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Rose Whitcomb @gamingmistress.com · 20/09/2026

It's frustrating as a CM to watch someone be out of touch with their community and refuse to steps to improve the environment. If a change results in like something below, reconsider what the actual problem is you're trying to solve and ask yourself, "Is this really an issue?"

Fallout's [Everyone disliked that.] , green text in a semi-transparent green box, the background of old wooden houses.

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Rose Whitcomb @gamingmistress.com · 08/09/2026

I don't get this, Twitch. I've never interacted with this person, I've never been in their channel, and none of the people I follow raided into this person, let alone raided into them overnight. I didn't even have a stream up overnight to accidently fall into their chat. So... wtf?

A screenshot of Twitch's Shoutout dropdown on desktop.

HolyFX
Welcome welcome! Glad the raid brought you here. Hope you vibed with the stream, come back anytime <3

**Long-ish Stream**
(Non-obligatory drops...
6 hours ago. • Raid Welcome

An emoji face button
Follow button for the channel

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Rose Whitcomb @gamingmistress.com · 09/08/2026

Okay, which mutual am I sending this thing to?

A picture of a figure in a box. The figure is of a long, blonde haired young woman with horse ears, wearing a white and blue dress, posing with one leg slightly raised up as she points upwards with one hand. It says "Trio-Try-iT Figure Neo Universe". It's a Umamusume Pretty Derby figure.

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Rose Whitcomb @gamingmistress.com · 08/08/2026

I will never not use one of these generators to do this shit. DO IT SQUARE YOU'RE TOO CHICKEN BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT WILL MAKE MY WOL SO POWERFUL.

NOW
YOU COWARDS
UNLOCK AYMERIC'S ARMOR FOR FEMMES

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Rose Whitcomb @gamingmistress.com · 06/08/2026

Naw, I get that. I've had the same feeling and straight up had this reaction.

Edelgard, young woman with long blonde hair, partially tied back, and light purple eyes, staring down at a red phone held in her hand.

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Rose Whitcomb @gamingmistress.com · 06/08/2026

Here's one for the crowd tonight.

One Punch Man — a thin, bald guy — holding up a sign that reads "If you don't want to be called out for your bullshit, stop saying bullshit"

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Rose Whitcomb @gamingmistress.com · 30/07/2026

Friend calls me yesterday while at work. We talk maybe twice a year, so him calling means something. No phones in the workplace be damned, I duck into a corner. Me: Yo Him: Just wanted to call, say I love you! M: You good? H: Yeah, I'm good! M: Okay, love you too man. That's it. Love my friends.

Screenshot of a call log for the contact named Kevin. It shows an incoming call on Wednesday at 16:17 (4:17pm) that lasted 12 seconds.

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Rose Whitcomb @gamingmistress.com · 23/07/2026

Dumbass me had full vows on, Cerberus at my 156 armor down to 44. Hoooly crap. #HadesII

Screenshot from Steam for Hades II achievements

ACHIEVEMENTS
You've unlocked 30/50 (60%)
Dressed to kill
Reach the final confrontation in an Arachne outfit.
The icon is two purple rolls of cloth.
More icons for achievements are in a line below:
A pair of paw prints, a golden hourglass, the red icon of Hades, a scroll. a fish bone, a strange white and ping bloby thing, a pair of cookies in the shape of skulls.

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Rose Whitcomb @gamingmistress.com · 13/07/2026

One of the things about being online has taught me is to take a lot of screenshots: good, bad, funny, whatever, because you just never know when you can go, "WAIT I HAVE SOMETHING FOR THIS!" and pull out the most random, out-of-context one-liner and it just makes everyone's day.

Cropped screenshot from Final Fantasy XIV, a characters name being Nugget Muncher.

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Rose Whitcomb @gamingmistress.com · 08/07/2026

Streamers, big and small, your videos/streams might align with brand's vibe, but your social media presence can affect outreach as well. You don't have to be perfect but many PR/marketing will quickly not contact you if you're rude or cruel and the word does spread in this industry.

