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Kat Bailey @katbailey.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

I’ll really miss being on the shows. I’ll miss NVC. Thank you Seth Macy for the “Industry Legend” nickname. I’m so flattered. Y’all are the real legends though.

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Kat Bailey @katbailey.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

@brianaltano.bsky.social is a real one. Exactly as humble and professional off camera as he is on it. Seth brought me on NVC as a regular host and I’ll always be grateful Much love to all the talented creatives who have put so much hard work into IGN over the years

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Gretchen Felker-Martin PRE ORDER CHIMERA 2.16.27 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

CHILD 1 (moving Mon Mothma figure around): The Chandrilan arranged marriage is an outmoded social compact. The galaxy has moved on, and Chandrila must join it Child 2 (attaching Perrin's magnetic cocktail glass to his action grip hand): Certainly hasn't done us any favors

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Kat Bailey @katbailey.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Wow wow wow I did it holy smokes. Thanks to @duckvalentine.bsky.social and @shinycaseyd.bsky.social for cheering me on! Stream isn’t done yet tho! Go watch and donate!!

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Kat Bailey @katbailey.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Oh my gosh! I’m battling the Elite 4 in the Pokemon Crystal run! A battle 5 years in the making!! And donate!! twitch.tv/bloodgodpod

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Kat Bailey @katbailey.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Axe of the Blood God is raising money for Trans Lifeline this weekend. I’m about to continue my Pokemon Nuzlocke run as part of it! Link: twitch.tv/bloodgodpod Please consider donating if you can ☺️ donate.tiltify.com/b701977e-efc...

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Kat Bailey @katbailey.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

This response to my enthusiasm for British trains lives rent free in my head (she says, having spent the last hour trying to travel one station over)

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Kat Bailey @katbailey.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I forgot to add “bridge collapse”

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Alex Donaldson @apzonerunner.com · 12/08/2026

If you were someone recently laid off in the last few weeks' rounds of games media cuts & had something in the oven half-finished (or GC plans), please get in touch. Especially if it's suitable for @rpgsite.net, but I may be able to move some money around on @respec.net also.

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eric van allen @seamoosi.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

PALS! we're back for another charity stream, and it is, uh, less than two weeks away! i want to hear from you, mutuals and pals, who want to join us - whether you've guested before, or would be on for the first time. we have open spots! come be on stream and help us raise $$ for Trans Lifeline!

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Victor Hunter @victorehunter.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Reggie is a bona fide fashion expert and I had no idea going in how much Final Fantasy played a part in that. Part history lesson, part "how-to" guide; I could not be happier with this episode. Please check out the video version if you can for some extra visual aids.

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Kat Bailey @katbailey.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Happy to confirm that I’m back for another year of the big Pokemon Crystal Nuzlocke! Victory Road is next! We’ll be doing sessions on Saturday *and* Sunday on the 14th and 15th this time. And I’ll be joined by my best pal @duckvalentine.bsky.social!

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 30/07/2026

In response to the unprecedented number of game developers laid off this year, we have created a bundle on itch to benefit a Game Industry Hardship Fund, managed by @videogameworkers.bsky.social. More than 100 games for 10+ bucks! Please share widely and donate generously! itch.io/b/3802/game-...

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Kat Bailey @katbailey.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Instant add to my Hobbits food precon

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Spice8Rack @spice8rack.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

This #MCAmsterdam I'll be raising money for @warchilduk.bsky.social 🥳 If you want to help aid war's young victims AND make ME do SILLY stuff, please click the link (tilt.fyi/Tf7CbcOnqx), scan the QR code, or find me at the con 🤝 Let's gather some funds. Magic The Gather, that is! 🤡

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Dan Ryckert @danryckert.com · 16/07/2026

Still rigorously testing the Steam Machine.

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Drew Mackie @drewgmackie.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Fun fact: There are dueling Shigeru Miyamoto explanations for how Mario became Italian. Per Wired in 2008, the mustache came first. But per Nintendo Dream in 2020, Miyamoto wanted to draw an Italian character; therefore, Mario got a mustache. www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/mario-1...

Mario in his "villainous Italian stereotype" phase in the cabinet art to Donkey Kong Jr.

Shigeru Miyamoto describing Mario's design process in Wired in 2008: With the Mario character, in designing him, because we, in the design process, had given him a mustache, then in the end we were like, "Oh, he's got a mustache. Well, let's make him Italian."

