iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Raze and Rebuild Studio @razeandrebuild.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Raze and Rebuild Studio - A game dev team rising from the ashes. It's should be no surprise that, over the last few years, finding or keeping a stable job in the video game industry hasn't been easy.

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George E. Osborn @georgeosborn.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Took a little time to clip up Craig Mazin giving a shout-out to Trapped in the Network, a report from VGIM supported by @outmakinggames.bsky.social, about censorship of LGBTQ+ game content across the world. Listen below 👇

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Josephine Baird @josephineabaird.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

An absolute delight to co-organise Gotland Game Conference 2026. Here is just one of many fabulous moments Thank you so much @samanthabeart.bsky.social for joining us to open the ceremony, as well as everyone who made it possible and attended 💜. Full video and more GGC thanks and thoughts soon.

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Josephine Baird @josephineabaird.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Starting the year with the publication of my article with Kamiab Ghorbanpour in which we go into extensive academic detail about why Cloud Strife in a dress is properly ICONIC. publicera.kb.se/tgv/article/...

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Visar A queer duoethnography of Final Fantasy VII: The queer orientation of gameplay across time, space, and context

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Josephine Baird @josephineabaird.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Such an honour and pleasure to open and keynote Sweden Game Conference 2025! Photo by @swedengamearena.bsky.social

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Laura Kate Dale - LauraKBuzz @laurakbuzz.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Uncomfortable Labels, my memoir of growing up at the intersection of being trans and autistic, is available as a DRM-Free Audiobook. Right now, it's the best way to purchase one of my books that directly supports me during "publisher nonesense season". laurakbuzzstore.com/products/unc...

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Uncomfortable Labels Audiobook

Emailed out manually every weekday at 9am UK (or sooner if I am at my PC and not too busy). "So while the assumption when I was born was that I was or would grow up to be a neurotypical heterosexual b...

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Josephine Baird @josephineabaird.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

I have bought and given away more copies of this than I can mention. A very important book that is sadly all too often needed - and it is currently free as an eBook download. www.sevenstories.com/blogs/381-fr...

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Free eBook: Hello, Cruel World (2nd Edition)

On June 18, 2025, the United States Supreme Court voted to uphold Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for minors, including puberty blockers and hormone therapies, effectively shielding...

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Josephine Baird @josephineabaird.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Will write more about the delights of this week's Gotland Game Conference soon, but in the meantime, so glad to get to talk about trans and non-binary representation in games, and specifically looking at Dragon Age: The Veilguard, this morning at the Transformative Play Initiative Seminar 2025

A PowerPoint slide of a screenshot from the game Dragon Age: The Veilguard featuring a tall character leaning over a shorter character.

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Tanya D. || Writer || Narrative Designer @cypheroftyr.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

It's almost time for #TheFutureGamesShow we're co-streaming it in a few minutes! Come hang out, see what's being announced. #OfficialCoStreamer twitch.tv/cypheroftyr

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Josephine Baird @josephineabaird.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Working on something for next week. Been a long time since i have drawn like this. It feels good to.

A black and white illustration of cloud from Final Fantasy VII on a dress wielding a large sword

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Josephine Baird @josephineabaird.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Very happy to be a co-author on a new article just released, "Designing Transformative Analog Role-playing Games," written by Sarah Lynne Bowman, Josefin Westborg, Kjell Hedgard Hugaas, Elektra Diakolambrianou, and myself. The article is free to access here: www.gamejournal.it/designing-tr...

A colourful diagram featuring different figures surrounding and inside a bowl shape in order to demonstrate the transformational container of play

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Josephine Baird @josephineabaird.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Giving a paper tomorrow at the entirely online Mythological Game Studies Conference talking about my love of Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical. mythgamescon.wordpress.com

PowerPoint slide of a book and screenshots from the game "Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical"

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Samantha Béart is cooking… @samanthabeart.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Soon, my pretties…

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Josephine Baird @josephineabaird.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Impromptu fashion shoot at @nordicgame.com. Very happy to be here and meeting so many amazing people and getting to speak on "More Than Representation: Designing Compelling Trans Narratives for Games" (photos to follow).