A orange and white cat, their ears pulled back a bit, wearing sunglasses while lounging on an old blue couch. the words "fuck your bad vibes bro" are across the middle in red, yellow, orange, and purple text.

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Rose Whitcomb @gamingmistress.com · 05/07/2026

My Saints Row 4 dubstep gun video is almost 13 years old (next month!) and this comment made my knees crumble into nothing. WHAT DO YOU MEAN CHILDHOOD?!

Who's also here to remember the carefree days of childhood? 😢😢
2026

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Rose Whitcomb @gamingmistress.com · 01/07/2026

Pride is over. 🏳️‍🌈 Wrath begins now. 🗡️

a screenshot from the game Neko Atsume of a orange, grey, and white tabby with a plastic bag over his head while smiling. They stand on a deck by themselves, with the caption:

GOOD MORNING GOD HAS LET ME LIVE ANOTHE DAY

AND I'M ABOUT TO MAKE IT EVERYBODY'S PROBLEM

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Rose Whitcomb @gamingmistress.com · 09/06/2026

Why does that new character for League look like he's Bane's sleezy brother? LIke, I'm not saying it's the same but this absolutely feels like, "Hey slop, give me Bane's modern shitty sibling."

Bane from D&D.

He sits on the arm of a large stone throne in a massive room, decorated with statues and banner, dressed in blue armor with a bare chest that is littered with white veins. A long green cloak hangs at along his side. His legs are crossed as he holds up his right hand, shadows forming above it. He looks down at the viewer with white eyes and a wicked grin.

The new champion from League of Legends.

A blonde man sitting/leaning against a large stone slab, dressed in a blue shirt, green jacket, and dark pants. His right hand is held up as a wicked white and purple crystal hovers above it. The colors, posing, and theming are very similar to the previous picture.

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Rose Whitcomb @gamingmistress.com · 05/06/2026

> find new artist in wild > search for social media > "You can find me on Tw-"

A man, leaning back, looking disgusted as he pulls off his simple earphones.

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Rose Whitcomb @gamingmistress.com · 28/05/2026

Some rare #CR loot up for sale! The Chronicles of Exandria: The Legend of Vox Machina Vol II Deluxe cover edition with standard cover poster included! Brand new, never been open, corners are in perfect condition. DMs are open! Reshares appreciated! #CriticalRole #VoxMachina #dnd #ttrpg #Exandria

A wrapped copy of The Chronicles of Exandria: The Legend of Vox Machina Volume II, still wrapped in its plastic. The dark cover is decorated in gold foil, with a skull centered on it, flames rising from its left eye, and the d20 with a sword through it as Critical Role's icon in its mouth.

The poster inside the white envelope: it's the standard cover of the book - the crew of Vox Machina posed in the center, faces in different directions, ready for battle, as a black hand reaching up in the background, its claws splayed, an eye embedded in the palm.

The white envelope sitting on top of the book, covering it completely.

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Rose Whitcomb @gamingmistress.com · 14/05/2026

A silly thing to wake up to but I love how my video keeps popping back up.

[3:05] [redacted]: OH MY GOD ROSE you’ll never believe what just happened during dnd tonight!!!!!

Because of a player’s artificer’s dream goal being the Saints Row dubstep cannon, said friend handed me their phone with YOUR saints row video playing on it!! I’ve shown them your dice store before but they had no idea we were connected, small world!!
[10:05] Gaming Mistress: LOL a-fucking-mazing
[10:06] [redacted]: It completely stunlocked me for a second XD like what are the odds?!

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Rose Whitcomb @gamingmistress.com · 11/05/2026

This is in your Deshboard > Stream > Channel > Scroll down to Clip Settings

Screenshot of Twitch's Dashboard, under Settings > Stream > scrolling down to Clip Settings.

