iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Zoë Hannah is bisexual @zoehhannah.com · 32m

it's never all a big misunderstanding

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Wendy Carlos should be on the 20 dollar bill. There should be a 50-foot-tall, solid-gold statue of her in Pawtucket. You should be able to buy all her albums in any format you want and a line of custom branded synths. She should be a household name along with Bob Moog.

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cindy @bloomedwings.bsky.social · 2h

I mean, the US Government released racist games to promote their fascism, I'd say that easily wins for me.

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Transparency @transparency.bsky.social · 2h

This scene of family drama from the Swedish classic film Drömkåken (1993) is made so real by the diegetic use of cheerful Super Mario Land music.

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david bedard @dbed.bsky.social · 4h

portuguese luigi disrespect

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Merve @merve2.bsky.social · 4h

It’s worth noting that this piece attributes anything positive that has happened at Xbox over the past few months to Sharma but removes her agency from anything negative, e.g. layoffs and studio closures.

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Danielle Lalonders @dlalonders.bsky.social · 17h

everybody please stop what you’re doing and listen to Tinashe’s new album youtu.be/w24EE2ns2UM?...

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Tinashe - Crash Out (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Tinashe

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Merve @merve2.bsky.social · 4h

Some people will try to sell this as a thing that every executive does, but it’s worth asking the rhetorical question: Do any journalists have Strauss Zelnick or Shuntaro Furukawa on speed dial?

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cindy @bloomedwings.bsky.social · 5h

It is a GameCube game, and a Sega game, which are perfect storms for attracting people like us (especially when combined)

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cindy @bloomedwings.bsky.social · 7h

Some of you. And also me. It's also me. But some of you.

A screenshot from Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave of Cai (a slightly dark skinned teen boy with deep periwinkle hair) saying "Now, I'm getting really good at avoiding people, and I'm able to do it faster than ever!"

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Maddy Myers 🏳️‍🌈 @midimyers.com · 7h

this analysis of Big Walk, through the lens of "men don't talk to each other anymore" and the cultural norms that have led us to where we are with that, is so lovely and i think will resonate with a lot of you

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Big Walk lights the way for non-toxic masculinity in games

Interrogating "men don't talk to each other" through a game about communication

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Girl Mode Podcast @girlmodepod.bsky.social · 8h

what if a customer service stress nightmare was a video game? what if Reylo fic was a major motion picture? what if Robin got really emotionally invested in Cathy comics? find out this week on Girl Mode. shows.acast.com/girl-mode/ep...

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Episode 187 - Mulholland Mega Drive | Girl Mode

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Dayten Rose @daytenrose.bsky.social · 8h

MOM GET THE CAMERA IM ON MOTHERSHIP DOT BLOG! (Ty to @midimyers.com and @zoehhannah.com theyre like wildly good at what they do)

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Zoë Hannah is bisexual @zoehhannah.com · 8h

@daytenrose.bsky.social writes beautifully, especially toward the end of this piece (and about the end of the game) about what the meaning of physical communication is for men who don't yap incessantly when they hang out. it's GOOD

mothership.blog

Big Walk lights the way for non-toxic masculinity in games

Interrogating "men don't talk to each other" through a game about communication

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Michaela Joffe @joffeorama.bsky.social · 21h

not sure why I made this but now you have to see it

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Video Essay Bot @videoessaybot.bsky.social · 9h

Mindless Class Struggle Is Why I Beat Super Smash Bros.

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Shiny Shoe @shinyshoegames.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We might be biased, but we think that our players are among the most talented people in the world! Check out this beautiful piece by @scratchbite.bsky.social of the Moonguard from Monster Train 2! Thank you so much for sharing, we loved it! #FanArtFriday #MonsterTrain2 #indiegame #ShinyShoe

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cindy @bloomedwings.bsky.social · 10h

Looking at Kotaku's top 2026 games list and maybe it's just the air but I feel myself being even more contrarian than before. Some of it is my personal qualifiers, especially with zero-AI tolerance and BDS's Microsoft boycott, but... idk.

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hiero melão 🍈 @lesbiankakyoin.bsky.social · 22h

i think this is a good time to advertise myself as i do... hi, i'm hiero! i'm a nonbinary brazilian game journalist, for hire and i love overanalysing stories! below are some places you can find me, and if you want me on your outlet too, hmu @ hierodelima@hotmail.com ^.^

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ceej @ceej.online · 29/09/2026

emulsions… very “enemies-to-lovers”

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Three Moves Ahead @3ma.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This week, @len.bsky.social sat down with @amplitudestudios.bsky.social's Derek Paxton and game Julien Gueguen to talk about the 1.0 release of Endless Legend 2. www.idlethumbs.net/3ma/episodes...

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Three Moves Ahead: Endless Legend 2 Interview

Episode 656. Building A Legend.

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lily valeen @itsmelilyv.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

they're finally adding a cool granny to deadlock 🙏

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Aura @aurahack.ca · 29/09/2026

they make this shit look easy man holy moly

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Aura @aurahack.ca · 29/09/2026

deadlock shipped another major update with 6 new characters and several map changes, all of which are once again reaffirming that Valve is the only studio developing a free-to-play multiplayer game with Actual Art Direction www.playdeadlock.com/cityneversle...

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Deadlock - City Never Sleeps

The Cursed Apple is ever changing, and these streets are nothing like you remember. A massive visual update to the map and neutrals, six new heroes, HUD updates, numerous quality-of-life additions, ac...

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Esper Quinn 💠 @esper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

(rushing into the room like Mouse from that scene in The Matrix) WE'RE POLITICALLY DEFENDABLE!!

