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Valkyrie

@izaleu.bsky.social
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She/her. Once and future game dev. LARP runner. Cat caretaker. I have opinions, sometimes wrong ones. Show me your cats and bunnies, your WIPs, your Warhammer and Gundam stuff and your old computers.

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LittleKuriboh @littlekuriboh.bsky.social · 1h
Let's go get 'em today, girls~
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Valkyrie @izaleu.bsky.social · 23m
Daily reminder that I don't need to marinate my brain in bad news and bad takes from every corner of the globe.
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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 16h
This is him the other day when his sister Freya smushed him 
A white and grey and black tabby cat being smushed by his little sister, a fluffy grey cat named Freya, who is sitting directly on top of him. Theo does not seem to mind though. 
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Valkyrie @izaleu.bsky.social · 2h
This is the reason Alt+Ctrl+GDC was my favorite part of GDC. Just an absolute powerhouse of creativity. I wish we could have a con that's just that.
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 16h
I took this picture of Adonis but I didn't know if you'd want to see it ....
orange cat asleep on his side with his little paws curled up
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Valkyrie @izaleu.bsky.social · 19h
I'll never be a real Poster bc I have auto-caps turned on.
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Transphobes Can't Read @lordaslan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Repost this if trans people should have access to dark magic...
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Valkyrie @izaleu.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The purpose of a movie is what it does. (Colors and sounds.)
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Valkyrie @izaleu.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A popular misconception! The purpose of a movie is to sell subscription services.
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Valkyrie @izaleu.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I get a cookie, I didn't drink even though I really really wanted to.
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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Important Chobani Flip Update
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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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dissected @trepanation.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
i am experiencing
cat sitting under a ray of light. enjoying the light
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Landon Noss @landon.wtf · 01/10/2026
cursed truths of computer science; i'll start. There are at least three ways to learn something. The wrong that gets you started, the thing nobody does anymore but teaches you to never trust computers, and then the way that makes you money to know
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Valkyrie @izaleu.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yeah, this. I don't get involved in womens' groups at work any more because of the sheer, staggering amounts that men at work DGAF or even register their existence. They don't have to do groups like that, they get to focus on squeezing maximum value out of their working and extracurricular hours.
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Valkyrie @izaleu.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This has been a pet peeve of mine forever: unless the multiplayer is p2p, it's run on a server somewhere, and servers aren't free to operate. OTOH, I think being able to run a private server should be a human right after official servers are no longer supported.
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Valkyrie @izaleu.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Solidarity forever
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Oakland Review of Books @oaklandreviewofbooks.org · 30/09/2026
You may have noticed that while the vibes in San Francisco are fucked beyond all belief, Oakland is still good and chill. We dispatched @redford.bsky.social to make sense of it. www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org/the-great-vi...
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The great vibes divergence
Why does San Francisco feel so weird during this tech boom while Oakland is more or less still Oakland?
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Valkyrie @izaleu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This also evokes for me the concept of transferrable skill. I actually super hate being recommended games by folks with 10k hours in a genre. Like I get you played 1k hours of Dark Souls in college bc you had nothing better to do, but for me it's not worth the upfront mastery investment.
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Valkyrie @izaleu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Sometimes I imagine a world where all sensible adults collectively realize that social media is a giant waste of time and we experience a cultural shift away from the internet for anything other than pure utility. Just walk past it like the tabloids at the grocery checkout.
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Valkyrie @izaleu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I'm contrary to popular opinion in hating this trailer because Vanillaware continues to be incapable of making a female character design that's not "suspiciously young looking yet absolutely stacked waifu"
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Ash Parrish, Kotaku's LeBron James @adashtra.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Day 1 of Warhammer: this shit is gay Day 10 of Warhammer: this shit is gay and here are my otps
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Valkyrie @izaleu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
OP is right. It's time to take matters into my own hands and proxy some sisters with space marines. Maybe I could pick up a tech marine squad on discount...
