Jade Fae Britzman

I’m a weirdo cus my favourite Zelda is ‘A Link Between Worlds’ and you might think “oh I get it it’s the 3DS one, it must be the only one u had on ur 3DS for your age demographic.” But no I played it last year.

It hits different in a different way when ur the granddaughter of a hong konger who you never met but who was also not allowed to teach her children canto and was encouraged to assimilate.

Like oh my god it’s not a culture I’m “not connected to” it’s one that structures in place denied to my family

Actually, elaborating a bit more.

MTG used to be the best way to explore a unique world. Now it’s always the worst way to explore a world you already know.

Don’t buy FF cards when you can just play FF. Same for fallout, same for watching/reading lord of the rings.

But MTGs world building was ABOUT not knowing! It was small windows into a mysterious world that you ONLY COULD LEARN ABOUT through these small windows.

Universes beyond isn’t *unlike* original MTG worlds, it’s the opposite.

And I hate it.

Sorry to MTG post but I just put into words why I left the hobby.

Universes beyond isn’t just “not MTGs soul” it’s literally THE OPPOSITE of what MTG was good at.

The primary reaction they want from IP in Magic is “Oh I know what that’s a reference to.” It’s a world we *already know*

1/2

New “most embarrassing moment of my life” just dropped

Met the CEO of Hipster Whale.

She said “I’m the CEO of hipster whale” while I was taking a sip of my gin and tonic.

I said “Oh my god!” With such surprise that I spat an ice cube onto the ground

Somehow she kept talking to me and it was nice

THATS ME!!

I’m doing a lightning talk at technically games!

Can’t wait! See you there folks!

I truly adore spring so much. It’s not the *blooms* that are amazing, it’s the outpouring of life in general. No season is as drastically new comparatively.

Poorneet is a bit of a rough start to spring with all its wind, it’s true, but there’s another full season of spring before summer proper.

Counter point:

Random pet peeve is the saying “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.”

…

Have they heard of dice?

It's literally that easy

MIGW events I'll be at (Say hi!)

Opening Night
Interactive Narrative Social
Freeplay Parallels
Technically Games Lightning Talks
Megadev

And anything else I get randomly invited to! Jade belongs at ur secret party.

Built in the 13th century. So that mosque stood for 800 years with every sort of person from every place and every religion in the world passing through Gaza century after century, only for it to be blown up by some shithead loser sitting behind a computer that we probably paid for.

It's time to get your brain back.

Mark your calendars for September 17th!

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We’ve got Melbourne International Games week in Australia this coming October :D

Maybe the thing I hate about “Nostalgia” in media is that it’s rampant commoditisation is actually selling a replacement to history.

Crazy that this is followed immediately by Chapter 24 which can only be described as inferiority complex whaling based lib posting. This book owns dude.

Chapter 23 ‘The Lee Shore’ of Moby Dick might just be one of the best chapters of writing I’ve ever read.

KIM KITSURAGI - "What is it, detective? Can you make it out?"

BULLET - "if you read this you are gay lmao"

1. "It, um, doesn't say anything."

2. "Transgender ideology. My old foe."

3. [Espirit de Corps - Medium 10] "I think you should read it for yourself, Kim."

A small one :)

Australian School system:

Over policing from over 100 years ago against white people: 😡🤬🤯

Over policing right now against black and brown people: 😶‍🌫️🫥

Thinking about how often I was taught to mourn how the convicts who were sent to Australia were often kids and/or committed a crime as simple as stealing a loaf of bread

Meanwhile crimes like that are STILL punished extremely harshly if ur First Nations, black etc, but that never came up as much 🤔

I’m only 7 hours into Silksong, but even if the rest of the game is dogwater it’s still one of the most beautifully crafted games I’ve ever played.

Holy shit yes

This is it, cus like, we can have empathy for the fact that it is one of the scariest things we do as human beings, but you do have to get on with it.

Especially(!) if you’re leaving your partner to do it all while you’re crashing out. You have to get to work.

Oh man I thought difficulty discourse was only for dark souls games. I’m tapping out folks no thank you not today.

Actually wait this will convince Americans to visit Australia. Uhhh I SAW 1000 SPIDERS TODAY AHHH

I’m not convinced Australia had scarier wildlife than America idk why yall are so damn pressed about it

Screenshot: a Mastodon post by ChanceyFleet that says: "As a Blind person i never thought i would be on social media savoring photos. But the communal Mastodon alt text game is so strong that sweet, poetic or silly descriptions abound on my timeline. Thanks to legions of people who take time to write a meaningful description of the ephemera they post, i learn so much about insects, plants, buildings, memes — all dispatches from a dimension of the world that i otherwise wouldn't experience. If you're wondering whether anybody reads these things: YES."

Just came across this on Mastodon and thought I'd share it for anyone wondering if adding image alt text is "worth it."

ChanceyFleet: "As a Blind person i never thought i would be on social media savoring photos... all dispatches from a dimension of the world that i otherwise wouldn't experience."

Alright, so I've been afraid to say this out loud, but I think after today, I can say it: In the first Battle of Los Angeles, the good people of LA County have prevailed. We beat ICE back. 1/