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Chloe Mashiter

@chloemashiter.bsky.social
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game-designer / performer / creative technician. Agender (they/he/she). Sometime organiser of community funding dinners

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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
God, grant me the courage to change the things I can and incredible new powers to change the things I can't.
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Dr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com · 16/07/2026
Games Not (Only) By Cis-Dudes 🧵 (list in progress I keep on my phone & pasting here) * Apocalypse World * For the queen * The quiet year * Yazeba’s bed and breakfast * Seven part pact * Kagematsu & A single man * Tales of the Fisherman’s Wife * Steal Away Jordan * A Mending * Field guide to memory
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Chloe Mashiter @chloemashiter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Here's a niche "what it's like working in immersive/interactive theatre" thing - it might involve you listening in to a group misgendering you for an hour. Which can really suck having a lot of thoughts/feelings about body/gender/presentation atm and, well...wasn't massively what I needed right now
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
UK Games Expo has banned generative AI art, text, and merchandise across all NEC exhibition halls, bringing the convention in line with broader British tabletop standards. Standholders face removal or bans if their products aren't made by humans. #UKGE
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UK Games Expo bans generative AI art and text across all trade halls
UK Games Expo has introduced a mandatory policy prohibiting generative AI art and text across all NEC trade halls, requiring exhibitors to sell only human-made games.
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Chloe Mashiter @chloemashiter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
First larp: ooh I'll be a bard, I can wear this cool cloak, gonna trade some fantasy goods... Latest larp: right time to freehand a temporary tattoo of bacteria on my collarbone, then do it again the morning of the game so it can eerily develop during it
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Chloe Mashiter @chloemashiter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
anyone know somewhere in London I can buy petri dishes? (don't even need agar plates; just trying to get some by Friday morning and ones I'd ordered have just been unexpectedly refunded)
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Chloe Mashiter @chloemashiter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Individual tickets are now on sale for TRANSMISSION! We had no idea what demand there would be for group tickets - and, now that we know, we've added an extra date to the run to help open out more chances for individual ticket buyers to come play! Tix + info here: ticketpass.org/event/EKXTMR...
A teletext intro page with a pixel art cover of a hand holding a remote control and text bursting out that says "Individual tickets now on sale"A teletext menu page showing 5 dates and times:
Mon 26th Oct, 7.30pm
Sat 31st Oct, 2.00pm
Thurs 5th Nov, 7.30pm
Thurs 5th Nov, 11.00pm
Fri 6th Nov, 7.30pm
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Chloe Mashiter @chloemashiter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
If I manage to submit something for this year's Golden Cobras, it's gonna be my best attempt to bottle this song in a larp: youtu.be/cZirSkxX3QA?...
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I Get Hurt (Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Victor Jones
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Carol Mertz @carolmertz.itch.io · 21/09/2026
Send us your experimental game — we wanna help you show it off! Get a chance to share your project onstage at GDC next spring, and help us inspire more people to make strange and experimental projects that change how we think about games. <3
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Grant Howitt @gshowitt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Looking for someone who can do 90’s point-and-click style pixel art for a commission. Short notice but it’d need to be done in the next two weeks. Lemme know if that’s you, and share your portfolio please!
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Playtest Material Magazine @playtestmaterial.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A serious one today. "This is a call to our readers and future readers: please, consider before scrolling away, if you think our magazine is worth £18+postage. It is not just an investment in a bundle of paper, but in meaningful critique in the ttrpg space." playtestmaterial.org/playtest-mat...
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Playtest Material launches its first ever subscription drive
Playtest Material needs 75 subscribers to break even — one of those could be you.
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Chloe Mashiter @chloemashiter.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Only a few days until individual tickets are available for TRANSMISSION! if you're looking to gather a group then move quick as there's no guarantee re booking group tickets once individual ones are on sale! Info and tix here: ticketpass.org/event/EKXTMR...
A teletext news page with the announcement "three days until new "Transmission" ticket release, individual tickets available from Sept 22nd, group tickets currently on sale. "One of the most unique, memorable and thought-provoking evenings of role-play I've participated in"."