Woman in red dress poses in front of sign which reads "Nordic Game"

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Josephine Baird @josephineabaird.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

I have given this book away more times than I can count. It always makes me sad how much it is needed but it makes me very glad that it is here. Please give the new edition a look.

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Josephine Baird @josephineabaird.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

So lovely to read this new write up about Dyke Hard on its 10th anniversary. It makes me so happy that the film seems to continue to resonate and that there are a few screenings still every year in different parts of the world. www.moviezine.se/nyheter/for-...

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För 10 år sedan kom den galnaste svenska b-filmen du inte sett

På med paljetterna, fram med elgitarren, och låt oss fira ett riktigt udda stycke svensk queerfilmshistoria. I vår är det tio år sedan Bitte Anderssons färgsprakande ”Dyke Hard” gick upp på bio. Den g...

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Josephine Baird @josephineabaird.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Arrangement by our little one who was trying to decide "why the cat looked that way" and thought perhaps it might be coffee related. Either that or Herbert has found a save point. @shaunaitcheson.bsky.social @cloakanddaggerg.bsky.social

A photograph of a purple plush cat (from the game The Excavation of Hob's Barrow) with a particularly intense expression sat next to a "n Oh Deer Diner coffee thermos (from the game Alan Wake 2)

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Samantha Béart is cooking… @samanthabeart.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

In this month's Edge magazine we talk about pay and conditions in the games industry, as well as AI.

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kuraine @lena.fyi · 07/03/2025

EARTHBLADE ~ Across the Bounds of Fate ✨now live for bandcamp friday✨ radicaldreamland.bandcamp.com/album/earthb...

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EARTHBLADE ~ Across the Bounds of Fate, by Lena Raine

9 track album

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Transcenders 💖 Bobbi @transcenders.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Truer than You and Knife Sisters are part of the Wings Women’s Day Steam event! 💖 🔮 Both games are about exploring identity & dilemmas, have non-binary mains and a wide variety of queer characters to get to know better 🏳️‍🌈 #WomensDaySale

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Tanya D. || Writer || Narrative Designer @cypheroftyr.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Updated “how to support” post which has updated ko-fi link. The best way right now is probably via a recurring Patreon or Ko-Fi sub. If even 1/3rd of my followers supported at $1, I’d be good for a bit. Twitch doesn’t pay out until the 15th, so it’s not reliable for rent 🫠

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Josephine Baird @josephineabaird.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Please check out these glorious paintings by an amazing artist. They are available to purchase and hang on your walls, you lucky thing you. And you will also be supporting an amazing queer independent artist.

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Josephine Baird @josephineabaird.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Tanya is magnificent and I urge you to hire her immediately for all of your games and also follow her work and support her in all the ways mentioned here.

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Samantha Béart is cooking… @samanthabeart.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

My very good friend Tanya was affected by today’s closure of Monolith. If you’re looking for a writer/narrative designer then check them out!

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Josephine Baird @josephineabaird.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Truly well worth playing - unsettling in the best possible way and darkly comic whilst doing it. Also it's on sale.

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Samantha Béart is cooking… @samanthabeart.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Hey Soldiers! Join me, The Blade, Lae, and Fangs for some off-duty shenanigans in "Baldur’s Gate: From Hags to Liches". What Tav doesn’t know won’t hurt them, right? Tickets here: tinyurl.com/yyz6pe3z #sponsored #MCChicago @dndbeyond.com

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Josephine Baird @josephineabaird.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Look here! You too can bring this delightful creature to your home! I am sure mine will not glare into my soul at every single opportunity. And neither will yours.

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Josephine Baird @josephineabaird.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

This so very exciting/cool/terrifying! I look forward/dread in the best way to bringing a new friend into our home.

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Josephine Baird @josephineabaird.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Sad I won't be at GDC this year because last year was amazing. I am, however, happy to see that 1000xRESIST by @sunsetvisitor.studio getting such recognition. That game is truly something special.

