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Game critic/reporter at Inverse, co-host of @girlmodepod.bsky.social, @insequence.pictures, and twitch.tv/parallelplayers! ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธshe/her๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ robinbombus@gmail.com robinbea.carrd.co

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Next parallel players stream we live critique each other's writing

09.12.2025 00:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I need a matrix brain download kung fu program but for how to make and stick to a schedule

07.12.2025 20:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm not gonna lie, I haven't enjoyed a fight on the timeline this much in a while

05.12.2025 19:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Stories in Games Aren't Problems, They're Solutions Lots of video games have terrible stories, but that's no reason to give up telling them.

I'm not going to re-write a whole piece I already wrote 8 years ago, so here

www.vice.com/en/article/s...

05.12.2025 18:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 870    ๐Ÿ” 202    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Horses seems to have just broken so many people's brains. Like getting kicked in the head by... some sort of animal. A bear.

05.12.2025 16:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

we need a higher bar for who we consider an authority than "guy whose byline I've seen on a website I used to think was important"

05.12.2025 14:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm a simple girl, I read "inspired by King's Field" and I start barking

04.12.2025 21:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think we need to be more comfortable being uncomfortable lest we end up like this.

04.12.2025 00:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 37    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Twitch Twitch is the world

streaming with @stellarine.bsky.social soon! we need to gossip a little more first www.twitch.tv/parallelplay...

04.12.2025 01:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

lmao figured it out, no one interesting

03.12.2025 21:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Really is a damn shame when an excellent and popular left-leaning blog still uses Substack.

03.12.2025 20:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

the only downside to being very trigger happy with blocks is sometimes it makes it impossible to figure out which dipshit everyone is subtweeting at the moment

03.12.2025 20:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Steam And Epic Could Destroy One Of The Best Indie Studios With An Unexplained Game Ban 'Horses' is a subversive, unsettling indie game like nothing you've ever played โ€” but censorship from Steam and Epic Games could destroy its developer.

Horses is a Very Bad Time and I highly recommend it. Hereโ€™s me on Valve and Epic deciding that a critique of how the powerful use conservative moralism to oppress others is too morally objectionable for their platforms
www.inverse.com/gaming/horse...

02.12.2025 19:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 359    ๐Ÿ” 156    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12
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I'm incredibly excited (and nervous) to announce my own newsletter. An Evening at the Inn is an RPG-focused bi-weekly newsletter with original reporting and writing from me, a curation of the best writing on RPGs, and more. an-evening-at-the-inn.ghost.io/welcome-to-t...

03.12.2025 16:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 69    ๐Ÿ” 34    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

hi. sex cardigans?

03.12.2025 01:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

almost every girl goes through a phase of thinking sheโ€™s joan didion and it is so crucial you come to the realization that you are not joan didion BEFORE you publish your memoir

02.12.2025 19:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 31    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Steam And Epic Could Destroy One Of The Best Indie Studios With An Unexplained Game Ban 'Horses' is a subversive, unsettling indie game like nothing you've ever played โ€” but censorship from Steam and Epic Games could destroy its developer.

Horses is a Very Bad Time and I highly recommend it. Hereโ€™s me on Valve and Epic deciding that a critique of how the powerful use conservative moralism to oppress others is too morally objectionable for their platforms
www.inverse.com/gaming/horse...

02.12.2025 19:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 359    ๐Ÿ” 156    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12

how many times do I have to be emotionally destroyed by this same story??

02.12.2025 15:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

what a surprise that the best part of the game is the part that leaves you alone to play the game. (it's genuinely extremely cool though. the way it ramps up the tension the further in you get is wonderful)

02.12.2025 15:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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'Metroid Prime 4' Review: A Gorgeous Shooter Trapped In A Lifeless Open World 'Metroid Prime 4' builds a gorgeous new world to explore, but buries its best parts under an empty open world and grating companions.

there's a solid 2-3 hours of Metroid Prime 4 that's some of the best stuff I've played in ages, but unfortunately it's surrounded by a dozen more that feel irritating, meandering, and meaningless
www.inverse.com/gaming/metro...

02.12.2025 15:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 38    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Ice Belt enjoyers ๐Ÿค

02.12.2025 15:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

if we could convince the gamers to rally behind eliminating scores rather than forcing everyone to give games the scores they want I'd support them

02.12.2025 15:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You know you're working in a healthy industry when you're casually texting friends like "making coffee โ˜บ๏ธ hope I don't get death threats for doing my job today"

02.12.2025 14:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 45    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yo this is great!

28.11.2025 18:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

wow! ๐Ÿ˜ณ this is shocking in a way i don't have words for! for now i'll just say please go check out all the amazing games that get distributed via indiepocalypse, which is on sale today for itch's creator day! (and a huge thank you to andrew for all the awesome work he does day in and day out)

28.11.2025 18:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Happy birthday!!! ๐ŸŽ‰ I would have sung happy birthday to you on steam last night if I knew (so it's probably best that I didn't)

27.11.2025 14:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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ParallelPlayers - Twitch Hi, we're Annie and Robin. We're very smart and funny but unfortunately we do play a lot of video games.

streaming with @stellarine.bsky.social at 8:30ish ET tonight. we're leaving the park and going to space www.twitch.tv/parallelplay...

27.11.2025 01:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

if Santa Ragione closes because of this, I'm recruiting a team of orcas to sink Gabe's yachts

25.11.2025 18:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

this is insane both on its face and with several more insane details once you read the full thing

25.11.2025 17:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 735    ๐Ÿ” 244    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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happy birthday, marianne! ๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿด๐Ÿฉต
#fe3h #marihilda

23.11.2025 02:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 250    ๐Ÿ” 117    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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