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Kākāpō numbers pass 300 for the first time in 75 years. New Zealand’s flightless, nocturnal parrot now totals 325 birds, after a record 90 chicks fledged this season, built on the Department of Conservation’s recovery programme, which started with just 51 birds in 1995. DOC buff.ly/7YIOBd9
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Kākāpō population reaches new milestone
The official population of the critically endangered kākāpō has reached a recovery-era high of 325 birds.
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Chloe Mashiter @chloemashiter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
To discover there's a *sequel* to One Man's Trash is such an incredible delight - I'm eating breakfast whilst screaming at my phone because it's 25 mins in and every answer supports my current guess youtube.com/watch?v=bW9i...
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What's In The Dumpster? 10 Year Anniversary Show
YouTube video by Chris Gethard
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Chloe Mashiter @chloemashiter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Some more thoughts after a recent larp - again veering more personal than most of my writing! Sometimes larps allow you to tell exactly the story you need to hear at that moment in time - and that's what, in part, The Castle was for me: chloemashitermakesthings.wordpress.com/2026/09/17/w...
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When you tell the story you need
Castle Veldenz, the venue for The Castle One of the many threads woven through my brain since playing The Castle last month is how I ended up being able to tell a story I needed to believe in. (Bef…
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Chloe Mashiter @chloemashiter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
So both Buddy and Kevin Can Go Fuck Himself have something I love, and so want to translate into a game: an antagonist who, because they belong to a given genre, are protected by/can use the conventions of said genre for their benefit. (I adore the core way that's used in Buddy, it's *so creepy*)
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Chloe Mashiter @chloemashiter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I was gifted this 1e D&D set *a decade ago* (when I just started playing!), complete with maps/character sheets/letters from a game! I've wanted to do something creative/performance-/game-based with it ever since - and in March next year I finally will! (will say more closer to the time...)
A 1975 D&D set of small booklets, plus a map made of paper (covered in eyes) folded over with one layer partially cut away and a vintage character sheet
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Chloe Mashiter @chloemashiter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Ah, I see the universe wants to set me a real challenge today: actually genuinely resting when ill. *cracks knuckles* *immediately lies down because damn cracking knuckles took it out of me*
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Chloe Mashiter @chloemashiter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
*nothing is apolitical* You can't say "my gigs are not a political forum" - sure, they might not be a debate between politicians etc, but *silence it's itself fucking political* *screams*
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Chloe Mashiter @chloemashiter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Only a week until individual tickets are available for TRANSMISSION! What that means is: if you're keen to gather a group of 4-8 friends to play *just by yourselves*, there's only a week left to guarantee you can do so head here for more info/tickets: everythingimmersive.com/events/trans...
A teletext news page showing multiple headlines: individual tix: 1 week to go, group tix now on sale, solo tix on sale sept 22, see link for details
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Chloe Mashiter @chloemashiter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Been grappling with this post for a few days. Hard one to write. I recently played The Castle, a game I adored, which involves its characters essentially playing an unsafe larp. And, sadly, it reminded me of shows I've seen/worked on. chloemashitermakesthings.wordpress.com/2026/09/14/a...
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A dangerous castle
Castle Veldenz, where the most recent runs of The Castle were played. I recently played Reflections Larp Studio’s The Castle, which has left my mind buzzing over various elements of it &#8211…
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Lev Mirov @thelionmachine.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
If you say nothing of value is being lost when rare books disappear forever into the slop machine, you simply do not value the experiences of people who existed outside or peripheral to the social hegemony. It is fundamentally a bigoted position that benefits tyrants and totalitarians.
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✨️naomithinksit✨️ @naomithinksit.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This is sick and you should do it
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Chloe Mashiter @chloemashiter.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Questions about TRANSMISSION? Thankfully this entirely benign and normal figure has answers for you! Group tickets currently on sale (the perfect way to play if you want to gather a bundle of friends for some spooky roleplay): everythingimmersive.com/events/trans...
