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Jessica Cogswell 🌸 @jessicogs.bsky.social · 21h

I feel like I have so much I want to say but it’s just this incoherent ramble. But do you know how much it weighs on me to be the one woman on staff at GameSpot? To be one of VERY few women in the industry? To be one of ever fewer moms? To walk into press events and be the *sole* woman?

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superhylia @superhylia.dev · 4h

I have this in the 26L size for school + travel versitility but aside from a sunglasses pocket and separate laptop section (still has the zipper though) 22L is the same with a clamshell opening and good comfort: (mostly) loving it so far www.tomtoc.com/products/urb...

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UrbanEX-T77 Laptop Backpack 22L

Featherlight 22L laptop backpack designed for fast-paced city commuting and everyday carry. The slim, compact profile offers full-open access, dual front pockets, and dedicated protection for 16-inch ...

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Jessica Cogswell 🌸 @jessicogs.bsky.social · 5h

Exactly. I am tired of seeing the “I always knew”/“their work was actually bad” takes whenever allegations emerge. Sometimes—often, actually!—bad people find their way into good spaces and make good things. And you’re not better than the folks who were taken advantage of for “always knowing”

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🏳️‍⚧️Jet Set Willært (Critical Kate) @katewillaert.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Who coined "Metroidvania"? It wasn't @jparish.bsky.social, and he'll be the first to tell you. Besides, there are far more interesting questions, like: How did it spread? Evolve? And what's it got to do with rickrolling? Watch til the end for a post-credits sting. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8set...

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The History Of The Word "Metroidvania" And How It Spread

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superhylia @superhylia.dev · 5h

Fusion is so awesome, really excited to spin back again soon As I love Super, I'm glad they got to set the expectation that it can have its own identity alongside imo the best story of the series; communicating that through gameplay is something I didn't think about Great review as always!

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Kimimi🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com · 11h

Your support is the only thing that makes this ad-free, sponsor-free, fantastically varied work possible! Please consider subscribing if you're able, and help keep another alternative voice in gaming: ko-fi.com/kimimi

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Videogame archaeologist and explorer: Player of the untranslated. Lifter-upper of the unloved and misunderstood.

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superhylia @superhylia.dev · 5h

its very fun system mechanics and feel and everything feel super good bang is just caving my shit in rn trying to learn him he's so mobile and can do 5 billion different things

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Lur Noise @lurnoise.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The first chapter of my comic Ekphrasis is now available on my itch store ~* lurnoise.itch.io/ekphrasis-1

Cover of the comic, depicting some dandelions growing besides a white concrete wall at sunset.

Comic page, showing some sort of control room inside a dome.

Comic page depicting a stream, flowing between some brutalist stones along a prairie. Fish swim on it.

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superhylia @superhylia.dev · 14h

struggle with believing in this too somedays despite it all you wake up and continue doing so, if not to color a stubbornly dark world for others around you then to at least find that strength in yourself rest as you can and may tomorrow be a better day and a better night for you

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superhylia @superhylia.dev · 14h

hey given how one of my circles didn't vibe with the game, its nice talking to another sotn lover in the big 26 i can't lie 😭 steamworld i've seen since the 3ds and subsequently missed out every time i do need to give them a shot i've heard great things; timespinner looks quite neat too

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 21h

everything about the jacob geller allegations is deeply upsetting and traumatising, from the details themselves to their being publicised on twitter by third party texts seemingly without any consultation with the victim to the armchair detective posting that followed

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superhylia @superhylia.dev · 15h

bloodstained also looks so fucking good silksong too 😭 too many games to play, never enough time with the backlog... ironically the vast majority of mvs i've played are just Metroid and Castlevania so there's a fuckton of indies i've yet to tap into given the subject, any particular favs of yours?

