@jesszam.bsky.social
Games writer, reviewer, journalist, researcher, designer, producer and diversity advocate. Writer on Puzzle Quest 3/Matchmaker: Dungeon Heart. Deputy Editor @ Player2.net.au . Prev: Represent Me, Mighty Kingdom, Infinity Plus Two. She/her 🏳️🌈
I'm so deep in Wikigacha help me (this is my favourite card so far)
I hadn't thought about South of Nowhere in years, so this was WILD to go back to. But a fun discussion!
The spiders were such a non-issue I didn't even include them in my review. Wild. This game is beautiful enough that they didn't even matter.
Look, nobody said it wasn't wild
I was really, really brave. Except for the one bit that was so scary for me personally I couldn't even watch it with both eyes. But otherwise I was super super brave.
This bodes well for your continued enjoyment 😂
We're podcastin' about sapphic media! I'm already having a lot of fun with this, come listen to us chat about the gays
Today, PlayStation hosted a HUGE State Of Play, and we got @jesszam.bsky.social and @pauljamesgames.bsky.social in to dissect all the reveals in this new Versus feature
www.player2.net.au/2026/02/play...
I am genuinely having such a wonderful time discovering hidden gems! The ones I've enjoyed the most have been games I'd previously never heard of
The world is on fire and everything is bad, so here is a disconnected series of screenshots from my time spent delving into the Nintendo Entertainment System classics over the break, which I enjoy entirely out of context. NES games are great, thoroughly recommend the deep dive!
Disclaimer: I wrote this before we did, in fact, get more info about Fable.
HAPPY PITT DAY TO THOSE WHO CELEBRATE
Got one last bit of free time this afternoon before going back to work tomorrow, so another dive into the Nintendo Switch Online NES catalogue meant that Nightshade (1992) became my first finished game of 2026! Another new (to me) game to learn about - but this time Australian, even more exciting!
It's not even my first forgotten Letterboxd account, I also learned tonight that I made one in 2016 and reviewed one film and never touched it again, I don't know how to do things differently
Trying again with the old Letterboxd account that I apparently made at the beginning of last year and then didn't touch again. Let's see if this is the year I actually watch more films (I am jesszam on there, join me if you are so inclined!) boxd.it/cvgZF
DAEL, IN MY DEFENSE, I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE BOOK AND THAT IS MY FAILURE AS A FRIEND
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Nah I am just surrounded by super talented people, I am very lucky! But you are so kind 💖
thank you!! it feels weird and cool!!
Seeing my name in some TV credits for the first time is another pretty cool way to start the new year! (and on the ABC, which feels special) Super proud of this weird lil deeply Australian show we've made
For TV I've used an app called TV Time for a few years which has been pretty good?
Nowhere legal!
Look I'm choosing not to question their choices 😂
Starting the new year with Stranger Things and building this extremely exciting LEGO set, feels right
Haha yes, and at some point more Xena!
So, happy new year everyone. May your year be filled with the ability to know who you are, find peace where you can and whimsy where possible, and the energy to fight the fights you want or need to fight.
Honestly, right now, I'm tired. I'm starting the new year with some burnout to work through, and uncertainty looming, but I'm trying to focus on managing what I can control. And feeling like there ARE things I CAN control is a weirdly exciting rediscovered energy to take into 2026.
I want 2026 to be about peace. Less stress and exhaustion, and not so much time spent chasing things that don't actually make me happy. I still have a lot to learn about what things truly do. But it's a work in progress. After last year, at least I know where to start.
2025 was a weird year. Lots of big forced changes, self reflection, and attempts to establish a new normal. Huge steps forward and a whole bunch of little stumbles back. I learned a lot about myself. I felt some things I hadn't felt in years, and decided that in itself is progress. I'm opening up.
There are many reasons I can't do it, one of them is skill, another is patience. Just not the sort of game for me! But I totally get loving it for nostalgia reasons (I am a strong defender of Escape From Monkey Island, widely regarded as a horrible MI game but the first one I played as a child)