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Adrian Hon @adrianhon.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Just got a group ticket for TRANSMISSION, an online cosmic-horror larp played over Zoom... and Teletext! Made and run by @chloemashiter.bsky.social (Bridge Command, Spy of the Year), one of the most interesting artists working across interactive theatre/ARGs/jubensha/larp. Don't wait around!
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Transmission
A nationwide blackout: no lights, no phone line, no one else in miles. But the TV just turned on by itself, and 'why' is a far more important question than 'how'...
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Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🏳️‍⚧️ Are you mass lobby ready? It’s tomorrow! 1pm to 5pm Read all about how it’ll work: www.transsolidarityalliance.com/mass-lobby-2...
Mass lobby booklet
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Tom Powell @tomorrowpowell.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Incredible game, I can't think of any better way to enjoy creeping dread this Halloween
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Chloe Mashiter @chloemashiter.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I'm doing a Halloween run of my haunted-Teletext larp TRANSMISSION! So excited that after years of developing it on and off, running it at festivals, I'll finally be doing a public run Group tix are on sale, w individual tix on sale 22nd Sep Info & tix here: everythingimmersive.com/events/trans...
A glitchy 90s style Teletext graphic with the title TRANSMISSION visible, and a popup reading "an online horror roleplay experience"
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Chloe Mashiter @chloemashiter.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I got to spend a couple of days at Phantasialand (a major German theme park) last month, and have been reflecting on why one "zone" felt so much more 'immersive' to me than the others: chloemashitermakesthings.wordpress.com/2026/09/07/l...
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Lessons from Phantasialand
This week I spent a couple of days at Phantasialand, a theme park a couple of hours out of Cologne. As usual for me, I went to a place people normally just visit for fun so that I could think about…
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Apparently people are sharing this far and wide on social media, which I think is horrible. This could cripple ICE operations. PLEASE do not share this.
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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
thank you lesbian tractor witch
image with swirling green background of the lesbian tractor witch it says: congratulations if you are seeing this you have been chosen by the lesbian tractor witch, she has removed all curses have a wonderful day
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Chloe Mashiter @chloemashiter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Taking a moment because I started writing a blog post about how a recent larp I played (The Castle, a major thread of which is the exploration of the characters essentially playing an unsafe larp) made me reflect on similar experiences in immersive theatre (as actor & audience) and I got Too Angry.
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John Walton @thatjohn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
this second session being impossible to schedule is the most D&D thing you could possibly imagine
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Chloe Mashiter @chloemashiter.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I sought out any immersive/interactive stalls I could at Gamescom last week (with the few hours I had spare). Fascinating to see that there's interest in such experiences - but they need more thought applied... chloemashitermakesthings.wordpress.com/2026/09/04/i...
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Immersive theatre for non-theatregoers
This past week, I spent a couple of days at Gamescom in Cologne – whilst primarily there for the set-up of ONTOS’ rat server installation (having done the narrative design for the exper…
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Chloe Mashiter @chloemashiter.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Steadily heading home after The Castle - the most narratively & thematically dense larp I've ever played, and feeling genuinely emotional about the privilege of getting to participate in telling such incredible stories, as well as emotional about the stories themselves.
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Merely Matt is crowdfunding I NEED A MIRACLE s2 @merelymatt.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Spread this like - -/remembers wildfire season is starting/- -/remembers the world is still traumatised by a contagious disease/- -like jam crowdfunder.co.uk/p/miracle
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Writing + casting I Need A Miracle season 2
I want to pay a pantheon of writers to pen a second season of the micro-fiction podcast I Need A Miracle.
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🔞Hypnos (Also known as MatchTerm) @hypnos.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Guys... if you are at gamescom, PLEASE do this experience. Is so fucking goood #ontos
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Chloe Mashiter @chloemashiter.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Couldn't spend much time at Gamescom myself (had a few hours to wander about on industry day, I would've found standard crowds wayyyy too overwhelming) but sought out what immersive/interactive experiences I could - mainly Saw:Genesis, Silent Hill and Where Winds Meet....
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
The question was never what YOU can do. The question is when will THEY pay.