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Ashley Schofield is looking for work! 🐉 @ashlikeadragon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

if you have a couple dollars, or even many dollars, to give to an outlet you love, please make it stop caring artemis is one of the best editors i know, an incredible writer and a beautiful, vast soul. stop caring deserves to live on. please, if you can support the site, do 💜

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Jordan Wood @thecrossoverappeal.com · 29/09/2026

Apropos of nothing, here's bunch of women, femme, nb writers whose work I've appreciated over the past year. First, @katyar.bsky.social. I've shared her work a bunch before because her sharp coverage balances enthusiasm for the form with wide-eyed crit. playingthisweek.substack.com/p/the-games-...

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To the games I won't ever play...

An ode to those who make experiencing them still possible.

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Robin LeBlanc, from work @robinfromwork.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The film is written, directed, and co-stars Hitoshi Ozawa, a legendary Yakuza actor who is a villain in Yakuza 0, who got his fellow legends involved. This was his passion project inspired by one of his best friends, a trans woman, and he worked with the community for representative casting.

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Ericson @ericsonblum.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

September 28th. Daylight...

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Ana Diaz @pokachee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If you are in a position where you can do anything at all about this, please, please advocate for women of color in media. There are so few women and nonbinary people period. Even less of them are non-white.

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Joey ‘Detchibe' W. 🏳️‍⚧️ @thestacks.ca · 29/09/2026

I recently increased the rate for pitches to The Stacks. If you or someone you know would like to write for my site, please get in touch. I focus on obscure games history, sex, gender, and art history but am open to other topics thestacks.ca/submissions

RATES
• $100CAD for shorter essays/articles between ~600-1000 words (Example
• Up to $250CAD for larger scale research essays/articles/projects of ~ 2000 words or more (Example)
• Higher rates for very large research essays/articles/projects of ~5000 words or more (Example)
• Rates may vary depending on research involved, interviews, etc

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cindy @bloomedwings.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Just looking at the news and instantly getting tired

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Elizabeth Cantwell @eccantwell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Here to tell you that the chemistry and tension in this scene still hits for 2026 teenagers, as evidenced by the very vocal reactions of my students today

Dorothy Malone and Humphrey Bogart in the bookstore scene in 1946’s The Big Sleep

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gita “the formalist” jackson @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

There are barely any women or black people in games media and I can think of a couple reasons why but no one will like it

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gita “the formalist” jackson @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I think the most frustrating thing for me personally and one that feels unique to games journalism is that if you try to talk about these inequities people will just straight up say you’re a bad person and the create a reason for that post facto

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David Shimomura @unwinnabledavid.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Kind of amazing how far we've come on "horse armor" over the last 20 years

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Lauren Theisen @laurentheisen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Every Time A Bell Rings is out today! I'm so excited and honored that I got to write these essays about It's A Wonderful Life alongside such an incredible critic in @emilystjams.bsky.social. www.harpercollins.com/products/eve...

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Every Time a Bell Rings

THE PERFECT HOLIDAY GIFT WITH FOILED DETAILS AND CUSTOM END PAPERSA fond and nostalgic cultural history of It's a Wonderful Life, celebrating the belove...

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Zoë Hannah is bisexual @zoehhannah.com · 29/09/2026

feels like a good time to recirculate my story about the ubiquity of rape culture, unfortunately

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It's everywhere

Rape culture, Cyberpunk 2077, and would-be Senators

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amandatien.bsky.social @amandatien.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I will not apologize for how long I spent talking about Jennifer Hale's amazing work as FemShep in the Mass Effect series in the newest @punishedbacklog.bsky.social podcast episode re: video game main characters with @sam-martinelli.bsky.social . punishedbacklog.com/podcast-vide...

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Podcast: Discussing Our Favorite Video Game Main Characters

In this podcast episode, we discuss video game protagonists. We debate create-a-character versus heroes and share our favorites.

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Mothership @mothership.blog · 29/09/2026

"I moved into social media management, a new career path at the time. That’s where I stayed for ten years. Ten years is an accomplishment. It’s also a sort of confinement." - from Adelina Cortez's new personal essay on the game that brought her back to herself.

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Tiny Bookshop made me want to change my career

What happened to that girl who saw herself as an aspiring author? As it turns out, she's still a part of me

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Rosencreutz (alleged youtuber) @rosencreutz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

QT because I don't want to give the NYT any air, even for this... but my god??? How do you, as an outlet, find the precise worse plausibly deniable (read:not-openly-malevolent) angle to be hostile to trans people in an article about your own employee being murdered????????

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 29/09/2026

Jonathan McKinsey, a transgender New Times executive who was head of engineering at NYT games, was murdered by his in laws over the weekend. This follows years of allegations that the in laws were abusive to him over his gender identity. edition.cnn.com/2026/09/28/u...

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New York Times executive killed by his elderly in-laws, police say | CNN

A couple in their late 70s gunned down their son-in-law in a California city park over the weekend, authorities said, and court documents showed the victim had been in a bitter custody dispute with th...

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John-Charles Holmes @sonic9jct.jctholmes.com · 29/09/2026

girls night out 🥊🪑

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Will Borger @edgarallanbro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Working on the IGN database means looking at requests for games people would like added to the IGN database, which really just means being bombarded with like four guys' extremely specific fetishes, all lined up in a column, as the horniest dudes in existence submit them one after another

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Sorry I have been playing too much Control Resonant and had to get this out of my head.

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Video Essay Bot @videoessaybot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Most Stimulating Christianity in Video Games

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Erin Returns!! @woodaba.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

shin megami tensei iv tokyo map theme will save you

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