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Wanderjegson @wanderjegson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Shanoa Castlevania i love you Shanoa Castlevania

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superhylia @superhylia.dev · 15h

am really hoping its this series metroid dread moment but unfortunately that has manifested itself into confirming by biggest fear...the music 🥀 can't hold a candle to any of the prior games given the selection in the demo so far which are fine but not really what i'm looking for aurally

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superhylia @superhylia.dev · 15h

decently big fan of the series, i thought it was (mostly) awesome and definitely has the most fun traversal (of the games i've played so far) since SotN artstyle is lovely, combat felt a little wimpy but got far more impact with upgrades, and arcana cards > the souls from aria/dawn imho

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KZ @kzxcellent.live · 17h

“Man why were so many of Sega’s non-Yakuza series so mismanaged?” The Sinister Nagoshi

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Humpty Dumpty's Scary Reveal in Puss In Boots

ALT: Humpty Dumpty's Scary Reveal in Puss In Boots

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Sela: Calamitous @sela.bsky.social · 19h

happy to add to this thread if folks have other media they recommend should be added

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Nick C. @nickisonlinet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

reiko nagase ridge racer from the hit game pac-man fever

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superhylia @superhylia.dev · 30/09/2026

if you'd prefer without gif since ik mine flashes between colors here you go i have no preference

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superhylia @superhylia.dev · 30/09/2026

👋🏽 i gotta start adding these shits to my site too, i made one when i applied for warp point but they still haven't responded after like a month 😢 btw "This game crit blog is written by LAKESPIRIT" links to an old bsky account, remembered i'd mention it next time i talked to you

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Alex Donaldson @apzonerunner.com · 30/09/2026

When I left IGN/GN, I vowed to try to give as much work to as many people fresh out of publications as possible during these cuts - but even for a healthy business, the demand/need now is impossible. The future is independent, smaller, & reader-supported. Support the coverage you want to see!

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I’m seeing a lot of posts about talking to your sons in light of the Cornell article. And yes. Talk to your sons. Here are some things you should say, based on anti-violence research about what they need to hear:

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superhylia @superhylia.dev · 30/09/2026

phenomenal track on a phenomenal OST for a phenomenal game; mostly listen to the orchestrated TZA versions but the PS2 & CD versions are great as well what are some of your other favorite tracks? mine are Discarded & Lust for Power, Stilshrine of Miriam, Into the Fortress, and Skycity of Bhujerba

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

i thought about this old tweet tonight and how nothing has ever aged better

@Merman_Melville • Jan 24, 2019
Being a billionaire must be insane. You can buy new teeth, new skin. All your chairs cost 20,000 dollars and weigh 2,000 pounds. Your life is just a series of your own preferences. In terms of cognitive impairment it's probably like being kicked in the head by a horse every day

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Makkon @makkon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm immensely proud to announce that my texture library that's been in the making for nearly a decade is now available on my itchio store for indie devs to purchase commercial licenses. makkon.itch.io

screenshot of my itchio store, showing several texture packs available for purchse

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superhylia @superhylia.dev · 30/09/2026

writing exactly about this lol for a starter guide/essay i think a lot of people think they wanna start with the series in order but really just wanna see "how long until i get to super/dread/ravenous" at that point play what interests you most first

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WanderingDM @wanderingdm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Good on them! But their last paragraph also highlights a problem we have arrived at: people (some) can't differentiate between LLMs/GenAI and npc AI or procgen in a game. I'm seeing it more and more online. Words matter and this is just another thing these mfers have tainted with their grift.

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shmuplations.com @shmuplations.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This week we have a charming Final Fantasy VI roundtable interview from 1994, conducted one month before release. The team discusses the making of the ominous opening sequence, world design, and their favorite characters! shmuplations.com/ff6rt/

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Final Fantasy VI – 1994 Developer Roundtable - shmuplations.com

This Final Fantasy VI roundtable interview conducted in March 1994 discusses the making of the opening sequence and the staff's favorite characters.

