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freelance journalist/criticπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ wrote VA-11 Hall-A: Design Works @lostincult.co.uk words: Unwinnable, VGC, Polygon, GamesRadar+, Rock Paper Shotgun, PLAY, EDGE, Into The Spine, Skybox, startmenu https://muckrack.com/ash-like-a-dragon she/her

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love is awful so. love. the most beautiful and terrifying thing we have to hold onto (and we do have to hold on to it). it melts you from the inside...

new blog πŸ’œ

on love: fear of it, its necessity, its strength, its consequences

i wonder if it's possible to write a better monologue on love than what fleabag gave us

ashlikeadragon.bearblog.dev/love-is-awful/

06.12.2025 10:15 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

happy birthday!!!! πŸ’œ

06.12.2025 19:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

holy shit

06.12.2025 18:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Octopath Traveler 0: The Kotaku Review - Kotaku A mobile spin-off transforms into the best game in the RPG series

My final(?) bit of writing for the year and in an interesting twist of fate it's at Kotaku! I reviewed Octopath Traveler 0.

I truly loved this game and it gave me a great deal to this about re: earnest story-telling and giving oneself permission *to love* something.

kotaku.com/octopath-tra...

03.12.2025 13:42 β€” πŸ‘ 251    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 5

i have to shout out trans women. yall are so tall but at shows you ALWAYS courteously let me stand in front of you so i can see, ALWAYS

06.12.2025 15:59 β€” πŸ‘ 266    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3

i can't believe we're hurtling into the cyberpunk future but we don't even have any of the cool shit. if a corporation is going to own me I at least want to smoke a cigarette in a dingy, neon-lit bar while a bartender with a robot arm despondently cleans a glass next to me

05.12.2025 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 185    πŸ” 53    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 3

thank you πŸ’œ

06.12.2025 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hey folks, the first 24 hour fund-raising stream to get Nina to safety - and into my lovin' arms - in Australia is starting up shortly!

Please spread this around, and donate if you can! Every pair of eyes and every dollar counts!

Watch live here:

06.12.2025 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

mama i miss you

06.12.2025 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

thank you! πŸ’œ

06.12.2025 13:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Hanif Abdurraqib: On Seatbelts and Sunsets β€” Triangle House

reading again and sobbing again
every time i read, a different line breaks me

this time, it was 'god, I have touched the living face of a person i love with the same hands i have touched the dying face of someone i love and none of that seems fair.

www.triangle.house/hanif-abdurr...

06.12.2025 13:07 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

thank you madeline πŸ’œπŸ’œ

06.12.2025 11:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

both are true πŸ₯Ή

06.12.2025 10:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

day ending in y

06.12.2025 10:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ’œ

06.12.2025 10:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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love is awful so. love. the most beautiful and terrifying thing we have to hold onto (and we do have to hold on to it). it melts you from the inside...

new blog πŸ’œ

on love: fear of it, its necessity, its strength, its consequences

i wonder if it's possible to write a better monologue on love than what fleabag gave us

ashlikeadragon.bearblog.dev/love-is-awful/

06.12.2025 10:15 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

can't believe andy would say this

06.12.2025 09:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I want all of us to win. Even you bitches.

05.12.2025 21:33 β€” πŸ‘ 122    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Transition is work. HRT is cool and effective but it’s just one small part of a long and permanent process of self-discovery and praxis. Sometimes it will feel overwhelming. Lean on your friendly neighborhood hot girls when that’s the case and you’ll get rolling on your own eventually.

05.12.2025 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 165    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

madelinnnnneeeeee πŸ₯Ή

thank you so much!!! i feel very lucky to be able to read yours and look forward to more πŸ’œ

also, casual conversation??!! that's crazy

05.12.2025 21:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

hey i snuck in there πŸ‘€

05.12.2025 20:40 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

you're SO cool

05.12.2025 20:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Park Car. Drop Phone. Sleep Floor. Dream Me

05.12.2025 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 230    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 0
The Best Game Of 2024 Has No Gameplay
YouTube video by Darkfry The Best Game Of 2024 Has No Gameplay

NEW VIDEO! REPOSTS APPRECIATED!
I talk about an often overlooked part of the best game of 2024, @sunsetvisitor.studio 's 1000xResist! Its Gameplay, or rather, the lack of it, and what it does for the overall experience! youtu.be/Jjy0DvtfsEk

05.12.2025 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 72    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 4

unwinnable.com/2025/09/25/i...

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www.stopcar.ing/sex-with-a-s...

breakingarrows.substack.com/p/one-year-l...

two from me, one from artemis, one from steven

05.12.2025 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

hell yeah!!!! πŸ’œ

05.12.2025 17:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Was super stoked to write two essays for Stop Caring! Also while the first one dipped into the personal essay, I kept myself distant from this one, but still did my favorite things of looking at mechanics and theme.

05.12.2025 17:20 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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All Paladins Are Bastards The paladins in Crown Gambit, like real-life cops, can only make the world worse.

New Stop Caring article is live!

@bloomedwings.bsky.social wrote about Crown Gambit. Aside from being an excellent game analysis, they parallel the paladins' actions with real-life law enforcement in a really effective way

APAB (All Paladins Are Bastards)

05.12.2025 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

+2

05.12.2025 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A frame from Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse. Miles Morales sits at his desk laden with a notepad containing only the words 'Great Expectations' written at the top alongside the Charles Dickens book itself by its side. He's flicking his pen impatiently, willing the words to come out.

A frame from Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse. Miles Morales sits at his desk laden with a notepad containing only the words 'Great Expectations' written at the top alongside the Charles Dickens book itself by its side. He's flicking his pen impatiently, willing the words to come out.

currently struggling to write a personal essay and feeling very miles morales

ironically, it's because of my own great, crushing expectations for it

05.12.2025 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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