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Ella "RATTLE ME BONES" M 💀

@ecmsquared.bsky.social
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Game writer (most recently Baldur's Gate 3 at Larian & Plarium). Former Total War community content editor and ESL senior editor. I like TRPGs, theme parks, and spooky things. My cat is prettier than you. linktr.ee/ellamcconnell

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Cyrus Nemati @ahoymehearties.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Can't wait!! If you're in London on November 2nd and are into games and psychology, why would you miss this?
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Abeeha Tariq @abeehatariqart.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
something a bit more different from me but I got a lot to say and I’m not comfortable in front of a camera so… keep AI out of schools!!
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Ella "RATTLE ME BONES" M 💀 @ecmsquared.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
God forbid a woman has hobbies
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Ella "RATTLE ME BONES" M 💀 @ecmsquared.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I was under the impression most people took it rectally
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Ella "RATTLE ME BONES" M 💀 @ecmsquared.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Oh the irony
A crop of the cover of a magazine called "Senior's Guide to ChatGPT", whereupon a small graphic reads "Written by experts, not AI"
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Johanna T 👻 📚 @johannamation.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
If you’re tempted to use genAI to brainstorm for writing stories, please just talk abt your story to friends instead! Friends who have good story sense that you trust, writer friends who will give you honest feedback, friends who care & get excited about your ideas with you! I know it’s scary +
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Ella "RATTLE ME BONES" M 💀 @ecmsquared.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Dolly 🙁🦋
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Ella "RATTLE ME BONES" M 💀 @ecmsquared.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Story of my life
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Cryo @cryodraws.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Using my evil mobile game artist powers to turn Jack into a gacha hero
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Io Black @ioblack.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
In news that should shock precisely nobody, Dates & Wires is on sale for the duration of Steam's Cyberpunk Fest, which runs until 10 AM PT on the 10th. That 60% discount, though? That might raise an eyebrow or two.
store.steampowered.com
Save 60% on Dates & Wires: Augmented Edition on Steam
The year is 1995, and you're newly single and ready to mingle in Stradania, the dysfunctional micronation whose chief exports are pig iron, human misery, and radioactive souvenir mugs. Sample the nigh...
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Ella "RATTLE ME BONES" M 💀 @ecmsquared.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
A solution from @databyss.com: bsky.app/profile/data...
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Ella "RATTLE ME BONES" M 💀 @ecmsquared.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
God, they always try and sneak shit like this in where it's easy to accidentally click on it - and I can't seem to find any way to disable it (including via extensions) yet
A screenshot of the Chrome right-click menu, a red arrow pointing to a stupid "Ask Gemini" option that has been snuck into a section under "Copy link address"
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Cryo @cryodraws.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
This clown is exactly where he wants to be #ocart #ocsky
Jack leaning against a wall full of knives barely missing him
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Cyrus Nemati @ahoymehearties.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I only discount Vampire Therapist this much twice a year. Now is the time to get it if you've been curious! I know feelings are super gross in the hyper-masculine Trump age, but fuck that guy, play our game. ♥️
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🌿viktor aleksander🌿🩸devil's minion pilled🩸 @nooskadraws.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
thou hast been blessed by the ibuprofen knight praise be ⚔️💚
A digital illustration of a knight in black plate armour. They hold out their hand towards you, and floating above them are ibuprofen tablets. They say "let us take ibuprofen together"
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Alexa Ray Corriea @alexaray.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Every time a writer in the games industry loses their job we all feel it acutely like a mycelium network.
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Paul Scott Canavan @paulscottcanavan.com · 24/06/2026
Semester 12 of my Oscar-winning illustration mentorship begins on August 3rd 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 I'm looking to bring on 5 more students for this one. Go check out MasteringImaginativeRealism.com if you want to learn more 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 #masteringimaginativerealism
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Ella "RATTLE ME BONES" M 💀 @ecmsquared.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Legitimately scared by upcoming temperatures being in the mid to late thirties - help 🙃
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Cryo @cryodraws.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
I can be your angle... or yuor devil
Glittery Jack hit by a sun beamSame image but dark edge lord Jack with glowy red eyes
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Ella "RATTLE ME BONES" M 💀 @ecmsquared.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
My cream British Shorthair cat Mori lying on his back exposing his fluffy belly. His forepaws are curled, his hindpaws akimbo, and his tail curled to one side. His eyes are closed and his mouth very slightly open - he is very comfy and very asleep
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Paul Scott Canavan @paulscottcanavan.com · 12/06/2026
So tired of this shit. Literally any concept artist can doodle up a better solution in minutes. And you know it’s original and not just plucked from some other IP. And they can iterate on it in realtime, allowing the whole team to be in on the process. We had this process for fucking decades.