"Let viewers upload clips to their socials" This option is turned off in the screenshot. Description reads: Allow viewers to directly post clips of your channel from Twitch to their TikTok and YouTube channels.
This can help you reach a wider audience and get discovered by new viewers.
To make sure viewers know where to find you, your Twitch channel name and your TikTok handle will be automatically added to viewers’ posts.
Learn More
Viewers can earn a badge for posting clips of your channel to social media. Learn more

Side menu shows:

Settings
Stream [Highlighted purple]
Channel
Streamer Survey
Viewer Rewards
Stream Together
Streaming Tools
Charity

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Rose Whitcomb @gamingmistress.com · 08/05/2026

AI tracers are always wild to me. Like, not only did you use AI to make some bullshit picture, you then TRACED over it and didn't even do a good job because you don't understand structure and basic shapes of things. Didn't once double check why that thing looks like that.

A close up of a picture that was traced from an AI image. It is of a black feline creature, wearing a silver circlet. The circlet is uneven, the pattern not making sense since it's supposed to be mirrored, and the circlet isn't even completely formed on one side, signs of AI.

A close up of a man holding a gunblade, though the hands are drawn in front of the handle, holding nothing essentially, a sign of AI tracing.

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Rose Whitcomb @gamingmistress.com · 06/05/2026

When two people who greatly dislike go at each other

⚠️EMERGENCY ALERTS

Presidential Alert
THE GIRLS ARE FIGHTINGGGG

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Rose Whitcomb @gamingmistress.com · 27/04/2026

Time to try these out while filling my sticker book with all the stickers I got from #FFXIVFanFest.

A light green bag of Arizona Green Tea Fruit Snacks, decorated with a flowering tree of pink flowers and fruit gummies at the bottom.

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Rose Whitcomb @gamingmistress.com · 13/04/2026

Reposting this with alt text with permission! Credit to @/rolanberrypie on Tweeter "Here's the schedule of community-run gatherings and meetups during FFXIV Fan Festival 2026!" #ffxivfanfest #xivfanfest #ffxivfanfest2026 #xivfanfest2026

Fan Festival Fan Event Schedule
Broken dowb by FanFest Official Events and Community Events

Thursday Day 0

11:00 AM
[FanFest Official Event] Registration Merchandise Store 11:00-8:00pm

12:00 PM
[Community Event] Requiem Cafe
Officially licensed FFXIV collaboration
**OFFSITE**
**Ticketed, Standyby Line**
280 S Clementine St
www.requiemcafe.com
4 days! Opens 12:00pm THU, FRI, SAT, SUN

[Community Event] 4:00 PM
Aquarium Meetup
THU 4:00-6:00pm
Here fishy, fishy!
**OFFSITE**
Aquarium of the Pacific
@fisherfruity / fisherfruity.bsky.social

Community events are not affiliated with Square Enix
Offline interactions not rated by ESRB

Fan Festival Fan Event Schedule
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Friday Day 1

10:00 AM
[FanFest Official Event] Keynote
10:00am - 12:15pm

12:15 PM
[FanFest Official Event]
Welcome Ceremony
12:15pm-12:30pm

12:45 PM
[Community Event] WoL Sticker Trade
FRI 12:45 pm
Look for a signing wall!
@endymade / enduro.bsky.social

1:00pm
[Community Event] Mahjong
FRI 1:00 - 5:00 PM
Play Mahjong
Grand Plaza Tables
@EpicUrianger
epicurianger.bsky.social

13:15pm
[FanFest Official Event] The Roulette Game Show
1:15pm - 2:15pm

[Community Event] Cosplay Gatherings
FRI 2:30pm
The Cosplayers' Guild
TacoMeatOfficial
Tiered Fountains
@SerithVastyne / serithvastyne.bsky.social
@TacoMeatOfficial

