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@heyitsdora.com
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Release management and production @strangescaffold.bsky.social Director of Production and Operations @insertdisc5.com Producer for Truth Scrapper, In Stars and Time, etc. No AI. Opinions are my own. She/her. SO normal. heyitsdora.com

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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 13/08/2026
I've been teaching myself to knit! Part of stepping away from social media more has been giving myself more creative fun things to do rather than doomscrolling mindlessly. This blanket is still a WIP, and I may never do anything more elaborate, but making something with my hands is so rewarding.
A photo of a knitted blanket draped over an office chair, with a banded color pattern of peach, red, tan, and brown.
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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 02/07/2026
This sort of scummy recontextualizing of facts to make them fit the narrative Google wants you to read is exactly why I was so annoyed when they renamed Google One to AI Plus; so they could say they have so many AI Plus subscribers, even if it's ACTUALLY folks whose old plan was converted/renamed.
In terms of voluntary developer uptake, they recently claimed that “over 99% of [Play developers’] apps have been registered” suggests that ADV is somehow a popular and widely-accepted dictate. That couldn’t be further from the truth: those 99% of developers were auto-opted-in without their informed consent due to being already bound by their Play Store agreements.
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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 25/06/2026
This is from their careers page. What sort of a "team win" is this?
Teams are Stronger Than Heroes

World-class people, world-class teams. We hold ourselves and each other to the highest standard of mutual respect, inclusivity, and support, knowing that teams whose members speak their mind and take risks will accomplish what no individual ever could. Our wins are always team wins.
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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 24/06/2026
The swift and brutal response to the launcher the dev tried to add to Rogue Trader that resulted in it getting rolled back less than a day later is remarkable. It's nice to see they listened to the community, but I wish they would have had a similar reaction to their Gen AI use coming out.
A screenshot for a Steam news post for Rogue Trader announcing the addition of a launcher to the gameA screenshot for a Steam news post for Rogue Trader for the very next day saying they are rolling back the launcher
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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 20/06/2026
She figured out that if she stands up on her hind legs and pats my shoulder and cries while I'm at my desk I'll let her up Which is a terrible habit to teach her when I'm trying to work, but what can I do? 🤷‍♀️
A close up photo of a cat laying curled up asleep on her side on someone's lap
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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 20/06/2026
Florance hopes you feel better ❤️
A photo of a cat curled up asleep on someone with her hind legs up in front of the camera
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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 20/06/2026
lol lmao, as well
Text reads, "The goal of government, you see,' and the Arch Lector prodded at the air with his boney forefinger, 'is to load the unhappiness onto those least able to make you suffer for it."
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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 19/06/2026
A cool looking character but I sigh and once again shelve my hopes for a playable Fiona in a main Borderlands game 😞 I'll still check out Loveless, but it's such a bummer that Rhys (who I do like as a character!) and some cosmetics the only real Tales integration in the main games
A screenshot of Fiona from Tales from the Borderlands aiming her derringer
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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 18/06/2026
12. No spoilers, the full cross-stitch from the season finale of Widow's Bay ❤️
A photo of the cross stitch from Widow's Bay, transcribed in the next image The world
Is violent and mercurial
It will have its way with you
We are saved only by love
Love for each other and the love
That we pour into the art we
Feel compelled to share: being a parent,
A writer, being a painter, being a friend. 
We live in a perpetually burning 
Building and what we must save 
From it all the time is love. 