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ashley bardhan @ashleybardhan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

is there a better word than devastated? (shattered? fly-swatted?) anyway i've been laid off. i joined gamesradar+ as a freelancer in 2023, and the site had my lifelong admiration by the time i became a senior writer in 2024. i'll miss it lmk if u need a creepy🧟‍♀️ gurl: ashleybardhan(at)gmail(dot)com

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Jo-eek! ‘Dead-chibe' W. 👻 @thestacks.ca · 29/09/2026

I recently increased the rate for pitches to The Stacks. If you or someone you know would like to write for my site, please get in touch. I focus on obscure games history, sex, gender, and art history but am open to other topics thestacks.ca/submissions

RATES
• $100CAD for shorter essays/articles between ~600-1000 words (Example
• Up to $250CAD for larger scale research essays/articles/projects of ~ 2000 words or more (Example)
• Higher rates for very large research essays/articles/projects of ~5000 words or more (Example)
• Rates may vary depending on research involved, interviews, etc

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superhylia @superhylia.dev · 29/09/2026

taps the sign, it disappoints me every time a conversation about this medium artistically occurs bsky.app/profile/supe...

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superhylia @superhylia.dev · 29/09/2026

having just done a game jam (and wanted to do another), good luck you will need it! drink water, plan things out, and don't forget to have fun and take it day by day would love to play it if it ends up public

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Apropos of nothing, here's the callout I wrote for Eurogamer about the glaring lack of female voices in the games media. I wrote this in *2018*. Things did seem to get better for a while but now we're backsliding again and the reasons for it haven't changed. www.eurogamer.net/why-the-game...

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Why the games media has a diversity problem - this website especially

Eurogamer has far too low a proportion of articles by female writers. Keza MacDonald, the Guardian's games editor, explains why this happens and what can be don

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No Escape from the Tyranny of Virtue 🏴🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 @noescapevg.com · 29/09/2026

the way games media has become so heavily gendered even beyond what it was a decade ago kinda fucking sucks man

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Mamono World @mamonoworld.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Idea I just had

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 29/09/2026

Reason I think this is neat is that there's provably unexplored space left to check out. It's cool if you want to make a roguelike deckbuilder but you absolutely do not have to.

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/noclip @noclipvideo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🚨Hades: Developing Hell RETURNS🕹️ In the first episode of our second season we talk to the team @supergiantgames.bsky.social about the decision to finally make a sequel to one of their games. WATCH: youtu.be/UWFfmD8n-xA

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Why Supergiant Games Chose to Make a Sequel to Hades - Developing Hell II

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Patch Zircher @patrickzircher.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Meiko Kaji (star of Lady Snowblood) struttin' through the subway in the 1970s.

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frog @ read BtG @frogletcomics.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

this image never leaves my brain

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Tirk @frogkaro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I wonder if anyones caught on to the fact that most hangups with random encounters are bc of Graphics. If random encounters were functionally the same but they were represented by a goblin showing up on-screen and scurrying toward your guy unavoidably fast 90% of ppl would be fine with them

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superhylia @superhylia.dev · 29/09/2026

Been watching since the Classic Sonic all those years ago as a kid; a decade+ later, a new outlook on games as a whole, and safe to say 3+ watches later this might be your best work yet. So glad to have you back however long it takes. I'll be there for the next one, haven't missed one yet.

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Jordan Starkweather ✨ @jackal27.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

You can’t even comprehend how important Eien ni Hen’s work is to the fan translation community. Romancing SaGa, Fire Emblem, Sakura Wars, Tear Ring Saga, Glory of Heracles, Dragon Force II, Dark Half, Beyond Oasis, Psi-O-Blade, Arabian Nights, and so much more. What a loss. Rest in peace.

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

the thing about the "you're out of touch if you haven't heard this song" discourse is that radio has been dead for well over a decade. it's extremely normal to listen to a lot of music but still never hear the songs at the top of the charts.

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