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Haley 🖤 @absintheuse.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Does anyone have any tropical vacation vibes synthwave songs they’d recommend akin to Paradise Warfare by Carpenter Brut?

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Blumhouse Games @blumhousegames.com · 07/07/2026

Bleed. Bet your life. Defy sleep. Follow the fading light. We've teamed up with Critical Reflex (@cr-games.bsky.social) to bring you 3 Steam bundles: Crisol: Theater of Idols × Buckshot Roulette, SLEEP AWAKE × Carimara & SLEEP AWAKE × Eclipsium. Explore more here: bit.ly/m/bhgxcfbundles

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Haley 🖤 @absintheuse.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

The industry is incredibly tough still, this week has especially been heartbreaking. We have a few open roles at CRITICAL REFLEX, European remote: - Community Lead - Social Media Manager - Publishing Producer - Brand Manager It’s not nearly enough to combat the layoffs, but it’s something 💜

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Haley 🖤 @absintheuse.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Keep getting confused when people ask me if I’m watching the match this week

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Haley 🖤 @absintheuse.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

It’s nice to be back by some water and mountains

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Haley 🖤 @absintheuse.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Alternative how it feels to market games:

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Haley 🖤 @absintheuse.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

How I feel marketing games VS How I look marketing games

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Haley 🖤 @absintheuse.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

The promo content has been hyping me up

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Haley 🖤 @absintheuse.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Here simply to support Lestat appreciation

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Haley 🖤 @absintheuse.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Shirked my normal gothic evil sorceress look for the latest Enchanted Rose Ball in Gosford House up in Scotland

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Haley 🖤 @absintheuse.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Glad to be a @limitbreak.co.uk mentor again this year! Has been so rewarding seeing what my previous mentees get up to and can't wait to support some new folks this year 😄

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Haley 🖤 @absintheuse.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Thanks! Am mega excited to get stuck in

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Haley 🖤 @absintheuse.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

As well as the chance to change up some of my marketing tactics to keep them sharp. With such an amazing team and indies onboard, I can't wait to get embedded properly and see what emotionally raw, genre-defying games we can beam directly into your eyeballs soon

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Haley 🖤 @absintheuse.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Have been admiring their work from afar, and now I get to offer up my nerdy love for process and marketing operations to support their further ascensions and create more space for unbridled creativity. Returning to the indie side is a delight I'm sure to savour

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Haley 🖤 @absintheuse.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

An offer and offerings. A metamorphosis. Heeding a call to return to the wild dark. A seat accepted to craft rituals that amass eyeballs and guide potential followers to visions so unexpected new myths are formed. Am thrilled to share I've joined CRITICAL REFLEX as Head of Marketing

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Haley 🖤 @absintheuse.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Tag me in if it ever happens, it’s a lifelong obsession

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Haley 🖤 @absintheuse.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

The Dinotopia books oil painted illustrations by James Gurney are so lovingly packed with world building. I still yearn for a dino rpg that isn’t just fighting. Or a Skybax rider game

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Xalavier Nelson Jr. @writnelson.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

I've worked with Jamie quite a bit at this point and would vouch for him wholeheartedly

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Helen Carmichael - Forbidden Solitaire @bchezza.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Post breaks down the marketing strategy we've been using for Forbidden Solitaire: what we did, when, and what actually worked for us. Hope it's helpful! #marketing #indiedev

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The Indie Dev's Guide to Marketing Beats: What We Did and What Worked | Grey Alien Games

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Haley 🖤 @absintheuse.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

And when you’re still without a full time role since 2023 it feels like being at the bottom of the pit But at the same time, a lot of those opportunities in 2023 were just studios who hadn’t done layoffs yet but would soon after 🤷‍♀️ Grim out there. Glad there are still so many people trying to help

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Haley 🖤 @absintheuse.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Awful to hear of even more Epic layoffs. It’s been a rough road since the first one in 2023 that I still very much feel the emotional and financial affects of If there’s anyone UK/Europe side affected in marketing or brand let me know, have heard of a few positions open atm

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Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

BREAKING: Epic Games is laying off more than 1,000 workers today, sources tell Bloomberg News. Story hitting shortly

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

*taps the sign* I don't think the stock market is good for the games industry.

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Haley 🖤 @absintheuse.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Wondering why I’ve not had any creative energy lately. Then realised my job hunting is taking all my “what if” brainpower

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Haley 🖤 @absintheuse.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Which one is Java? I hope it’s the blue one

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Haley 🖤 @absintheuse.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Always around for a marketing chat

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Haley 🖤 @absintheuse.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Into the Pages Events’ Crimson Court Soirée ball ensemble

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Haley 🖤 @absintheuse.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

This is a great list! And to get comfortable talking about your game so that you can easily communicate: - what your game is (genre, what you do in the game/action words) - what makes it different from other games and/or why you enjoy playing it (mechanic, atmosphere, story experience etc)

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Anna 🌿👁️ @annacwebs.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Women in the games industry already have to put up with a lot, but we shouldn’t have to do it alone. Men in the industry: if you see one of your fellow men doing behaving this way towards a woman at a professional conference, please speak up and tell them to CUT IT OUT.

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Danielle Lalonders @dlalonders.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

I hope things in our industry change for the better in the future. I will not allow anyone to feel this way again.

Sexism isn’t new in this industry, nor is it new to me, but during the last #DICE confernece, I experienced more sexism than I have in the 6 years I have been in games. Which says a lot because I was gamergated a few years ago.

At DICE, I had men gawking at me, eyeing my body, licking their lips and snapping their neck to look at my behind. I was dismissed by several people, people assuming I am a student or someone’s assistant. I was not taken seriously or respected until someone vouched for me in conversation. This isn’t a new experience for most women in games, but I was painfully aware of it. Other women at the conference also were aware of men staring and eyeing me up, I confided in several people about how uncomfortable and uneasy it was making me.

I have also had people try to make romantic and sexual advances towards me. I understand that is just part of the game industry culture for women but I am not interested in participating. I also don’t think that should be common practice. We are at a work event, please act accordinly and respect the women in this industry.

This is my fourth DICE, and it will not be my last. I will not allow people in this industry to intimidate me from engaging with my peers and celebrating the people in this industry. I tell students and scholars all of the time to be careful and not allow anyone to harm you into silence. I figured it was time for me to take my own advice.

I hope people see this and understand that this is an onging issue and something needs to change.

I blame none of the organizers or anyone who works for DICE for any of this. They are all wonderful people and I see the work they do to make sure DICE is safe for everyone. The culture in our industry must change! I refuse to allow any one else to feel the way I felt at DICE.

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Haley 🖤 @absintheuse.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Booked for a bit but have availability for April, for things like: ⭐ GTM and marketing strategy ⭐ Brand audit ⭐ Creative direction for statics or trailers ⭐ Any type of copywriting ⭐ Store page design or rewrite ⭐ Marketing operations ⭐ Consultation conversations ⭐️ Speaking gigs

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Haley 🖤 @absintheuse.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

I want to game for escapism not practice 😭 (This is brilliant)

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Haley 🖤 @absintheuse.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

A studio marketing itself and its culture in order to hire talent in. So anyone who did video content and showed more about the behind the scenes or dev stuff

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