[Official Event] Development Panel
2:45pm - 4:45pm

[Official Event] Glamoured to Life (Cosplay)
5:00pm - 6:00pm

[Official Event] Piano Concert
7:00 - 8:00pm

Community events are not affiliated with Square Enix
Offline interactions not rated by ESRB

Fan Festival Fan Event Schedule
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Saturday Day 2

10:00 AM
[Official Event] Crystaline Conflict PvP Regional Championships
10:00am - 12:00pm

11:00 PM
[Community Event] Cosplay Gatherings
SAT 11:00 am
The Cosplayers' Guild
TacoMeatOfficial
Tiered Fountains
@SerithVastyne / serithvastyne.bsky.social
@TacoMeatOfficial

[Community Event] Blue Academy **OFFSITE**
SAT 11:00am - 12:00pm
Cupsleeve events with drinks

[Community Event] Blossom Cafe & Market
jetjetcurai.bsky.social

12:00pm
[Community Event] FFXI Meetup
SAT 12:00pm (approx. 1h)
It all began with a stone
Tiered Fountains
@emunarum / emunarum.bsky.social

12:00pm
[Community Event] Hyperdrive / FFXIV DJs
SAT 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Meet & Greet
@djlimitbreak / djlimitbreak.bsky.social

1:00pm
[Official Event] From Tacos to Tenders
Serving up the Lyrics of FFXIV
1:00pm - 2:30pm

3:00pm
[Community Event] Cosplay Gathering
SAT 3:00 - 4:00pm
TacoMeatOfficial
Tiered Fountains
@TacoMeatOfficial

3:30pm
[Official Event] A /random Q&A with Yoshida
3:30pm - 4:45pm

4:00 PM
[Community Event] Eorzean [heart emoji] Idol Fest!
SAT 4:00pm
Songbird-style concert
Tiered Fountains
@misslexel

7:00pm
[Official Event] THE PRIMALS live
7:00pm - 8:00pm

Community events are not affiliated with Square Enix
Offline interactions not rated by ESRB

Fan Festival Fan Event Schedule
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SUNDAY CONVENTION CLOSED

NO OFFICIAL EVENTS!

11:00am
[Community Event] Eorzealand
Fan Cupsleeve Event
SUN 11:00am - 7:00pm
**OFFSITE**
Cha2Cha - 9840 Katella Ave
Anaheim, CA 92804

A banner for Eorzealand is shown, green rolling hills with a castle, Alpha the chocobo, a moogle, cactaur, and a lopporit. Presented by JoshiJam.

A text bubble is at the bottom:
[Alpha]

Kweh-lling all WoLs! Join us on April 26th at Cha2Cha for a special cupsleeve event! We'll have a mini-Artist Alley, a special photocard gacha, tasty snacks and drinks, and more!

Before you return to your home Aetheryte, come on by for this 1-day event!

Community events are not affiliated with Square Enix
Offline interactions not rated by ESRB

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Rose Whitcomb @gamingmistress.com · 12/04/2026

Going out is always an adventure with my partner because something always happens. Half the time, it sounds too wild to be true. Leaving the store, saw this car drive by with three broccoli-haired dweebs inside. The other side had words like ASSHOLE and LIAR. I personally like the "THANKS DAD".

A black car with slightly tinted windows is seen from its passenger side. Many words are spray painted on it. Starting from the back and going towards the front (from left to right),

MISS ME? on the bumper
THANKS DAD
LOL
:{
CHEATER
EW
XOXO
FU
TRUST FUND

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Rose Whitcomb @gamingmistress.com · 06/04/2026

Something about this just makes the lizard brain so happy.

A screenshot of various green stencils for ovals, circles, squares, curves at different degrees, some swoops curves and points, and more, as well as two right angle triangles, a ruler, and a semi-circle ruler with angles.