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Josephine Baird @josephineabaird.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

I think we all need trans pizza and Lilah's inspiration for something nice to think about 💜

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Josephine Baird @josephineabaird.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Very excited to have contributed to this new (and FREE to read) textbook on how to design role-playing games for transformative impact. Please give it a look (FREE). This was a huge effort, and special appreciation to the editors who worked incredibly hard on this 💜. books.uu.se/uup/catalog/...

An illustrated cover for the book "Transformative Role-playing Game Design" featuring two figures against a colourful background.

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Josephine Baird @josephineabaird.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

When the day has been particularly challenging, games really can help.

A photograph from the video game, Ladykiller in a Bind in which the player is presented with options for where they would like to spend the afternoon.

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Josephine Baird @josephineabaird.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

This was how I celebrated my birthday this year...

A photograph of a large table covered in a very large board game featuring many different stacks of cards, figures, and tokens.

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Josephine Baird @josephineabaird.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Trans Pizza is the very bestest 🍕💜

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Josephine Baird @josephineabaird.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Coming out on my birthday this Friday! If you want to get me a present (aaaaw, aren't you darling?!) you could consider getting this for yourself! I certainly will be!

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Josephine Baird @josephineabaird.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Check out this stunning performance of the music from Celeste 💜🍓. Seeing music from Celeste and other game music performed live was a huge highlight of last year for me and I cannot recommend enough doing it if you can whenever you can. Beautiful.

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ginxtv.bsky.social @ginxtv.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Full episode of The Games That Made Me on our YouTube @leveluplauren.bsky.social talks to @samanthabeart.bsky.social 📺 If you like 💖 Mortal Kombat 2 ✨ Mass Effect 2 💖 Legend of Zelda OoT ✨ Final Fantasy VII 💖 Disco Elysium click below ↓↓↓ youtu.be/7j0gQeKvetc?...

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Baldur's Gate 3 Samantha Béart | The Games That Made Me

YouTube video by GINX TV

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Josephine Baird @josephineabaird.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Very happy to have chapter in this book and very happy to see it highlighted by the @thevideogamelibrary.org 💜. And please do check out the book it is completely open access!

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Josephine Baird @josephineabaird.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

'Twas the night before Christmas and a jolly good dragon time was had. And a jolly beverage with it. 🎄🥂🎲

A photograph of a table with a board game set out on it.

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Josephine Baird @josephineabaird.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Still thinking about "This Bed We Made" many months after playing it. And I imagine I will keep thinking about it. Highly recommend checking it out this fascinating, charming, and clever game, which right now it is on extra sale.

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Josephine Baird @josephineabaird.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

I haven't drawn much this year and shared less of it. Would like to do much more of both in the new year. #artvsartist2024

A selection of illustrations surround a photograph of a woman with a dog.

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Lilah Sturges @lilahsturges.com · 13/12/2024

It’s another trans pizza! If you are NOT CISGENDER and want pizza, reply here with a fun selfie or the word PIZZA. I’ll pick five winners at random and send them each $25 via Venmo (preferred) or PayPal. You have 24 hours! Snap a photo and let’s have a good old fashioned selfie bonanza!

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Josephine Baird @josephineabaird.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Still a little time to post a favourite place for trans pizza!

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Josephine Baird @josephineabaird.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Go and check out these fabulous readings including by the wonderful @rosiegarlandwriter.bsky.social! Then come back and tell me all about it so I can live vicariously through your good fortune!

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Josephine Baird @josephineabaird.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

The local boardgame store restocked their random dice bin.... they have many less dice now. And I have many more.

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Josephine Baird @josephineabaird.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Today turned out to be quite special as I got a lovely acceptance letter from a university that will hopefully be the place I finally get some funny new letters to my name AND perhaps most crucially, insists I carry a sword to graduation. I am of course getting ready in the only way I know how...

A very colourful image of the face of a woman with very big hair wielding a sword, cropped from the movie poster of the film Dyke Hard.

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Josephine Baird @josephineabaird.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Mine was The Lost Boys, bought bargain bin and smuggled home for equally late night viewing. I'm still not quite sure how to describe its impact on me at the time.

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