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Jem Alexander

@jemalexander.bsky.social
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Video games and TTRPG writer/narrative designer. BAFTA member. Improviser. Forever GM. UX writer. Immersive narratives. Neurospicy. He/Him. 🏳️‍🌈 Currently working with Mojang and Sketchbook Games. Portfolio: www.clippings.me/jemalexander

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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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Kat Kourbeti @darthj.uno · 20/09/2026
I've had queer (cis) friends say that they "just want to enjoy the new adaptation uncomplicatedly", but the sad truth is that that is not possible—and never has been. I'll shout it from the rooftops once again: Starve her of oxygen. LET 👏 THE 👏 IP 👏 DIE 👏. Grieve it, then let it go COMPLETELY.
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Jem Alexander @jemalexander.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Thank you Steam for hosting a Made With AI sale on your storefront. I have taken great pleasure in marking every single game as ‘Ignore’. Not a looker among them.
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Jem Alexander @jemalexander.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
At this point, watching PlayStation speedrun their own demise is simply impressive. Whoever's doing this, they are SO GOOD at it. Wow! World record pace incoming.
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Jem Alexander @jemalexander.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
One Chozo statue amiibo please. 💸
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Jem Alexander @jemalexander.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Star Fox Adventure is one of my favourite Zelda games.
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Jem Alexander @jemalexander.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Are we really about to enter a world where the PlayStation store is a dynamically-priced digital-only monopoly and gifting is still impossible? From 2028 the only way to gift a game is to… buy someone a voucher and hope the amount covers the price they’re offered on their account?? Merry Christmas!
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Jem Alexander @jemalexander.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
What a fun Zelda reveal, time to go online and see what everyone thinks. I’m sure they’re all being totally normal about it!
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Jason Wachtel @wacamongus.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The clarifying purpose of AI is to all pw the wealthy to access skill while removing from the skilled the ability to access wealth
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The Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026
As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.
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There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series
You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.
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Jem Alexander @jemalexander.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Backed, with endless love. 💜
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Corey Brotherson (open for new contracts/work, drop me an email) @coreybrotherson.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The term 'slop' is a pejorative. Please do not use it to describe good, nice or quirky things as it weakens the definition to describe AI. And the AI bros would love that. To reiterate: Friendslop ❌️ Foeslop ❌️ AI slop ✅️ This has been your Old Man yells at cloud manifesto for today. Thank you.
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Double Fine @doublefine.com · 21/08/2026
PSA: A heads up for those (kindly) supporting us with game purchases today: 1. Kiln and Keeper are getting permanent price changes soon! 2. All our games on Steam are getting international price adjustment reviews! 3. It's Psychonauts 2's birthday next week, which means a sale!
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Anna Megill @annamegill.com · 21/08/2026
Time to rebuy the Psychonauts games across every platform
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Sending love to Jason Arday's family and friends. He was subject of sustained and malicious media attacks which were no doubt more vicious because he was Black. We must now reflect on the impact of a trial by some of the media and online on someone under extreme pressure.
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Jem Alexander @jemalexander.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I’m obsessed already. 😭
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Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Worth reiterating every time that this is not some cancel-culture purity test: JK Rowling has pledged more than a billion dollars of her Harry Potter money towards bankrolling anti-trans lawsuits. This finances that.
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Nicholas Hoult In 'Harry Potter' Season 2 As Gilderoy Lockhart - Excl.
Nicholas Hoult has joined Season 2 of HBO Max's 'Harry Potter. He will play Gilderoy Lockhart, portrayed in the second movie by Kenneth Branagh.
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Tanya D. || Writer || Narrative Designer @cypheroftyr.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Daaaamn. “AI is the asbestos we're shovelling into the walls of our technological society. Our descendants will spend generations digging it out again, and the longer the bubble goes on without popping, the longer it will take to repair the damage." www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...
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Cory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying
It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our t...