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Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
I found this neat tool that lets you generate text and images just from your ideas. It's really good!
a pencil
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Ella "RATTLE ME BONES" M 💀 @ecmsquared.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Fuck yeah Bailey tarot deck
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
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Ella "RATTLE ME BONES" M 💀 @ecmsquared.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
The Cayman Islands bank manager from The Simpsons episode Bart the Fink just before he says "ahhh, it's too today". He is a large, balding man wearing a white suit with an orange Hawaiian shirt underneath, and is sitting in a wicker chair and fanning himself while palm trees and blue sky are visible outside.
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Ella "RATTLE ME BONES" M 💀 @ecmsquared.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Zero Parades by @zaumstudio.bsky.social is out today! Really enjoying it so far - congrats to the team, especially my friendos who worked on it 🔥 store.steampowered.com/app/2863680/...
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ZERO PARADES: For Dead Spies on Steam
From the creators of Disco Elysium comes ZERO PARADES – an espionage RPG. You're a brilliant but tormented operant on one final desperate assignment. Gather your broken network, untangle a web of lies...
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Axel حسن Taiari @shevek.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
It’s out. Luck and skill, operants. m.youtube.com/watch?v=iZG4...
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ZERO PARADES: For Dead Spies - PC Launch Trailer
YouTube video by ZAUM
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Kaspar Tamsalu @kaspartamsalu.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Aaaand it’s out. Only took four years. Congratz and thank you to everyone who made this happen! Hope the rest of y’all will give it a chance and will enjoy it.
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Worm Girl @cataclysmtlg.com · 24/04/2026
I regret to inform you that Zero Parades is really good. One thing that really sticks out to me is that it matters that Hershel is a woman. There are plenty of games with female protags where the gender is just sort of a biographical detail and that's it, or that focus on a man's idea of womanhood.
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Caelan Conrad @caelan.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Did you read a book if you skipped the prologue, epilogue, and everything that isn't dialogue? Is the epilogue even part of the story? Are prologues just "author yap"? Are they even "in the book?" New Video: "Maybe You Don't Like Reading" youtu.be/gZUCHqotnwA
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Ella "RATTLE ME BONES" M 💀 @ecmsquared.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
That IS where I post from ⚰️
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Giada Zavarise @cheerfulgoth.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Some practical advice on how to go from being completely useless in a kitchen, to being capable of feeding yourself:
a photo of a mushrooms and peppers tacoa photo of a salad with hand-made rice ballsA picture of blueberry wafflesA photo of chickpea pitas
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Ella "RATTLE ME BONES" M 💀 @ecmsquared.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Latest food obsession
A product photo of Village Pride lightly salted plantain chips
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Paul Scott Canavan @paulscottcanavan.com · 21/04/2026
The Pale Tides playtest is almost ready to release to my Kickstarter backers 👀 72 pages of THIS. The rules to my game system. A full scenario to explore. And a lot of spooky shit. It feels surreal (and mildly terrifying) to be on the precipice of unleashing my strange child upon the world.
A page that reads:

Beneath the pale moon’s glow, fractured memories of the earth awaken.
They stir in deep forests and black lochs.
In ruined forts atop frigid peaks.
In labyrinthine cities that hiss and scream in the language of industry.
Monsters.
Manifestations of Nature. Her glory, and Her wrath.
Echoes of a time when the world knew balance.
When spirits, beasts, and humankind lived side by side.
Not always in peace, but in understanding.
Then came that great forgetfulness called Enlightenment.
And with it, the unravelling of the Old Ways.
The rise of the machine, of fire and steel.
And the birth of the White Church.
They poisoned minds with fear and the promise of their Miracle.
