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Claire L. Evans

@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/

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3/1/26 6135 Wilshire Blvd 11-6pm

01.03.2026 00:36 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

my mom calls β€˜em β€œAir n’B n’Bs”

28.02.2026 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A flyer for an event called β€œDEAD MEDIA CHAT ROOM.” 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 flyer for an event called β€œDEAD MEDIA CHAT ROOM.” 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 β€œDead Media Chat Room” 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 LA’s first computer store
Michael J. Masucci, on early adoption
Sophia Weltman, on melancholia
Resonant.love, on repair

A second, more detailed flyer for the β€œDead Media Chat Room” 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 LA’s 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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It 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 ❀️

26.02.2026 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I regret to inform you that this is the way

26.02.2026 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

….maybe one Giant of Game Writing and one regular-sized Person of Game Writing

26.02.2026 06:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Christa FMV game when!!

26.02.2026 06:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A great DVD-extra of a chat between two giants of game writing. You absolutely have to subscribe to this podcast!

25.02.2026 20:02 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Huge stuff happenin’ in Los Angeles at Wilshire & Fairfax

99 Cent Opening
Sunday 2/22

The Wilshire Online Expo 26
Sunday 3/1

20.02.2026 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“»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 β€œgood” FMV.

🎧Listen now: podcast.panic.com/episodes/s02e02/ or wherever you catch pods!

20.02.2026 00:05 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

That’s so wonderful to hear, thank you!

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Donate to Critical Rent Assistance for Central Neighborhood Families, organized by Sara Huelle "While ICE wants to disappear us, you are finding us." -Letter… Sara Huelle needs your support for Critical Rent Assistance for Central Neighborhood Families

If anyone’s looking for a fundraiser to support folks who’ve been sheltering in place in Minneapolis, this one comes to me from a local friend who’s a certified real one:

www.gofundme.com/f/critical-r...

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I grew up with Alex Pretti The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.

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

⌘ Get it on Steam:
blippo.plus/steam

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I won a prize πŸ€“

20.01.2026 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

can someone who knows things about media explain to me why you can’t buy a New Yorker at the airport anymore?

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Hell yeah

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πŸ† 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...

12.01.2026 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
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OH MY GOB!

Blippo+ has been nominated for four awards for the 28th annual Independent Games Festival!

πŸ† Seumas McNally Grand Prize
πŸ† Nuovo Award
πŸ† Excellence in Visual Art
πŸ† Excellence in Audio

πŸ…Honorable Mention: Excellence in Narrative

See you @officialgdc.bsky.social!

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Amazing! Congrats!

06.01.2026 17:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

*help out in a BIG way

02.01.2026 21:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you’d told 12-year-old me that I’d someday get to work on a video game that ranked *higher* than Donkey Kong on a list like this I would’ve laughed you right outta the living room

02.01.2026 21:39 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œBlippo+ would have been an extraordinary game in any year, but it felt particularly resonant in this one because it’s just so exuberantly, unabashedly, undeniably human, a collaborative work made by very creative people.”

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02.01.2026 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

β€œBlippo+ is more than just a collection of TV shows, it’s 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€œ

Thank you @carolynmichelle.bsky.social!

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best thing about the current iteration of the Avatar franchise is how Jermaine Clement has to remind viewers who he is by saying β€œI’m Ian Garvin!” and β€œI’m a marine biologist!” at least once but preferably twice per film

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Those Curious Naturalists To close the year, a long meander on the dark edges of human-animal cohabitation.

What 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"

πŸ™ Thank you @thejenna.bsky.social and @secondwindgroup.com!

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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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Those Curious Naturalists To close the year, a long meander on the dark edges of human-animal cohabitation.

joining @theuniverse.bsky.social at the nub-end

open.substack.com/pub/clairele...

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