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Rose Whitcomb @gamingmistress.com · 30/03/2026

Home from PAX and come home to some amazing merch from @mochamorii.bsky.social! I love being able to support my favorite artists when I can. Thank you for the stickers, they've got a place in the sticker book already!

A spread of Final Fantasy based merch. From left to right:

• A postcard of G'raha Tia, a smol redheaded catboy, with wide eyes and an open mouth, crying and drooling. A fork is in his hand, pancake at the end, a cookie piece in the other. He's surrounded by a ton of food, including sushi, pancakes, cookies, and fish.
• Two Crystal Exarch stickers - one of him laying face down, dressed in his black robe with gold edges and red sash, the other him completely blue, as if made of crystal.
• A postcard, a cutaway of a cozy, red roofed house, filled with various flora and fauna: A round bee waters tomatoes that grow on a fine along the outside, along side other veggies; dust bunnies in the attic, cleaning up; a green frog in the bathroom, sitting in the tub with mushrooms that have red caps and white dots.
• Below that, a blue bumper sticker with reflective crystal design. G'raha Tia crying hard. He wears his black robe which is mostly crystalized. The text reads "PLEASE LET ME MERGE!!!"
• A "NO THOUGHTS ONLY CATBOY" sticker sheet by: mocha with various versions of G'raha Tia with different captions and actions: one of him being grasped tightly, "EMOTIONAL SUPPORT CATBOY"; G'raha Tia as a delivery person, holding two paper bags with burgers on them, "G'RUBHUB TIA"; him as a simple red cat, laying with a smile and his eyes closed, a thought bubble that says "WOL" inside; and more

The same bumper sticker and two Crystal Exarch stickers on the same sticker page.

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Rose Whitcomb @gamingmistress.com · 28/03/2026

No kings except the King of Hearts

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Rose Whitcomb @gamingmistress.com · 22/03/2026

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Rose Whitcomb @gamingmistress.com · 28/02/2026

I ain't playing RE9 yet but I can still appreciate the man and what he can do for us.

Leon Kennedy from Resident Evil 6, holding a handgun, aiming it at someone off screen

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Rose Whitcomb @gamingmistress.com · 26/02/2026

[With alt text] Good. We need more places to cut off any site or "writer" that publishes AI slop and tries to pass it off as legitimate. Fuck AI.

Screenshot of Metacritics' update on AI-generated reviews:

"Our policy is that we will never include an AI-generated review on Metacritic, and that if we subsequently discover that one has been posted we will remove it immediately and sever ties with that publication upon an investigation."

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Rose Whitcomb @gamingmistress.com · 24/02/2026

Indie dev here. A lot of indie studios are burning down, they just don't make the news. A lot of indie studios work on AAA games in the background, but that doesn't fit your narrative. It's not AAA vs Indies, it's greed vs people. Sit down and stop trying to pit devs against each other.

johnvanderhoef
@johnvanderhoef.bsky.social

There are tens of thousands of indies making and releasing games every year.

We don't need the AAA part of the industry.

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Rose Whitcomb @gamingmistress.com · 15/02/2026

Lies. Nowhere in this article does it actually say that Discord is "distancing itself". Stop shoveling shit, Kotaku.

Screenshot of Kotaku's Bluesky, article titled "Discord distances itself from age verification firm after ties to Palantir's Peter Thiel surface" followed by a shortened link.

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Rose Whitcomb @gamingmistress.com · 12/02/2026

Only thing we can't help with is the chaos of the cats~

A picture of an incredibly blurry orange kitten, mid-motion, looking as if its screaming

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Rose Whitcomb @gamingmistress.com · 25/01/2026

Doing M9 for the first time, doublestack wiped all but DRK and I because we went, "NOPE!" Raise first healer, they drop as I get the second healer up, get the first one up just as the second LB3s and we clear. RDMs are the GOATS. Goddamn do I wish I had been recording. #FFXIV

Screenshot from Final Fantasy XIV chat.