They shattered balance and awoke things that should have been left to dream.
And in their hate, and their fear, they burned us.
Thus, are we called.
We are Hexen. War witches.
This is the calling for which we were exiled, while the world rotted away.
This is the midnight summons of Her final war.
Under a pale moon, our exile ends.
Under a pale moon, we choose to fight.
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Ella "RATTLE ME BONES" M 💀 @ecmsquared.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Signed up for my second year ⚔️
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Anna 🌿👁️ @annacwebs.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Writing advice thread re: first drafts! 1. From my writing pedagogy teacher in college: hot water can't flow if the faucet isn't on. Might take a minute for things to get to the temp you want, but that's okay!
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Cryo @cryodraws.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
After a long break, I finally have a patreon again! So if you want more vintage yaoi and vampires, this is a great way to support this very unemployed artist 👀 patreon.com/CryoDraws #blartist #patreon #ocart
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Cryo @cryodraws.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
How To Train Your Vampire is officially a Webtoon! Will be figuring out other platforms for it eventually but in the meantime please share and subscribe, I'm gonna need all the eyes I can get on this thing 🧛‍♀️🙏 www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/ho... #webtoon #vampires #bl #comics
How to train your vampire cover with Jack lifting Percy's face by the chin
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Corey Brotherson (open for new contracts/work, drop me an email) @coreybrotherson.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Comic book artist search post: Looking for a Black British artist, preferably from the West Midlands (not essential but would be a big plus), who has a naturalistic style and comfortable with slice of life drama/comedy. If they're familiar with the 1980s and 90s, that's a big plus, too.
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Cryo @cryodraws.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
[hacker voice] I'm in. Now I'm out. Now I'm in again
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Ella "RATTLE ME BONES" M 💀 @ecmsquared.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
This is my true talent 🥰
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Little Bat Games @littlebatgames.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
We're really stoked about this! Little Bat Games has been doing the writing and narrative design on "Oh Apollo!", with @ecmsquared.bsky.social of Baldur's Gate 3 fame joining @ahoymehearties.bsky.social . If you're missing our brand of bold weirdo humor, you want to play this one!
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Ella "RATTLE ME BONES" M 💀 @ecmsquared.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
oh, I didn't know your dad was here
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Ella "RATTLE ME BONES" M 💀 @ecmsquared.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Dates & Wires is currently LESS than the price of a pint thanks to the Steam Spring Sale 👀
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Anna Megill @annamegill.com · 13/03/2026
A game writer's job is helping players tell signal from noise. What's important to hear, who is important to talk to, how to move through a complicated game world. Our art is doing this efficiently without losing sight of the story. Done right, it's invisible
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
You know the best way to kill AI? Don't use it. Don't buy it. Don't share it. Don't give the people who use it your labour or your money.
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Ella "RATTLE ME BONES" M 💀 @ecmsquared.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
scrungly stable cat
A fluffy orange cat sitting on a bench with a seemingly sour expression (which is especially funny because they were purring like a MOTOR). Their fur is somewhat scruffy, with uneven layers where mats appear to have been shaved out. Their eyes are green and their whiskers are magnificent.
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Ella "RATTLE ME BONES" M 💀 @ecmsquared.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
goals
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Jo Cordisco @yuxingart.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Want to get a private commission but you don't know how? Or are you a seasoned patron looking to iron out a few wrinkles? Together with several artists and patrons, I've put together a comprehensive guide to private commissions, covering topics like first correspondence, feedback, and payment!
docs.google.com
So You Want to Commission An Artist?
So You Want to Commission an Artist? (from left to right) Grace Zhu, Alhin Row, looceyloo, Lemongrace Created 2025. All works in this guide are copyrighted by each Artist and cannot be reproduced by a...
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Paul Scott Canavan @paulscottcanavan.com · 06/03/2026
Last spot remaining for my April illustration mentorship!! This will be the last MTG focused mentorship for a bit so get in touch if you want to learn from me, make a bunch of friends and level your art up 🙌 8 weeks, live reviews, a private community - £666. www.masteringimaginativerealism.com
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MASTERING IMAGINATIVE REALISM
Learn how to create compelling art and level up your storytelling
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