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Chloe Mashiter @chloemashiter.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I was at Gamescom this week getting the gorgeous ONTOS rat server up and running! I did the narrative design for this delightfully strange 1-player-10-minute experience and am so pleased with how it's turned out!
A purple lit wall of 50+ rats mounted on metal panels with heart monitors and a small table and chair in front with a screen that says "ONTOS" A person smiles at the camera whilst cuddling up to a metal rack of hairless rats with probes in their headsSomeone sits at a small screen in front of a wall of hairless rats mounted on metal plates; behind this the walls say "ONTOS" Someone sits in front of a rack of rats mounted on metal plates now lit in red with the rats individual heart monitors largely showing red
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Uruguay, with 3.5 million people, generates 98% of its electricity from renewable sources. The architect of that transformation, Ramón Méndez Galain, put it simply: "The key is not technology; it is institutions. Once the rules are fair and predictable, the system builds itself."
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Our solar power model isn't working — there's a fairer way
Solar lease-to-own could unlock Ireland's energy future — Uruguay, the Netherlands and Germany have all made this work with straightforward rules, writes Mary Teehan
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Chloe Mashiter @chloemashiter.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Powerpoint Partied this weekend and damn straight I'm proud of my contribution (feels like these 4 pics capture enough of it) And if anyone doubts me I will die on the hill of Santa is an ARG
wordart saying "how to help Santa reach his full potential" A smiling cartoon of Santa with wordart saying "presents presents presents" An angry cartoon of Santa giving the middle finger with wordart of "presents presents presents" crossed outWordart saying "Santa is an ARG (alternate reality" obscured by a fake PNG image of a rosette saying "most improved"
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Adrian Hon @adrianhon.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Great news: the talks from Jubensha Con are now available online for FREE! Big thanks to our amazing speakers for agreeing to this, and to Joe Strickland at @chronicinsanity.bsky.social for producing the videos. A lot of much bigger and more expensive conferences don't do this – but we just did.
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Jubensha Con 2026 - YouTube
The talks given at JubenshaCon 2026 Find out more about the convention at https://jubenshacon.com Buy jubensha from: https://jubensha.co.uk https://www.suspe...
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Daniel Fedor @dcfedor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Blue Bottle Games, as a policy, does not use generative AI. It's something we've discussed as a team, weighing the pros and cons, and ultimately, we decided it was not for us. Recently, while chatting with a colleague, she mentioned it was useful hearing our reasoning. So: Sharing time! 1/12
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Rob Morgan @durutti74.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
The DWP are asking for people to contribute evidence for a forthcoming review of Carers Allowance and how it operates. Admittedly this is niche, but please spread the word so it reaches the right people. www.gov.uk/government/c...
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Carer's Allowance: call for evidence
This call for evidence is being administered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to gather information and views to build on the Department’s existing evidence. What we hear will help shape ...
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Chloe Mashiter @chloemashiter.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Life news! After 3 years of flight controlling, science-lore-wrangling, coding, teleporting and suchlike, I'm leaving my position as a Creative Associate at Bridge Command in October. I'll still be freelance, but I'm getting back to freelance life wholesale - so will be hunting for work soon!
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Chloe Mashiter @chloemashiter.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Count The Rice (Game Changer's latest episode) made me wildly excited from an interactive-immersive experience design perspective: so here's a list of Game Changer episodes that are great references for various design principles: chloemashitermakesthings.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
The "Count the Rice" game prompt from Game Changer
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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
It’s so important to remind people that we can do good smart things that help and don’t hurt.
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TarZangief @tarzangief.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
While most people knew him for his movies lets not forget the incredible human Sam Neil was too
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Edmond Chang @edmondchang.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Three new @analoggamestudies.bsky.social #AnalogGameStudies collected essays are here! (We're working back in time till we have the whole set!) Thanks, #PlayStoryPress! Vol. 10 (2023): tinyurl.com/agsvol10 | Vol. 11 (2024): tinyurl.com/agsvol11 | Vol. 12 (2025): tinyurl.com/agsvol12
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