3/1/26 6135 Wilshire Blvd 11-6pm
01.03.2026 00:36 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0@theuniverse.bsky.social
Award-winning Los Angeles-based writer of video games, science articles, weird pop songs and books (in no particular order). Hopelessly negligent poster. See also @blippo.plus & @com.y-a-c-h-t.com, newsletter at https://clairelevans.substack.com/
3/1/26 6135 Wilshire Blvd 11-6pm
01.03.2026 00:36 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0my mom calls βem βAir nβB nβBsβ
28.02.2026 18:14 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0A flyer for an event called βDEAD MEDIA CHAT ROOM.β It features a very cool vintage illustration of some old computers slowly sinking into a primordial tar pit. The event is from 12-5:30 on March 1st, at Wilshire Online, 6135 Wilshire Boulevard, in Los Angeles.
A second, more detailed flyer for the βDead Media Chat Roomβ event at Wilshire Online on March 1st. The full lineup reads: Joanne McNeil, on MySpace Claire L. Evans, on 35mm slides Jackie Forsyte, on shortwave radio Peggy Weil, on obsolete works Azad Namazie, on floppy discs Zack Oldenburg, on dreams Dick Heiser, on LAβs first computer store Michael J. Masucci, on early adoption Sophia Weltman, on melancholia Resonant.love, on repair
An invitation to any LA-based friends On Here: this Sunday is the first Dead Media Chat Room, an informal symposium about archaic technologies and new rituals to revive them, at our office on Wilshire. Co-presented with Wilshire Online and my friends at TAPE Los Angeles:
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27.02.2026 01:20 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0It was really such an honor to get this award for my first foray into games writing, which, as I say in my speech, was really the summing-up of an enormous collective worldbuilding effort. And from the nicest people in the biz too! May sincerity always prevail β€οΈ
26.02.2026 17:02 β π 45 π 8 π¬ 0 π 0I regret to inform you that this is the way
26.02.2026 16:00 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0β¦.maybe one Giant of Game Writing and one regular-sized Person of Game Writing
26.02.2026 06:59 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Christa FMV game when!!
26.02.2026 06:58 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0A great DVD-extra of a chat between two giants of game writing. You absolutely have to subscribe to this podcast!
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Huge stuff happeninβ in Los Angeles at Wilshire & Fairfax
99 Cent Opening
Sunday 2/22
The Wilshire Online Expo 26
Sunday 3/1
π»NEW on the Panic Podcast: Creators @theuniverse.bsky.social and @mrsambarlow.bsky.social talk about the alchemy that combines movie magic with the interactivity of video games, and what (if anything) makes a βgoodβ FMV.
π§Listen now: podcast.panic.com/episodes/s02e02/ or wherever you catch pods!
Thatβs so wonderful to hear, thank you!
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If anyoneβs looking for a fundraiser to support folks whoβve been sheltering in place in Minneapolis, this one comes to me from a local friend whoβs a certified real one:
www.gofundme.com/f/critical-r...
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
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Flip different.
Blippo+ has arrived on Macintoshβ’ computers.
ο£Ώ Get it on the Mac App Store:
blippo.plus/mac
β Get it on Steam:
blippo.plus/steam
I won a prize π€
20.01.2026 14:45 β π 37 π 1 π¬ 2 π 0can someone who knows things about media explain to me why you canβt buy a New Yorker at the airport anymore?
20.01.2026 14:44 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Hell yeah
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π Blipoo+ writer Claire L. Evans (@theuniverse.bsky.social) is up for Best Writing in a Game at the NY Game Awards (@nyvgcc.bsky.social) this weekend!
See you in New York!
www.eventbrite.com/e/15th-ny-ga...
OH MY GOB!
Blippo+ has been nominated for four awards for the 28th annual Independent Games Festival!
π Seumas McNally Grand Prize
π Nuovo Award
π Excellence in Visual Art
π Excellence in Audio
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Honorable Mention: Excellence in Narrative
See you @officialgdc.bsky.social!
Amazing! Congrats!
06.01.2026 17:34 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0*help out in a BIG way
02.01.2026 21:42 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0If youβd told 12-year-old me that Iβd someday get to work on a video game that ranked *higher* than Donkey Kong on a list like this I wouldβve laughed you right outta the living room
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βBlippo+ would have been an extraordinary game in any year, but it felt particularly resonant in this one because itβs just so exuberantly, unabashedly, undeniably human, a collaborative work made by very creative people.β
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βBlippo+ is more than just a collection of TV shows, itβs also a fascinating narrative experience that immerses us in a culture on the brink of potentially radical change. A better world is possible, and the revolution just might be televised. β
Thank you @carolynmichelle.bsky.social!
best thing about the current iteration of the Avatar franchise is how Jermaine Clement has to remind viewers who he is by saying βIβm Ian Garvin!β and βIβm a marine biologist!β at least once but preferably twice per film
01.01.2026 20:14 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0What does it mean to live with a wild animal? Went long on Konrad Lorenz, zoo-keeping, and the dark side of a Dr. Doolittle lifestyle: clairelevans.substack.com/p/those-curi...
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"I can't think of another game that does something so experimental so successfully"
π Thank you @thejenna.bsky.social and @secondwindgroup.com!
Thanks for reading! And wow, it's always good sign when a skeet-thread leads to three or more new open tabs on the ol' browser. Cool world you've got going. Nice to meet you!
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joining @theuniverse.bsky.social at the nub-end
open.substack.com/pub/clairele...