- Tennessee Williams
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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 17/06/2026
Like c'mon. It's okay for a massive hit like this to offer much more graphic content (and to be clear: it SHOULD be allowed!!) WITHOUT this censorship patch option on Steam, but an indie game puts in a FULL BLACK SCREEN during an innocuous shower scene and that's still not ok? Be serious.
A screenshot for an HR Violations Pack DLC for Dispatch that allows players to censor nudity in various ways.
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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 15/06/2026
11.
A screenshot of a tumblr post by ireneakihabara that is a screenshot of a Dorohedoro panel showing Caiman outside the Hungry Bug restaurant saying, "A bunch of gyozas and roast pork will surely help me." The caption reads, "I'm saying this every day"
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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 15/06/2026
I was trying to take a stealth photo of her passed out in my lap at my desk but it woke her up
A somewhat blurry photo of a cat laying upside down in someone's lap with her eyes cracked open, her tongue poking out, and her paws close to the cameraA photo of a cat laying in someone's lap looking at the camera with her tongue poking out and her eyes half closed
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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 15/06/2026
VTM:B was top tier
A screenshot from Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines of a poster for a fake game called Extreme Hoop and Stick 3, showing a person with a safety helping using a stick to roll a flaming hoop
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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 15/06/2026
This makes me so mad as if fake product advertisements in games isn't one of the great little delights of entertainment
A screenshot from Silent Hill 3 of a poster for a fake cat food brand called Minmo, showing a fluffy white cat with the text "Growing strong and healthy..... MINMO!"A screenshot of Deadly Premonition showing Cress toothpaste and Wescafe on a shelfA screenshot from the Amazing Spider-Man 2 showing Peter looking at a poster for "Third Annual Bad Posters Convention"A screenshot from Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines for fake magazines called Dead Bird, Doggies, and Greed
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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 15/06/2026
The key art for Darkwing Duck, showing him posing with Goslyn and Launchpad on top of a bridge overlooking the city
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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 14/06/2026
I don't even go here but I'm sorry I am obsessed with Vegeboop who is NOT hideous Sorry you can't appreciate the absolute fury of murderdaughter but I love her. True beauty is lost on people.
A screenshot of a post about Tomodachi Life that reads "Betty Boop and Vegeta are marries and have a hideous daughter named Vegeboop" over a screenshot of the game showing the characters in question. Vegeboop is a little girl in a polkadot dress and pink hair clip glowering at the camera with Vegeta's furious eyes
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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 14/06/2026
Me whenever I have to do something I've done a million times but this time it's while sharing my screen with someone
A photo of a handwritten sign in a cellphone display case that reads "no watching while phone being fixed; makes me nervous"
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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 10/06/2026
Asking the important production questions in game dev
A screenshot of a Discord message from Dora that reads, "This is a weird thing to say, but can the boobs be a toggle?"
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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 10/06/2026
Take it easy
A photo of a cat sleeping inside a pet bed. One hind leg is kicked out towards the viewer, and her head is lolled against the side of it
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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 09/06/2026
I can't speak about Telltale, but the disconnect between production and marketing at studios/publishers is real and has been a massive issue for a long time. Many people in marketing and PR do not actually know how games are made, or have the capacity to dynamically pivot the way production has to.
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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 08/06/2026
POV: You feel Yucky, but there is a Creature
A photo of a grey cat laying next to someone with her front legs stretched all the way out across their leg and her eyes shut as her face is being petted
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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 08/06/2026
I missed that they're doing a remake of P4 (unnecessary), but this bit of copy from the official site just reminds me that as far back as P2, we had a game with a cast that was ALL over the age of 18, working adult jobs, with adult lives, and I really wish they weren't so allergic to that now 🥲
A screenshot of text from the Persona 4 website that says "Your life as a Japanese teenager"A screenshot of the cast of Persona 2: Eternal Punishment, who are all adult characters
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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 08/06/2026
She really said 🤨
A photo of a gray cat lying on the couch where it looks as if she is raising an eyebrow dubiously
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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 07/06/2026
A hard life 😔
A photo of a gray cat sleeping on the back of a couch with her head resting on her crossed paws
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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 05/06/2026
I read The Chatelaine by Kate Heartfield. This started out really strong and had some compelling lines and scenes, but the last third if it lost a lot of steam and the ending felt almost perfunctory. There were some neat characters and ideas, but it didn't give any compelling resolution.
The cover for Kate Heartfield's The Chatelaine, showing a woman in a red dress standing over a sword and surrounded by a swirling motif of flowers and keys
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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 04/06/2026
The reviewer: Here are my thoughts on this genre Me: Ok but what is it about The reviewer: Here are my thoughts on why these older shows were very good Me: Ok but what is THIS ONE about The reviewer:
A screenshot of Grandpa Simpson in the middle of telling a lengthy story to a bunch of kids
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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 04/06/2026
this is a cat checkpoint; relinquish your most recent cat picture (s)
A photo of a grey cat laying along the back of the couch looking down at the viewer with half closed eyes and one paw extended A photo of a grey cat twisted upside down close to the camera with her eyes half open
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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 03/06/2026
The absolute tonal whiplash of watching these two shows about small evil towns simultaneously is unreal
The key art for Widow's Bay, showing the cast in an illustrated style looking out pensively over the town on the islandThe key art for From, showing Boyd looking over his shoulder at the viewer in the middle of town
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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 31/05/2026
Game of the year (early 2000s)
A screenshot of Ultima Online showing a forager's field guide open to identify mushrooms in a player's backpack
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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 31/05/2026
Sunday Funday
A photo of a gray cat with white markings laying on her side half in an awkward ball with one leg kicked up
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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 30/05/2026
Me: :( King oyster mushroom plushie at the supermarket: :) Me: :)
A photo of a king osyter mushroom plushie with a smiling face
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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 28/05/2026
Started reading Sarah Gailey's Make Me Better and this bit on page TWELVE just about ruined me so I guess this book is just going to be an experience you hold on for 🥲
I felt like I was in danger of vanishing, though at the same time the feelings I had were so raw and overwhelming that I often wished
I could find a way of losing myself altogether, perhaps for a few months, until the intensity diminished. If I could have put what
I was feeling into words, the words would have been an infant's wail: I don't want to be alone. I want someone to want me, I'm
lonely. I'm scared. I need to be loved, to be touched, to be held

Celia had read those final words to herself over and over again.
I'm lonely. I'm scared. I need to be loved, to be touched, to be held 
She'd felt rising terror at the words, but she'd been unable to look away from them.