Shigeru Miyamoto describing Mario's design process in Nintendo Dream magazine in 2020:

Miyamoto: I was already thinking of drawing an Italian. In Italy, there are many designers named Mr. Mario something-something, so the name Mario sounded natural.

Interviewer: You were drawing while imagining an Italian person.

Miyamoto: Yes, I was. I particularly like the art of Mordillo [an Italian illustrator]. His characters have big noses and mustaches.

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Bex @wordofgreen.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Mr. Norrell: Years did I study, reading obsessively and cultivating my great library in the hope that one day I'd rewrite English magic in my own image and on right virtue. Jonathan Strange: So a man under a hedge sold me 3 spells to duck a vagrancy arrest, and I was trying to impress this girl.

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Kat Bailey @katbailey.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Picked up FTL: Faster Than Light for the first time in 10 years and it’s still so good… and so hard 😭

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Lady Nerevar @ladynerevar.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

She is also a traditional painter in oils and acrylics, selling her work and taking pet portrait commissions on Instagram and Facebook. Let's send her some love in this difficult time, and buy a painting if you're able? www.instagram.com/maveriquemorrow www.facebook.com/RavenHawkImages

Traditional painting of an anthropomorphic cat woman in Egyptian inspired clothing and jewelry, holding a pet cat.

Painting of a brown horse eating grass by a stream, trees silhouetted against a warm yellow sunset

Traditional painting of a snail with chrome headphones and baseball cap, its shell a colorful disco ball with rays of light reflecting from it. The background is a field of marbled designs in bring magenta, yellow, and turquoise.

Holiday ornament painted with a smiling black and white dog

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Mom @milph.mom · 01/07/2026

Immortal life advice

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Xalavier Nelson Jr. @writnelson.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I love reading Steam Summer Sale threads--so I'm gonna do one of my own! Just a grab bag of some games I've loved, admired, or glimpsed with Fear, that happen to be on sale right now, in no particular order.

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Maddy Myers 🏳️‍🌈 @midimyers.com · 30/06/2026

39 of you have taken advantage of this very good deal... can we get to 50 by the end of the day??? 50% off is hard to beat, you cannot deny

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Kat Bailey @katbailey.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

And the previous version of Leon. I don’t even know that’s going on with the new one.

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Kat Bailey @katbailey.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Also this and its attendant sound effect. It was just cooler.

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Kat Bailey @katbailey.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I really enjoy the new Star Fox remake for the most part, but I miss this. I miss this very much.

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Adam Conover @adamconover.net · 20/06/2026

I've been watching Babylon 5 (along with @merrittk.com) and it's striking how almost every episode is criticizing a) fascism, b) xenophobia/racism, c) homophobia, d) theocratic conservatism. @straczynski.bsky.social wrote that shit woker than The Pitt S2. No way an exec would greenlight it today.

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Kat Bailey @katbailey.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Time to go back to where it all began — by the pool at the Figueroa

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Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve - out Oct 2, 2026

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Kat Bailey @katbailey.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Oh my god. Incredible. Two Ace Combat games and a Star Fox in the same year 😭

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Kat Bailey @katbailey.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Mina the Hollower is one of my favorite games in a while. Absolutely love the mix of Link’s Awakening and Souls. Congratulations @yachtclubgames.bsky.social what a huge accomplishment!

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a pixel art drawing of a castle with a tower

ALT: a pixel art drawing of a castle with a tower

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Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 30/05/2026

let's be clear, let's be very clear, let's be incredibly clear about something: Marcia Lucas is why you love Star Wars. She's why Star Wars worked. She's why it has heart. She's responsible for the in-media-res beginning, she's responsible for basically everything charming and unique about >

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Kat Bailey @katbailey.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

🥲🥲🥲🥲 crying. Please be good

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Kat Bailey @katbailey.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Oh my god it’s happening 🥲🥲🥲🥲

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eric van allen @seamoosi.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

new Blood God is, dare i say, a real good one. huge thanks to Austin for guesting and talking about role-playing, power scaling, and Realis. check it out and catch the Kickstarter while you still can!

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Kat Bailey @katbailey.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

It was such an honor to work together, Reb. 💜 Never forget all those passionate NVC convos

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Julian "Jaz" Rignall @jazrignall.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

40 years ago, ZZAP! invited some of the best programmers of the day (Archer Maclean, Jeff Minter, Chris Butler, Tony Crowther, Andrew Braybrook) to play one another in contest using their own games (plus one chosen by the ZZAP team). Minter won, with Braybrook coming a close 2nd.

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