevek.bsky.social · 27d

rest in piss

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buy my book @nmamatas.bsky.social · Sep 8

Remember that even until the 1980s, many general interest magazines had a fiction feature, and a few hung on until the 2000s. (I published a couple of short stories in a men's magazine called Razor--for 300,000 readers and $1850 in today's money.)

Now criticism is gone, but so too are magazines.

New York Magazine @nymag.com · Sep 8

Do reviews draw readers? Boost subscriptions? Sell ads? And if the answer is ‘no,’ what then? Charlotte Klein explores the precarious state of cultural criticism.

Do Media Organizations Even Want Cultural Criticism?

Do reviews draw readers? Boost subscriptions? Sell ads? And if the answer is ‘no,’ what then? Charlotte Klein explores the precarious state of cultural criticism.

nymag.com

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https://kolektiva.social/@noescape_vg 🏴🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 @noescapevg.com · Sep 7

Been thinking about this all week; but really this just brings a bunch of stuff bubbling up that I've been sitting on for way longer. On the death of criticism:

noescapevg.com/games-critic...

Games Criticism is Dead; Long Live Games Criticism

A response to Grace Benfell’s Endless Mode piece, “Silksong Hastens the Death of the Critic” Last week the long-awaited sequel to Team Cherry’s hit search-action game Hollow…

noescapevg.com

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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · Sep 4

Working with Emma over the past 2 years has been a pleasure. She’s extremely good at voice and character work, and I hope she snags a role that lets these strengths of hers flourish. I wholeheartedly recommend her for anything.

Emma Kidwell | Looking for work ✨ @emmakidwell.bsky.social · Sep 4

Hi! I was laid off from Firaxis this morning. I wrote leaders and civs for Civilization VII (NDA for now) and Deadpool and Storm for Marvel's Midnight Suns. I also wrote the award-nominated Hindsight.

I'm available for full time, remote work starting ASAP. DMs are open:

emmkid.info

Portfolio

emmkid.info

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Axel حسن Taiari @shevek.bsky.social · Sep 4

I would have prefaced with "in light of recent events", but that'd assume garbage-tier events are not happening all the goddamn time

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