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Julia Mascetti

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Losing friends and deinfluencing people ✨ Buy I Write Games Not Tragedies on Steam and itch!

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Julia Mascetti @juliamascetti.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
When I played Daganronpa 1, I got weird and obsessed and now I am playing 2 it’s happening again, I just called the hymn ‘Lord of All Hopefulness’ the ‘Nagito hymn’ heeellllpppp
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Nagito Komaeda Danganronpa Despair
ALT: Nagito Komaeda Danganronpa Despair
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Tom Ewing @tomewing.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Narnia books as Isekai Manga
1. My Sweet Tooth Made Me The Villainess’ Slave
2. In Another World, The Dwarves Picked Me To Lead The Revolution
3. All At Sea With My Level 0 Sailing Skills
4. On A Mission In Another World And I Can’t Remember The Cheat Codes
5. That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Horse
6. Help! My Uncle’s In Love With The Demon Queen!
7. Reincarnated In Another World Just As The Game’s Ending
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Sally Beaumont | BAFTA Breakthrough | Voice Actor & Writer @sallybeaumont.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I’ve had a conversation like this at every networking event I’ve been to in the last year:
The umbrella academy driving meme. Chekhov is driving from right to left and making eye contact with Five as he drives left to right.
The captions read:
Top: diversifying into animation because the games industry is a binfire
Bottom: diversifying into games because the animation industry is a binfire.
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Bez: Interactive Fiction, Visual Novels, & Writing @norbezjones.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I Write Games Not Tragedies is by @juliamascetti.bsky.social & @cornmandog.bsky.social , and published by @yotsubainteractive.bsky.social ! store.steampowered.com/app/3396670/...
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I Write Games Not Tragedies on Steam
An emo-inspired narrative rhythm game exploring growing pains, addiction, romance and music. Scream with Ash as he makes the transition from baby bat to elder emo, guide him through his crash outs and...
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Julia Mascetti @juliamascetti.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This summer has been long, hot and confusing. Like a brightly coloured dream, vivid but slightly blurred. But after a painful illness, I feel the strands of the year finally coming into focus. Seasons change. Painters paint. I feel better.
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Julia Mascetti @juliamascetti.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This is a digital watershed moment like the “Line Goes Up” video by Folding Ideas that changed the conversation about NFTs.
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Julia Mascetti @juliamascetti.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Russian bots and useful idiots: London is overrun with dangerous gangs. The “dangerous gangs”: here is snail wiv teef 🤪
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Julia Mascetti @juliamascetti.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I don’t think men realise how much their AI use is scaring the hoes.
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EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I wrote for Vogue about 5 very different books that each in different ways shaped my approach to translating the Odyssey (the first time). www.vogue.com/article/requ...
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Required Reading: Five Books That Inspired Emily Wilson’s Translation of ‘The Odyssey’
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Julia Mascetti @juliamascetti.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Journalists do not/cannot pay sources. If they are, it’s probably not good journalism.
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Julia Mascetti @juliamascetti.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Rivers of London has an @ for every type of Londoner and in Book 6 @benaaronovitch.bsky.social has finally come for me specifically 🙈
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Sally Beaumont | BAFTA Breakthrough | Voice Actor & Writer @sallybeaumont.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I’m giving a talk on the morning of the 8th! This is such a great lineup, don’t miss your ticket!
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Ryan T. Brown 🎮🩷 @toadsanime.lostincult.co.uk · 17/07/2026
Does anyone happen to have any leads on any Java Software Engineering roles? 🙏 My partner lost his job, and has fallen into a very dark mental health spiral. It's a very, very bleak and tough time at home right now. Getting him back to work could literally be a lifesaver.
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Julia Mascetti @juliamascetti.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
“Games r good because u can make bad choices” You heard it here first 😎
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Julia Mascetti @juliamascetti.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Excited for this!!!
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Julia Mascetti @juliamascetti.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I think this is the first year of my life I have felt/(been) stable.
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EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Not personal: e.g. IMO, this work is incoherent, superficial and badly-written. Personal: e.g. You're ugly. You're hideous. Your tattoos are ugly. You're a bitter old woman. You're jealous. You're evil. You're ungrateful. You should shut up forever. I hope you die. I hope this helps!