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Nate O @nateo.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
You'd have to read to the thirteenth paragraph to discover the pull quote for the title was from Marcus Siding, a 23-year-old Swedish man living in Sweden that wanted to become a cop, but his ADHD diagnosis at the age of 12 barred him by law from becoming a Swedish cop Seems relevant
'“When my ADHD diagnosis was removed, it was a relief’
Rates of conditions such as ADHD and autism seem to be ever growing, but some adults diagnosed in childhood are happy to be free of their labels”

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“‘When my ADHD diagnosis was removed, it was a relief’”
The Times and The Sunday Times
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This material may be protected by copyright.
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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Only just found out about this For the record, you don't get multiple genetic markers and one of the most effective medications known to science with 'social constructs' Channel 4, this is, in scientific parlance, an absolute fu*king disgrace that will genuinely endanger lives #c4 #ADHD
New Channel 4 documentary, The Great ADHD Myth?, seeks to determine whether ADHD is a genuine neurodevelopmental disorder, or a social construct
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Jem Alexander @jemalexander.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Wonderful news 🥲
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Dial Liz-Z for Zombie (Lizzy Rose Oliver - Voice Actress) @lizzyrosevo.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
This is who these shitty TERF Wizard brand deals are directly supporting btw. An evil lizard creature who is inciting sex crimes. Your shitty fantasy book for babies that you refuse to outgrow isn't worth it.
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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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Eternal Skies TCG RPG @eternalskies.neocities.org · 22/07/2026
So to be able to pay people just for their time, with no publisher, no marketing, and no profit, you have to be in the top 1.5% of indies. There is a reason that Silksong was made by a bunch of people who already won the games lottery and were millionaires, and Clair Obscur was made by a rich boy.
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Chris Wilson @chriswilsonart.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Back to the studies to dust off the art cobwebs. It's been a long time since I painted metal so I had some fun with this one
A digital painting of a piece of reflective metal armour with dents on it.
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Emmatyville □ feet @scary-lil-emma.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
This is the Amnesty International report on the anti-rights groups. These anti-rights groups have immediately engaged in lawfare to bury this report. *be a shame if people kept sharing it. drive.google.com/file/d/1UggI...
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Report_-_A_growing_threat__the_anti-rights_movement_in_the_UK_July_2026.pdf
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Leon Barillaro @barilleon.com · 29/07/2025
The line has never been clearer regarding JK Rowling imo. No more “I don’t agree with her views, but…” She is explicitly wielding her cultural capital AND her actual capital to dehumanize and take rights away from trans people. Giving her IP any air means contributing to this goal.
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Chris Wilson @chriswilsonart.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
After weeks of illness I finally had enough energy to crack open the iPad and paint a portrait. Skills are feeling a little rusty so I thought I'd do a study of Bear from Obsession. Best movie of the year so far. 10/10 🙀 🥪
A digital painting of Michael Johnston as Bear in the movie Obsession. He is a white man in his thirties with short dark hair and a beige jumper, looking intensely past the camera.
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Marie Dealessandri @mariedeal.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Absolutely buzzing to announce that I've joined @cr-games.bsky.social as editorial strategy manager 💖 I've loved (almost) every aspect of being a journalist over the past 15 years but I'd been wanting to get closer to games for a while now so here I am, ready to champion the weird and wonderful!
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Jez Kemp @jezkemp.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Wheeling out this classic. RIP Anne "Bone Farmer" Widdecombe
"Bone Farmer" comic by Mattie Lunchansky. Brief summary (sorry!): Two young-ish adults are commiserating the death of the "Bone Farmer", a terrifying monster who breaks into people's homes and steal their skeletons. They say while they didn't agree with him ideologically "in regards to skeleton ownership", they respected his tenacity (and look at his little bow tie!). The last panel is someone without a skeleton in a large vat saying, unsurprisingly, that they disagree.
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Alice Bell @abeewords.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
the goose chase meme but the goose is shouting WHAT SOCIAL VIEWS?
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Chris Kerr @kerrblimey.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
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Jem Alexander @jemalexander.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Extremely this. As if these games and worlds are coaxed fully formed from IPland, so long as they’re given corporate approval to exist. As if they’re not crafted by teams of individuals who pour themselves into your favourite characters and game moments.