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Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth is $9.99 on US PSN buff.ly/3PT8qJ5
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Valkyrie @izaleu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Dice Valkyrie is an outlier and should not be counted"
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kill ghost @willjobst.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
a universal feature of the game designer working on a long project is that their next game wells up inside of them until it is physically painful
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merr-itt came from outer space @merrittk.com · 28/09/2026
there is only one major kind of business today and it is stripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society to buy more money before the world ends
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Valkyrie @izaleu.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I actually really liked that 2XKO explains terms *in the game itself* in a natural and easy to understand way. I, a complete fighting game noob, was able to use the little frame gauge tool in training to troubleshoot a combo I was struggling with. It's nice not having to rely solely on metatext!
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Radmad is Unplugging his PAX @radmad.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Players will optimize the fun out of a game and complain the whole time they're doing it
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
would you 🫵 give this man some shredded cheese
orange cat sitting expectantly on the floor
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
so called free thinkers when mommy takes the warm soft sheets out of the dryer
orange cat asleep under a navy blue pillowcase
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Valkyrie @izaleu.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The goose was not valued
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Valkyrie @izaleu.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It sucks ass that we don't have proportional, representative democracy in this country. In a just world we would all go outside and yell every day until we got it. "Only two choices" = no choices. Our choices are open fascists and folks who do the bare minimum to appear distinct from the fascists.
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Valkyrie @izaleu.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I'm on high ground in a flood. The water is getting higher and higher around me, shrinking the dry, safe places until I don't even have enough room to sit down. How long til I'm on tiptoes, like the other folks less fortunate than me? Til I'm underwater?
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
prescription drug coverage is some of the most demonic shit you will ever encounter in your life. my doctor prescribed me a medication and somehow there are now at least two third-party corporations involved for no apparent reason and nobody knows what is going on or what needs to be done
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Faith K. Falkner @faithfalkner.com · 27/09/2026
Be patient and kind to those who are making art right now. We're all self-funded and the richest, worst people in the world are trying to plaster over and erase our hard work.
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Valkyrie @izaleu.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Question: what video game item has the most unrealistic representation of its weight relative to its closest real life analog?
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Valkyrie @izaleu.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Doing research today. Figured @lorenschmidt.bsky.social would appreciate.
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Valkyrie @izaleu.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Organizing my #warhammer40k pile today. On the far left I have NIB and in-progress models. Next to that I have all my paints and modeling tools. Then it's ready-to-play models, dice, etc. And lastly a pile of extra sprue pieces and bits. Not shown is 10th ed core rules and 10th ed knight codex.
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Valkyrie @izaleu.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
When inspiration strikes, sometimes you have to write down the idea on whatever you have handy
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Valkyrie @izaleu.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I'll never forget my ex, who was in law school, both 1) suggested to me that I might have ADHD 2) suggested that if I got treatment for it I could sell my meds to her fellow law school students
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Valkyrie @izaleu.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
For my LARP 35 is our target for financial stability. We're not there yet but we've been experiencing slow, steady growth! It's tough when you have no marketing budget 😅
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Ferne Milton, CobbleSprite (She/Her) @cobblesprite.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Yeah, ours is not intended to be a money spinner, we just wanted to run a Larp and I had some ideas for the Game Design! But were running very close to the wire costs wise with our current 35ish players, but getting more has been a challenge.
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
some of them are like "you should call to follow up on your application! go hand it to them in person!" and then some of them are like "if you attempt to speak to me in any way for any reason I will light your resume on fire" and they ALL think their opinion is the obvious, valid one
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.
A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with 
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future
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Valkyrie @izaleu.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I agree with all this AND I think an underdiscussed aspect of the current shitty situation is that the means of production are increasingly out of reach of the working class. You can't start a small business and be competitive without an enormous amount of capital.
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
perpetually
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Valkyrie @izaleu.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring Banana slug!
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Alfred Reinold Baudisch @alfredbaudisch.com · 24/09/2026
Pet project: 1) Advanced PS1/N64 game extraction (+all animations). 2) Website where you can browse and compare models, textures, animations, FMVs, for preservation. Already have FF7, Mega Man Legends 1 and 2 and MediEvil fully ripped. #FF7 #FinalFantasy #FFVII #PS1 #PSX #RetroGame #N64
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Heather Flowers (500FF DEMO OUT NOW) @hthrflwrs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
honestly i'm just wondering why we're bothering to discuss the New York Times's opinion of anything at this point
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