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EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
The oddest thing about the response to this essay is people who say it’s “personal”. You can disagree about some or all of it! I may well be wrong! But it’s not “personal” to analyze a film or other work of art, even negatively. Criticism is more than “Hurray!” or “Hiss!”
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Julia Mascetti @juliamascetti.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Really excited to announce that I will be one of these speakers! Come to #AdvX26 to hear about my, @cornmandog.bsky.social and @yotsubainteractive.bsky.social’s misadventures translating “I Write Games Not Tragedies” into Japanese and Chinese!
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Julia Mascetti @juliamascetti.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Nothing says summer like a discounted narrative emo game set in the autumn and winter 😎 35% off “I Write Games Not Tragedies” in the Steam Summer Sale!
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Debug Magazine @debugmag.com · 01/07/2026
The indies will rise
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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Some good news for your late night!
bbc.com
Uptick in children and teenagers enjoying reading for first time in 5 years
More than one in three now say they like picking up books in their spare time, according to a literacy charity.
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This Week in Videogames @thisweekinvideogames.com · 07/06/2026
The 2026 Southeast Asian Games Showcase featured the announcement of new chapters for the emotional narrative game Until Then, a fighting game based on the dynamic sport of sepak takraw, and more. Catch up on all the announcements and trailers in our rundown:
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Southeast Asian Games Showcase 2026 – All the Announcements and Trailers
DLC for Until Then and featurettes for Hoa 2 and Prove You're Human were among 36 games featured at the 2026 Southeast Asian Games Showcase.
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Jamie D @uk-resistant.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Hey gang - the quicker you move away from the concept of a one true "dream game" the better. Get used to the idea that you have many great ideas - it will make you a better designer because you won't be super precious about it and good design is often about what you cut
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Julia Mascetti @juliamascetti.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Big up the ends!! We are the forest ✊🌳🌳🌳 walthamforestecho.co.uk/2026/05/08/e...
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Osama Dorias @osamadorias.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Dreams on a Pillow is the game that the establishment doesn't want you to play. A game made by Palestinians about Palestine. This game needs to exist, and we can make it happen. Please back, share, and talk about this game. We must amplify the voices that they're trying so hard to silence.
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Julia Mascetti @juliamascetti.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
The world ends on Thursday, so better check out DEVmageggon by @pinfallgames.bsky.social before then 🔥 Thanks so much for including us in your Steam event, lads! Live until 23/4, check out some great #indiegames 👀https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45979417/sale/DEVmageddon2026
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Julia Mascetti @juliamascetti.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
“I need to find a way to instil fear”
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Pinfall Games @pinfallgames.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
DEVmageddon 2026 is live! 🎉 A celebration of indie games here to save the future of gaming! Check out a range of games covering multiple genres with one key theme that connects them all... the developers are awesome! Wishlist some games! 🫵 #indiedev #gamedev #steamevent #supportindiedevelopers
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Glasgow Independent Games Festival @glasgowindiegamesfest.org · 19/04/2026
Have you got your ticket for #GIGF26 yet? We’d love to see you there! 🎟️ Grab yours today ⊹₊ ݁. glasgowindiegamesfest.org/links/ #indiegames #glasgowgames #glasgowindiegames
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Julia Mascetti @juliamascetti.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Getting ready for Play Praxis 2moro
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Yotsuba Interactive @yotsubainteractive.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
her favourite colour is obviously purple...she dyed her hair for it. but since that wasn't an option, she had to pick something else. what would you have picked? 👇 #IWriteGamesNotTragedies #RhythmGame #NarrativeGame #IndieGames #SteamWishlist #VisualNovel
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Brilliant Indie Treasures @brilliantindietreasures.com · 06/04/2026
Submissions are open for BITs 2026! 💎Brilliant Indie Treasures will be Wednesday July 15th at Leonardo Royal Hotel Brighton Waterfront 💎 Submit your game (& retweet!): forms.gle/UL5XV8LAU7Sa...
