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False news | The war in Gaza has stopped.

True news | The war of extermination continues with bombings, assassinations, destruction, and the annihilation of families and children all timed and justified by yet another “pretext.”

a venerable tradition

i think we often aspire to jarness but get stuck on doorness, or vice versa

Sojourners for Justice Press

We designed a beautiful calendar to fundraise for Sojourners for Justice Press. Pre-orders end on Nov 16 so get yours soon. sojourners4justice.press/calendar/ - It will only be available through pre-orders cuz we're too broke to print it otherwise, lol.

there are some material differences in the political & structural histories of canada & the US, but their violent, colonial, extractive underpinnings are far more alike than not

imagining canada as less fascistic than the united states is at best phenomenally naive & at worst a perfect smoke screen to do fascism behind while continuing to promote a miserably self-exceptionalizing facade

YouTube video by 22 Minutes When the ICE agent is Canadian… | This Hour Has 22 Minutes

I find this incredibly frustrating because it totally misrepresents Canada's xenophobic government and how Canada has essentially closed its borders.

People need to lose the idea that Canada is a multicultural utopia. This is only giving cover to Carney.

Unbecoming by -hexcavator- A revisionist body horror denouement

i made this body horror twine soundscape/point & click a few years back. it's still one of my favorite lil projects; perhaps a satisfyingly bleak creepymonth diversion?

ENJOY PLS

ottomaddox.itch.io/unbecoming

It’s hard to convey just how much Chicagoans are mobilizing against ICE. Don’t want to downplay the harm, or make it seem like a fair fight. But in neighborhoods across this city, ICE is getting chased by people blowing whistles and shouting. People are running TOWARD ICE to protect their neighbors.

Spooky Express (Original Soundtrack), by Ghoulnoise 26 track album

Happiness is getting an email letting me know that there's a new @ghoulnoise.com soundtrack up on Bandcamp...

ghoulnoise.bandcamp.com/album/spooky...

One of my best friends, made GNOG shine with his music, an insta hire if you have any music our sound needs

google me elmo

copper stripboard for prototyping a guitar pedal, turned upside down with the copper rails and component leads showing

copper stripboard underside covered in an ugly but serviceable solder job

top side of stripboard with birds eye view of soldered components: resistors, transistors, capacitors

isometric view of stripboard with all components mounted

weekend shit

They’re not protesting fascism.

They are protesting feeling the effects of fascism.

Sure it makes white people feel good, but it doesn’t erase we are here because of them.

And we know the white political apparatus cannot be trusted.

Ever.

A selection of images from games etc. Hannah Nicklin has worked on, a screencap or key art image from: Saltsea Chronicles, Black Mirror: Thronglets, Mutazione; and the cover of Writing for Games: Theory & Practice. Also featured two reviews. One from Eurogamer: 5/5 Saltsea Chronicles "Onwards you go in pursuit of your missing crew, then, your story diverging further from mine with every island choice, with every flick of the head or settling of the lips. Memories/Artefacts? Skeptical/Curious? And astonishingly, through all these moving parts, all this phase space, my story still made rich sense, and actually built to a truly devastating climax. Scream/Weep? Fittingly, for me, Saltsea Chronicles turned out to be a story about choices as well as a story made of choices. It made me think about the big decisions I make in life, but also the decisions that shape a life that I don't even notice having made. Ripples turning to waves and all that. You must play this. It's luminous." The second of Mutazione from Gamespew, 9/10 "Mutazione is a game that builds up relationships within a community you instantly feel a part of. The main story is secondary to the real drama and the heart of the town, but it’s necessary. It’s extremely well-written, and the hand-drawn environments are beautifully designed. Die Gute Fabrik has crafted a sweet, powerful fairy tale that delves into the human psyche and allows you to reside there for five hours or so."

A virtual biz card on a dark purple background, featuring an image of a white woman in glasses, with blonde hair, speaking at a podium. Next to it is the title Hannah Nicklin, and the details Creative Director, Narrative Lead/Designer, Senior Writer, Consultant. 11+ years experience in interactive narrative • 3 games shipped as Lead (PC, Console, mobile) • Many more as consultant • PhD in Interactive Practices • Masters & BA in Play/Screenwriting & Dramatic Arts • GDC Indie Summit Advisor, BAFTA Juror, TGA Future Class • Author of Writing for Games: Theory & Practice Black Mirror: Thronglets; Saltsea Chronicles; Mutazione; Saturnalia; Night School (A Netflix Studio); Cardboard Computer; Die Gute Fabrik; Draknek; Twisted Tree Games. Based in: Sheffield, United Kingdom Work in: Remote, CET-PST LinkedIn.com/in/hannah-nicklin hannahnicklin.com

📚 My current contract is coming to an end in Dec so I am now looking for new work!

⭐ I am an award-winning & expert/lead game writer & narrative designer.

🌎 I am interested in long & short term contracts & consultancy, ideally remote.

Let's chat!

hannahnicklin.com
linkedin.com/in/hannah-nicklin

YouTube video by Perfect Garbage Studios Grave Seasons Devlog | Creating the Art of Ashenridge - Cozy Meets Horror

"It's important that you want to save this place..."

We're back with another devlog on the making of Grave Seasons! This time, we’re catching up with some of the art team as they dive into how we merge cozy with unsettling, and the versatility of pixel art 🎨

youtu.be/9gTAnjSaWh0

the best antidote to believing any celebrity is a good person is looking up how much their home cost

every time some "mainstream leftist" starts griping about COVID cautious solidarity, they're selling out the vital & achievable ideal of public health AS collective care. it helps no one & simply adds to the damage already being done by more fascistic minimizers

yes, there are too many (usually upper class white) people for whom COVID has become their sole site of political engagement. this is racist & entitled & unproductive, but NOT because disability justice itself is inherently peripheral

so much of this shit boils down to people whining about masking, which is basically a smokescreen for "i don't want to have to think about it all the time", which like, do you think anybody fucking does?

liberal talking heads w huge platforms dismissing covid caution as unreasonable is...really not what we need when the state is already bending over backwards to obliterate public health

wow this has literally nothing to do with what i said and is also factually wildly incorrect

anyone calling the systematic mass murder of Palestinians by a hyper-militarized white supremacist death cult "a war" is immediately & totally untrustworthy. anyone still talking about "israeli hostages" (except as a zionist pretext for genocide) should be shamed into silence

I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Raghad. Raghad is 22 years old and was finishing her studies to be a nurse. She wanted to go into nursing because her mother had a stroke that made her lose movement in her arms and legs. They are now displaced with her 10 siblings.

thanks to everyone who signed and shared! now let’s get to 11,000!!

‼️ My internet connection is very weak I’m still in the displacement camps. Can anyone tell if there are any eSIM that work in the Al-Mawasi area near the beach? It’s really urgent. ‼️ 😔

like, sight unseen

gathering of the juggalos is at least 1000x cooler than burning man