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Yeah, if the guy goes from Menace II Society and legit voice of the downtrodden to a national laughing stock overnight, just because the national press decide they’ve had enough of his bullshit and it’s time to put him back in his box: does that not kind of give the whole game away
one move, Farage has turned from a threat into a laughing stock inews.co.uk/ opinion/one-...
In one move, Farage has turned from a threat into a laughing stock His gambit will make him look sad, pitiful, pathetic, and about as far away from prime...
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Labour has lost more than half its cis LGB voters since GE24 In the “gayest parliament ever” Lab has gone from 42% to 18%. Labour’s policy offer for cis LGB people has been neutral, so most of this loss is likely because of Labour’s extreme transphobia. And because they’ve read the poem.
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Jem Alexander @jemalexander.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Herman, stop. Don’t do it.
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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Simple truth is if you’re mad about trans people then someone’s lying to you.
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Jon Cartwright @jon.gvg.io · 03/07/2026
Complete control of value incoming
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Jem Alexander @jemalexander.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Feel like pure shit just want them back x
A shelf of old big-box PC games:
- Escape From Monkey Island
- Indiana shines Fate of Atlantis
- Grim Fandango
- Zak Mcracken
- Baldur’s Gate
- Fallout 2
- Planescape Torment
- Eye of the Beholder 3
- Space Quest 2
- Police Quest
- Passionate Patti (never heard of this one lol)
- King’s Quest 6An unboxed copy of XCom Apocalypse, old school big-box edition. An unboxed copy of Baldur’s Gate 2, including map and ring-bound manual!Big-box editions of Diablo 2 and its expansion, with covers that fold open like books to reveal more information about the game.
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Mike Futter | Wishlist The Final Cut of Lilith Cunningham! @futterish.fsquared.biz · 01/07/2026
The state of the industry is just… sad. We live in the most anti-consumer, anti-developer time this industry has ever seen.
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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
‘I asked ChatGPT’ Well, I asked Gandalf and he told me you should be silent keep your forked tongue behind your teeth because he did not pass through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm.
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Jem Alexander @jemalexander.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Waitlist 😭
Email from Valve saying ‘You are on the waitlist for Steam Machine 512GB’
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Marie Dealessandri @mariedeal.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
📣 AHOY! After 65 issues, today will be my last day working with Edge! I just had an opportunity I couldn’t pass on (more on that soon 👀) and I’m leaving Knowledge in very capable hands – there’s big things on the horizon so keep an eye out. I’ll definitely be cheering from the sidelines! So long! 🌟
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Dan Johnson will design games for food @coil.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Someone should ask Microsoft subsidiary Xbox if the "current component crisis" is at all related to the billions of dollars that Xbox parent company Microsoft has been shoveling at Microsoft subsidiary Copilot and Microsoft partner OpenAI.
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Tim Clare @timclare.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Look, I know it's easy to have a pop at Starmer, but that was an incredibly honourable resignation he was forced into kicking & screaming, & his words that everyone who disagreed with him was morally bankrupt & his appeasement of fascists & transphobes was for the good of the country was v. moving
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Whilst Labour are about to descend into infighting and chaos - the Green Party will be focused on taking on Reform in Greater Manchester to improve people's lives. Join us: Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Joe Wintergreen @joewintergreen.com · 17/06/2026
as predicted! There will be literally no point in anyone installing UE6 I would say "unless they roll back the AI and Verse shit", but that's the whole thing. We're only 8 versions into UE5, UE4 got to 27. UE6 is illegitimate, it's not anything *but* a product of ai psychosis
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Jem Alexander @jemalexander.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Extremely saddened by the loss of Anthony Stewart Head. I was so delighted to meet him at The Harvest, a 2003 Buffy convention. Formative times. 💜
A young Jem stood with Anthony Stewart Head, taken at The Harvest, a Buffy convention in June 2003.
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Jem Alexander @jemalexander.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
This one hurts very, very much.
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Chris Wilson @chriswilsonart.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Oh hey, it's Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride to everyone in the LGBTQ+ community, especially those struggling with how difficult the world is right now. On a positive note, I did something pretty gay in the past year and got engaged to @jemalexander.bsky.social so it really does get better 💜
Myself and my partner Jem drinking champagne from the bottle in a park Edinburgh after we got engaged.
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