Elaina Layne (Rhoades)

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This morning in the Game Industry Coffee Chat: Silence!

- Accusations that recent Rockstar layoffs targeted unionizing workers
- TGA has apparently erased all mention of future class from its website.
- Stories from other devs about times they've been punished for speaking up.

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This morning in the Game Industry Coffee Chat: the value in self-aware reflection

- Refusing to change how you build studios or games; successful auteurs who suddenly fail
- the value post-mortems and retros
- how constraints are good

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Finally got around to playing It Takes Two with my husband and it’s incredible! We’re defeating one boss per night!

Forgot about this place for a little. Trying to do a better job of keeping up my personal socials this year 👏🏻

Reader friends: I finished Onyx Storm.....whew. 4/5.

Come hang out with us on Feb 7th! Lot's of great panelists who will be sharing insights and answering questions! Looking forward to it!

The TikTok ban is scary. Not just because I'm a marketer or because I like using the app personally, but because I'm a person living in the U.S.

This is MUCH bigger than just "banning an app", and we should all be considering the deeper implications of this.

I probably won't be upgrading at this moment. I love my current switch and don't see the benefits of getting the new one right away.

the reason gen z doesn’t care at all about “china having their data” is because gen z knows that the US government has collected their online activity data since they were born

GOOD LUCK

I’m SCREAMING at everyone I know to watch this show! I’m going a rewatch this week in prep for season 2!

The skull cavern is my biggest op.

Starting Alice in Borderland today. I've heard good things and that it has similar vibes to Squid Games. I included in my January Media Moodboard, so we're diving in!

Anyone that knows me knows that I'm a planner nerd, but I also love using Notion for digital planning and list keeping. Played around with the new Notion Faces tool and it's really cute.

HELP PC enthusiasts - if you have good pre-built pc recommendations please send them my way. I don't need the best of the best!

In 2025, I want people to learn the difference between "I personally didn't listen to/enjoy this artist" and "they had no bops".

In 2023 I thought my life had really peaked. Turns out I was just hitting my stride. In 2024:

- I got married
- Covered the biggest VALORANT and League events on social for work
- Traveled to London for Worlds and watched Faker lift his 4th trophy
- Made lots of memories

Cheers to 2025 ✨

I love this type of content

Been really excited to try this game out! Got it for Christmas 🙌🏻

I've only played Stardew Valley in the last few months...so time to revisit the games on my shelf lol

My backlog is pretty small, but my goal is to at least play every single game in my collection before buying anything new. I don't have to finish them, just give them a good go before I search for a new game!

Kpop fans, I need you to recommend how to get started. Who to listen to first? What merch/cds etc. are worth it? Go 👇

Finally starting Squid Games 2! Ready to binge it all 🙌🏻

Happy holidays everyone! 💕

We do a version in our house as well. My whole family requests bags of it from my GMA every year

Finding yourself is actually returning to yourself. An unlearning, an excavation. A remembering who you were before the world got its hands on you. - Emily McDowell

Sometimes you just really feel like you nail a work presentation, and today was that day for me. Our team has been building out some strategies for 2025 and everyone was really aligned. Sometimes you have to celebrate your small wins!

WE ARE STILL IN THIS.
Wipe your tears.
This is the difficult business of hope and defying expectation.
We do not give up.
We run through the tape.

Y’all aren’t allowed to throw in the towel until I do. 😉

Big breath. Locked in. Let’s do this.