Unable to look away, because for as long as she could remember, Celia had felt there was a voice inside her screaming help me, and
that her duty to the world was to hold her hand hard over the small screaming mouth so no one would ever have to hear it. And rising
terror, because reading that passage made her feel certain that she'd failed to smother the scream tightly enough
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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 28/05/2026
Been playing more Bloodborne which I realized I'd never actually finished and I don't think I've ever experienced such an immediate whirlwind of emotions as when the Forgotten Madman's Escort spawned in mid-battle, murdered me before I could react, and then applauded one another over my corpse
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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 28/05/2026
P5 at this point
The simpsons meme of a crying pointing boy surrounded by a horrified crowd of children saying "stop! He's already dead"
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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 26/05/2026
Gutted that I have never been able to find this for sale anywhere: the Frieza Salaryman PC cushion 😫 The product photos are so cute!
A photo of a woman in a suit holding a plushie of Frieza also wearing a suit on her lapA photo of a woman in a suit also wearing a dragon ball z scanner working at a desk with a plush frieza also wearing a suit, and his own plush keyboard, in her lapA photo the same woman in the previous photos having coffee with the same frieza plushA photo of a man in a suit making a ginyu force style pose in front of the frieza plushie from the other photos
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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 25/05/2026
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Two posts by Tumblr user slitherpunk that read, "but do you play shorter games with worse graphics made by people who are paid more to work less 🤨. the thing about "I want shorter games with worse graphics made by people who are paid more to work less and I'm not kidding" is that these games exist and are out there and you have to make the conscious choice to seek them out instead of just expecting the big companies to deliver this, because they will not"A post by Tumblr user slitherpunk paired with the last picture that says "addendum" and has a picture of Sonic lounging captioned "Go to itchio and pay a dev $500 for some experimental shit"
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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 25/05/2026
In a perfect world, Robotrek would be as appreciated as other SNES RPGs like EarthBound or Secret of Mana. That game had SO MUCH personality and joy, and so many easter eggs in its design.
A screenshot from SNES RPG Robotrek, showing the protagonist walking through town.A screenshot from SNES RPG Robotrek, showing the reporter Mint screaming, "Waaaaah, a mouse!!" at the player who has been turned into a mouse.A screenshot from SNES RPG Robotrek, showing the player in a lab with a machine that uses a massive SNES controller. A screenshot from SNES RPG Robotrek, showing a series of enemies in front of a pumpkin-headed boss wreathed in flames with the text, "One day, a rogue band of pirates called Hackers appeared in Rococo."
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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 25/05/2026
Started watching Monarch last night and all I could think of was Wyatt Russell is "We have Jared Keeso at home"
A photo of Wyatt Russell smiling at the camera. He looks like an off-brand Jared Keeso.A picture of Jared Keeso looking at the camera. Wyatt Russell looks like an off brand version of him.
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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 25/05/2026
Each morning you have to cradle her like a little baby in the office chair for a bit before you can start work
A close up photo of a cat looking up at the camera from a position in the photo taker's arms
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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 23/05/2026
We love a city chicken 😌 (The ones in this area are protected and have groups who look after them, with fines and potentially jail time if you mess with them!)
A photo of a white chicken walking along with five little chicks following
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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 23/05/2026
They look so horrified
A photo of an arcade machine with a pair of red seats in it with holes and speakers in the headrests that make it look like they have shocked faces
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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 23/05/2026
This is the greatest thing I have ever won
A photo of a fluffy pink axolotl plushie
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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 23/05/2026
100% opaque and tastes like crunching down a mouthful of Sweet Tarts
A photo of a glass filled with an opaque purple beer
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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 23/05/2026
I guess you're right. I didn't need to take anymore notes
A photo of a cat laying sprawled across an open binder on a desk trayA photo of a cat laying on an open binder looking attentively at the viewer
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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 22/05/2026
It's Friday Let the wind take you
A screenshot of a Discord message from Dora that reads, "Yall ever seen worm grunting?"
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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 21/05/2026
From humble beginnings
A photo of a pan filled to overflowing with sliced mushrooms on a stoveA steaming pan of mushroom risotto
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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 20/05/2026
This is a cat check point: relinquish your most recent cat picture on your phone
A photo of a round gray cat curled up with her cheek pressed against the side of the couch looking at the viewer
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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 20/05/2026
Remember
A photo of an old article about google when it was new, introducing it as "a pure search engine. No weather no news feeds no links to sponsors no ads no distractions no portal litter"
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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 20/05/2026
She's got those cartoon rabbit feet
A photo of a cat laying on a cat tree with her back legs dangling off and facing the camera. She has very long feet like a rabbit
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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 19/05/2026
This pales in comparison to the manual for Civilization 2 Multiplayer Gold Edition, which is nearly 300 pages, including a section on how to code your own custom scenarios!
A photo of the instruction manual for Civilization 2 Multiplayer Gold Edition A photo of one of the pages of the table of contents from the instruction manualA photo of a two page spread on diplomatic states from the instruction manualA photo of pages from the instruction manual on how to debug and code your own scenarios
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