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Julia Mascetti @juliamascetti.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
“Releasing a game does fundamentally change your personality” Me, April 2026 💀💀
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Julia Mascetti @juliamascetti.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Embracing my artsy side and taking IWGNT to Play Praxis, a @londongamesfest.bsky.social side event, on 16 April! Psyched tbh. Went to the first one and it felt like the spiritual successor to Now Play This (RIP). Happy London has this, and I get to be part of it 💜 Tickets on Luma: luma.com/xbp718ti
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Julia Mascetti @juliamascetti.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Ungirl is a game where you talk with a scammer from a #datingapp. Made for an #arg game jam & I'm keeping dev going. Now tidying up the writing & adding some more gameplay elements. Made using @pixelcrushers.bsky.social Dialogue System for #Unity ofc 😍 #ScreenshotSaturday studiowife.itch.io/ungirl
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Julia Mascetti @juliamascetti.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Fiancé: “my mate’s workplace has this AI called “Claude.” Do you know Claude?” his brain is so beautiful 🥹
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Julia Mascetti @juliamascetti.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
I took pictures around East London and made this poster and this cover in PowerPoint. Microsoft PowerPoint is one of the only good things left in my life. How does it work so well when everything else breaks 🥹 studiowife.itch.io/ungirl
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Ungirl by Studio Wife
Be careful on the apps guys
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Julia Mascetti @juliamascetti.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
It turns out I wasn't depressed, I just needed to do a game jam! Whilst other jammers made ARGs, I chose this occasion to focus on a more important topic: predatory woman online. Men! Play this to learn how to protect yourself from scammers! #psa #scammer #indiegames studiowife.itch.io/ungirl
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Ungirl by Studio Wife
Be careful on the apps guys
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Julia Mascetti @juliamascetti.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
I love how over half of this Paranormasight review is just the author complaining about the final puzzle - without spoiling it, “If I have to suffer, so do you” 🤣🤣 www.thegamer.com/paranormasig...
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Paranormasight: The Mermaid's Curse Review - More Like The Curse Of That Final Puzzle, Ammirite?
Paranormasight: The Mermaid's Curse is a fantastic follow up to the first title, but it might prove too challenging at the final hurdle.
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Nick Dooficus @doofivirus.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
this is such a funny fucking thing to say im gonna cry dude
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Julia Mascetti @juliamascetti.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Been spreading the word with these today, stay safe when chatting online everyone xx (especially the gentlemen, there are a lot of scammers about)
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inkle @inkle.co · 28/03/2026
What a headline
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Julia Mascetti @juliamascetti.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Darkness has become light, winter has become spring, and people are still talking about our game 🥹 Thanks Hey Poor Player for this review!#indiegames www.heypoorplayer.com/2026/03/26/i...
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I Write Games Not Tragedies Review (PC)
HPP reviews I Write Games Not Tragedies, an emotional and visually unique VN that addresses serious issues, but leaves us wanting more from this adventure.
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Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
just this week: -- OpenAI killed Sora -- Disney subsequently cancelled its investment in OpenAI -- Wikipedia is now banning LLM-generated content ...tell me again how this is all "inevitable" and you have to "get on board or get left behind"?
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Brendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Our (@mahliann.bsky.social, @marcuscarter.com, and I) book GAME STUDIES: A CRITICAL INTRODUCTION TO THE FIELD is officially OUT everywhere in the world except the US for some reason. So here is an actual thread about why we wrote it and what we were trying to achieve with it.
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Julia Mascetti @juliamascetti.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
I was on a games panel today and the guy next to me was from Bishop’s Stortford, cult town, it’s not even funny anymore 😭
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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Fantastic news in the UK today - the government has apparently ditched its plan to force creatives to 'opt out' if they don't want AI companies training on their life's work. www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog... 🧵 1/4
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Julia Mascetti @juliamascetti.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Some nice person made a Moby Games page for "I Write Games Not Tragedies!" @mobygames.com I would like to do the page claiming thing please 🙏 www.mobygames.com/person/19450...
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Julia Mascetti - MobyGames
Game credits, biography, portraits and other game industry information for Julia Mascetti - MobyGames
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UK Games Fund @ukgamesfund.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Calling UK devs! Submit a response to the BBC Charter Review by 12:00, Tuesday 10 March. The Charter Review is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to ensure video games and interactivity are recognised as part of the UK’s cultural and creative landscape. dcms.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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BBC Charter Review Public Consultation
The government is consulting the public to aid decision-making on the terms for the BBC Charter’s renewal and any changes needed to help the BBC to continue to serve the public.
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