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ashley bardhan @ashleybardhan.bsky.social · 6h

i don’t know why i even bother thinking “surely it can’t get worse” anymore

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Rhiannon 🇵🇸 @rhithewitch.bsky.social · 16h

Well. That's me gone from TheGamer too. Six years of service, and I was at least given the dignity of it ending in a phone call. Right after dealing with weeks of institutionalized misogyny too! Thought things might be getting better So. Uh. Looking for work now I guess!

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Chris Plante @plante.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Supporting Post Games not only makes my indie journalism possible. $5 also unlocks tons of bonus interviews, segments, and episodes Some new bonuses: The History of Resident Evil (1996) A Golden Age for Nerdy Museums Dropping Friday: How to Fix Lovecraft? Start with Penguins patreon.com/postgames

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ashley bardhan @ashleybardhan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

really appreciate that james 💝💓

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ashley bardhan @ashleybardhan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

YESSSS you have no idea how much i needed this …… thank u kitty 🐈‍⬛💗

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ashley bardhan @ashleybardhan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

💗💗💗PLEASE do ty in advance 🐱

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ashley bardhan @ashleybardhan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

lab-grown ashley headline ik ik 😔🤭💓💓💓

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ashley bardhan @ashleybardhan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

it's actually a law of the universe that if there's an anime girl making a silent hill ref, i have to write about it. legally

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ashley bardhan @ashleybardhan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

thank you very much 🥲🕯️💓

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Scare-o-lyn Petit @carolynmichelle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

i have to hope that living is better than Lying

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ashley bardhan @ashleybardhan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

jasmine my creepy girl twin :----( 💓💓💓

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Jasmine Gould-Wilson @jazzgouldwilson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I am devastated that we have lost one of the most wonderfully unique and articulate writers in the whole GR+ squad. Every time I read her work I marvel at the beautiful oddity and unflinching honesty of each and every word, and you’ll not find another voice like hers. hire ashley now pls 🖤 🕷️

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Jordan Gerblick @jordangerblick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

this is ridiculously cool

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ashley bardhan @ashleybardhan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

JORDAN 😭 i am crying in advance of not seeing your friday cat pics tomorrow

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ashley bardhan @ashleybardhan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

anyway, october 1 — i made a silent film set to dollhouse ambient music about a imaginary scenario in which i've been jilted by a lying figure from silent hill 2. enjoy 🧁 www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZJ1...

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i'm in a toxic relationship! (with a lying figure from silent hill 2)

YouTube video by Plant or Beast ౨ৎ

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ashley bardhan @ashleybardhan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

yes please jess 💗💗💗💗 on both counts 🙂‍↕️🤭🌸

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ashley bardhan @ashleybardhan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

absolutely. offhand comments, small dismissals, lingering hugs and touches that make you excruciatingly aware of the body you’re in. i couldn’t take it this year

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ashley bardhan @ashleybardhan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

thank you jake my intention was to make everyone feel implicated and it seemed to me only few people realized lol 🥹💗

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ashley bardhan @ashleybardhan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

this made me laugh painful style 🙂‍↕️

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ashley bardhan @ashleybardhan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

well-meaning compliments about weight and stuff that made me really feel the fact that i was the only woman in the room in many cases 🥹

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ashley bardhan @ashleybardhan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

💓💓💓 imagine at the end: *and not brenden groom 🥹💓

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ashley bardhan @ashleybardhan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

men in gaming don’t realize that no one is blameless when the culture is against women. i cried at SGF bc i was surrounded by male peers commenting on how i looked, not understanding that it made me feel just as alone as when the random guy on the street told me to lift my skirt

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ashley bardhan @ashleybardhan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

😭😭😭😭😭😭 ok gonna cry and use this as the pull quote to my life

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Original Chungus @tronknotts.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Definitely hire her. She can write anything. But you will be best off if you let her loose to apply her inventive metaphors, poetic pacing, gut punch honesty, and capacity for deep analysis to break boundaries and blow minds

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John Walker - Industry Analcyst @botherer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Ashley is one of the smartest and most engaging writers I've read in years. People should be giving her all the work.

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ashley bardhan @ashleybardhan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

that is a really beautiful thing to know thank you 🥹😭💗

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Clark With Me In Hell @justinofclark.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I have multiple people in my life I've sent this article to who mentioned it made them cry from how much it made them feel seen. The person who wrote this deserves to make a living in games. Somebody make that happen.

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My OCD Doesn’t Want Me To Play Horror Games, But I Do It Anyway - Kotaku

Obsessive-compulsive disorder is way more than extreme cleaning, and mine doesn’t like Outlast

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ashley bardhan @ashleybardhan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

／(^o^)＼ all these compliments are so nice you’re making me want to hire myself 😭 if i haven’t told you yet, please know that your support means everything 💗 all i want is to make WEIRD, BEAUTIFUL, CONFRONTATIONALLY GIRLY video game writing because it matters to me, and i promise that won’t stop

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ashley bardhan @ashleybardhan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

actually im hoping to blog even more now!! silver lining 🐈‍⬛💗💗

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Gene Park @gene.meme · 29/09/2026

ashley is a wonderful person and writer. someone please give her some work!

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ashley bardhan @ashleybardhan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

thank you so very much eric 🥹🥹🥹😭😭😭😭😭😭💗💗💗

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eric van allen @seamoosi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Ashley's an incredible writer, with a natural ability to find compelling angles and personal beats to accentuate her work. this interview with Ryukishi07 on Silent Hill f is *so* good. any editor is doing themselves a favor by giving her work. www.gamesradar.com/games/silent...

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Silent Hill f writer knows you don't really want to see "a happily ever after," and the game's horrific portrayal of young womanhood makes it my GOTY

Year in Review 2025 | Konami returns to Silent Hill with a steel pipe and a wedding veil

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ashley bardhan @ashleybardhan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🥹❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😭💗

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ashley bardhan @ashleybardhan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

blake u are an angel from heaven btw

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bl⚰️ke @metallicaisrad.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Also no one has ever or will ever write something so beautiful and vulnerable about such a terrible, terrible game as she did covering shadows of the damned. Magnificent stuff. plant-or-beast.net/posts/2025-0...

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Blog Post

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bl⚰️ke @metallicaisrad.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This was the first piece I ever read from her! I truly cannot forget it! I remember being so blown away at how she captured what living with OCD feels like, so honest and real. You don’t see anything like this in the traditional games space!!!! Hire her now!!!! kotaku.com/ocd-horror-v...

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My OCD Doesn’t Want Me To Play Horror Games, But I Do It Anyway - Kotaku

Obsessive-compulsive disorder is way more than extreme cleaning, and mine doesn’t like Outlast

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