Names are redacted to colors:

[10:50]([Purple].Exodus) was that a double stack lol
[10:50]([Orange].Ultros) yeah
[10:50]([Pink]) Yup
[10:50]([Green].Excalibur) whm lb3
[10:51]([Purple].Exodus) didn't even see the 2nd one
[10:51]([Green].Excalibur) clutch'
[10:51](Zephsace W.) Always had it :D
[10:51]You obtain 20 Allagan tomestones of mathematics.
[10:51]You obtain 10 Allagan tomestones of mnemonics.
[10:51]You obtain 40 Allagan tomestones of mathematics.
[10:51]([Purple].Exodus) nice job rdm king
[10:52]([Green].Excalibur) ty for raises~

Screenshot from Final Fantasy XIV:

[10:52]AAC Heavyweight M1 has ended.
[10:52]You received a player commendation!
[10:52]You received a player commendation!
[10:52]You received a player commendation!
[10:52]“The Breathtaker” objective fulfilled!

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Rose Whitcomb @gamingmistress.com · 11/01/2026

sorry found the right one this time

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Rose Whitcomb @gamingmistress.com · 02/01/2026

I'll second this. I want my posts and the ones I share accessible to everyone. Use that alt text. Make it so that you can't post media until you actually fill it out. Settings > Accessibility, go do it now.

Screenshot of Bluesky's Accessibility options

Alt text
Require alt text before posting [blue checkmark is check]
Display larger alt text badges [box is unchcked]

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Rose Whitcomb @gamingmistress.com · 01/01/2026

Let's do it, bitches, because I ain't letting you otherwise

Jerma wearing a red hat and shirt, his hand extended to the viewer, looking directly at the camera. The caption reads "let's SURVIVE 2026 together"

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Rose Whitcomb @gamingmistress.com · 19/12/2025

Absolutely biased but I cannot not be: Go play @cipherzerogame.com! Currently under $10, over 300 handcrafted puzzles, a dynamic soundtrack, and a world you'll wish you could just get lost in. store.steampowered.com/app/1332180/...

A screenshot of CIPHER ZERO's opening area, Lake, done in a minimalist design and colors.

A grey and lonely lake, vague shapes of mountains in the distance, multiple phases of the moon is seen in the grey sky.. Rocks of hard edges jut out of the water's surface, as sunbeams cast themselves over one of the rocks. A green train races across the surface and continues on off screen. A telescope sits in the foreground, aimed out towards the open lake.

A solved puzzle from CIPHER ZERO. A 3x3 square grid, missing the center square. A dot sits in the center of it. The left column has a single horizontal dash above it, the right column has two. The center row has a single vertical dash to the left of tie, and the bottom row has two. The bottom left square is lit up green while the bottom right and center right are as well.

The background is an upside-down landscape of a farm area, done in shades of green and black to match to green of the puzzle.

An incorrectly solved puzzle from CIPHER ZERO. It's a 5x5 squared, grid-like puzzle, done in shades of black, white, grey, and orange. Some of the symbols on the puzzle are lit up with that orange, while parts of the grid is a lighter gray over other darker parts.

A screenshot from CIPHER ZERO's City level, done in a minimalist design.

A large apartment building sits center of the view, a large blue and faint orange sign with illegible text. Below that is an empty restaurant and bar. A covered train track runs behind it, as more skyscrapers are seen in the background with various billboards.

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Rose Whitcomb @gamingmistress.com · 17/12/2025

CIPHER ZERO (@cipherzerogame.com) IS UP FOR BEST PUZZLE DESIGN I SWEAR I'M NOT CRYING SEEING IT THERE

Screenshot of The 3rd Annual Thinky Awards nominations page, nine games with their associated picture

Best Puzzle Design
Nominees
0player
Blue Prince
Cipher Zero
Gentoo Rescue
Kaizen: A Factory Story
Lab Rat
LOK Digital
Öoo
Spooky Express

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